Maine · Nonprofit
SEBASTICOOK REGIONAL LAND TRUST
SEBASTICOOK REGIONAL LAND TRUST (Maine) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $222,750 to it, the largest being THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ($108,574). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $210k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $223k
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Sebasticook Regional Land Trust does
Mission
The mission of the SRLT is to recognize and conserve the rich wild and workinglandscape of Central Maine's Sebasticook River watershed through conservation,stewardship and education. Our focal programs are land conservation for communitybenefit; stewardship of approximately 2000 acres of public-access lands for wildlifehabitat, hiking, hunting, fishing and nature enjoyment; restoration of native fishto the watershed; and community outreach and education to inspire participation andsupport.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Land stewardship: the srlt continued to care for, manage, restore, and where appropriate, support public access on nearly 2000 acres of community lands, and steward conservation restrictions on 1,617 acres of conservation easements. (we have almost 2000 acres of conserved, 1,617 under easement.)
$44,293 spent41% of program spendingOutreach & Education:The SRLT published educational articles and newsletters, and offered in-person and virtual educational and recreational events open to all. It updated and maintained its web site to raise awareness of the Sebasticook River watershed.
$42,563 spent39% of program spendingLand Acquisition:The SRLT continued to work with landowners to help them voluntarily protect their land for future generations and with partner organizations to identify priority areas for conservation.
$11,703 spent11% of program spendingGeneral Programs:The SRLT continued to administer the land trust to achieve its mission to conserve and restore the lands and waters of the Sebasticook River Watershed in Central Maine through programs and activities including land conservation, habitat restoration and environmental education.
$10,624 spent10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $109,183.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $2.0M to $2.1M (+3%).
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 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of SEBASTICOOK REGIONAL LAND TRUST’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Cheryl Daigle
Executive director
Board chair
Dana Ward
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $22k → $10k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 SEBASTICOOK REGIONAL LAND TRUST’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
SEBASTICOOK REGIONAL LAND TRUST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
78% 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 SEBASTICOOK REGIONAL LAND TRUST.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 88% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
25% of SEBASTICOOK REGIONAL LAND TRUST's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
60% of SEBASTICOOK REGIONAL LAND TRUST'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 $89k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Maine funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $134k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
SEBASTICOOK REGIONAL LAND TRUST runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SEBASTICOOK REGIONAL LAND TRUST
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 Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
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 SEBASTICOOK REGIONAL LAND TRUST: 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 SEBASTICOOK REGIONAL LAND TRUST?
- SEBASTICOOK REGIONAL LAND TRUST (Maine) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $222,750 to it, the largest being THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ($108,574). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SEBASTICOOK REGIONAL LAND TRUST have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $222,750 in grants to SEBASTICOOK REGIONAL LAND TRUST, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SEBASTICOOK REGIONAL LAND TRUST?
- THE NATURE CONSERVANCY is the largest funder on record, with $108,574 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SEBASTICOOK REGIONAL LAND TRUST find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 10 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