Wisconsin · Nonprofit
TALL PINES CONSERVANCY
TALL PINES CONSERVANCY (Wisconsin) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,531,046 to it, the largest being FOUR-FOUR FOUNDATION INC ($403,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $4.5M
What Tall Pines Conservancy does
Mission
Our mission is to preserve our rural heritage by protecting remaining farmland, water resources, natural areas and open spaces in the lake country region and beyond.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Land protectionin 2022, Tall Pines Conservancy partnered with american farmland trust (aft) and the natural resources conservation service (nrcs) to officially launch the wisconsin farmland protection partnership project. By 2024, tall pines successfully utilized its allocation of funding through this initiative to permanently protect over 300 acres of productive farmland across two family-owned operations: the oberhaus (cozy nook) farm in the town of delafield and the monis family farm in the town of ashippun, which closed in january 2025.the oberhaus farm is a multi-generational dairy and seasonal pumpkin operation located in a rapidly developing area with soaring land values. The monis family farm, a designated sesquicentennial farm, spans over 200 acresand features a combination of high-quality agricultural soils and vital wetland and wildlife habitat.in 2024, tall pines also completed the fee-simple acquisition of the saeger creek preserve, an 80-acre natural area in the village of lac la belle that provides critical water quality benefits to the adjacent lake. Restoration efforts are now underway on both ends of the preserve: trail building and habitat enhancement on the…
$1,276,682 spent80% of program spendingLand managementin 2024, Tall Pines Conservancy continued to prioritize the active stewardship of its protected lands. At audley creek preserve, near lapham peak, staff and volunteers carried out invasive species management and enhanced trail infrastructure, helping to create more accessible and ecologically resilient spaces for both wildlife and visitors. Significant stewardship progress was also made at ravensholme farm preserve, the conservancy's 260-acre flagship property in the village of waukesha. In addition to ongoing site restoration and agroforestry demonstration space, ravensholme hosted multiple public and partner events, including recurring volunteer workdays. The preserve is also the planned future home of a native seed bank, developed in partnership with waukesha county land conservancy and others, to support native plant restoration across the region.to guide future conservation efforts, tall pines began updating its project selection criteria and gis-based prioritization model in 2024. The updated framework incorporates factors such as ecological value, climate resilience, landscape connectivity, and alignment with the conservancy's evolving strategic plan. This…
$205,896 spent13% of program spendingEducation & outreachthe year 2024 was filled with a variety of events enthusiastically received by new and long-standing supporters of tpc. They included: a winter luminary walk at camp quad in february the 10th annual owpp paddle in june, was held at fowler park in oconomowoc. An open house and tour at lake five for our stewardship society members, also held in june. The 16th annual ride to the barns, a sold-out success in august. A 25th anniversary gala and fundraising event, which was held in september at folk song farm in richfield.we continued to promote our land protection work in the community through sponsorship of the chamber's summer farmers market in oconomowoc and the lapham peak ski club. Tall pines also conducts presentations for various conferences, garden clubs and community and municipal organizations. Tall pines staffed informational tables at the waukesha county land conservancy annual meeting and a fall event at gwenyn hill farm. We also supported the efforts of our partners at farmers for lake country and lake country clean waters in planning and hosting their outreach activities.tall pines communicates to our supporters through print newsletters published…
$122,300 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,604,878.
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 $2.2M to $4.4M (+95%).
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: 2020 54% · 2021 1% · 2022 10% · 2023 4% · 2024 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of TALL PINES CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
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 5 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $30k → $151k.
6 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 TALL PINES CONSERVANCY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 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
TALL PINES CONSERVANCY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 26% 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
32% 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 TALL PINES CONSERVANCY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 48% · 2019 38% · 2020 82% · 2021 40% · 2022 41% · 2023 45% — 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
75% of TALL PINES CONSERVANCY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
57% of TALL PINES CONSERVANCY's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $454k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
TALL PINES CONSERVANCY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like TALL PINES 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
49%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TALL PINES 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 TALL PINES CONSERVANCY?
- TALL PINES CONSERVANCY (Wisconsin) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,531,046 to it, the largest being FOUR-FOUR FOUNDATION INC ($403,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TALL PINES CONSERVANCY have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $1,531,046 in grants to TALL PINES CONSERVANCY, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TALL PINES CONSERVANCY?
- FOUR-FOUR FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $403,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TALL PINES CONSERVANCY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 36 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