NonprofitsNortheast Wilderness Trust

Environment

Northeast Wilderness Trust

MONTPELIER, VT

Total revenue

$19.6M

Total expenses

$5.1M

Net assets

$63.5M

Grants received

$42.4M

195 grants

EIN

010729039

Tax year

2024

Mission

Preserve and restore forever-wild landscapes for nature and people in the northeast

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$19.0M
Program service revenue$37K
Investment income$576K
Other revenue
Total revenue$19.6M

Expenses

Grants paid$831K
Salaries & benefits$2.0M
Fundraising$193K
Other expenses$2.2M
Total expenses$5.1M
Total assets$63.6M
Net assets$63.5M

People

17 listed

NameRoleCompensation

JONATHAN LEIBOWITZ

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Board

$160K

40 hrs/wk

RICK RANCOURT

TREASURER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ERIC SORENSON

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

BRETT ENGSTROM

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

CAROL FOX

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

DANIEL HILDRETH

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

EMILY BATESON

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

BRIAN TIJAN

CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

KRISTIN DEBOER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

KATHLEEN FITZGERALD

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ALAN JUTRAS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

BILL ROPER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ARAM CALHOUN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MARK ZANKEL

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

LIZ THOMPSON

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

SUSIE O'KEEFFE

VICE CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

EUNICE PANETTA

VP OF ADVANCEMENT

Staff

$109K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

BERNUTH & WILLIAMSON

CONSULTING

$117K

DRUMMOND WOODSUM

LEGAL SERVICES

$104K

Grants received

Showing 195 of 195

FromAmountPurposeYear
$3.3M
ENDOWMENT
2024
$1M
ENDOWMENT
2024
$750K
for the acquisition of the Mountain Brook
2024
$300K
ENDOWMENT
2024
$250K
Preserving the environment
2024
$250K
CHARITABLE
2024
$75K
CAPACITY BUILDING
2024
$50K
ENVIRONMENT & ANIMAL PROTECTION
2024
$25K
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
2024
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$25K
Lary Brook Forest ecological assessment fund
2024
$24K
Public Community Good (Unrestricted)
2024
$15K
Environment & Animals
2024
$13K
CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
2024
$10K
PROJECT GRANT
2024
$10K
Annual fund
2024
$8K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$8K
TOWARD A FOREVER-WILD CONSERVATION EASEMENT FOR THE 167-ACRE FOREST FOR LEARNING, PERMANENTLY PR...
2024
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT ENVIROMENT
2024
$3K
Unrestricted
2024
$2K
UNRESTRICTED
2024
$1K
TO SUPPORT NORTHEAST WILDERNESS PRESERVATION
2024
$1.9M
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$1.8M
LAND / BUILDING ACQUISITION
2023
$1.3M
LAND / BUILDING ACQUISITION
2023
$1M
ENDOWMENT
2023
$958K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$850K
LAND / BUILDING ACQUISITION
2023
$764K
PHILANTHROPY RELATED TO PROTECTING OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$700K
LAND FOR PRESERVATION
2023
$500K
LAND FOR PRESERVATION
2023
$375K
LAND FOR PRESERVATION
2023
$269K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$250K
General operating support
2023
$225K
LAND / BUILDING ACQUISITION
2023
$214K
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2023
$205K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$200K
To conserve forever-wild landscapes for nature and people.
2023
$194K
DONATION
2023
$175K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$175K
Preserving the environment
2023
$150K
LAND / BUILDING ACQUISITION
2023
$125K
LAND ACQUISITION & FOREVER WILD EASEMENTS
2023
$100K
CAPACITY BUILDING
2023
$100K
CHARITABLE
2023
$85K
STRATEGIC PLANNING
2023
$73K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$50K
LAND / BUILDING ACQUISITION
2023
$46K
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
2023
$42K
Land Resources Conservation
2023
$40K
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
2023
$35K
TO SUPPORT THE PURCHASE OF LAND FOR WILDERNESS SANCTUARIES
2023
$35K
LAND CONSERVATION
2023
$30K
Contribution toward conservation of land & stewardship for conservation purposes
2023
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$24K
ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
2023
$21K
General operating support
2023
$20K
General Purposes
2023
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$20K
GENERAL
2023
$16K
SLAVIC WILDERNESS PRESERVE
2023
$15K
TOWARD THE ACQUISITION OF 2,830 ACRES TO CREATE BEARS NEST WILDERNESS PRESERVE IN RICHFORD, VER...
2023
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS
2023
$13K
CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
2023
$10K
TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION IN CARRYING OUT ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$10K
Annual Fund
2023
$10K
Bear's Nest Wilderness Preserve
2023
$10K
ENVIRONMENTAL
2023
$10K
2024 GRANT AWARD
2023
$7K
For general support and Wild for the Future
2023
$6K
ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE
2023
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$5K
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
2023
$5K
General Support
2023
$4K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$4K
PROVIDE OPERATING FUNDS
2023
$3K
FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$3K
Unrestricted
2023
$1K
UNRESTRICTED
2023
$1K
TO SUPPORT NORTHEAST WILDERNESS PRESERVATION
2023
$500
TO ACCOMPLISH 501C3 PURPOSE
2023
$1.5M
LAND/BUILDING ACQUISITION
2022
$1.3M
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$1M
ENDOWMENT
2022
$800K
LAND/BUILDING ACQUISITION
2022
$750K
LAND/BUILDING ACQUISITION
2022
$700K
GENERAL PURPOSE GRANT
2022
$524K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$425K
APPALACHIAN LANDSCAPE PROTECTION
2022
$350K
To conserve forever-wild landscapes for nature and people.
2022
$185K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$175K
Preserving the environment
2022
$169K
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2022
$160K
LAND/BUILDING ACQUISITION
2022
$125K
LAND FOR PRESERVATION
2022
$100K
Bear Pond Forest
2022
$95K
LAND/BUILDING ACQUISITION
2022
$75K
General Charitable
2022
$75K
LAND ACQUISITION & FOREVER WILD EASEMENTS
2022
$70K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$65K
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
2022
$50K
FOR THE BEAR POND FOREST FUND
2022
$50K
DONATION
2022
$50K
Woodbury Mountain WildernessPreserve & General Support
2022
$30K
LAND CONSERVATION
2022
$25K
FOR SUPPORT OF THE MORIAH PROJECT
2022
$25K
GENERAL
2022
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$25K
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
2022
$25K
General operating support
2022
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$20K
WILDWOOD WILDERNESS
2022
$10K
Safeguard the Environment and Natural Resources
2022
$10K
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
2022
$10K
Land Conservation & Protection
2022
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$5K
Annual Fund
2022
$2K
TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION IN CARRYING OUT ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$1K
CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
2022
$1K
Unrestricted
2022
$500
TO ACCOMPLISH 501C3 PURPOSE
2022
$2.3M
WOODBURY WILDERNESS VT PROJECT; GRAFTON WILDERNESS ME PROJECT; ALDER STREAM PRESERVE ME STEWARDSHIP AND FUTURE PROTECTION; AMES CONSERVATION EASEMENT STEWARDSHIP (FOREST SOCIETY OF MAINE)
2021
$1.0M
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$234K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$234K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$154K
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2021
$100K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2021
$75K
GENERAL OPERATING
2021
$68K
General operating support
2021
$50K
TO SUPPORT THE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES OF THE COUGAR RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE
2021
$30K
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
2021
$25K
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
2021
$20K
WILDERNESS CONSERVATION
2021
$15K
GENERAL PURPOSE CONTRIBUTIONS
2021
$10K
WILD EAST GRANT (CAPACITY BUILDING)
2021
$10K
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
2021
$5K
General Charitable
2021
$5K
GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED
2021
$1.2M
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$400K
LAND ACQUISITION
2020
$209K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$75K
LAND ACQUISITION & FOREVER WILD EASEMENTS
2020
$72K
CAPACITY-BUILDING
2020
$72K
CAPACITY-BUILDING
2020
$62K
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2020
$60K
WILD EAST ACTION FUND LAND PROTECTION
2020
$50K
GENERAL CHARITABLE
2020
$30K
CLEAR POND PROJECT
2020
$25K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$20K
GENERAL
2020
$15K
WILDERNESS CONSERVATION
2020
$15K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$12K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$10K
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
2020
$5K
CHARITABLE
2020
$5K
LAND ACQUISITION
2020
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2020
$5K
CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2020
$5K
Annual Fund
2020
$1K
UNRESTRICTED
2020
$625
EMPLOYEE MATCHING GRANT
2020
$100K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$3K
PRESERVING WILD PLACES & THE BACKCOUNTRY
2019
$83K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$10K
BramhallBridgewaterPreserve
2018
$1K
UNRESTRICTED
2018
$3.1M
FOR GRANT RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSES
2017
$7K
ENVIRONMENTAL/ANIMALS
2017

Funded by

$42.4M from 83 funders · 195 grants · 2017–2024

Fidelity Foundation

$15.1M · 20 grants · 2020–2024

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

$5.4M · 4 grants · 2020–2023

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$5.2M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Sweet Water Trust

$2.3M · 1 grant · 2021

Holdfast Trust

$1.5M · 2 grants · 2022–2023

Edward C Johnson Fund

$1.3M · 2 grants · 2023

EJK Foundation

$775K · 2 grants · 2024

Details

EIN010729039
NTEE codeC30
Subsection03
Ruling date2002-09
Formed2002
Employees24
Volunteers65
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