New York · Nonprofit
The Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc
The Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,951,047 to it, the largest being Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc ($8,700,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $9.0M
- Net assets
- $316M
What The Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc does
Mission
See Schedule O for The Scenic Hudson Land Trust's mission statement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The Scenic Hudson Land Trust (which has no employees) was founded exclusively for the benefit of and to serve the purposes of Scenic Hudson, to the extent that those purposes relate to acquiring and holding land in the Hudson Valley, in order to preserve and protect such land for the benefit of the public, including transferring lands to federal, state, and local governments and other not-for-profit organizations. Accordingly, the Land Trust acquires conservation easements and normally holds title to program-related investments in land and parks owned by the Organization.
$11,416,218 spentof which $1,370,755 as grants$1,410,708 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $11,416,218.
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 $316M to $275M (−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: 2017 3% · 2018 2% · 2019 1% · 2020 4% · 2021 2% · 2023 2% · 2024 5% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
13% of The Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Seth McKee
Executive Director
Board chair
Alexander Reese
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $8.8M → $186k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc’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 Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 95% — 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.
Where its funders are
The Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $178k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 195 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 195 environment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like The Scenic Hudson 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Part of a family of 10 related entities
- Beacon Waterfront LLC · disregarded
- Wiccopee Farm LLC · disregarded
- Slopeline LLC · disregarded
- Quarry Waters LLC · disregarded
- Scenic Hudson Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc: 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 Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc?
- The Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,951,047 to it, the largest being Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc ($8,700,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $8,951,047 in grants to The Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of The Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc?
- Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc is the largest funder on record, with $8,700,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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