Virginia · Nonprofit
THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC
THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 254 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,584,624 to it, the largest being FREEDOM TOGETHER FOUNDATION ($8,000,000). 168 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $48M
- Funders on record
- 254
- Grants received
- $44M
- Net assets
- $16M
What The Student Conservation Association Inc does
Mission
To build the next generation of conservation leaders and inspire lifelong stewardship of the environment and communities by engaging young people through hands-on service projects.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Conservation interns: career-shaping service opportunities for individuals 18 years of age and older, primarily hosted by government resource management agencies. Internships span 2-12 months in length and cover a wide range of practices including recreation management, wildland fire, historic preservation, and habitat improvement.
$10,239,268 spentof which $6,524,765 as grants$15,131,002 earned by the program29% of program spendingConservation corps: teams of young adults (primarily 18-25 years of age) led by sca staff spend 3-10 months addressing needs on federal and state public lands including habitat restoration, trail maintenance, invasive species eradication, wildfire mitigation, and more. Participant s gain important professional skills and experience.
$9,123,275 spentof which $2,713,252 as grants$12,130,587 earned by the program25% of program spendingCommunity crews: city-based jobs programs for youth aged 15-25. Sca-led summer and school-year crews engage participants in improving urban parks and green spaces through trail work, habitat restoration, and general maintenance. The program also includes community service projects as well as career training and development.
$5,819,801 spentof which $2,007,280 as grants$6,112,928 earned by the program16% of program spendingOthers
$10,598,220 spentof which $2,107,193 as grants$6,191,642 earned by the program30% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $35,780,564.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $28M to $18M (−35%).
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: 2018 73% · 2021 10% · 2022 6% · 2023 0% · 2024 3% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Lidia Soto-Harmon
President & CEO
Board chair
Gail Carmody
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 71 funders to 106 funders, grant income rose $3.4M → $5.9M.
41 of 254 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 254 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 STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% 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
57% 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 STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 24% · 2019 23% · 2020 26% · 2021 24% · 2022 17% · 2023 17% — 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
42% of THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 36 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 23 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.
Government funding THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $194.4M on record — $190.2M federal, $4.1M state.
- Department of the Interior$85.4M
- Department of Agriculture$69.9M
- Department of Defense$27.4M
- Corporation for National and Community Service$7.1M
- Environmental Protection Agency$500k
- MA$3.3M
- NJ$623k
- CT$127k
- VT$79k
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 STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 54 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC?
- THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 254 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,584,624 to it, the largest being FREEDOM TOGETHER FOUNDATION ($8,000,000). 168 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 254 organizations giving $43,584,624 in grants to THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC, 168 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC?
- FREEDOM TOGETHER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 254 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