California · Nonprofit
THE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY
THE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY (California) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,490,824 to it, the largest being THE SHANBROM FAMILY FOUNDATION ($490,000). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 56
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $32M
What The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy does
Mission
We work to permanently protect and restore the open space, natural scenic beauty, wildlife, habitat, and watershed of the ojai valley for current, and future generations, to enjoy forever.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Ovlc's conservation action continues to evolve. Climate change is fueling landscape-scale shifts in our wildlands. Reversing these trends requires proactive work at all scales. While climate change is global, climate resilience requires a local strategy. Restoring native ecosystems enhances nature's ability to rebound from extreme climate events (heat, fire, drought, flood). While ovlc has done extensive work protecting and restoring native oak woodland and riparian habitats, we realize that these efforts need to expand to enhance habitat and build connectivity between protected lands. It is this understanding that has led ovlc to continue to grow the rewild ojai program. Our goal is to empower private landowners across a mosaic of land-use types to restore their land for climate resilience. By taking strategic steps today, ovlc can benefit the ecology of the valley forever. Investments in our natural capital are no-regrets actions that protect the attributes that make the ojai valley such a special place.today, ovlc has protected about one-third of the ventura river and manages over 2,600 acres of open space in the ojai valley. Within this geography, 2,000 acres are open for free…
$2,144,238 spent$1,887,760 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,144,238.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2023 to 2024, from $26M to $29M (+13%).
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: 2024 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
59% of THE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Tom Maloney
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $61k → $709k.
15 of 56 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 56 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 OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
61% 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 OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 47% · 2019 34% · 2020 32% · 2021 32% · 2022 25% · 2023 26% — 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
48% of THE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
94% of THE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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 OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $65k on record.
- Department of the Interior$65k
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 OJAI VALLEY LAND 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
40%
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 OJAI VALLEY LAND 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 THE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY?
- THE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY (California) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,490,824 to it, the largest being THE SHANBROM FAMILY FOUNDATION ($490,000). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY have?
- IRS filings report 56 organizations giving $4,490,824 in grants to THE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY?
- THE SHANBROM FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $490,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 56 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