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NATURAL HERITAGE TRUST

EIN 16-1019635 ALBANY, NY

Revenue 2025
$13,545,700
Expenses 2025
$13,497,987

Program services were 86.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
625 BROADWAY STE 2

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THE TRUST IS TO SERVE AS A FOCAL POINT FOR THE RECEIPT AND ADMINISTRATION OF GIFTS, GRANTS, DEVISES AND BEQUESTS OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TO FURTHER CONSERVATION, OUTDOOR RECREATION, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND WATERFRONT AND COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O:THE TRUST ACCOMPLISHES ITS MISSION BY ACCEPTING DONATIONS, RAISING FUNDS, AND THROUGH COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS WITH ITS AGENCY PARTNERS: NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION (OPRHP), DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION (DEC) AND THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE (DOS). THE TRUST ALSO PARTNERS WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES, NOT-FOR-PROFITS AND FRIENDS GROUPS TO SECURE AND ADMINISTER FUNDING. THE TRUST IS DEDICATED TO BUILDING AND SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHARE MISSION COMPATIBLE GOALS AND PURPOSES.THE TRUST ENSURES THE SAFEKEEPING OF FUNDS HELD IN TRUST AND INVESTS FUNDS PRUDENTLY AND IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE UNDERLYING GIFT, GRANT, OR PROJECT AGREEMENT. PRIVATE FUNDING ENDOWED THROUGH THE TRUST HAS SUPPORTED A WIDE VARIETY OF CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS, CAPITAL PROJECTS AND IMPROVEMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL AND OUTDOOR EDUCATION, NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION AND RESTORATION, AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION THROUGHOUT THE STATE FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS.

    Expenses $11,636,554 · Grants $1,041,847 · Revenue $7,374,590

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • KATHY MOSER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WALTER MOSLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRYAN ERWIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMANDA LEFTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SALLY DRAKE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $199,184
    From this org
    $148,292
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,892
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,292
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,568
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,324
    Filer's total
    $199,184

  • SARAH PURCELL

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR/CFO

    Total calculated
    $191,601
    From this org
    $142,645
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,956
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,645
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,785
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,171
    Filer's total
    $191,601

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $13,545,700
    Expenses
    $13,497,987
    Contributions
    $4,078,100
    Grants paid
    $1,041,847
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $13,544,864
    Expenses
    $15,604,380
    Contributions
    $3,165,500
    Grants paid
    $3,499,274
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $15,697,020
    Expenses
    $16,516,691
    Contributions
    $5,222,536
    Grants paid
    $5,484,286
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $16,482,658
    Expenses
    $16,881,811
    Contributions
    $8,643,438
    Grants paid
    $7,718,967

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,861,363
    Expenses
    $15,430,927
    Assets (EOY)
    $68,314,961

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,975,138
    Expenses
    $14,040,616
    Assets (EOY)
    $62,154,743

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,617,013
    Expenses
    $12,455,893
    Assets (EOY)
    $54,635,384

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,830,302
    Expenses
    $12,824,520
    Assets (EOY)
    $53,733,212

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,055,755
    Expenses
    $10,198,803
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,970,108

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,055,755
    Expenses
    $10,198,803
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,970,108

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,366,849
    Expenses
    $15,692,149
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,261,023

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,193,707
    Expenses
    $10,907,814
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,300,340

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,078,901
    Expenses
    $8,945,025
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,475,405

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,975,731
    Expenses
    $9,467,464
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,408,482

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • NYS OPRHP

    $6,452,158

    2022 REIMBURSEMENT FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

  • NYS OPRHP

    $4,207,521

    2023 REIMBURSEMENT FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

  • NYS OFFICE OF PARKS RECREATION & HISTORIC PRESERVATION

    $3,041,128

    2024 JALLIS - 07/07/25 12:58PM WORKSHEET SCHEDULE I

  • COMPTROLLER - STATE OF NEW YORK

    $980,000

    2023 REIMBURSEMENTS FOR WESTERN NY TRAILS

  • NYS OFFICE OF PARKS RECREATION & HISTORIC PRESERVATION

    $851,856

    2025 CAPITAL PROJECTS & PUBLIC PROGRAMMING

  • DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    $516,373

    2022 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

  • TOWN OF LEWISTON

    $250,000

    2022 PROGRAMMING PARTNERSHIP

  • CITY OF BUFFALO

    $225,000

    2022 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

  • DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    $160,000

    2023 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

  • PALISADES INTERSTATE PARK COMMISSION

    $140,436

    2022 ANNUAL OPERATING DISTRIBUTION

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.