Vermont · Nonprofit
SOUTH HERO LAND TRUST INC
SOUTH HERO LAND TRUST INC (Vermont) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $549,103 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($275,450). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $366k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $549k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What South Hero Land Trust Inc does
Mission
Land conservation and environmental education. The south hero land trust is dedicated to protecting farmland, woodland, natural and recreational areas and open spaces in south hero, vermont.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Land conservation - the organization continues to work on an ongoing basis to create partnerships with landowners interested in conserving their land. After completing work on a major conservation project in 2014, the land trust spent 2015, 2016 and 2017 working with several landowners on potential new conservation projects. In 2017, the south hero land trust completed the fundraising campaign for the tracy woods conservation project which closed in june 2018. The south hero land trust also builds and maintains public access trails in south hero. The land trust completed and opened the tracy woods trail in 2019 and worked to improve public access in 2020 and 2021. The land trust continues to reach out to the community with over 400 members.
$78,422 spent38% of program spendingEducation and outreach - the south hero land trust conducts a number of educational programs including "the land, the farms and me" which partners with the local school, farmers and parents to bring local school children into closer contact with their natural and agricultural surroundings. The "south hero land trust farm initiative" seeks to improve the viability of local farms through multiple projects including the creation and distribution of the "champlain islands grown guide to agriculture", events at the farmer's market and promoting networks with farmers throughout grand isle county.
$127,671 spent$25,452 earned by the program62% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $206,093.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.7M to $1.4M (−21%).
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 5% · 2020 17% · 2021 21% · 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of SOUTH HERO LAND TRUST INC’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. 2 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.
Chief executive
Emily Alger
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $36k → $65k.
2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 SOUTH HERO 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
SOUTH HERO LAND TRUST INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
60% 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 SOUTH HERO LAND TRUST INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2019 60% · 2020 60% · 2021 44% · 2022 43% · 2023 33% — 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
50% of SOUTH HERO LAND TRUST INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 50% 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
53% of SOUTH HERO LAND TRUST INC'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 $256k that is directly attributable, 53% of it comes from Vermont funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $293k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
SOUTH HERO LAND TRUST INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding SOUTH HERO LAND TRUST INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $762k on record.
- Grants$678k
- Other Grants$78k
- Other Contr and 3rd Pty Serv$5k
- Other Purchased Services$1k
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 SOUTH HERO 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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
51%
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 SOUTH HERO 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 SOUTH HERO LAND TRUST INC?
- SOUTH HERO LAND TRUST INC (Vermont) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $549,103 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($275,450). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOUTH HERO LAND TRUST INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $549,103 in grants to SOUTH HERO LAND TRUST INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH HERO LAND TRUST INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $275,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH HERO LAND TRUST INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 12 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