Delaware · Nonprofit
WILMINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVANCY LAND BANK CORPORATION
WILMINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVANCY LAND BANK CORPORATION (Delaware) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,048,083 to it, the largest being LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC ($700,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.9M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $6.2M
What Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank Corporation does
Mission
The mission of the wilmington neighborhood conservancy land bank (wnclb) is to return vacant, dilapidated, abandoned, and delinquent properties to productive use in order to strengthen and revitalize our neighborhoods and spur economic development.we accomplish our mission in a way that: - is purposeful, transparent, and for the public good; - improves the coordination of resources and efforts within and between governments, community organizations, and the private sector; - is both economically efficient and sustainable; - reflects the goals and objectives of the city's comprehensive develompent plan; and - invests in existing neighborhoods.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Return vacant, dilapidated, abandoned, and delinquent properties to productive use in order to strengthen and revitalize our neighborhoods and spur economic development.
$2,048,743 spent$-1,335,573 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,048,743.
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 2023 to 2024, from $4.7M to $9.1M (+94%).
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 59% · 2018 31% · 2019 92% · 2020 100% · 2021 88% · 2022 105% · 2023 158% · 2024 116%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
122% of WILMINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVANCY LAND BANK CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Richard J Gessner Jr
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $100k → $0.
From the IRS filings of WILMINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVANCY LAND BANK CORPORATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 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
WILMINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVANCY LAND BANK CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.
“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
71% of WILMINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVANCY LAND BANK CORPORATION's grant income comes from Delaware funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
WILMINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVANCY LAND BANK CORPORATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding WILMINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVANCY LAND BANK CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$6.0M
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 WILMINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVANCY LAND BANK CORPORATION
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 Delaware
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- City of Wilmington Delaware · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WILMINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVANCY LAND BANK CORPORATION?
- WILMINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVANCY LAND BANK CORPORATION (Delaware) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,048,083 to it, the largest being LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC ($700,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WILMINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVANCY LAND BANK CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,048,083 in grants to WILMINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVANCY LAND BANK CORPORATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WILMINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVANCY LAND BANK CORPORATION?
- LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $700,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WILMINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVANCY LAND BANK CORPORATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. 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 5 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