Georgia · Nonprofit
ST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC
ST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC (Georgia) receives grants from 73 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,638,370 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,250,225). 50 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 73
- Grants received
- $8.6M
- Net assets
- $71M
What St Simons Land Trust Inc does
Mission
The st. Simons land trust was founded in 2000 to conserve undeveloped land and iconic properties that have environmental, recreational, scenic, historic, or educational value and that ensure quality of life for present and future generations. (continued on schedule o) it fulfills this mission through: 1) land protection, 2) land management, and 3) education and outreach.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In september 2012, the land trust acquired a 608-acre tract of land on the north-end of st. Simons island featuring mature maritime forest, six miles of marsh shore line including deep water frontage, and unique and environmentally important habitat for native plants, wildlife, and migratory birds. Cannon's point preserve is now a model of coastal ecology, scientific research, and a platform for public education. In 2016, the land trust began working on infrastructure improvements to cannon's point, including added features for visitors such as restrooms, an education pavilion, and a coastal ecology lab. The vision of the land trust is to protect and conserve land on st. Simons island that is most vulnerable to high-density development and to preserve that land in perpetuity.in august 2015, the trust reached an agreement to purchase three parcels of land consisting of approximately 260 acres that was part of the former musgrove plantation (now known as guale preserve). The plan included purchasing the parcels in three phases over three years with funding coming from a combination of individual donors, private and public foundations, and government grants. On may 17, 2016, the…
$699,041 spent$454,730 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $699,041.
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 2017 to 2018, from $49M to $60M (+23%).
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 33% · 2018 10% · 2020 3% · 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of ST SIMONS 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. 0 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 Ellison
Executive director
Board chair
Jim Barger Jr
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 22 funders to 30 funders, grant income fell $1.8M → $463k.
16 of 73 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.0M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money ST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC raised.
From the IRS filings of ST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 73 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
ST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
52% 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 ST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 54% · 2019 20% · 2020 81% · 2021 71% · 2022 40% · 2023 16% — 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
49% of ST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
ST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC draws 52% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 17 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
ST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,187 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,187 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ST SIMONS 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
57% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Cannon's Point Preserve LLC · disregarded
- Cd Preserve LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC?
- ST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC (Georgia) receives grants from 73 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,638,370 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,250,225). 50 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC have?
- IRS filings report 73 organizations giving $8,638,370 in grants to ST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC, 50 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,250,225 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 73 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