Iowa · Nonprofit
WHITEROCK CONSERVANCY
WHITEROCK CONSERVANCY (Iowa) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,091,211 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($831,125). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $24M
What Whiterock Conservancy does
Mission
Whiterock Conservancy is a 5,500 acre non-profit land trust that balances sustainable agriculture, natural resource protection and public recreation on the landscape. Whiterock Conservancy works for a resilient future by helping land flourish and transforming people's relationship to agriculture and nature. Whiterock Conservancy assists and supports the iowa department of natural resources, practical farmers of iowa and the iowa natural heritage foundation (the supported organizations) in carrying out their purposes relating to land preservation, land restoration, conservation, sustainable agriculture, education and recreation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Land stewardship and conservation program: Whiterock Conservancy is dedicated to protecting, restoring and enhancing the natural resources of the middle raccoon river valley by: 1) pursuing a land stewardship and conservation program that demonstrates innovative ecological restoration and stewardship techniques on Whiterock Conservancy's 1,261 acres of prairie, 1,164 acres of savanna/timber, and 136 acres of wetlands; and 2) working with neighbors, project partners, and other rural landowners to develop, implement, demonstrate economically viable and ecologically sustainable agriculture practices on Whiterock Conservancy's 690 acres of crop land, 684 acres of pasture, and 1,998.04 acres of conservation easement properties.
$655,055 spent$654,480 earned by the program59% of program spendingOutdoor recreation and environmental education: a goal of Whiterock Conservancy is to provide the public with opportunities to access and engage with the outdoors for recreation, renewal, and education to increase appreciation of the cultural, natural and scenic resources of rural iowa. This goal is accomplished through the operation of whiterock guest services, designed to facilitate access and engagement by providing various overnight accomodations and a range of programs and events from guided tours, nature walks, fishing, boating, bird watching, etc., along with recreational equipment rentals. Whiterock guest services operates as a fee for service program; however, many activities are available at no charge. Funds raised have been used for construction and maintenance of recreational trails throughout Whiterock Conservancy's land and on 1,400 acres of land owned by the garst family, on which a trail cooridor easement has been secured.
$459,975 spent$273,394 earned by the program41% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,115,030.
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 2020 to 2021, from $20M to $24M (+20%).
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 4% · 2018 4% · 2019 1% · 2020 10% · 2021 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
20% of WHITEROCK CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $41k → $311k.
4 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% 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 WHITEROCK CONSERVANCY’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
WHITEROCK CONSERVANCY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
81% 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 WHITEROCK CONSERVANCY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 84% · 2019 57% · 2020 80% · 2021 86% · 2022 92% · 2023 69% — 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
60% of WHITEROCK CONSERVANCY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
81% of WHITEROCK CONSERVANCY'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 $207k that is directly attributable, 76% of it comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $884k 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.
Against its field
WHITEROCK CONSERVANCY is better cushioned than half of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like WHITEROCK CONSERVANCY
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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Iowa Department of Natural Resource · exempt
- Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation · exempt
- Practical Farmers of Iowa · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WHITEROCK CONSERVANCY: 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 WHITEROCK CONSERVANCY?
- WHITEROCK CONSERVANCY (Iowa) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,091,211 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($831,125). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WHITEROCK CONSERVANCY have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $1,091,211 in grants to WHITEROCK CONSERVANCY, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WHITEROCK CONSERVANCY?
- COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN is the largest funder on record, with $831,125 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WHITEROCK CONSERVANCY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 24 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