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WILLOWSFORD CONSERVANCY INC

WILLOWSFORD CONSERVANCY INC (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $37,500 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION ($37,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.2M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$38k
Net assets
$8.6M
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Willowsford Conservancy Inc does

Mission

The mission of the willowsford conservancy is to protect our land and promote conservation and sustainable farming so that our community discovers a deeper connection to nature and each other.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Willowsford conservancy is the steward of over 2,300 acres of open space, set aside for conservation, recreation, education, and agricultural use. Fresh food production from sustainable and organic farming; recreation opportunities though access to nature trails, campsites, forests and wetlands that support diverse native wildlife and vegetation; and the conservancy's land stewardship programs-including habitat restoration, wildlife management, and invasive species control-contribute positively to the region's quality of life. All of these programs are brought to life for residents and the greater community through events and educational offerings as well as frequent volunteer opportunities. In 2024, 288 volunteers supported the land stewardship team's efforts to remove invasive species, clear trails, and monitor streams, blue birds and other wildlife (784 hours). An additional 106 volunteers supported the farm team's efforts through egg washing, csa share packing, and csa pick up amongst other activities (1,565 hours). Our board and other volunteers supported more general programs (over 500 hours). Farming in support of its mission for long-term protection and viable use of the…

    $1,460,626 spent$26,557 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,460,626.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.0M) Net assets 100 ($1.5M)2018 Revenue 161 ($2.1M) Expenses 115 ($1.2M) Net assets 160 ($2.4M)2019 Revenue 94 ($1.2M) Expenses 130 ($1.3M) Net assets 152 ($2.3M)2020 Revenue 223 ($2.9M) Expenses 134 ($1.4M) Net assets 509 ($7.6M)2021 Revenue 160 ($2.1M) Expenses 143 ($1.5M) Net assets 556 ($8.3M)2022 Revenue 139 ($1.8M) Expenses 179 ($1.8M) Net assets 539 ($8.0M)2023 Revenue 161 ($2.1M) Expenses 191 ($1.9M) Net assets 557 ($8.3M)2024 Revenue 173 ($2.2M) Expenses 198 ($2.0M) Net assets 576 ($8.6M)
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Revenue (173)Expenses (198)Net assets (576)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 2019 to 2020, from $2.3M to $7.7M (+232%).

$1.9M
$3.1M
$2.3M
$7.7M
$8.4M
$8.2M
$8.4M
$8.7M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of WILLOWSFORD CONSERVANCY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,293 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$269k
’17
$899k
’18
−$116k
’19
$1.5M
’20
$593k
’21
−$37k
’22
$128k
’23
$207k
’24
4.6
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.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.

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Listed58889898
Joined·+3+0+3+3+1+2+1
No longer listed·0032212
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'25*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of WILLOWSFORD CONSERVANCY INC’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.

Where its funders are

WILLOWSFORD CONSERVANCY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.

NE

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

WILLOWSFORD CONSERVANCY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin9% · above the median
Months of reserve4.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like WILLOWSFORD CONSERVANCY 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

72% of spending goes to programs.

Program 72%Management 28%Fundraising 0%

Governance

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

VA

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Willowsford Home Owner's Assoc · exempt
  • Willowsford Operations LLC · partnership

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Questions and answers

Who funds WILLOWSFORD CONSERVANCY INC?
WILLOWSFORD CONSERVANCY INC (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $37,500 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION ($37,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WILLOWSFORD CONSERVANCY INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $37,500 in grants to WILLOWSFORD CONSERVANCY INC.
Who is the largest funder of WILLOWSFORD CONSERVANCY INC?
NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $37,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WILLOWSFORD CONSERVANCY 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.

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 1 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