Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION
THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,021,000 to it, the largest being SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE ($2,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $4.0M
- Net assets
- $8.0M
What The Bureau of Land Management Foundation does
Mission
The foundation for america's public lands is a non-profit organization chartered by congress. Its mission is to support the bureau of land management (blm) by encouraging, accepting and managing private donations to benefit blm programs and services. As the official charitable partner of the blm, the foundation serves as a convener, partner and fundraiser catalyst to help ensure the health and sustainability of america's public lands and waters today, and for the future.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
As the official charitable partner of the bureau of land management (blm), the foundationfor america's public lands serves as a convener, partner, and fundraising catalyst to help ensure the health and sustainability of america's public lands and waters today, and for the future.founded in 2022, we work hand-in-hand with the blm, local communities, and partners to increase support for public lands and waters and inspire more people to connect with the outdoors. Each unique and truly special scenic river, wilderness area, monument, historic trail, conservation area, and working land holds a story of its own.
$771,629 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $771,629.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $141k to $6.6M (+4557%).
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: 2022 74% · 2023 24% · 2024 51%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION’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. 0 of the last 3 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
I Ling Thompson
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $175k → $626k.
6 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 13 of 14 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
THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
74% 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 THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 57% · 2023 56% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $145k 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
THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin 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
Government funding THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $28.1M on record.
- Department of the Interior$28.1M
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 THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
40% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION: 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 THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION?
- THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,021,000 to it, the largest being SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE ($2,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $4,021,000 in grants to THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION?
- SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE is the largest funder on record, with $2,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 14 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