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Trinidad Coastal Land Trust

Trinidad Coastal Land Trust (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $420,518 to it, the largest being HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION ($175,910). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$787k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$421k
Net assets
$3.0M
5/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 46%
01What it does

What Trinidad Coastal Land Trust does

Mission

The Trinidad Coastal Land Trust is dedicated to protecting for the public benefit the natural beauty and character of Humboldt County from Little River to Big Lagoon.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Maintenance of property donated for the benefit of the public.

    $643,964 spent
    93% of program spending
  2. Connecting people to coastal wildlife through our seabird monitoring program public educational walks and volunteer opportunities.

    $44,538 spent
    6% of program spending
  3. Enhance program acquisition to adequately fund expenses related to land acquisition ensuring comprehensive financial coverage for project needs.

    $275 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $688,777.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($167k) Expenses 100 ($147k) Net assets 100 ($2.9M)2021 Revenue 142 ($238k) Expenses 87 ($128k) Net assets 104 ($3.0M)2022 Revenue 126 ($211k) Expenses 155 ($229k) Net assets 102 ($2.9M)2023 Revenue 102 ($170k) Expenses 108 ($160k) Net assets 104 ($3.0M)2024 Revenue 471 ($787k) Expenses 553 ($815k) Net assets 103 ($3.0M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (471)Expenses (553)Net assets (103)Peer revenue range

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 $3.1M to $3.3M (+5%).

$3.0M
$3.1M
$3.1M
$3.1M
$3.3M
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

95% of Trinidad Coastal Land Trust’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,629 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$20k
’20
$110k
’21
−$17k
’22
$10k
’23
−$28k
’24
4.2
months of
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.

Board chair

Matthew Marshall

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.

20202021202220232024
Listed14131366
Joined·+4+3+2+0
No longer listed·5390
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $79k → $31k.

4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 Trinidad Coastal Land Trust’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

Trinidad Coastal Land Trust leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

91% 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 Trinidad Coastal Land Trust.

42%
largest funder
87%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 93% · 2019 55% · 2020 46% · 2021 53% · 2022 43% · 2023 65% — 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

51% of Trinidad Coastal Land Trust's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $204k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from funders outside California, across 3 states.

CA
CO
TN

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $217k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Trinidad Coastal Land Trust has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−4% · below the median
Months of reserve4.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)47% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding Trinidad Coastal Land Trust receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $117k on record.

Federal$117k
grants $117kcontracts $0
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20
24
25
Top agencies
  • Department of the Interior$117k

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 13%Fundraising 2%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

87%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds Trinidad Coastal Land Trust?
Trinidad Coastal Land Trust (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $420,518 to it, the largest being HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION ($175,910). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Trinidad Coastal Land Trust have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $420,518 in grants to Trinidad Coastal Land Trust, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Trinidad Coastal Land Trust?
HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $175,910 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Trinidad Coastal Land Trust 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 7 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