Funding search · EIN 133028060 · New York, NY

Open Space Institute Land Trust

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

116
grants reported
$17.1M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$35,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • New City Parks2 grants · $2.6M
  • The Nature Conservancy3 grants · $2.4M
  • Natural Lands Trust2 grants · $1.5M
  • Lamar Mounds1 grant · $1.3M
  • New Jersey Conservation Foundation2 grants · $862,948
  • South Carolina Forestry Commission1 grant · $700,000
  • Tenngreen Land Conservancy2 grants · $605,425
  • Western Pennsylvania Conservancy1 grant · $495,000
  • State of Georgia2 grants · $440,000
  • The Land Conservancy of New Jersey3 grants · $436,585

Giving over time

$6.1M
2022
$5.3M
2023
$5.6M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 116 grants.

  • $1.5M

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Delaware river watershed and appalachian landscape protection

  • $1.5M

    New City Parks · New York, NY · 2024

    Support of public parks

  • $1.4M

    Natural Lands Trust · Media, PA · 2024

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $1.3M

    Lamar Mounds · Macon, GA · 2022

    Ocmulgee mounds land acquisition and preservation

  • $1.1M

    New City Parks · New York, NY · 2023

    Support of public parks

  • $700,000

    South Carolina Forestry Commission · Columbia, SC · 2022

    Land conservation & sustainability

  • $638,455

    New Jersey Conservation Foundation · Far Hills, NJ · 2023

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $541,250

    Tenngreen Land Conservancy · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $531,179

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $495,000

    Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $425,000

    Northeast Wilderness Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2022

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $400,000

    Pennsylvania Game Commission · Harrisburg, PA · 2024

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $400,000

    State of Georgia · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Appalachian landscapes protection

  • $381,424

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $350,000

    Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust · Rangeley, ME · 2023

    Appalachian landscapes protection

  • $316,428

    Natural Lands Trust · Media, PA · 2022

    Delaware river watershed and appalachian landscape protection

  • $288,500

    Loon Echo Land Trust · Bridgton, ME · 2023

    Appalachian landscapes protection

  • $271,003

    Jersey City Board of Education · Jersey City, NJ · 2023

    General operating support

  • $224,493

    New Jersey Conservation Foundation · Far Hills, NJ · 2024

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $220,250

    The Land Conservancy of New Jersey · Boonton, NJ · 2023

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $218,070

    Western Foothills Land Trust · Norway, ME · 2023

    Appalachian landscapes protection

  • $180,000

    Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Appalachian landscapes protection

  • $177,310

    The Land Conservancy of New Jersey · Boonton, NJ · 2024

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $132,078

    The Land Trust for Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $120,000

    Bull Creek Common Lands · Athens, VT · 2024

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $115,630

    City of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Support of public parks

  • $115,000

    Natural Lands Trust · Media, PA · 2023

    Appalachian landscapes protection

  • $115,000

    Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2022

    Land conservation support

  • $115,000

    Windmill Hill Pinnacle Associationpo Box 584saxtons River Vt 05154-0584 · Saxtons River, VT · 2022

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $102,329

    Greater Lovell Land Trust · Lovell, ME · 2023

    Appalachian landscapes protection

  • $100,000

    Friends of Coastal South Carolina · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2024

    Support of public parks

  • $100,000

    Somerset Woods Trustees · Skowhegan, ME · 2024

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $100,000

    Natural Heritage Trust · Albany, NY · 2023

    Public parks improvement study

  • $100,000

    Town of Woodstock Mainepo Box 317bryant Pond Me 04219 · Bryant Pond, ME · 2022

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $92,762

    Open Space Institute · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $91,477

    Open Space Institute · New York, NY · 2023

    Stewardship

  • $90,000

    Lula Lake Land Trust · Lookout Mountain, GA · 2022

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $70,000

    The Open Space Institute · New York, NY · 2022

    Stewardship

  • $67,350

    Vermont Land Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2022

    Transborder land protection fund

  • $65,459

    French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust · Phoenixville, PA · 2024

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $64,191

    Pocono Heritage Land Trust · East Stroudsburg, PA · 2023

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $64,175

    Tenngreen Land Conservancy · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Appalachian landscapes protection

  • $61,850

    The Clearwater Conservancv of Central Pennsvlvania · State College, PA · 2024

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $60,000

    Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $54,000

    Ymca of Coastal Carolina · Myrtle Beach, SC · 2024

    Swim safety program

  • $50,000

    American Friends of Canadian Conservation · Macon, GA · 2022

    Transborder land protection fund

  • $50,000

    Loon Echo Land Trust · Bridgton, ME · 2022

    Sebago lake watershed protection

  • $50,000

    Thrive Regional Partnership · Chattanooga, TN · 2022

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $45,000

    Delaware Highlands Conservancy · Beack Lake, PA · 2023

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $45,000

    Mohonk Preserve · Gardiner, NY · 2022

    Northeast land conservation

  • $44,000

    New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition · Upper Montclair, NJ · 2022

    Essex hudson greenway protection support

  • $44,000

    The Fort Ticonderoga Association · Ticonderoga, NY · 2022

    Lake george area land conservation

  • $40,000

    State of Georgia · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $40,000

    Putney Mountain Association · Putney, VT · 2022

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $39,025

    The Land Conservancy of New Jersey · Boonton, NJ · 2022

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $35,475

    Mahoosuc Land Trust · Bethel, ME · 2024

    Sebago clean waters

  • $35,110

    National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2023

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $35,000

    Loon Echo Land Trust · Bridgton, ME · 2024

    Sebago clean waters

  • $35,000

    Musconetcong Watershed Association · Asbury, NJ · 2023

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $35,000

    The Adirondack Council · Elizabethtown, NY · 2022

    Adirondacks land conservation and sustainability

  • $33,300

    Esf College Foundation · Syracuse, NY · 2022

    Indigenous consultation and land conservation curriculum development

  • $31,040

    Lake Champlain Land Trust · Burlington, VA · 2022

    Conservation easement

  • $30,000

    D&H Canal Historical Society · High Falls, NY · 2022

    Land protection support

  • $28,300

    Wildlands Conservancy · Emmaus, PA · 2024

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $25,000

    The Adirondack Council · Elizabethtown, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Adirondack Land Trust · Keene, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Ceres · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    The Adirondack Council · Elizabethtown, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Adirondack Land Trust · Keene, NY · 2022

    Adirondacks land conservation and sustainability

  • $25,000

    Ceres · Boston, MA · 2022

    Land conservation and sustainability

  • $25,000

    Delaware Highlands Conservancy · Beack Lake, PA · 2022

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $22,500

    Western Foothills Land Trust · Norway, ME · 2024

    Sebago clean waters

  • $20,000

    Chattanooga Housing Authority · Chattanooga, TN · 2024

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $20,000

    Town of Spring City · Spring City, TN · 2024

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $20,000

    Keep Dalton Whitfield Beautiful · Dalton, GA · 2023

    Appalachian landscapes protection

  • $20,000

    Mahoosuc Land Trust · Bethel, ME · 2023

    Sebago clean waters grant

  • $20,000

    South Pittsburg Area Revitalization Quest · South Pittsburg, TN · 2023

    Appalachian landscapes protection

  • $19,928

    Georgia Department of Natural Resources · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Land protection

  • $15,000

    Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space · Pennington, NJ · 2024

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $15,000

    Land in Common · Greene, ME · 2024

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $15,000

    Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art · Chadds Ford, PA · 2023

    Land and climate catalyst planning

  • $15,000

    Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $15,000

    Ridge and Valley Conservancy · Blairstown, NJ · 2023

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $15,000

    Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association · Ambler, PA · 2023

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $15,000

    Piscataquog Land Conservancy · New Boston, NH · 2022

    New england appalachian landscape protection

  • $15,000

    Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust · Rangeley, ME · 2022

    New england appalachian landscape protection

  • $14,950

    National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2022

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $14,900

    French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust · Devault, PA · 2022

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $14,670

    Northern Virginia Conservation Trust · Annandale, VA · 2022

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $14,000

    Northern Forest Center · Concord, NH · 2024

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $14,000

    Vermont River Conservancy · Montpelier, VT · 2024

    Appalachian landscape protection

  • $13,500

    Buck Hill Conservatib2c36on Foundation · Buck Hill Falls, PA · 2024

    Delaware river watershed protection

  • $13,000

    New River Land Trust · Blacksburg, VA · 2023

    Appalachian landscapes protection

  • $13,000

    The Wilderness Land Trust · Helena, MT · 2023

    Appalachian landscapes protection

  • $12,500

    Friends of Stowe Conservation · Stowe, VT · 2023

    Appalachian landscapes protection

  • $12,500

    Friends of the Mad River · Waitsfield, VT · 2023

    Appalachian landscapes protection

  • $12,500

    The Forest Stewards Guild · Santa Fe, NM · 2023

    Appalachian landscapes protection

  • $12,500

    Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness · Bangor, ME · 2023

    Appalachian landscapes protection

  • $12,400

    Esf College Foundation · Syracuse, NY · 2024

    Land conservation support

  • $12,000

    Triangle Land Conservancy · Durham, NC · 2023

    Appalachian landscapes protection

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.