North Carolina · Nonprofit
PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY
PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY (North Carolina) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,558,293 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($3,791,560). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 64
- Grants received
- $9.6M
- Net assets
- $31M
What Piedmont Land Conservancy does
Mission
The mission of Piedmont Land Conservancy is to protect natural and scenic lands, farms, and green space in piedmont north carolina to enrich the quality of life for our communities and for future generations.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Land protection projects - during 2026 the organization acquired 251 acres through purchase or donation that are to be permanently protected. It was also gifted 76 acres as contributuons to an ongoing capital campaign to protect a large undeveloped urban property owned by guilford college. This property holds historical significance as the site of revolutionary war battles and as a part of the underground railroad before the us civil war. Of the 76 acres donated, 5 were sold and 71 will be sold to raise funds for the guilford woods project. The organization transferred 552 acres to the us park service to become part of the blue ridge parkway lands. Conservation easements were placed on 560 acres,permanently protecting the property from development. The organization also began work on several other projects that are expected to result in property being protected in fiscal 2026.
$3,064,254 spent82% of program spendingPublic education - Piedmont Land Conservancy conducted several community events designed to increase public awareness of the critical need to preserve open spaces and farmland in the rapidly-developing piedmont area of north carolina. These events included open houses and clean-up sessions of protected properties, visits to schools, presentations to civic clubs and church groups, and other means of increasing awareness of the need for land preservation. The capital campaign to protect the guilford woods property has also provided great opportunities to educate the public on the historical significance of this property.
$238,169 spent6% of program spendingLand stewardship - most of the land protection projects of the organization carry a perpetual stewardship obligation. Piedmont Land Conservancy is charged with monitoring the use of property under conservation easements. In fulfilling this responsibility, agency personnel visit all protected properties at least once annually to observe the property for appropriate uses under the easement or purchase agreements.
$428,106 spent11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,730,529.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2025 to 2026, from $24M to $31M (+29%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 54% · 2019 29% · 2020 0% · 2021 33% · 2022 2% · 2023 53% · 2024 7% · 2025 25% · 2026 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Kevin Redding
Executive director
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $318k → $1.0M.
14 of 64 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 64 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
74% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 53% · 2019 45% · 2020 32% · 2021 41% · 2022 55% · 2023 39% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
38% of PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
66% of PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $3.2M that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY has grown faster than half of the 351 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 351 environment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2026
Government funding PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $65k on record.
- Department of Commerce$40k
- Department of the Interior$25k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Friendship Garden LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY?
- PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY (North Carolina) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,558,293 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($3,791,560). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY have?
- IRS filings report 64 organizations giving $9,558,293 in grants to PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY?
- FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS is the largest funder on record, with $3,791,560 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 64 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing