Louisiana · Nonprofit
PONTCHARTRAIN CONSERVANCY
PONTCHARTRAIN CONSERVANCY (Louisiana) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,699,980 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($5,183,790). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $7.7M
- Net assets
- $929k
What Pontchartrain Conservancy does
Mission
Pontchartrain Conservancy's mission is to drive environmental sustainability and stewardship through scientific research, education, and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Restoration and preservation of the environmental and ecological balance of the lake pontchartrain basin, including community outreach and scientific programs. The outreach activities provide information and referrals regarding our research and educational information to those that live within and around the pontchartrain basin. Research is undertaken in areas such as urban and rural storm water, wastewater treatment systems, industrial discharges, agricultural discharges, saltwater intrusion, coastal land loss, and habitat restoration.pc's award-winning water quality program has produced one of the largest data sources available on the quality of the pontchartrain basin's waterways. Most importantly, our research led to the cleanup of one of the largest wetlands along the gulf coast. Pc's water quality program offers education, technical help, and assistance with permits to the owner/operators of wastewater treatment plants in the lake pontchartrain basin.pc's community program works with partners and community members to ensure that the louisiana's beautiful pontchartrain basin is preserved and prospering for generations to come. Pc's new canal lighthouse and education center is…
$2,744,412 spentof which $2,000 as grants$45,029 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,744,412.
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 2018 to 2019, from $2.7M to $1.8M (−35%).
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: 2017 44% · 2018 33% · 2019 34% · 2021 42% · 2022 36% · 2023 26% · 2024 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of PONTCHARTRAIN CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 7 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
Kristi Trail
Executive director
Board chair
Laverne Saulney Toombs
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $205k → $1.6M.
7 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 PONTCHARTRAIN CONSERVANCY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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
PONTCHARTRAIN CONSERVANCY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 60% · 2019 44% · 2020 66% · 2021 80% · 2022 80% · 2023 68% — growing more concentrated.
“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
62% of PONTCHARTRAIN CONSERVANCY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
PONTCHARTRAIN CONSERVANCY draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 15 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $731k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
PONTCHARTRAIN CONSERVANCY's funding base is broadening — from 7 funders to 19 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding PONTCHARTRAIN CONSERVANCY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.4M on record.
- National Science Foundation$2.0M
- Environmental Protection Agency$1.6M
- Department of Commerce$1.4M
- Department of Transportation$374k
- Department of Homeland Security$38k
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 PONTCHARTRAIN 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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PONTCHARTRAIN CONSERVANCY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PONTCHARTRAIN CONSERVANCY?
- PONTCHARTRAIN CONSERVANCY (Louisiana) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,699,980 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($5,183,790). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PONTCHARTRAIN CONSERVANCY have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $7,699,980 in grants to PONTCHARTRAIN CONSERVANCY, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PONTCHARTRAIN CONSERVANCY?
- Walton Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $5,183,790 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PONTCHARTRAIN CONSERVANCY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 37 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing