Looking Forward With Hope

2013 ANNUAL REPORT Our Mission: To save the places people love by strengthening land conservation across America.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Land Trust National Council Mary McFadden, J.D. Blair Fitzsimons Conservation Defense Michael P. Dowling, Chair Accreditation Gretchen Long, Chair Nicholas J. Moore Tim Glidden Advisory Council Commission Jameson S. French, Vice Chair John R. Muha Elizabeth M. Hagood David Anderson Laura A. Johnson, Vice Chair Lawrence R. Kueter, Chair Mark C. Ackelson Jean Nelson John v.H. Halsey Laurie Andrews William Mulligan, Secretary/ Heather Richards, Vice Chair David Anderson Caroline Niemczyk Alan Hutchinson Mike Beam Treasurer Molly Doran, Secretary Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Michael Polemis Glenn Lamb Buzz Constable Jennifer Sims, Treasurer Andy Baxter Samuel F. Pryor III Roger Larochelle Andy Dana Lise H. Aangeenbrug Robert T. Blakely Thomas A. Quintrell Kris W. Larson Mike Dennis Jamie Brown Laurie Andrews Tony Brooks Thomas S. Reeve Bill Leahy Ellen Fred Daniel Cline Robert A. Ayres Christopher E. Buck Christopher Glenn Sawyer Dave Livermore Darla Guenzler Marty Coleman-Hunt Alan M. Bell Joyce Coleman Walter Sedgwick Gil Livingston Jane Ellen Hamilton Elizabeth “Liz” Crane-Wexler Maria Elena Campisteguy Les Coleman J. Rutherford Seydel Andy Loza Peter Hausmann Scott Dickerson Lauren B. Dachs Ann Stevenson Colley Julie Sharpe Joe McGovern Jessica Jay Thomas R. “Tom” Duffus Belinda V. Faustinos Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld Lawrence T.P. Stifler, Ph.D. Chris Miller Laura Johnson Jay Erickson Elizabeth M. Hagood Debbie Craig Doug Walker Walter Moore Kalen A. Kingsbury Lucinda “Cindy” Hunt-Stowell David Hartwell James C. Flood Peter C. Welles Molly Morrison Lawrence R. Kueter Cary F. Leptuck Peter Hausmann Natasha Grigg David F. Work Jean Nelson Ted Ladd Anne Murphy Sherry F. Huber Marjorie Hart Sonia Perillo Kris W. Larson Katharine Roser Lawrence R. Kueter Alice Hausmann Land Trust Bob Perschel Rob Levin Bruce Runnels Ted Ladd Peter Hausmann Leadership Council Dan Pike Konrad Liegel Aimee Rutledge Fernando Lloveras San Miguel Albert Joerger Jerry Adelmann Michael Pope Nancy McLaughlin Ann Taylor Schwing Mary McFadden, J.D. David Jones Laurie Andrews Rock Ringling William Mulligan Stephen “Steve” Swartz George S. Olsen Maryanne Tagney-Jones Ed Becker Steve Rosenberg George S. Olsen Tom Trinley Frederic C. Rich Tony Kiser Scott Boettger Tom Saunders Dan Pike Judith Stockdale Sue Knight Tammara Van Ryn, Michele Byers Mark Silberstein Thomas A. Quintrell Darrell Wood Anne Kroeker Executive Director Andy Chmar Judy Steckler Frederic C. Rich Glenn Lamb Glen Chown Mark Steinbach Bill Silberstein Executive Team Kathy K. Leavenworth Corporate Council Rich Cochran Mike Strigel Stephen “Steve” Swartz Rand Wentworth, President Richard Leeds Henry Tepper CSX Transportation Terry Corwin Philip Tabas Mary Pope Hutson, Penelope Lewis Nita Vail ExxonMobil Pam Dewell Executive Vice President Mayo Lykes Laurie Wayburn Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Jane Difley Marilyn Ayres, Chief Operating & Susan Lykes Chris West Plum Creek Gene Duvernoy Lists current as of April 2014 Financial Officer Bradford S. Marshall Scott Wilber Wells Fargo Katherine Eddins Will Martin David Epstein Reid Wilson Barbara Erickson From the Chair and President

Land trusts are radically hopeful institutions. They look far into the future and see a country in which our natural areas and working lands surround us with beauty and nurture our bodies, our souls and our communities. The Land Trust Alliance works tirelessly to enable land trusts to do what they do best: protect land. You have to be an optimist to do this work—to believe that you can make a difference in the face of so many threats. And we have good reasons to look forward with hope. We now have a Farm Bill that will provide more than $1 billion in funding to conserve farm and ranch land. We have land trusts throughout the country that are strong and ready to care for their lands into the future. Already, the percentage of protected fee and easement land held by accredited land trusts is up to 54%, well on the way to our goal of 90% within five years. We now have tools in place to ensure that conservation withstands the test of time, notably Terrafirma, the new legal defense insurance service. And we have come to understand that permanent land conservation depends on enduring public support and the engagement of our local communities. All of this is the land trust community’s success. We could not have come this far without your support of our vision and leadership. When we look at all we have achieved together, there is every reason to be hopeful about what we will continue to do. This is especially true as we announce the Land Trust Alliance’s Campaign for the Land and thank those visionary lead donors who have already helped us get to more than 75% of our fundraising goal, laying the foundation for more land conservation victories in the 21st century. Thank you.

Michael P. Dowling Rand Wentworth Chair President

Annual Report 2013 I 1 Known for microclimates ideal for growing fruit, the east shore of Lake Michigan hosts several farms protected by Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy. Below: Executive Director Glen Chown and Senator Debbie Stabenow championed conservation funding in the Farm Bill.

2 I Land Trust Alliance INCREASE THE PACE OF LAND CONSERVATION

Land Trust Alliance Year in Review > Secured more than $1 billion for conservation It’s Up to Us funding in the 2014 Farm Bill, which also included a first-ever waiver for cash match eligibility, an Glen Chown alternative to help landowners and land trusts ensure that a lack of local funding does not exclude protection of strategically important conservation Michigan is first in the United States in petunias perseverance and vision on her part. Now it’s up opportunities. and pickling cucumbers and a world leader in the to us to get to work. Building a relationship with > Relaunched our campaign to make permanent production of tart cherries. Famous for its grapes, congressional leaders is essential. If we’re going to the expired enhanced tax incentive for easement peaches and apples, the state also has a thriving agri- increase the pace of land conservation, this is the donations in a new Congress, kept our champions’ tourism industry. More than a third of its 10 million way to do it.” enthusiasm high and as of April 2014 recruited a acres of farmland is under some kind of preservation In fact, the Conservancy places as much bipartisan group of 185 House co-sponsors and agreement. Now it can add hosting the culmination importance on providing information to elected more than 24 Senate co-sponsors for making the of the long-delayed 2014 Farm Bill to its list of leaders as it does to donors and the media. “It’s the incentive permanent. Although the incentive expired agricultural accomplishments. President Obama little things—a note, a photo, an invitation to a on December 31, 2013, through the Alliance’s hard signed the bill into law on February 7 at Michigan celebration,” says Glen. “The best way is to invite work the President’s budget and House Ways & State University. And Glen Chown was there. legislators out to see your project and meet with Means Chairman Dave Camp’s tax reform package “The Farm Bill has a profound impact on con- landowners to see firsthand what you’re doing. It’s included it in early 2014. servation acreage in America,” says Glen, executive lots more fun for them than meeting with K Street > Played a lead advocacy role in obtaining director of the accredited Grand Traverse Regional lobbyists.” a $20 million increase in the New York Land Conservancy in northwest Michigan. Glen is The Conservancy has outlined its future priori- Environmental Protection Fund to $154 million, also a Land Trust Alliance Advocacy Ambassador. ties: thousands of acres straddling the east shore of including sustained funding at $1,575,000 for the For three years he worked closely with the bill’s Lake Michigan of fruitbelt farmland ideally suited Alliance’s New York State Conservation Partnership sponsor, Senate Agriculture Committee Chair for specialty crops; blue ribbon trout streams that Program for land trust grants and program funding. Debbie Stabenow (Mich.), to protect land trust crisscross this land; and unique dunes on the coast. > Launched a national advocacy network to priorities in the bill. It would ultimately designate Farm Bill funding could help secure these lands harness the political strength of the nation’s more than $1 billion in conservation funding for all time. Meanwhile, the organization is plan- land trusts by expanding the relationships they for working farms and ranches through the ning a big barn party to commemorate the bill’s have with members of Congress. Agricultural Land Easements program. passage. “As a land trust movement, we should all “Senator Stabenow is passionate about conserva- be celebrating this accomplishment,” says Glen. “It > Hosted 72 land trust practitioners for our second tion and natural resources and the work we do,” will have an extraordinary effect on our mission.” annual Advocacy Day, providing training and Glen says, “but passage of the Farm Bill took great With a cherry on top. securing 155 meetings with key representatives, senators and their staff on Capitol Hill to advance priority conservation policy objectives.

Annual Report 2013 I 3 IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LAND CONSERVATION

Ever Mindful Peter Paden, Michael Polemis and Debbie Lans

In Columbia County, two hours north of New conservation, and why it is important to protect Land Trust Alliance York City, extensive forests, working farms and the qualities of the area that are valued by every- Year in Review historic hamlets give rise to a scenic rural land- one who lives here.” scape rich in conservation value. It has 18 towns, Most planning decisions in this 400,000-acre > Drew 1,559 registrants from across the country each with a distinct mindset. “If you want to talk sweep of the northern Hudson Valley are made to Rally 2013, representing a mix of large and about conserving a beautiful place like this, you at the township level, where the bigger picture of small and staffed and all-volunteer land trusts; need to engage the people who live here,” says countywide conservation sometimes gets trumped. 425 attendees were new to Rally. Workshops that Peter Paden, executive director of the accredited So how does CLC continue to foster support drew the highest number of participants included “The Power of Story” and “Fundraising that Matters.” Columbia Land Conservancy (CLC). for conservation and a shared responsibility for The Alliance remains committed to providing land With a reputation for adherence to Land Trust safeguarding the county’s natural resources for the trust practitioners, board members, government Standards and Practices, professional transactions, long term? agencies and the general public with high-quality responsible financial policies, good land manage- “By pursuing a number of strategies and remain- information and training. In total, 3,500 land ment, programs that connect people to the land ing ever mindful of the need to maintain the respect conservationists took part in trainings on essential and a voice that resonates with the community, and trust of the community,” says Peter. In addition topics relevant to the land trust community. CLC offers a compelling model for multi-faceted, to its conservation easements and fee-owned public quality conservation. lands, CLC operates a Farmer Landowner Match > Worked from a collaborative vision to position “Our vision developed over time as we saw Program, a Community Assistance Program the 30 land conservation organizations that make what we could do and what we needed to do,” for town planners and environmental education up the Partnership for Gulf Coast Conservation, a landscape-scale coalition we created, to receive says Michael Polemis, a CLC co-founder and programs. Much of this work has been supported funding through the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust a board member for more than 26 years. That through the Land Trust Alliance’s New York Fund and other sources. vision became one of permanently protecting grants program. the county’s rural character while reflecting com- Reaching young people is especially impor- > Extended our ongoing commitment to board munity goals. “We’ve become involved not just in tant to CLC. “We could find ourselves with a excellence by piloting programs and offerings for the obvious work of conservation, but also in the population of young adults who have grown up all-volunteer land trusts, including a circuit-rider underlying work of the county,” he says, including disconnected from the real, tactile qualities in program for 15 land trusts in Connecticut and town land-use planning discussions. Board Chair nature,” says Michael. “If that happens, then they Rhode Island and a grant to the Massachusetts Debbie Lans adds, “We try to make the case in as voters will value this landscape less. Our con- Land Trust Coalition to conduct organizational assessments for five all-volunteer land trusts. many different ways for all the benefits of land stant job is to find and make those connections.”

4 I Land Trust Alliance Michael, Peter and Debbie met up at the High Falls Conservation Area, a 47-acre public conservation property owned and maintained by Columbia Land Conservancy. The site provides the public year-round access to the highest waterfall in Columbia County, New York.

> Increased the reach by 27% of the Land Trust Leadership Program, a multi-year program to build leadership skills within land trusts that are striving to improve their organizational effectiveness and conservation impacts. The program has served 93 land trusts since 2010.

> Served 62 land trusts through our Excellence program that delivers tailored and integrated training, financial investments and mentoring over multiple years to land trusts poised to grow their capacity and advance their conservation impact; included a mix of regional programming supplemented with $145,000 in national funding to 52 of the participating land trusts.

> The Land Trust Accreditation Commission awarded accreditation to 61 land trusts in 2013, the largest class to date. With the addition of 18 more in early 2014, the current total stands at 254, bringing the percentage of protected fee and easement land held by accredited land trusts up to 54%. (See the current list on pgs. 15-16.)

> The Commission designed and launched the online renewal application process and accepted the first 49 renewal applications in 2013.

Annual Report 2013 I 5 Dean and Kathleen stand near Watmough Head Chris Buck (left) and Jim Gooch gamely had their on Lopez Island (WA) on the Beck Conservation photo taken during a late-winter storm. Chris and Easement, the very first easement donated to Jim work for the permanence of land conservation San Juan Preservation Trust back in 1984. from their respective positions as visionary funder and land trust leader.

6 I Land Trust Alliance ENSURE THE PERMANENCE OF LAND CONSERVATION

Land Trust Alliance Year in Review > Terrafirma Risk Retention Group LLC issued the Being Good Partners first insurance policies, effective March 1, 2013, to 424 land trusts for 20,423 properties totaling over Kathleen Foley and Dean Dougherty 6.3 million acres. Nationally land trusts insured with Terrafirma or capable of self-insurance hold an esti- mated 81% of all conservation easements held by These days whenever Kathleen Foley thinks about eradication, we can bring in a fleet of volunteers to land trusts, exceeding our one-year goal of 60%. perpetuity, she also thinks about climate change. help. We want to show we’re being good partners.” > Terrafirma, with management by Alliance Risk As stewardship manager at the accredited San And they want to be certain the owners under- Management Services LLC, handled 10 claims Juan Preservation Trust in Washington State, she stand that conservation agreements are forever. in 2013 and responded to more than 767 technical senses, as perhaps only an island dweller can, the Faced recently with a timber trespassing violation assistance inquiries. quickening pace of global warming. “We have to on one of its preserves, the Preservation Trust be thinking about what the climate models are turned to Terrafirma Risk Retention Group LLC > Used the Conservation Defense Fund in three key telling us,” she says. “Locally, we talk about how to manage the legal process. “A set of procedures precedent-setting legal cases. we as island citizens can prepare, but it’s a really is in place to tackle what to do,” says Dean. “First > Became the go-to source for information on risk new conversation for our organization.” In a gen- is our Conservation Easement Violation Policy, management by developing a prototype for an eral sense—in the sense of perpetuity—it should which we also follow for preserve violations. We’ve online short course on risk management, which be on every land trust’s radar. dealt with similar situations in the past and know land trusts may take to fulfill the requirement for The oldest land trust in Washington, the the measures to follow in case it turns into a legal a Terrafirma premium discount, and conducting Preservation Trust has permanently protected issue. It’s unfortunate that these incursions have six one-hour webinars on risk management and more than 260 properties on a chain of 20 islands happened more than once; it would be more a half-day seminar at Rally based on the newly throughout the San Juan archipelago. Director of unfortunate if we hadn’t learned from the process.” published curriculum book, A Guide to Risk Stewardship Dean Dougherty says the organiza- The stewardship team agrees that the concept Management for Land Trusts. tion is putting increased emphasis on improving of permanence, of perpetuity, can be difficult to > Entered into partnership withV ermont Law School relationships and communications with landown- define. “As an organization we can promise to stay to distribute via its eLearning platform an Alliance- ers, connecting regularly with them by phone and ethical, solvent, able to function,” Kathleen says. developed conservation law and practice curriculum, mail. At least once each year, he and Kathleen “As long as we’re around, we’ll hold these lands in which will be marketed nationally to law students. make their way by ferry, water taxi or even kayak trust. But if we’re not looking at the bigger pic- > Developed with the University ofW isconsin Survey to every protected parcel for a monitoring visit. ture—the bigger environmental issues—ultimately Center a survey on conservation easement amend- “We encourage landowners to participate and it’s Mother Nature who will tell us if we’re making ments, modifications and terminations based on a learn the natural history of their property,” says the right decisions. All the citizens of the world meeting of conservation attorneys and senior prac- Kathleen. “If it needs restoration or noxious weed are going to have to lock hands on this.” titioners convened and facilitated by the Alliance.

Annual Report 2013 I 7 Engage the Community in LAND Conservation

Getting the Full Story Melanie Allen, Crystal Cockman and Peter Barr

As a community organizer in Kansas City during and recent graduates from underrepresented Land Trust Alliance the 2008 presidential campaign, Melanie Allen demographic groups. The full-time, 10-week paid Year in Review walked precincts and made countless get-out-the- placements remove socio-economic barriers to vote phone calls on behalf of the young Illinois entering the conservation field and offer a wide > Our board approved a completely new strategic senator who would become the nation’s first range of significant opportunities throughout communication plan that will take the Alliance to African-American president. After the election, North Carolina. the next level, reaching external audiences along with she continued to build connections—between the “We want the students to have meaningful our traditional internal ones, which will enhance the environment, the economy and the community—in experiences for their résumés,” Melanie explains. Alliance’s capacity and that of land trusts to build broad and deep support for land conservation. her work with a Missouri environmental education “An internship gets them deeply involved in land organization. In 2011 she returned to her home trust work.” By the end of 2014 more than 50 > Increased the profile of voluntary land conserva- state of North Carolina to work as the conserva- students will have participated. Each year since tion by attracting media around our bipartisan tax tion and diversity coordinator at the accredited the program began, at least one intern has been incentive, the fiscal cliff and the president’s testi- Conservation Trust for North Carolina (CTNC). hired by a sponsoring conservation organization. mony in support of the charitable deduction; holding Besides protecting lands adjacent to the Blue Peter Barr is trails and outreach coordinator a press conference on Capitol Hill; and announcing Ridge Parkway, CTNC also provides financial for the accredited Carolina Mountain Land the launch of Terrafirma, which was picked up by support, training and consultation to the close- Conservancy, which hosted a Max Mukelabai the Associated Press and ran in more than 100 knit community of 24 land trusts in the state. That Diversity intern in 2012. “If we get everyone out to news outlets. Provided tools and draft messages for gives it a unique ability to spread a message of see these places of natural beauty, the land will speak land trusts to distribute to their communities, assist- ing them in sending out press releases to attract diversity. But until a few years ago, says Melanie, for itself,” he says. “A deep, deep connection is made.” attention and community support for their work. “The organization didn’t look like our state, which The Land Trust for Central North Carolina hosted is ethnically, racially and economically diverse.” diversity interns in 2009 and 2013, and will host > Developed and distributed 10 community con- Funders were starting to notice. two more this year. “Summer internship programs servation case studies nationally and created The board began setting organizational goals are a very important tool for small land trusts,” says an implementation plan and public statement on for racial diversity, economic diversity and connec- Associate Director Crystal Cockman. “These young community conservation, incorporating the results tions to youth, along with strategies to integrate adults are the next generation of conservationists.” of a three-month listening process and board feed- them with the rest of the organization’s work. One Melanie agrees. “We need to reach out to the back. Full implementation of the plan will begin in of their initiatives is the Max Mukelabai Diversity whole community. We don’t get the full story if 2014 under the leadership of Rob Aldrich, our first director of community conservation. Internship Program, which targets college students everyone isn’t around the table.”

8 I Land Trust Alliance The Pisgah Covered Bridge in the Uwharrie Mountains, where Melanie, Crystal and Peter met up, is preserved through a partnership between The Land Trust for Central North Carolina and the North Carolina Zoo. The bridge crosses the West Fork of the Little River, a nationally significant aquatic habitat stream hosting several rare species.

Annual Report 2013 I 9 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY FOUNDATIONS

The Land Trust Alliance thanks all of our individual supporters, who together make countless successes in land conservation happen. Because of limited space, we have listed supporters who gave $500 or more in 2013, including members of our Guardians of the Land Society, who made leadership gifts of $1,000 or greater. Visit www.lta.org/join/2013donors for a list of all our individual supporters.

$250,000 AND ABOVE Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Lauren B. Dachs Pamela and Michael Reese Judy Anderson * Anonymous Foundation, Inc. Michael P. Dowling RJM Foundation The Atticus Trust Knobloch Family Foundation The William and Mary Greve G.O. Forward Fund Julie and Henry Sharpe III George P. and Angel Z. Avery Laural Foundation Foundation, Inc. Beedee and Ted Ladd Stevenson Family Charitable Trust Helen Harrison Ayer Charitable Fund Mary McFadden and Lawrence Stifler Wildlife Forever Fund Betty Azar and Larry Harris $100,000 - $249,999 $50,000 - $99,999 Frederic C. Rich The Woods Foundation Barbera Deedy Family Fund Anonymous (3) Anonymous (2) Timothy and Marjorie Barnard Bobolink Foundation The Cabana Fund of the Oregon $25,000 - $49,999 $5,000 - $9,999 Mrs. Anne H. Bass Christopher and Sharon Davis Community Foundation Anonymous Anonymous (4) Sylvia Bates and Thomas Masland Robert and Margaret Ayres Marilyn M. Ayres Matthew A. Baxter Alan F. Black Robert Blakely Mita Bell The Bromley Charitable Trust Cashdan/Stein Great Grandmother Matthew Bender IV Dr. A.S. Cargill Fund of the Vermont Community Bianco Family Fund Jameson and Priscilla French Foundation Peter and Sofia Blanchard Mary W. Harriman Foundation Latta Chapman James and Elizabeth Bramsen David Hartwell and Elizabeth DeBaut Story Clark and Bill Resor David Bradlee and Kathryn Gardow Hollis Norris Fund Cornelia Corbett Anne S. Brockenbrough Sharpe Family Foundation George M. Covington Magalen O. Bryant Tagney Jones Family Fund at the Seattle Mr. and Mrs. David D. Croll The Bryant Crane Charitable Fund Foundation Warren and Zoann Little Dusenbury Judy Buechner Advised Fund Anna Marie and John E. Thron Charitable Trust The Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation Wiancko Family Donor Advised Fund John and Deborah Evangelakos Maria Elena Campisteguy of the Community Foundation of Elizabeth H. and Irvine D. Flinn Elaine Walsh Carney Jackson Hole Mr. and Mrs. James C. Flood Thomas Chamberlin David and Susan Work Fresh Sound Foundation Oliver Chanler Sherry F. Huber Daniel J. Cline $10,000 - $24,999 Kathy Keare Leavenworth Charles H. Collins Anonymous (4) Henry Lord David and Kristiane Cooper Lyn L. Anderson Lydia S. Macauley Debbie and David Craig Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Marshall * Joan K. Davidson (The J.M. Kaplan Fund) Alan M. Bell Miranda Fund of the Community Jane A. Difley John H. and Mary S. Birdsall Trust Foundation of New Jersey Marylee and Charles Dodge * The Butler Conservation Fund Jean Nelson and Will Martin Strachan Donnelley 2003 Charitable Butler’s Hole Fund at the Boston William C. and Joyce C. O’Neil Trust Foundation Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Wolcott B. Dunham, Jr. Barbara David James H. Ottaway, Jr. EASTER Foundation/Anne and Fred William Howard Flowers, Jr. Foundation Marguerite Paul Osborn III “As a rancher, I support the Land Trust Alliance because it Mr. and Mrs. Robert L.V. French Tom and Sally Reeve Richard C. and Susan B. Ernst Judith A. Grandahl Family Foundation Sedgwick Family Fund Part C2 at Foundation, Inc. sustains both land trusts and landowners. I became a member Charles and Natasha Grigg the Cleveland Foundation Robet Ettinger of the Guardians of the Land because that’s what I see as my Marjorie L. Hart Smikis Foundation Evergreen II Peter O. and Alice E. Hausmann Rand and Sue Wentworth Timothy W. Evnin role—to preserve and protect working farm and ranch land for Mrs. Henry A. Jordan/Fieldstone Woodcock Charitable Fund Fanwood Foundation/West future generations. The Alliance’s work on programs such as 1793 Foundation Gene Faubel Penny Lewis $1,000 - $4,999 Mr. and Mrs. Jay Finke the Farm Bill and tax incentives is invaluable to ranchers like Fernando Lloveras San Miguel Anonymous (4) Marian Fisher me, allowing us to conserve the land we love while continuing Jim and Carolyn Millstein Mark and Susan Ackelson Ann Getchell to live on it and be productive members of our communities.” John Muha Dr. Jay D. Addison on behalf of the Michael and Cleo Gewirz William C. Mulligan Land Trust for Louisiana Nancy Gilbert Caroline Niemczyk Jay and Ellen Addison Gilbert-Wroten Fund Anne Brockenbrough Michael and Barbara Polemis Lucy Ambach/Sasco Foundation Celeste and Eric Grace President, Wilbarger Creek Conservation Alliance Thomas and Ella Quintrell Ole Amundsen III Sharon Goldsmith

10 I Land Trust Alliance INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY FOUNDATIONS

Halle Family Foundation Albert Joerger Jeff Leon Coke and James Hallowell Gary P. Johnson Debbie Leonard, McDonald Carano Hamill Family Foundation Laura Johnson Wilson LLP * Tony and Lynn Hitschler John M. Kauffmann Cary F. Leptuck Bill and Laura Hlavin Susan Kinsey Rob Levin * Alexander Host Foundation Herbert H. Kohl Charities, Inc. James N. and Jane B. Levitt Lucinda Hunt-Stowell Peg Kohring * Charitable Fund Mary Pope M. Hutson Larry Kueter Konrad J. Liegel Timothy A. Ingraham Glenn Lamb and Sue Knight C. Timothy Lindstrom Island Foundation Susan Lang and Robert Levenson Meg and Bill Lloyd Orton P. Jackson, Jr. Deborah Lans Stephen Lockhart Gretchen Long Luke Family Charitable Account Susan and Mayo Lykes Erwin Maddrey “When 12 of us formed Columbia Land Trust, we really didn’t Gary and Karen Martin know what we were doing. The Alliance said ‘plan,’ so we The Mattson Family Conservation Foundation planned. The Alliance showed us how to raise operating funds, James and Nancy McLaughlin so we created a successful operating fund challenge. The The Merlin Foundation Meyer Memorial Trust Alliance said to ask for planned gifts, and now we have a Jennifer Miller $5 million endowment. Today the Alliance challenges us to Morgens West Foundation John Morgridge build broad public support to grow our relevance and to build Mr. and Mrs. William F. Morrill a national campaign for increased conservation funding. I am Stephen and Amanda Morris The Mosaic Foundation of Rita confident that if we both support and follow the Alliance, we will and Peter Heydon see private land conservation flourish in the years ahead.” Namaste Foundation Paul and Antje Newhagen Foundation / Glenn Lamb, Executive Director, Columbia Land Trust Silicon Valley Community Foundation Donna and Bill Oliver Lisa Palmer and Rob Aldrich The Parker Foundation Katherine Peake Leslie Setterholm Trust James and Bonnie Van Alen Loveleen “Dee” Perkins Russell Shay and Debbie Sease Tammara Van Ryn and Mr. Edward N. Perry and Simon Sidamon-Eristoff Fund Christopher Lincoln Dr. Cynthia W. Wood Carl Siemon Family Charitable Trust Walker Family Foundation at Louise Benz Plank William M. Silberstein, Kaplan the Seattle Foundation “The Land Trust Alliance has become one of the centers of gravity Porpoise Fund Kirsch & Rockwell LLP * Laurie Wayburn and Connie Best for land conservation in America—and increasingly, around the John F. Pritchard SK Foundation Andy Weaver * Pryor Family Fund Austin and Susan Smith George A. Weymouth world. My family and I are tremendously proud to support this Red Crane Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Smith Harold and Elizabeth White Fund important work. We are pleased to be part of the Alliance’s past, Jane Richard South Waite Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Dickson L. Whitney, Jr. Cary Ridder and David Alberswerth Jennifer Speers Edward B. Whitney Fund present and future, knowing that our investment today will help Adena Rissman * Judith Stockdale and Jonathan Boyer Penelope Wilson conserve the land we care about for many generations.” Richard G. Rockefeller Stephen W. and Lucinda Low Swartz Don and Sally Wiper Christopher D. Roosevelt Philip Tabas, The Nature Conservancy * Darrell and Callie Wood Jonathan F.P. Rose Kenneth and Caroline Taylor Sarah W. Wood Jim Levitt, who with his family has protected several hundred acres of Christopher and Julie Sawyer Family Foundation Marsha McMahan Zelus Maine forestland by granting a pair of working forest easements to the Eric R. Schumann Amy and Steve Unfried Jerry and Karen Zink Frenchman Bay Conservancy, an accredited land trust Eliot and Christine Scull Timothy L. Vaill F. Anthony Zunino

Annual Report 2013 I 11 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY FOUNDATIONS GIFTS FROM ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS

The Land Trust Alliance is the membership organization for America’s land trusts. We thank the 1,115 land trusts and 230 Government, Nonprofit and Professional Partners that were members in 2013. To see a complete list of Alliance land trust members, please visit www.findalandtrust.org. All of our members’ support helps advance the pace, quality and permanence of land conservation throughout the $500 - $999 Robert H. Levin country. In the list below, we give special thanks to those land trusts and partners that gave gifts of $500 or more Anonymous (2) Carolyn and Jack Long above and beyond their member dues. D. Roy Alexander MacFund Steve Apfelbaum * Cindy Madson Beard Family Charitable Trust Bill and Carol Maloney $25,000 - $49,999 Orange County Land Trust, Inc. Conservation Trust for North Carolina Robert Besanceney Ms. Noel Mann The Nature Conservancy Otsego Land Trust, Inc. Davidson Lands Conservancy William Biersach Edith Manns Pelican Coast Conservancy Delaware Highlands Conservancy Richard A. Brockelman Donald McGrath $10,000 - $24,999 Southern Appalachian Highlands Gathering Waters Conservancy Barbara Brown Nancy Powell Moore Atlantic Coast Conservancy/ Conservancy Indian River Lakes Conservancy William Brown Richard and Janice Nagler Pelican Coast Conservancy Tall Timbers Research Station & Lake George Land Conservancy Juliet Browne Tom Nelson * The Conservation Fund Land Conservancy Land Trust for the Mississippi Jennifer Browning * Richard Newton Housatonic Valley Association The Land Conservancy of New Jersey Coastal Plain Brian Bourdage * Peter and Charlene Paden Hudson Highlands Land Trust Western New York Land Conservancy North Shore Land Alliance Lester and Joyce Coleman C. W. Eliot Paine Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation Saratoga P.L.A.N. Bryan Colket D. Williams Parker Massachusetts Audubon Society $500 - $999 Southeast Regional Land Conservancy, Inc. Gerrit Van S. Copeland Joanne Holbrook Patton Open Space Institute Alabama Forest Resources Center St. Simons Land Trust Peter H. Creighton Richard Penney Peconic Land Trust American Farmland Trust Weeks Bay Foundation Steven Damuth Judith Randal Scenic Hudson, Inc. Blue Ridge Conservancy West Virginia Land Trust Andrew C. Dana Dave and Linda Reinke The Trust for Public Land, National Office Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy Westchester Land Trust Gail Danto and Art Roffey Robert S. Rich The Trustees of Reservations Coastal Mountains Land Trust Wolf River Conservancy Sara Jane and William DeHoff Heather and Kevin Richards Stan and Betsy Dole Joanna Dunn Samson $5,000 - $9,999 William and Nancy Doolittle Brian and Maggie Schilling Buzzards Bay Coalition Susan L. Eslick Catherine Scott and Jamie Resor Columbia Land Conservancy Jay and Lynne Espy Jennifer Sims Ducks Unlimited “The Caterpillar Foundation invests in the Land Trust Alliance Sheldon Evans and Martha McMaster Alice Smith Dutchess Land Conservancy because of its innovative approach to land conservation, its Charles and Charlotte Faulkner Sorenson Family Foundation Lake Forest Open Lands Association Belinda Faustinos Horton S. and Juliet S. Spitzer Law Office of Stephen J. Small, Esq., P.C. proactive efforts to address climate change and its commitment Mildred Fisher Mary Stelletello * The Nature Conservancy, New York to connecting all people to the land.” Fleming Family Charitable Fund Holmes and Didi Stockly State Office New York City Department of Donald Frank Julia Stokes Michele Sullivan, President, Caterpillar Foundation John and Sally Freeman Wesley Sykes Environmental Protection Don Gallo * N. Anthony Taylor and Sherryl M. Taylor Peninsula Open Space Trust James Glasser John Terrill II Vermont Land Trust Charlotte Hanes The Gilbert Verney Foundation Whitney and Elizabeth Hatch Connie W. Waddington $1,000 - $4,999 Steve Henkel * Robert Wagner The 1,000 Islands Land Trust Jean and Phil Hocker Ian and Diane Walker Bay Land Trust, Inc. Ms. Eleanor Illoway Dawn Watson Conservation Foundation of Carter and Louise Jackson Bill and Mary Weeks the Gulf Coast Tom and Ann Kelsey Fund Michael B. Whitfield Conservation Pays, LLC Renee Kivikko Marilyn B. Wilson Finger Lakes Land Trust The Jacob and Minnie Kliman Jeremy Wintersteen Foothills Land Conservancy Foundation Brad Wyche Galveston Bay Foundation Tom Kuplic * Leslie Zachary Genesee Land Trust Genesee Valley Conservancy * All or a portion of these gifts were Jackson Hole Land Trust made in-kind Land Trust for Louisiana For multi-year gifts and grants, annual Lyme Timber Company installments that began in 2013 are reported. Mohonk Preserve New Jersey Conservation Foundation North Salem Open Land Foundation

12 I Land Trust Alliance FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENT

Our work is made possible by the generous support of the following organizations. We thank them for their deep investment in land conservation.

$1,000,000 AND ABOVE Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Turner Foundation “The relationship between the Forest Service and the Land Trust New York State Department of Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Coastal Environmental Conservation State and Private Forestry of the Program and Partners for Fish and Alliance epitomizes the best of public-private partnership. The U.S. Forestry Service, Department Wildlife Program Alliance’s role in convening land trusts and providing essential $500,000 - $999,999 of Agriculture WestWind Foundation Doris Duke Charitable Foundation services is unparalleled and offers a medium for the Forest Yarg Foundation $50,000 - $99,999 $25,000 - $49,999 Service to achieve its management and conservation goals. Bureau of Land Management American Express Foundation The result is a dynamic collection of wisely managed healthy $100,000 - $499,999 Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley The Champlin Foundations S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation Foundation Hartford Foundation for Public Giving lands serving as a legacy for future generations.” The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Hillsdale Fund Foundation Richard King Mellon Foundation Houston Endowment Inc. Jim Hubbard The Carls Foundation Resources Legacy Fund through the Mary A. Crocker Trust Deputy Chief for State and Private Forestry, U.S. Forest Service Caterpillar Foundation Western Conservation program Merck Family Fund ExxonMobil Shield-Ayres Foundation Morgan Stanley - Larson Land The Moore Charitable Foundation Trailsend Foundation Foundation

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation $5,000 - $9,999 Panaphil Foundation Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. Pathfinder Foundation, Inc. Appraisal Institute Plum Creek The Bender Family Foundation U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Earth Share Conservation Service Gates Family Foundation U.S. Department of Defense Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Great Outdoors Colorado Realty Division The Nature Conservancy - U.S. Forest Service Mississippi Field Office Wells Fargo Foundation The Nature Conservancy - Texas Field Office $10,000 - $24,999 Patagonia The 1772 Foundation, Inc. Rayonier Forest Resources L.P. Agua Fund, Inc. The Volgenau Foundation American Forest Foundation Birch Cove Fund of the Maine $1,000 - $4,999 Community Foundation American Conservation Margaret A. Cargill Foundation Association, Inc. Carter Family Charitable Trust Arent Fox LLP * Dewberry Corporation Champlain Hardwoods, Inc. The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Inc. Columbia Forest Products Horizon Foundation, Inc. Federal Highway Administration ILK Alliance The Friendship Fund Island Foundation, Inc. Cynthia and George Mitchell Lyndhurst Foundation Foundation National Audubon Society Northland Forest Products “The Carls Foundation supports individual land trusts in Michigan as part of its commitment to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Outdoor Underwriters, Inc. Administration Post and Courier Foundation preserve our natural areas and our heritage. By also partnering with the Land Trust Alliance, we The Nature Conservancy - Louisiana are able to ensure that all Michigan land trusts receive the essential services they need to amplify Field Office * All or a portion of these gifts were Overhills Foundation made in-kind their capacity, expertise, skills and overall excellence.” Southern Company Charitable For multi-year gifts and grants, annual Foundation, Inc. installments that began in 2013 are reported. Elizabeth Stieg, Executive Director, The Carls Foundation Weeden Foundation

Annual Report 2013 I 13 LAND TRUST ALLIANCE FACULTY

The Land Trust Alliance thanks the following people for teaching or speaking at Alliance-sponsored local, regional or national events. Thanks also to the many land trust partners who helped us plan and carry out trainings and conferences.

Ola Akinmowo Annie Burke Andy Gowder Karin Marchetti Ponte Peter Pollak Tommy Albo Caitlin Burke Garrett Graves Richard Martin Isa Polt-Jones Joe Alfano Sean Byrne Karin Gross Wade Martin Patricia Pregmon Hank Alicandri Stacy Cachules Daniel Guy Glenn Marx Kevin Redding David Allen Marc Caine Steve Haase Thomas Masland Denise Reed Melanie Allen Angie Carl Elizabeth Hagood Sue Mauger Gretchen Reed A. Eric Alvarez Ann Carlson Reggie Hall Marie McCarty Kelly Reed Kathy Ambrosini Michael Carlson Jane Ellen Hamilton Robert McCorkindale Kevin Reilly Ole Amundsen, III Robyn Carlton Paul Hardy Nelwyn McInnis Heather Richards Craig Anderson Brad Chalfant Heather Harker Jeanie McIntyre Gavin Ricklefs David Anderson Cliff Chapman Steve Harper Seth McKee Ann Riley Judy Anderson Jonathan Chapman Damon Hearne Peter McKeever Clayton Ripley Kevin Anderson Story Clark Steve Henkel Lisa McLaughlin Breece Robertson Mark Anderson Ken Clough Ray Herndon Nancy McLaughlin Andy Robinson Marilyn Anthony William Clough Chris Herrman Matthew McQueen Dan Roix Jeffrey Appel Martha Cochran Hans Hesselein Linda Mead Jim Rokakis Steve Archibald Jeff Cole Glenn Hoagland Christopher Miller Paul Roos Leakhena Au Connor Coleman Heidi Horak Clint Miller Alan Rowsome (left to right) Director George Covington, president John Sentell, chair Jennifer Axelrod Will Cook Joanne Horgan Edgar Miller Mackenzie Royce Mark Ahern and director Melanie Rummel at Lake Forest Open Lands Thomas Bailey Kyle Copas Marc Hudson Kivi Leroux Miller Dianne Russell Veda Banerjee George Covington Christopher Hughes R. King Milling Sarah Ryzner Association’s Mellody Farm Nature Preserve Elizabeth Barber Thomas Curren Chase Huntley Demetrice Mills Emilie Rzotkiewicz Steven Barg David Curson Kevin Hurley Jonathan Milne Elizabeth Sanderson “Lake Forest Open Lands Association benefits from our George Barlow James Daley Kelly Ingebritson David Mitchell Jessica Sargent Sarah Bates Andrew Dana Jessica Jay Jensen Montambault Ann Taylor Schwing partnership with the Land Trust Alliance on several levels. In Simi Batra Fred Danforth Albert Joerger Jim Morris Lena Septimo addition to taking advantage of the Alliance’s many services John Bauer Liese Dart Julianne Johnson Hanni Muerdter William Shaddox Michael Beam Margaret Davidson Taylor Jordan Anne Murphy Matthew Shaffer as a land trust member, we specifically support the Alliance’s David Beaver Mark Davis Richard Keim Tom Nelson Anderson Shepard public policy work. Because the Alliance is focused at the Robert Bendick Fred De Long Robert Keller Jacob Newell Phil Shephard James Bergan Leslie Deavers James Kilberg Huyen Nguyen David Shields federal level, it’s advocating for legislation that is the corner- Amanda Bernard Katherine DeCoster Lisa Kiziuk Peter Nichols Lindsey Shute stone of our grassroots efforts. We view this as a long-term Paul Bernett Erin Derrington Kim Klein Nina Nowak William Silberstein Constance Best Paul Doscher Megan Knott James Oldham Ian Sinks investment in our work and the broader land trust community. Lenore Beyer-Clow Peter Dykstra Lawrence Kueter Ryan Olson Tim Sinnott It’s one vision that links us all together.” Dennis Bidwell Chris Eng Tom Kuplic Lisa Ott Stephen Small Jesica Blake Jay Erickson Kris Larson Peter Paden Marc Smiley John Sentell, President, Lake Forest Open Lands Association Rob Bleiberg Tom Fanslow Karen Lehman Carl Palmer Lisa Smith Jonathan Bloomfield Wendy Fisher Bradley Leibov Nancy Parachini Adam Snyder Scott Boettger Blair Fitzsimons Jay Leutze Robert Parker Kay Sohl Dale Bonar Joseph Fitzsimons Joel Levin Kate Patton Jonathan Soll Renee Bouplon Laurel Florio Rob Levin Katherine Peake Sacha Spector John Thompson Lori Weigel Chet Work Brian Bourdages David Fox Ronald Levitt Chris Pease Judith Steckler Jim Tinson Abigail Weinberg Elizabeth Wroblicka John Bowie Dee Frankfourth Melissa Levy Mark Pennington Peter Stein David Urban Mark Weston Anna-Marie York Elizabeth Brawley Omar Gallardo C. Timothy Lindstrom Thomas Pepper Mary Stelletello Tyler Vick Adam Whelchel Keri York Sarah Brooks Don Gallo Gil Livingston Nancy Perlson Sara Stephens Marci Volmer Leigh Whelpton Jaime Zaplatosch Elizabeth Brown Anne Garnett Bill Long Sarah Peterson Kathleen Stites Rob Wade Dave White Jennifer Zarnoch Rich Bruer Jennifer Garofalini Andy Loza Bryan Piazza Bob Stokes Emily Warms Eulis Willis Jane Zirlis Norman Brunswig Michael Giammusso Lynn Lozier Tom Pierce Jeremy Stone Cari Watkins-Bates Chris Wilson Ed Buchan Tom Gilbert Ruth Madrigal Daniel Pike Sarah Surroz Laurie Wayburn Reid Wilson Karen Buck Erik Glenn Connie Manes Robert Pirani Stephen Swartz Dan Weber Sara Wilson Honora Buras Leigh Goldberg Kristen Maneval Andrew Pitz Jeffery Swinehart W. William Weeks David Wooldridge

14 I Land Trust Alliance ACCREDITED LAND TRUSTS

The Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance, awards the accreditation seal to land conservation organizations that meet national standards for excellence, uphold the public trust and ensure that conservation efforts are permanent. www.landtrustaccreditation.org.

National Colorado Hawai’i Massachusetts Leelanau Conservancy Gallatin Valley Land Trust Ducks Unlimited and its affiliate, Aspen Valley Land Trust Hawaiian Islands Land Trust Kestrel Land Trust Legacy Land Conservancy Montana Land Reliance Wetlands America Trust Black Canyon Regional Mount Grace Land Conservation Little Forks Conservancy Prickly Pear Land Trust The Nature Conservancy Land Trust Idaho Trust Michigan Nature Association Vital Ground Foundation The Wilderness Land Trust Colorado Cattlemen’s Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust Sudbury Valley Trustees North Oakland Headwaters Agricultural Land Trust Teton Regional Land Trust The Trustees of Reservations Land Conservancy Nebraska Alabama Colorado Open Lands Wood River Land Trust and its affiliate, Six Rivers Land Conservancy Nebraska Land Trust Alabama Land Trust Crested Butte Land Trust Massachusetts Land Southwest Michigan Land Chattowah Open Land Trust Douglas Land Conservancy Illinois Conservation Trust Conservancy New Hampshire Freshwater Land Trust Eagle Valley Land Trust Jo Daviess Conservation Wareham Land Trust Ammonoosuc Conservation Land Trust of North Alabama Estes Valley Land Trust Foundation White Oak Land Conservation Minnesota Trust Weeks Bay Foundation La Plata Open Space Lake Forest Open Lands Society Minnesota Land Trust Ausbon Sargent Land Conservancy Association Preservation Trust Alaska Mesa Land Trust Openlands Michigan Mississippi Monadnock Conservancy Great Land Trust Montezuma Land Conservancy Chikaming Open Lands Land Trust for the Mississippi Society for the Protection Kachemak Heritage Land Trust Mountain Area Land Trust INDIANA Chippewa Watershed Coastal Plain of New Hampshire Forests Southeast Alaska Land Trust Palmer Land Trust Central Indiana Land Trust Conservancy Southeast Land Trust of Rio Grande Headwaters Grand Traverse Regional Montana New Hampshire ARIZONA Land Trust Iowa Land Conservancy Bitter Root Land Trust Squam Lakes Conservation Arizona Land and Water Trust San Isabel Land Protection Trust Iowa Natural Heritage Land Conservancy of Five Valleys Land Trust Society Desert Foothills Land Trust Foundation West Michigan Flathead Land Trust Upper Valley Land Trust Connecticut Johnson County Heritage Trust California Connecticut Farmland Trust Bear Yuba Land Trust Greenwich Land Trust Kansas Big Sur Land Trust Joshua’s Tract Conservation Kansas Land Trust California Rangeland Trust and Historic Trust Center for Natural Lands Kent Land Trust KENTUCKY Management Norfolk Land Trust Bluegrass Conservancy Central Valley Farmland Trust Redding Land Trust Louisville and Jefferson County Eastern Sierra Land Trust Salem Land Trust Environmental Trust Land Trust for Santa Barbara County Florida Maine Land Trust of Napa County Alachua Conservation Trust Blue Hill Heritage Trust Land Trust of Santa Cruz County Conservation Foundation of Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust Marin Agricultural Land Trust the Gulf Coast Chebeague & Cumberland Northcoast Regional Land Trust Conservation Trust for Florida Land Trust Northern California Regional Tall Timbers Research Station & Coastal Mountains Land Trust Land Trust Land Conservancy Forest Society of Maine Pacific Forest Trust Frenchman Bay Conservancy Peninsula Open Space Trust Georgia Kennebec Estuary Land Trust Placer Land Trust Athens Land Trust Mahoosuc Land Trust Sacramento Valley Conservancy Central Savannah River Maine Coast Heritage Trust San Joaquin River Parkway Land Trust Sheepscot Valley Conservation and Conservation Trust Chattahoochee Valley Association Save the Redwoods League Land Trust Vinalhaven Land Trust Sempervirens Fund Georgia Land Trust Sequoia Riverlands Trust Mountain Conservation Trust Maryland Shasta Land Trust of Georgia American Chestnut Land Trust Solano Land Trust Oconee River Land Trust Eastern Shore Land Sonoma Land Trust Conservancy Tri-Valley Conservancy Potomac Conservancy Truckee Donner Land Trust Wildlife Heritage Foundation

Annual Report 2013 I 15 ACCREDITED LAND TRUSTS FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

New Jersey Land Trust for the Little Tinicum Conservancy Virginia The Land Trust Alliance had an excellent D&R Greenway Land Trust Tennessee Western Pennsylvania Blue Ridge Land Conservancy Monmouth Conservation National Committee for Conservancy Land Trust of Virginia year in 2013, surpassing its goals for unre- Foundation the New River Westmoreland Conservancy New River Land Trust New Jersey Conservation North Carolina Coastal Willistown Conservation Trust Northern Virginia Conservation stricted giving and contribution to operating Foundation Land Trust Trust reserves. Overall, our financial results were The Land Conservancy of Piedmont Land Conservancy Puerto Rico Piedmont Environmental New Jersey Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservation Trust of Council and its affiliate, consistent with our operating budget and Conservancy Puerto Rico Piedmont Foundation New Mexico Tar River Land Conservancy Virginia Eastern Shore reflect the success of both our annual and Taos Land Trust Rhode Island Land Trust Ohio Aquidneck Land Trust Campaign fundraising. New York Gates Mills Land Conservancy Sakonnet Preservation Washington As planned, we began utilizing the Agricultural Stewardship Tecumseh Land Trust Association Bainbridge Island Land Trust Association Three Valley Conservation Trust Tiverton Land Trust Capitol Land Trust substantial funding raised in 2012 for new Columbia Land Conservancy Chelan-Douglas Land Trust Dutchess Land Conservancy Oregon South Carolina Columbia Land Trust and expanded programing. Under GAAP Genesee Land Trust Deschutes Land Trust Congaree Land Trust Forterra accounting rules, this influx of resources Genesee Valley Conservancy Greenbelt Land Trust Edisto Island Open Land Trust Jefferson Land Trust Hudson Highlands Land Trust McKenzie River Trust Lowcountry Open Land Trust Lummi Island Heritage Trust resulted in significant growth in our restricted Mianus River Gorge Southern Oregon Land Pee Dee Land Trust Methow Conservancy Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy Spartanburg Area Conservancy Nisqually Land Trust net assets in 2012 and a reduction in net Conservancy The Wetlands Conservancy Upstate Forever North Olympic Land Trust assets in 2013, producing the overall negative Mohonk Preserve PCC Farmland Trust North Shore Land Alliance Pennsylvania Tennessee San Juan Preservation Trust change in net assets. Open Space Conservancy (Land Allegheny Land Trust Land Trust for Tennessee Skagit Land Trust Acquisition Affiliate of Open Bedminster Regional Land Lookout Mountain Conservancy Whatcom Land Trust The Alliance’s complete, audited financial Space Institute) Conservancy Tennessee Parks & Greenways Whidbey Camano Land Trust Rensselaer Land Trust Brandywine Conservancy & Foundation statements, which contain an unqualified Rondout-Esopus Land Museum of Art West virginia audit opinion, are available at www.landtrust Conservancy Chestnut Hill Historical Society Texas Cacapon and Lost Rivers Scenic Hudson and its affiliate, ClearWater Conservancy Bayou Land Conservancy Land Trust alliance.org or by request to [email protected]. Scenic Hudson Land Trust Countryside Conservancy Galveston Bay Foundation Thousand Islands Land Trust Delaware Highlands Green Spaces Alliance of Wisconsin Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust Conservancy South Texas Bayfield Regional Conservancy Westchester Land Trust Edward L. Rose Conservancy Guadalupe-Blanco River Trust Caledonia Conservancy Winnakee Land Trust French Creek Valley Hill Country Land Trust Ice Age Trail Alliance Conservancy Texas Agricultural Land Trust Kettle Moraine Land Trust North Carolina Heritage Conservancy Texas Land Conservancy Kinnickinnic River Land Trust Marilyn M. Ayres Blue Ridge Conservancy Lancaster County Conservancy Mississippi Valley Conservancy Carolina Mountain Land Lancaster Farmland Trust UTAH Northwoods Land Trust Chief Operating & Financial Officer Conservancy Land Conservancy of Summit Land Conservancy Ozaukee Washington Land Trust Catawba Lands Conservancy Adams County Conservation Trust for North Natural Lands Trust and its Vermont Wyoming Carolina affiliate, Montgomery Greensboro Land Trust Jackson Hole Land Trust Eno River Association County Lands Trust Lake Champlain Land Trust Wyoming Stock Growers Foothills Conservancy of North North Branch Land Trust Northeast Wilderness Trust Agricultural Land Trust Carolina The Land Conservancy for Stowe Land Trust Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust Southern Chester County Vermont Land Trust

Mission: To inspire excellence, promote public trust and ensure permanence in the conservation of open lands by recognizing land trust organizations that meet rigorous quality standards and that strive for continuous improvement.

16 I Land Trust Alliance COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Year Ended December 31, 2013 (with comparative totals for 2012). To request a copy of the complete Notes to Financial Statements, e-mail [email protected].

2013

Combined Temporarily Permanently Combined Statement Statement of Activities Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total 2012 of Financial Position 2013 2012

Support and revenue Assets Grants $ 139,500 $6,031,185 $ 1,307 $ 6,1 7 1,992 $ 14,580,648 Current assets Contributions Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,746,2 1 1 $ 4,183,353 Receivables 14,328 79,407 Individual memberships and donations 1,919,029 74,222 - 1,993,251 1,685,116 Promises to give 4,367,694 4,374,641 Organizational memberships 1,048,787 - - 1,048,787 1,000,253 Investments 5,675,488 5,174,235 Other donations 122,534 - - 122,534 2 0 8 , 1 0 0 Prepaid expenses 214,474 281,195 Conference fees 837,367 - - 837,367 899,948 Inventories 54,468 56,973 Investment income 43,245 507,447 - 550,692 367,911 Total current assets 14,072,663 14,149,804 Accreditation fees 714,176 - - 714,176 303,778 Property and equipment Donated services 459 - - 459 322,128 Net of accumulated depreciation Publication sales 17,529 - - 17,529 22,849 of $1,077,853 ($1,025,244 in 2012) 290,101 356,220 Other assets Other programs 220,523 - - 220,523 99,545 Promises to give, long-term 873,080 2,093,107 Net assets released from restrictions 7,868,538 (7,868,538) - - - Investments 4,005,496 3,43 1,690 Total support and revenue 12,931,687 (1,255,684) 1 ,307 11,677,310 19,490,276 Deposits 10,019 11,169 Total other assets 4,888,595 5,535,966 Expenses Total assets $ 19,251,359 $ 20,041,990 Program services 9,864,780 - - 9,864,780 9,061,410 Management and general 550,338 - - 550,338 5 9 1 , 8 1 6 Liabilities and net assets Fundraising 2,243,479 - - 2,243,479 2,162,531 Current liabilities Total expenses 12,658,597 - - 12,658,597 11,815,757 Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 476,380 $ 273,139 Grants payable 248,353 406,169 Change in net assets 273,090 (1,255,684) 1 ,307 (981,287) 7,674,519 Deferred revenue 22,237 - Deferred rent 65,664 55,413 Net assets Capital lease obligations 3,914 3,916 Beginning $ 2,321,217 $ 13,536,206 $ 3,095,598 $ 18,953,021 $ 11,278,502 Conditional contribution 130,520 - Ending $ 2,594,307 $ 12,280,522 $ 3,096,905 $ 1 7 , 9 7 1 , 7 3 4 $18,953,021 Total current liabilities 947,068 738,637 Other liabilities Deferred rent 193,295 258,958 REVENUE EXPENSE 5.2% Deferred compensation 130,908 78,765 3.7% Capital lease obligations 8,354 12,609 Individuals 30.1% Fundraising 17.7% Total other liabilities 332,557 350,332 Foundations 18.6% 20.0% Management & General 4.3% 17.7 % 30.1% Net assets Government 16.5% Education & Capacity Building 53.3% 15.8% 4.3% 5.8% Unrestricted 2,594,307 2,321,217 Organizational Memberships 9.0% Policy & Outreach 15.8% 9.0% Temporarily restricted 12,280,522 13,536,206 53.3% Corporations/Organizations 5.8% 16.5% 18.6% Conservation Permanence 3.7% Permanently restricted 3,096,905 3,095,598 Earned Revenue 20.0% Accreditation 5.2% Total net assets 17,971,734 18,953,021 Total liabilities and net assets $ 19,251,359 $ 20,041,990

Annual Report 2013 I 17 together A Campaign for the Land

As I look back on the past 12 years as a board on our evolving understanding of land trusts needs This success comes from a collective effort of member and volunteer with the Land Trust Alliance, to successfully prepare for accreditation, including many individuals and organizations: Land Trust I see a tremendous period of growth in the services over $1 million in direct grants. Alliance management and staff, regional staff and new initiatives provided to our land trust commu- • Sponsoring and capitalizing Terrafirma Risk leadership, the Board of Directors, board and nity—from the smallest volunteer land trusts to the Retention Group LLC, a charitable risk pool staff of many of our land trusts, foundations, largest national land conservation organizations. Early owned by more than 450 member land trusts and corporations and individuals. We still have a in my tenure, we expanded Land Trust Standards and insuring over 20,000 properties. distance to go in this Campaign, but the seeds Practices, providing guidance for governance and best have been planted for long-term sustainability practices for land conservation work. While looking forward at what it would take to of these programs and initiatives. In 2010, the Alliance board worked with the implement the Pace, Quality, Permanence Strategic As I complete my tenure on the Campaign land trust community to develop a bold strategic Plan, our staff and Board of Directors quickly Cabinet, I want to express my deep appreciation to plan to address the greatest challenges of the realized that our traditional sources of financial each and every person who has helped us reach this conservation community. This plan outlined spe- support—membership, foundations, federal agencies point in the Campaign. Protecting and preserving cific ideas to increase thepace of land conservation, and individuals—were far too limited to achieve our the lands and waters that nurture us as humans and improve the quality of land conservation and ensure new objectives. This led to the creation of the first also protecting a diversity of wildlife and ecoregions the permanence of land conservation. These new national campaign for the Land Trust Alliance. is a cause that is truly inspiring and gratifying. initiatives have included: Together: A Campaign for the Land was launched in • Leading a successful coalition that resulted in more the fall of 2011 with a goal of raising $35 million over than $1 billion in Farm Bill funding for the pur- five years to fund these various initiatives, while also chase of easements on farm and ranch lands along building the Alliance’s resources to continue many of David H. Anderson with improved match requirements that will make these initiatives into the future. To date, we have raised Past Chair, Land Trust Alliance Board of Directors it easier for land trusts to access these programs. more than $26 million towards that goal while also Honorary Chair, Campaign Cabinet • Raising a $3 million endowment and investing being very focused on avoiding any competition with over $2 million in a flexible range of services based the fundraising efforts of our land trust membership.

18 I Land Trust Alliance Together: A Campaign for the Land Increase $1 billion + Over the past three years this Campaign has funded the Pace for the purchase of easements the work of the Land Trust Alliance and enabled of Land on farm and ranch lands in the significant accomplishments for land conservation. Conservation 2014 Farm Bill Here are some highlights.

Improve Capacity Building 471 Capitol 185 co-sponsors for H.R. the Quality Hill meetings 2807 to make permanent the 3,500 individuals tax incentive for conservation of Land held during the Conservation received training in 2013 Alliance’s annual 24 co-sponsors for the 76 land trust leaders Advocacy Days Senate bill enrolled in Land Trust Leadership Program in 2013 60+ land trusts 50 million $26 million raised to date for in the Alliance’s land trust acres of land the Campaign Excellence program conserved by land trusts

Accreditation $9 Million Still Needed of all $2 million in services ~ 89% in order to increase the pace of land conservation, acres land trusts hold to prepare land trusts for accreditation improve the quality of land conservation and under easement are now ensure the permanence of land conservation: either held by Terrafirma 254 82 members or organizations · Make permanent the enhanced tax incentive land trusts land trusts in the capable of self-insuring for conservation easement donations have achieved 2014 accreditation · See 350 land trusts accredited by 2016 accreditation pipeline · Enroll a total of 125 executive directors in 519 members the leadership program Ensure the in the national · Engage 300 land trusts in community Permanence Conservation Defense conservation Network, an information of Land · Grow and unite support for land conservation Conservation hub for conservation defense issues nationwide

Annual Report 2013 I 19 together A Campaign for the Land

“Even with so much already accomplished, we must reach our $35 million Campaign goal in order to fully implement our strategy of ‘pace, quality and per- manence’ for the national land trust movement. To cross the finish line, we are depending on the volunteers listed here who will be visiting with our supporters across the country and asking them to invest in the Campaign. We are confident that everyone who cares about the land will step up and help, and know that every land trust in the country will reap the benefits.” —Frederic C. Rich, Campaign Co-Chair

David Anderson, Campaign General Campaign Staff Regional Campaign New York/Mid-Atlantic/Puerto Rico Pacific Honorary Chair* Rand Wentworth, President Committees Frederic Rich, Co-Chair Laurie Dachs, Chair Frederic Rich, Campaign Co-Chair* Mary Pope Hutson, Executive Vice Peter Hausmann, Co-Chair Maria Elena Campisteguy New England Michael Dowling, Campaign President Chris Buck Belinda Faustinos Ted Ladd, Chair Co-Chair* Marilyn Ayres, Chief Operating & Marjorie Hart Anne Kroeker Lisa Cashdan Financial Officer Alice Hausmann Glenn Lamb Scott Dickerson Campaign Cabinet Tony Kiser Richard Leeds Jamey French Robert Ayres Fernando Lloveras San Miguel Tom Reeve Sherry Huber Alan Bell Caroline Niemczyk Darrell Wood Laura Johnson Laurie Dachs, Campaign Vice-Chair Michael Polemis Kelly Carter Rollison, Staff Gretchen Long Peter Hausmann Meme Hanley, Staff Wendy Ninteman, Staff Mary McFadden Ethan Winter, Staff Brad Paymar, Staff Sherry Huber, Campaign Vice-Chair Nick Moore (Regional Committees) Julie Sharpe Southeast (in formation) Rocky Mountain/Texas Ted Ladd, Campaign Vice-Chair Steve Small Jean Nelson David Anderson, Co-Chair Gretchen Long, Chair, Peter Stein Chuck Roe, Staff Robert Ayres, Co-Chair National Council Jennifer Fusco, Staff Laurie Andrews Bill Mulligan Kevin Case, Staff Midwest Michael Dowling *Other Cabinet Members Alan Bell, Co-Chair Larry Kueter Bill Mulligan, Co-Chair Penny Lewis David Hartwell George Olsen Kathy Leavenworth Mary Pope Hutson, Staff Judith Stockdale Shannon Meyer, Staff Bryan Martin, Staff Carolyn Waldron, Staff 20 I Land Trust Alliance Please join us! So that we can continue to increase the pace of land conservation, improve the quality of land conservation and ensure the permanence of land conservation—to protect and preserve our lands, our waters and our ways of life.

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“What the Alliance has already accomplished for land conservation through the Campaign is remarkable, and none of it would have been possible without the donors who invested in the earliest days of the Campaign. They shared a vision for an ever more productive and successful land trust community and provided support for the Alliance’s plan to turn that vision into reality. We are profoundly grateful to these friends and supporters.” —Michael P. Dowling, Campaign Co-Chair

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