New York · Nonprofit
RENSSELAER LAND TRUST INC
RENSSELAER LAND TRUST INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $394,013 to it, the largest being LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC ($183,600). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $0
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $394k
- Net assets
- $0
What Rensselaer Land Trust Inc does
Mission
The mission of the rensselaer land trust is to conserve the open spaces, watersheds and natural habitats of rensselaer county for the benefit of our communities and future generations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Easements - a large part of the organizations activities involves negotiations between governmental and private parties to establish easements within rensselaer county. These efforts result in land easements, providing public fishing access and preservation of water quality non-point pollution sources. The primary costs associated with these undertakings has been the time invested by our executive director and staff. Land stewardship - maintained properties and easements on approximately 1963.67 acres of conservation land in rensselaer county.
$158,660 spent100% of program spendingWetlands and forest protection - rlt works together with private landowners and municipalities on wetlands and forest protection initiatives. We also hold in fee nature perserves composed of forests and wetlands. One of our priorities is watershed protection. Our work in protecting drinking water quality and quantity focuses on protecting and conserving wetlands and forest areas that filter and buffer drinking water sources, insulate the larger landscape from flooding, provide public recreational opportunities, and protect wildlife habitats and wildlife diversity. Additionally, we work to protect forestland as working forests. Quality drinking water, wetlands and forest lands are vital to the health and welfare of rensselaer county.
As of january 1, 2024, the merger between rlt and rensselaer plateau alliance is effective and approved by the new york state attorney general's office and the department of state.
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $158,660.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.3M to $0 (−100%).
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 74% · 2019 12% · 2020 1% · 2021 5% · 2022 42% · 2023 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $11k → $32k.
4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 RENSSELAER LAND TRUST INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
RENSSELAER LAND TRUST INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
81% 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 RENSSELAER LAND TRUST INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 73% · 2019 49% · 2020 86% · 2021 51% · 2022 72% · 2023 48% — 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
71% of RENSSELAER LAND TRUST INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
RENSSELAER LAND TRUST INC draws 59% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $83k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Organizations like RENSSELAER LAND TRUST INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RENSSELAER LAND TRUST INC: 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 RENSSELAER LAND TRUST INC?
- RENSSELAER LAND TRUST INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $394,013 to it, the largest being LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC ($183,600). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RENSSELAER LAND TRUST INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $394,013 in grants to RENSSELAER LAND TRUST INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RENSSELAER LAND TRUST INC?
- LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC is the largest funder on record, with $183,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RENSSELAER LAND TRUST INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 13 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