Funding search · EIN 208924520 · Durango, CO

Conservation Lands Foundation

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

300
grants reported
$10.8M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Mojave Desert Land Trust4 grants · $940,000
  • Transition Habitat Conservancy4 grants · $505,000
  • Friends of the Inyo4 grants · $470,000
  • New Mexico Wilderness Alliance4 grants · $417,000
  • Friends of the Owyhee4 grants · $337,000
  • Archaeology Southwest4 grants · $320,000
  • Friends of the Desert Mountains4 grants · $281,000
  • Bears Ears Partnership4 grants · $280,000
  • Friends of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks4 grants · $265,000
  • Dolores River Boating Advocates4 grants · $260,000

Giving over time

$1.9M
2022
$1.9M
2023
$1.9M
2024
$5.0M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 300 grants.

  • $410,000

    Mojave Desert Land Trust · Joshua Tree, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $410,000

    Mojave Desert Land Trust · Joshua Tree, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $225,000

    Transition Habitat Conservancy · Pinon Hills, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $225,000

    Transition Habitat Conservancy · Pinon Hills, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $155,000

    Friends of the Inyo · Bishop, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $155,000

    Friends of the Inyo · Bishop, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $110,500

    Friends of the Desert Mountains · Palm Desert, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $110,500

    Friends of the Desert Mountains · Palm Desert, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $108,500

    New Mexico Wilderness Alliance · Albuquerque, NM · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $108,500

    New Mexico Wilderness Alliance · Albuquerque, NM · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $100,000

    New Mexico Wilderness Alliance · Albuquerque, NM · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $100,000

    New Mexico Wilderness Alliance · Albuquerque, NM · 2023

    Promote conservation

  • $90,000

    Friends of the Owyhee · Ontario, OR · 2023

    Promote conservation

  • $85,000

    Friends of the Inyo · Bishop, CA · 2022

    Promote conservation

  • $84,000

    Cactustocloud Institute · La Quinta, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $84,000

    Cactustocloud Institute · La Quinta, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $83,500

    Friends of the Owyhee · Ontario, OR · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $83,500

    Friends of the Owyhee · Ontario, OR · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $81,500

    Archaeology Southwest · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    Promote conservation

  • $80,000

    Archaeology Southwest · Tucson, AZ · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $80,000

    Archaeology Southwest · Tucson, AZ · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $80,000

    Archaeology Southwest · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $80,000

    Friends of the Inyo · Bishop, CA · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $80,000

    Friends of the Owyhee · Ontario, OR · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $80,000

    Archaeology Southwest · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    Promote conservation

  • $80,000

    Friends of the Inyo · Bishop, CA · 2023

    Promote conservation

  • $80,000

    Friends of the Owyhee · Ontario, OR · 2022

    Promote conservation

  • $80,000

    New Mexico Wilderness Alliance · Albuquerque, NM · 2022

    Promote conservation

  • $80,000

    Outside Las Vegas Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2022

    Promote conservation

  • $71,500

    Friends of Big Morongo Canyon Preserve · Morongo Valley, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $71,500

    Friends of Big Morongo Canyon Preserve · Morongo Valley, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $70,000

    Bears Ears Partnership · Bluff, UT · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $70,000

    Bears Ears Partnership · Bluff, UT · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $70,000

    Dolores River Boating Advocates · Dolores, CO · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $70,000

    Dolores River Boating Advocates · Dolores, CO · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $70,000

    Friends of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks · Las Cruces, NM · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $70,000

    Friends of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks · Las Cruces, NM · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $70,000

    Bears Ears Partnership · Bluff, UT · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $70,000

    Native American Land Conservancy · Banning, CA · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $70,000

    Bears Ears Partnership · Bluff, UT · 2023

    Promote conservation

  • $70,000

    Friends of Cedar Mesa · Bluff, UT · 2022

    Promote conservation

  • $70,000

    Friends of the Organ Mountains- · Las Cruces, NM · 2022

    Promote conservation

  • $65,000

    Friends of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks · Las Cruces, NM · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $65,000

    Get Outdoors Nevada · Las Vegas, NV · 2023

    Promote conservation

  • $65,000

    Conserve Southwest Utah · St George, UT · 2022

    Promote conservation

  • $65,000

    Mojave Desert Land Trust · Joshua Tree, CA · 2022

    Promote conservation

  • $60,000

    Conserve Southwest Utah · St George, UT · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $60,000

    Conserve Southwest Utah · St George, UT · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $60,000

    Conserve Southwest Utah · St George, UT · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $60,000

    Dolores River Boating Advocates · Dolores, CO · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $60,000

    Get Outdoors Nevada · Las Vegas, NV · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $60,000

    Mojave Desert Land Trust · Joshua Tree, CA · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $60,000

    Conserve Southwest Utah · St George, UT · 2023

    Promote conservation

  • $60,000

    Dolores River Boating Advocates · Dolores, CO · 2023

    Promote conservation

  • $60,000

    Friends of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks · Las Cruces, NM · 2023

    Promote conservation

  • $60,000

    Mojave Desert Land Trust · Joshua Tree, CA · 2023

    Promote conservation

  • $60,000

    Native American Land Conservancy · Banning, CA · 2023

    Promote conservation

  • $60,000

    Dolores River Boating Advocates · Dolores, CO · 2022

    Promote conservation

  • $60,000

    Utah Dine Bikeyah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    Promote conservation

  • $55,000

    Get Outdoors Nevada · Las Vegas, NV · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $55,000

    Get Outdoors Nevada · Las Vegas, NV · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Amargosa Conservancy · Shoshone, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Amargosa Conservancy · Shoshone, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Friends of Nevada Wilderness · Reno, NV · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Friends of Nevada Wilderness · Reno, NV · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Grand Staircase Escalante Partners · Kanab, UT · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Grand Staircase Escalante Partners · Kanab, UT · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Native American Land Conservancy · Banning, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Native American Land Conservancy · Banning, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Amargosa Conservancy · Shoshone, CA · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Friends of Nevada Wilderness · Reno, NV · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Grand Staircase Escalante Partners · Kanab, UT · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Tuleyome · Woodland, CA · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Friends of Nevada Wilderness · Reno, NV · 2023

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Grand Staircase Escalante Partners · Kanab, UT · 2023

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Tuleyome · Woodland, CA · 2023

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Friends of Nevada Wilderness · Reno, NV · 2022

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Grand Staircase Escalante Partners · Kanab, UT · 2022

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Native American Land Conervancy · Indio, CA · 2022

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Tuleyome · Woodland, CA · 2022

    Promote conservation

  • $50,000

    Wyoming Outdoor Council · Lander, WY · 2022

    Promote conservation

  • $45,000

    Conservation Legacy · Durango, CO · 2022

    Promote conservation

  • $42,500

    Tuleyome · Woodland, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $42,500

    Tuleyome · Woodland, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $40,000

    Amah Mutsun Land Trust · Santa Cruz, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $40,000

    Amah Mutsun Land Trust · Santa Cruz, CA · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $40,000

    Amah Mutsun Land Trust · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $40,000

    Conservation Legacy · Durango, CO · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $40,000

    Transition Habitat Conservancy · Pinon Hills, CA · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $40,000

    Amah Mutsun Land Trust · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

    Promote conservation

  • $40,000

    Conservation Legacy · Durango, CO · 2023

    Promote conservation

  • $40,000

    Utah Dine Bikeyah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    Promote conservation

  • $39,000

    Friends of Avi Kwa Ame National Monument · Searchlight, NV · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $35,000

    Wilderness Workshop · Carbondale, CO · 2024

    Promote conservation

  • $35,000

    Wilderness Workshop · Carbondale, CO · 2023

    Promote conservation

  • $33,000

    Montana Wilderness Association · Helena, MT · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $33,000

    Montana Wilderness Association · Helena, MT · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $32,500

    Conservation Legacy · Durango, CO · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $32,500

    Conservation Legacy · Durango, CO · 2025

    Promote conservation

  • $32,500

    Consejo De Federaciones Mexicanas En Norte America · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Promote conservation

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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.