Open Space Conservancy

Open Space Conservancy (official name: Open Space Institute Land Trust) is a New York-based land conservation group that purchases land in order to block construction and development on it.

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Issue Areas: Environmental Policy
Website: www.openspaceinstitute.org
Location: New York, NY View on map
Tax ID: 13-3028060
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $448,306,863 Revenue: $73,114,837 Expenses: $30,031,620

Funding

Donors to Open Space Conservancy

The William Penn Foundation, a left-leaning foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, granted roughly $10 million to the Open Space Conservancy between 2010 and 2013. 1

The Lyndhurst Foundation in Chattanooga, Tennessee, granted OSC $4.75 million between 2008 and 2011. OSC received roughly $2.5 million from the Partridge Foundation, based in New York, New York, between 2009 and 2015. The Benwood Foundation granted OSC $1.75 million between 2007 and 2014. 1

Other grants to the Open Space Conservancy include: 1

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2024 $448,306,863 $73,114,837 $30,031,620 View
2023 $421,472,001 $74,821,096 $76,852,095 View
2022 $331,677,388 $53,815,893 $35,366,206 View
2021 $354,809,473 $44,215,127 $21,913,425 View
2020 $322,433,963 $38,059,895 $27,420,661 View

Prior year filings: 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $103,851,478
  • Number of Grants: 259
  • Number of Funders: 98

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$5,681,5012020 The Nature ConservancyConservation activities
$3,000,0002023 Open Space Institute IncLAND ACQUISITION PROGRAMS AND PURPOSES
$3,000,0002020 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation IncTo protect climate-resilient lands along the Appalachian Mountain corridor and accelerate landscape conservation in the eastern United States as a nationally important natural climate solution
$2,702,1402022 William Penn FoundationPHASE 2 DRWI LAND PROTECTION CAPITAL RE-GRANT FUND
$2,138,4832021 William Penn FoundationPHASE 2 DRWI LAND PROTECTION CAPITAL RE-GRANT FUND
$1,827,5522020 William Penn FoundationPHASE 2 DRWI LAND PROTECTION CAPITAL RE-GRANT FUND
$1,500,0002023 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation IncTo protect climate-resilient lands along the Appalachian Mountain corridor and accelerate landscape conservation in the eastern United States as a nationally important natural climate solution
$1,500,0002022 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation IncTo protect climate-resilient lands along the Appalachian Mountain corridor and accelerate landscape conservation in the eastern United States as a nationally important natural climate solution
$1,350,0002022 Darla Moore and Richard Rainwater FoundationGENERAL FUNDING TO PROTECT SCENIC, NATURAL AND HISTORIC LANDSCAPES FOR PUBLIC ENJOYMENT
$1,100,0002021 Richard King Mellon FoundationTO SUPPORT EXEMPLARY LAND TRANSACTIONS TO ACCELERATE CONSERVATION THAT FACILITATES WILDLIFE ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN PRIORITY LANDSCAPES OF THE FOUNDATION
$1,000,0002024 The Knobloch Family FoundationRiverforks Acquisition South Carolina fund
$1,000,0002023 The Knobloch Family FoundationConservation- RMS-NORTH (BLACK RIVER)
$855,7972021 Thomas L Kempner Jr FoundationGRANT EXCLUSIVELY FOR PROJECT EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ESSEX HUDSON GREENWAY.
$834,0652020 Thomas L Kempner Jr FoundationGENERAL UNRESTRICTED
$722,2282024 The Knobloch Family FoundationSouth Carolina land protection project – Black River State park addition: Mingo creek tract
$702,5002023 The Ralph C Wilson Jr FoundationTO RENOVATE AND INSTALL GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THREE PARKS IDENTIFIED IN THE BUFFALO PARKS MASTER PLAN.
$702,5002022 The Ralph C Wilson Jr FoundationTO RENOVATE AND INSTALL GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE BASED ON THE BUFFALO PARKS MASTER PLAN
$700,0002022 Fidelity FoundationPROPERTY CARE; BUILDINGS; RENOVATION
$690,3362023 The Knobloch Family FoundationConservation- OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE LAND TRUST NISBET TRACT SOUTH CAROLINA LAND PURCHASE
$650,0002023 The Knobloch Family FoundationConservation- BLACK RIVER STATE PARK ADDITION, TOWN OF ANDREWS TRACT
$614,1062022 Thomas L Kempner Jr FoundationGRANT EXCLUSIVELY FOR PROJECT EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ESSEX HUDSON GREENWAY.
$600,0002024 Freedom Together FoundationIMPROVING FEDERAL FUNDING TO URBAN PARKS
$600,0002023 Freedom Together FoundationIMPROVING FEDERAL FUNDING TO URBAN PARKS
$500,0002021 William Penn FoundationPRI CONSERVATION REVOLVING LOAN FUND
$500,0002021 The Topfield Foundation IncTO FURTHER DONEES EXEMPT PURPOSE

All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $34,191,050
  • Number of Grants: 226
  • Number of Recipients: 133

Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$1,502,4332022 The Nature Conservancy Arlington, VADELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED AND APPALACHIAN LANDSCAPE PROTECTION
$1,498,8182024 New City Parks IncSUPPORT OF PUBLIC PARKS
$1,395,5262024 Natural LandsDELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED PROTECTION
$1,149,3802023 New City Parks IncSUPPORT OF PUBLIC PARKS
$700,0002022 South Carolina Forestry CommissionLAND CONSERVATION & SUSTAINABILITY
$638,4552023 New Jersey Conservation FoundationDELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED PROTECTION
$606,7502021 The Nature Conservancy/Maine ChapterAPPALACHIAN LANDSCAPE PROTECTION
$580,0002020 TennGreen Land ConservancySOUTHERN CUMBERLANDS LAND PROTECTION
$541,2502022 TennGreen Land ConservancyAPPALACHIAN LANDSCAPE PROTECTION
$531,1792023 The Nature ConservancyDELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED PROTECTION
$495,0002024 Western Pennsylvania ConservancyAPPALACHIAN LANDSCAPE PROTECTION
$425,0002022 Northeast Wilderness Trust CorporationAPPALACHIAN LANDSCAPE PROTECTION
$400,0002023 State of GeorgiaAPPALACHIAN LANDSCAPES PROTECTION
$350,0002023 Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust, Inc.APPALACHIAN LANDSCAPES PROTECTION
$316,4282022 Natural LandsDELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED AND APPALACHIAN LANDSCAPE PROTECTION
$294,3222020 The Nature ConservancyDELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED PROTECTION FUND
$288,5002023 Loon Echo Land Trust IncAPPALACHIAN LANDSCAPES PROTECTION
$271,0032023 Jersey City Board of EducationGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$224,4932024 New Jersey Conservation FoundationDELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED PROTECTION
$220,2502023 The Land Conservancy of New JerseyDELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED PROTECTION
$218,0702023 Western Foothills Land TrustAPPALACHIAN LANDSCAPES PROTECTION
$207,0002021 The Conservation FundSOUTHERN CUMBERLANDS LAND PROTECTION
$206,6002021 Wildlife Conservation SocietyAPPALACHIAN LANDSCAPE PROTECTION AND DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED PROTECTION FUND
$198,0002020 New Jersey Bicycle Coalition IncESSEX HUDSON GREENWAY
$186,3502021 The Land Conservancy of New JerseyDELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED PROTECTION FUND

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1. Information provided by Foundation Search. Search conducted April 5, 2021. www.FoundationSearch.org