Open Space Institute Land Trust

The Open Space Institute Land Trust is 501(c)(3) sister organization of the Open Space Institute which helps to protect and conserve land.¹

At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)

Issue Areas: Environmental Policy

Location: New York, NY

Tax ID: 13-3028060

Most Recent Filing: 2024

Budget (2024): Assets: $448,306,863 Revenue: $73,114,837 Expenses: $30,031,620

The Open Space Institute Land Trust is 501(c)(3) sister organization of the Open Space Institute which helps to protect and conserve land.¹

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

Year	Total Assets	Total Revenue	Total Expenses	Filing
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: 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

Highest Earning Employees

Employee	Title	Total Compensation
Tally Blumberg	EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT	$403,844
Lars Kulleseid	PRESIDENT & CEO (INCOMING 04/24)	$390,754
Nathan Berry	CHIEF LAND, PROTECTION OFFICER	$383,415
Eileen Larabee	CHIEF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICER	$364,219
Christopher J Elliman	PRESIDENT & CEO (OUTGOING 05/24)	$346,723
Samayla Deutch	SVP, GENERAL COUNSEL	$307,448
Alice Gleason	SVP FOR FINANCE & CFO	$291,935
Kathleen Moser	CHIEF CONSERVATION/POLICY	$288,027
Robert K Anderberg	SVP, GENERAL COUNSEL	$286,207
Jeffrey Lejava	VP & ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL	$276,779
Jennie Greer	SVP OF PHILANTHROPY	$265,605
Maria Whitehead	VP OF LAND, SOUTHEAST	$262,092
Nick Richardson	SVP, CAPITAL STRATEGIES	$255,045
Peter Karis	VP, PARKS AND STEWARDSHIP	$232,652
Irene Lee	VP OF LAND, NORTHEAST	$222,661
Abigail Weinberg	VP OF SCIENCE & CONSERVATION POLICY	$219,079
David Kieran-Kaufman	VICE PRESIDENT AND ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL	$215,482
May May Cheng	VICE PRESIDENT, CONTROLLER	$203,186
Jessica Watson	VP OF CONSERVATION COMMUNITIES	$191,512

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:

Amount	Year	Funder	Subject
$5,681,501	2020	The Nature Conservancy	Conservation activities
$3,000,000	2023	Open Space Institute Inc	LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAMS AND PURPOSES
$3,000,000	2020	Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc	To 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
$2,702,140	2022	William Penn Foundation	PHASE 2 DRWI LAND PROTECTION CAPITAL RE-GRANT FUND
$2,138,483	2021	William Penn Foundation	PHASE 2 DRWI LAND PROTECTION CAPITAL RE-GRANT FUND
$1,827,552	2020	William Penn Foundation	PHASE 2 DRWI LAND PROTECTION CAPITAL RE-GRANT FUND
$1,500,000	2023	Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc	To 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
$1,500,000	2022	Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc	To 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
$1,350,000	2022	Darla Moore and Richard Rainwater Foundation	GENERAL FUNDING TO PROTECT SCENIC, NATURAL AND HISTORIC LANDSCAPES FOR PUBLIC ENJOYMENT
$1,100,000	2021	Richard King Mellon Foundation	TO SUPPORT EXEMPLARY LAND TRANSACTIONS TO ACCELERATE CONSERVATION THAT FACILITATES WILDLIFE ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN PRIORITY LANDSCAPES OF THE FOUNDATION
$1,000,000	2024	The Knobloch Family Foundation	Riverforks Acquisition South Carolina fund
$1,000,000	2023	The Knobloch Family Foundation	Conservation- RMS-NORTH (BLACK RIVER)
$855,797	2021	Thomas L Kempner Jr Foundation	GRANT EXCLUSIVELY FOR PROJECT EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ESSEX HUDSON GREENWAY.
$834,065	2020	Thomas L Kempner Jr Foundation	GENERAL UNRESTRICTED
$722,228	2024	The Knobloch Family Foundation	South Carolina land protection project – Black River State park addition: Mingo creek tract
$702,500	2023	The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation	TO RENOVATE AND INSTALL GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THREE PARKS IDENTIFIED IN THE BUFFALO PARKS MASTER PLAN.
$702,500	2022	The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation	TO RENOVATE AND INSTALL GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE BASED ON THE BUFFALO PARKS MASTER PLAN
$700,000	2022	Fidelity Foundation	PROPERTY CARE; BUILDINGS; RENOVATION
$690,336	2023	The Knobloch Family Foundation	Conservation- OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE LAND TRUST NISBET TRACT SOUTH CAROLINA LAND PURCHASE
$650,000	2023	The Knobloch Family Foundation	Conservation- BLACK RIVER STATE PARK ADDITION, TOWN OF ANDREWS TRACT
$614,106	2022	Thomas L Kempner Jr Foundation	GRANT EXCLUSIVELY FOR PROJECT EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ESSEX HUDSON GREENWAY.
$600,000	2024	Freedom Together Foundation	IMPROVING FEDERAL FUNDING TO URBAN PARKS
$600,000	2023	Freedom Together Foundation	IMPROVING FEDERAL FUNDING TO URBAN PARKS
$500,000	2021	William Penn Foundation	PRI CONSERVATION REVOLVING LOAN FUND
$500,000	2021	The Topfield Foundation Inc	TO 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:

Amount	Year	Funder	Subject
$1,502,433	2022	The Nature Conservancy Arlington, VA	DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED AND APPALACHIAN LANDSCAPE PROTECTION
$1,498,818	2024	New City Parks Inc	SUPPORT OF PUBLIC PARKS
$1,395,526	2024	Natural Lands	DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED PROTECTION
$1,149,380	2023	New City Parks Inc	SUPPORT OF PUBLIC PARKS
$700,000	2022	South Carolina Forestry Commission	LAND CONSERVATION & SUSTAINABILITY
$638,455	2023	New Jersey Conservation Foundation	DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED PROTECTION
$606,750	2021	The Nature Conservancy/Maine Chapter	APPALACHIAN LANDSCAPE PROTECTION
$580,000	2020	TennGreen Land Conservancy	SOUTHERN CUMBERLANDS LAND PROTECTION
$541,250	2022	TennGreen Land Conservancy	APPALACHIAN LANDSCAPE PROTECTION
$531,179	2023	The Nature Conservancy	DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED PROTECTION
$495,000	2024	Western Pennsylvania Conservancy	APPALACHIAN LANDSCAPE PROTECTION
$425,000	2022	Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation	APPALACHIAN LANDSCAPE PROTECTION
$400,000	2023	State of Georgia	APPALACHIAN LANDSCAPES PROTECTION
$350,000	2023	Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust, Inc.	APPALACHIAN LANDSCAPES PROTECTION
$316,428	2022	Natural Lands	DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED AND APPALACHIAN LANDSCAPE PROTECTION
$294,322	2020	The Nature Conservancy	DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED PROTECTION FUND
$288,500	2023	Loon Echo Land Trust Inc	APPALACHIAN LANDSCAPES PROTECTION
$271,003	2023	Jersey City Board of Education	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$224,493	2024	New Jersey Conservation Foundation	DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED PROTECTION
$220,250	2023	The Land Conservancy of New Jersey	DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED PROTECTION
$218,070	2023	Western Foothills Land Trust	APPALACHIAN LANDSCAPES PROTECTION
$207,000	2021	The Conservation Fund	SOUTHERN CUMBERLANDS LAND PROTECTION
$206,600	2021	Wildlife Conservation Society	APPALACHIAN LANDSCAPE PROTECTION AND DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED PROTECTION FUND
$198,000	2020	New Jersey Bicycle Coalition Inc	ESSEX HUDSON GREENWAY
$186,350	2021	The Land Conservancy of New Jersey	DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED PROTECTION FUND

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References

1. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990) (2019). Open Space Institute Land Trust, Inc. Part I. https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/133028060_201912_990_2021022217743081.pdf. Accessed July 13, 2022.