Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$22,350,355

Total expenses

$22,197,252

Contributions and grants received

$19,032,805

Grants paid

$5,765,732

Program service revenue

$2,577,252

Investment income

$740,298

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$24,724,933

Total liabilities, end of year

$8,919,536

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$15,805,397

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$19,004,255

Management and general expenses

$1,015,971

Fundraising expenses

$2,177,026

Program service expenses (Part III)

$19,004,255

Program services were 85.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• EDUCATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING: THE ALLIANCE CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN, EMPOWER AND MAGNIFY THE IMPACT OF ITS MORE THAN 1,000-MEMBER LAND TRUSTS AND AFFILIATES. THE ALLIANCE PROVIDES LAND TRUSTS WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO GROW IN STRENGTH AND IMPACT. THROUGH OUR NATIONAL LAND CONSERVATION CONFERENCE, REGIONAL CONFERENCES, WEBINARS AND ONLINE RESOURCE CENTER, WE PROVIDED 77 TRAININGS, 47 SELF-STUDY ONLINE COURSES AND 7 TOOLKITS ON ALL ASPECTS OF CONSERVATION WORK, INCLUDING RISK MANAGEMENT, FUNDRAISING, AND BOARD AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR MORE THAN 13,500 REGISTRANTS IN 2024. OUR TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND LAND TRUST EXCELLENCE PROGRAMS CONTINUED TO INVEST IN HIGH-POTENTIAL LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS WITH AN ADDED EMPHASIS ON STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, CONSERVATION PLANNING AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THERE WERE 470 ACCREDITED LAND TRUSTS IN 46 STATES AND TWO TERRITORIES, REPRESENTING MORE THAN 84% OF THE ACRES OF FARMLAND, FORESTS, WILDLIFE HABITAT AND IMPORTANT WATER SUPPLIES STEWARDED BY LAND TRUSTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE UPDATED GUIDANCE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE 2017 EDITION OF LAND TRUST STANDARDS AND PRACTICES, THE ETHICAL AND TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOR OPERATING A LAND TRUST. WE LAUNCHED A NEW RESOURCE, THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES VALUATION TOOL, TO HELP LAND TRUSTS ESTIMATE THE VALUE OF BENEFITS GENERATED BY THE ECOSYSTEMS THEY STEWARD. SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN MAY, THE TOOL HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST VISITED RESOURCES OF THE YEAR.

  Expenses $15,618,281 · Grants $5,683,867 · Revenue $2,121,236

• GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND OUTREACH: THE ALLIANCE FURTHERS THE INTERESTS OF LAND TRUSTS ACROSS AMERICA BY ADVOCATING FOR SOUND POLICIES AND RESOURCES THAT ADVANCE LAND CONSERVATION. THE ALLIANCE LEVERAGED ITS NETWORK OF OVER 300 ADVOCACY AMBASSADORS TO SECURE PASSAGE OF THE CHARITABLE CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAM INTEGRITY ACT TO HALT THE ABUSE OF CONSERVATION DONATIONS WHICH THREATENED THE ENHANCED CONSERVATION EASEMENT TAX INCENTIVE. THROUGH OUR AMBASSADOR PROGRAM MANAGER, WE TRAIN AND ENGAGE LAND TRUST STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS IN ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE POLICY PROCESS. AMBASSADORS TOOK CENTER STAGE AT OUR ADVOCACY DAYS, A SPRING EVENT THAT PROVIDES LAND TRUST LEADERS WITH HANDS-ON TRAINING AS WELL AS TIME WITH KEY LEGISLATORS TO DISCUSS ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THE LAND TRUST COMMUNITY. THE ALLIANCE SERVES AS THE PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT FOR LAND TRUSTS TO UNDERSTAND THE FARM BILL AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAM HELPING THEM TO WORK WITH LANDOWNERS TO PROTECT FARMS AND RANCHES. IN ADDITION, WE EDUCATE LAND TRUSTS ON FEDERAL CONSERVATION PROGRAMS TO ENSURE THEY HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT LAND CONSERVATION TOOLS.

  Expenses $2,471,711 · Grants $81,865

• CONSERVATION PERMANENCE: THE LAND TRUST ALLIANCE CONTINUES TO LEAD THE LAND TRUST COMMUNITY IN ITS MISSION TO PROVIDE LASTING LAND CONSERVATION. THE ALLIANCE SUPPORTS LAND TRUST SUCCESS BY INCREASING THEIR EXPERTISE, DILIGENCE AND RESILIENCE. THROUGH ITS CONSERVATION DEFENSE INITIATIVE, LAND TRUSTS ARE MORE PREPARED THAN EVER TO OVERCOME LEGAL AND PRACTICAL CHALLENGES. THE ALLIANCE ALSO WORKS TO SHAPE THE PRACTICE AND THE BODY OF CONSERVATION LAW, ADVANCING THE LEGAL POSITION THAT CONSERVATION EASEMENTS MUST BE UPHELD CAREFULLY AND OWNED LAND DILIGENTLY PROTECTED, THAT CONSERVED LANDS BENEFIT THE PUBLIC AND DESERVE TO BE TAX-EXEMPT, AND THAT THE JUDGMENT OF LAND TRUSTS THEREFORE IS WORTHY OF REGULATORY AND JUDICIAL DEFERENCE. THE 562 LAND TRUST MEMBERS OF TERRAFIRMA IN 2025 HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE WISDOM OF COLLECTIVE CONSERVATION DEFENSE ADDING LEGAL SUPPORT AND RESOURCES FOR OVER 12.2 MILLION ACRES OF CONSERVED LAND. TERRAFIRMA RISK RETENTION GROUP LLC, THE CHARITABLE RISK POOL LAUNCHED BY THE ALLIANCE IN 2011 AND OWNED THE INSURED BY LAND TRUSTS, COVERED OVER 41,000 CONSERVATION PROPERTIES. WITH OVER 80 PERCENT OF THE LAND OWNED OR CONSERVED BY LAND TRUSTS SAFELY INSURED WITH TERRAFIRMA, OR HELD BY ORGANIZATIONS CAPABLE OF SELF- INSURANCE, THE LAND TRUST COMMUNITY HAS JUSTIFIABLY EARNED A REPUTATION FOR EXPERTLY SERVING THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

  Expenses $914,263 · Revenue $456,016

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• LAKE GEORGE LAND CONSERVANCY

  $377,600

  CAPACITY BUILDING

• SCENIC HUDSON LAND TRUST

  $350,000

  CAPACITY BUILDING

• GENESEE VALLEY CONSERVANCY

  $332,007

  CAPACITY BUILDING

• LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION

  $245,200

  CAPACITY BUILDING

• MOHONK PRESERVE

  $162,000

  CAPACITY BUILDING

• THE NATURE CONSERVANCY

  $139,000

  CAPACITY BUILDING

• MIANUS RIVER GORGE

  $123,593

  CAPACITY BUILDING

• GENESSEE LAND TRUST INC

  $119,333

  CAPACITY BUILDING

• THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC

  $110,529

  CAPACITY BUILDING

• RENSSELAER PLATEAU ALLIANCE

  $106,248

  CAPACITY BUILDING

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION

  501(C)(3) · ACCREDITATION · DC · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

14 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202533189349307743

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