California · Nonprofit
TULE BASIN LAND & WATER CONSERVATION TRUST
TULE BASIN LAND & WATER CONSERVATION TRUST (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,280,070 to it, the largest being THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ($1,209,070). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $5.8M
What Tule Basin Land & Water Conservation Trust does
Mission
To protect and preserve natural habitat, open space, and agriculture for people and wildlife that promotes groundwater and environmental sustainability to preserve the farming economy of the southern san joaquin valley for future generations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Land fallowing and cover cropping program - 1,543 acres of ag land out of porduction for 12 months to save approximately 3,086 af of water, cover crops were planted prior to rains to protect the lands from erosion, weeds, and to provide habitat for migrating birds. 2) capinero project - entered escrow to purchase approximately 467.29 acres for habitat restoration.
$1,146,334 spent80% of program spendingCapinero - alkaline scrub for habitat restoration
$139,193 spent10% of program spendingMlrp - multi benefit program that incudes the capinero and land fallowing programs
$124,027 spent9% of program spendingSalc - sustainable ag land conservitive developement of program
$20,681 spent1% of program spendingWatershed coordinator - convening a coalition of partners, conducting community outreach and developing a baseline plan so the trust and other partners can implement local solutions to groundwater management needs across the tule subbasin
$3,987 spent0% of program spendingEndowment - investment for current and future programs and sustainability of the organization
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,434,222.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $212k to $5.8M (+2629%).
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: 2022 100% · 2023 73% · 2024 48%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of TULE BASIN LAND & WATER CONSERVATION TRUST’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 0 of the last 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $20k → $420k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 TULE BASIN LAND & WATER CONSERVATION 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
TULE BASIN LAND & WATER CONSERVATION TRUST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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
96% 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 TULE BASIN LAND & WATER CONSERVATION TRUST.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 96% · 2023 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
94% of TULE BASIN LAND & WATER CONSERVATION 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 $71k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from funders outside California, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M 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
TULE BASIN LAND & WATER CONSERVATION TRUST has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding TULE BASIN LAND & WATER CONSERVATION TRUST receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.2M on record.
- Department of the Interior$6.2M
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 TULE BASIN LAND & WATER CONSERVATION TRUST
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 TULE BASIN LAND & WATER CONSERVATION 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 TULE BASIN LAND & WATER CONSERVATION TRUST?
- TULE BASIN LAND & WATER CONSERVATION TRUST (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,280,070 to it, the largest being THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ($1,209,070). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TULE BASIN LAND & WATER CONSERVATION TRUST have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,280,070 in grants to TULE BASIN LAND & WATER CONSERVATION TRUST, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TULE BASIN LAND & WATER CONSERVATION TRUST?
- THE NATURE CONSERVANCY is the largest funder on record, with $1,209,070 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TULE BASIN LAND & WATER CONSERVATION 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 3 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