Oregon · Nonprofit
The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts
The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts (Oregon) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,537,245 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,071,500). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts does
Mission
To serve and strengthen the land trust community in oregon.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Partnership: The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts supports and manages the oregon land justice project that works to increase indigenous access and ownership of land and first foods. In addition, colt works in partnership with the network of oregon watershed councils and the oregon association of conservation districts to advance voluntary conservation in oregon. This partnership provides technical support, training and advocacy for land trusts, watershed councils and soil and waterconservation districts in oregon.
$659,490 spent64% of program spendingAdvocacy: colt works to increase the influence of oregon land trusts with state and federal elected officials, and maintain and increase conservation funding for land trusts. As a statewide land trust association, colt is uniquely positioned to educate and activate conservation leaders from around the state. Our 19 member land trusts represent a community of over 41,000 supporters in oregon that care about conserving oregons natural treasures.
$221,816 spent$106,505 earned by the program22% of program spendingEducation & communication: colt strives to communicate the ecological, economic, and social value of land conservation and land trusts with key audiences (members, decision makers, funders). Communication materials like the annual state of the lands report demonstrate the collective impact of oregons land trusts and are being used to guide conversations with key influencers statewide. Colt works with partners to execute a statewide communications plan that will raise awareness about conservation and motivate oregonians to take an active role in supporting the work of land trusts.
$124,574 spent12% of program spendingMembership support: as a coalition comprised of diverse land trusts throughout oregon, colt offers distinctive value to its membership by providing: - a larger context that informs the work of individual member land trusts - a presence in the state legislature to educate decision makers about land trusts and advocate for conservation - a network of knowledgeable peers on call for ongoing learning and support - a curator of information and resources valuable for private, voluntary land conservation - a credible collective voice on issues that matter for oregons future - a pathway to expanded resources: strengthen colt's organizational resources and capacity - free legal services through colt's pro bono attorney network
$10,668 spent$106,505 earned by the program1% of program spendingLegal services: colts pro bono legal service program provides no cost legal services to member land trusts for the purpose of creating and enforcing conservation easements and other property interests that achieve the goals of conserving natural, scenic, and open space values, as well agriculture, forest and recreation resources throughout oregon.
$10,668 spent1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,027,216.
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 $1.0M to $1.3M (+26%).
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 11% · 2018 10% · 2019 18% · 2020 10% · 2021 12% · 2022 23% · 2023 20% · 2024 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts’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 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
Julie Falk
Int. Exec. Dir.
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $366k → $560k.
4 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts’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
The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% 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
54% 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 Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 48% · 2019 42% · 2020 31% · 2021 33% · 2022 31% · 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
58% of The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
83% of The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts has grown faster than half 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 Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $659k on record — $150k federal, $509k state.
- Department of Agriculture$150k
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$433k
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$76k
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 Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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 The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts: 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 Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts?
- The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts (Oregon) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,537,245 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,071,500). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $3,537,245 in grants to The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,071,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 23 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