Rhode Island · Nonprofit
THE WESTERLY LAND TRUST
THE WESTERLY LAND TRUST (Rhode Island) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,147,855 to it, the largest being ROYCE FAMILY FUND INC ($458,292). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $5.2M
What The Westerly Land Trust does
Mission
The Westerly Land Trust conserves open space, revitalizes culturally significant properties, and provides environmental programs for the enduring benefit of our community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Westerly Land Trust, a not-for-profit corporation, operates throughout westerly to conserve space and enhance community resources. Specific programs include the preservation of open space, rehabilitation and redevelopment of established neighborhoods, and establishment of education and recreation opportunities for the public. The trust's programs and activities are directed to the protection and enhancement of the environment, agriculture, and water resources as well as the community's "sense of place." westerly is recognized as a place with special charm and attractions which are a source of pride to its residents and a magnet for tourists and new residents. The trust aims to protect and strengthen that reputation.
$94,376 spent$33,456 earned by the program15% of program spendingThe land trust currently holds 32 properties totaling more than 1,900 acres. The most recent acquisitions were camp quequatuck in december 2025. In 2004, The Westerly Land Trust expanded its mission to include re-development of blighted commercial properties in areas of historical significance in downtown westerly. The concept is that smart growth will benefit the town and reduce development pressure on environmentally sensitive areas. In addition to the historic united theater, montgomery ward, and industrial trust buildings, the land trust and its partners own properties between main street and the pawcatuck river. As part of wlt's 2023 strategic planning process, the board and staff extended the urban initiative to include more than just downtown, with the new goal reading: to provide access to nature for everyone, wlt will continue to steward our current urban properties and work to conserve green spaces in other developed areas of westerly.
$394,851 spent61% of program spendingSince 2016, The Westerly Land Trust has prioritized youth environmental education as a critical objective. This came in the form of field trips and classroom sessions, but covid altered the trajectory and opened minds to the importance of outdoor learning. Living laboratories came to life during the pandemic to encourage families to experience nature together, and this program has been growing and evolving ever since. Today living laboratories is a much needed after-school and summer option that combines social and emotional elements and environmental literacy. All youth education programs are offered free of charge to students and families. In 2025 the land trust began offering tailored programs for homeschool groups. Wlt prioritizes partnerships with other local non-profits to expand our reach and offerings.
$158,267 spent24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $647,494.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2023 to 2024, from $8.6M to $7.7M (−11%).
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 13% · 2019 43% · 2020 2% · 2021 7% · 2022 17% · 2023 4% · 2024 27% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Jennifer Fusco
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $11k → $349k.
10 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 WESTERLY LAND TRUST’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 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 WESTERLY LAND TRUST has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 61% · 2019 52% · 2020 30% · 2021 30% · 2022 30% · 2023 41% — growing more concentrated.
“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
95% of THE WESTERLY LAND TRUST's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 79% 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
50% of THE WESTERLY LAND TRUST's grant income comes from Rhode Island funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $523k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 WESTERLY LAND TRUST receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $420k on record.
- Department of the Interior$420k
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 WESTERLY LAND TRUST
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In Rhode Island
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
82%
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 WESTERLY LAND TRUST: 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 WESTERLY LAND TRUST?
- THE WESTERLY LAND TRUST (Rhode Island) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,147,855 to it, the largest being ROYCE FAMILY FUND INC ($458,292). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WESTERLY LAND TRUST have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $2,147,855 in grants to THE WESTERLY LAND TRUST, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WESTERLY LAND TRUST?
- ROYCE FAMILY FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $458,292 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WESTERLY LAND TRUST find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 42 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