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6 funders with a record of paying for “landconservation”

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Lookout Foundation Inc → Shelburne Farms: $600K across 3 grants, latest 2024Nina Abrams Fund → Hudson Highlands Land Trust: $25K across 3 grants, latest 2024Robert Hoag Rawlings Foundation → Southwest Conservation Corps: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Compass Fund → Trust for Public Lands Vermont: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2022Berro Family Foundation Inc → American River Conservancy: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2025The Heck Foundation → Sonoma Land Trust: $3K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Compass Fund → Piscataquog Land Conservancy: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2025The Heck Foundation → Golden State Land Conservancy: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Compass Fund → Vermont Land Trust: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2025Lookout Foundation Inc: $600K on this topic. Open the funder.Lookout Foundation Inc$600KNina Abrams Fund: $25K on this topic. Open the funder.Nina Abrams Fund$25KThe Compass Fund: $20K on this topic. Open the funder.The Compass Fund$20KRobert Hoag Rawlings Foundation: $15K on this topic. Open the funder.Robert Hoag Rawlings Foundati…$15KBerro Family Foundation Inc: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Berro Family Foundation Inc$10KThe Heck Foundation: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.The Heck Foundation$4KShelburne Farms: received $600K on this topicShelburne Farms$600KHudson Highlands Land Trust: received $25K on this topicHudson Highlands Land Trust$25KSouthwest Conservation Corps: received $15K on this topicSouthwest Conservation Corps$15KTrust for Public Lands Vermont: received $11K on this topicTrust for Public Lands Vermont$11KAmerican River Conservancy: received $10K on this topicAmerican River Conservancy$10KPiscataquog Land Conservancy: received $5K on this topicPiscataquog Land Conservancy$5KVermont Land Trust: received $4K on this topicVermont Land Trust$4KSonoma Land Trust: received $3K on this topicSonoma Land Trust$3KGolden State Land Conservancy: received $1K on this topicGolden State Land Conservancy$1K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →