NonprofitsSand County Foundation Inc

Sand County Foundation Inc

MADISON, WI

Total revenue

$4.1M

Total expenses

$9.6M

Net assets

$12.4M

Grants received

$12.2M

117 grants

EIN

396089450

Tax year

2024

Mission

Inspire and enable private landowners to ethically manage natural resources in their care.

Programs

2 programs

Agricultural conservation - the foundation's agricultural conservation program demonstrates land management practices that protect soil and water, utilize them more efficiently, and maximize the environmental benefits and productive capacity of agricultural systems. We strive to ensure that conservation measures enhance the long-term profitability and resilience of farms and ranches.

Expenses: $2.2MGrants: $220K

Leopold conservation award - the leopold conservation award recognizes farmers, ranchers and foresters for achievements in conservation on working land. With prominent partners in many states across the u.s., the foundation presents the annual awards in settings that showcase the landowners' conservation success among their peers.

Expenses: $1.0MGrants: $230K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$3.5M
Program service revenue$213K
Investment income$316K
Other revenue$3K
Total revenue$4.1M

Expenses

Grants paid$6.1M
Salaries & benefits$2.1M
Fundraising$153K
Other expenses$1.4M
Total expenses$9.6M
Total assets$12.9M
Net assets$12.4M

People

19 listed

NameRoleCompensation

KEVIN MCALEESE

PRESIDENT & CEO

Board

$193K

40 hrs/wk

BRENT HAGLUND PHD

DIRECTOR

Board

$5K

1 hrs/wk

LYNNE SHERROD

CHAIR (THRU APRIL)

Board

1 hrs/wk

BLAIR CALVERT FITZSIMONS

DIRECTOR (THRU AUGUST)

Board

1 hrs/wk

EDWARD WARNER

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

STANLEY TEMPLE PHD

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

TOM FOLEY

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOHN DUNCAN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

NITA VAIL

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

LYNN SCARLETT

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

DICK CATES PHD

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JIMMY BRAMBLETT

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

HOMER BUELL

TREASURER (THRU MARCH)/CHAIRMAN (BEG APRIL)

Board

1 hrs/wk

NANCY DELONG

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

THOMAS ZALE

TREASURER (BEG APRIL)

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAVID HANSON

VICE-CHAIRMAN

Board

1 hrs/wk

HEIDI PETERSON PHD

VP - AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & CONSERVATION

Staff

$161K

40 hrs/wk

CHRISTINA SCHELLPFEFFER

VP - EXTERNAL RELATIONS

Staff

$134K

40 hrs/wk

LANCE IRVING

VP - LEOPOLD CONSERVATION AWARD

Staff

$127K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

BIOSPHERE DRONE SOLUTIONS

PROFESSIONAL DRONE SERVICES

$183K

Grants received

Showing 117 of 117

FromAmountPurposeYear
$180K
FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATION CENTER
2024
$100K
79510 PROMOTING EQUITABLE INVESTMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S HISTORIC INVESTMENT IN THE WATER SECTOR, FOCUSING ON HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
2024
$100K
PHILANTHROPY
2024
$25K
PARTNER PROGRAM GRANT
2024
$10K
2024 New York Leopold Conservation Award
2024
$10K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$10K
Triple Your Impact Match 2024
2024
$971K
2022 EPIC FUNDING NAVIGATOR
2023
$500K
IN SUPPORT OF NEW NATIONWIDE TRACKERS MEASURING LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT RATES AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING TO ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES
2023
$400K
FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATION CENTER (EPIC) TO CATALYZE PROGRESS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVEL
2023
$400K
FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATION CENTER (EPIC) TO CATALYZE PROGRESS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVEL
2023
$300K
WATER ACCESS AND CONSERVATION
2023
$220K
FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATION CENTER
2023
$200K
FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATION CENTER PROJECT TO ACCELERATE CULVERT REMOVALS
2023
$157K
KLAMATH - SUPPORT OF THE TRIBAL MITIGATION LEGAL FELLOWSHIP POSITION
2023
$150K
Innovative agriculture to build soil health, increase climate resilience, and advance a land ethic
2023
$150K
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
2023
$120K
SUPPORT FOR AN ASSESSMENT OF FOREST LAND CONSERVATION
2023
$96K
IMPROVE AGRICULTURE IN LAKE MICHIGAN
2023
$85K
PHILANTHROPY
2023
$80K
TO SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATION CENTER IN MAKING ADMINISTRATIVE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE REGIONAL CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
2023
$80K
TO SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATION CENTER IN MAKING ADMINISTRATIVE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE REGIONAL CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
2023
$40K
Innovative Finance
2023
$39K
PARTNER PROGRAM GRANT
2023
$35K
Advancing Water Equity in Texas through Data-Driven Policy, Analysis, and Reform
2023
$25K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$20K
CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
2023
$20K
TO SUPPORT AND GROW THE LEOPOLD CONSERVATION AWARD PROGRAM IN PENNSYLVANIA
2023
$10K
2023 New York Leopold Conservation Award Fund
2023
$10K
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
2023
$500
CHARITABLE
2023
$1.4M
2022 EPIC FUNDING NAVIGATOR
2022
$1.4M
2022 EPIC FUNDING NAVIGATOR
2022
$499K
To advance watershed-municipal initiatives in Iowa and Illinois.
2022
$275K
FOR FEDERAL CAPACITY FOR WILDLIFE CONNECTIVITY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
2022
$250K
FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATION CENTER (EPIC) TO CATALYZE PROGRESS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVEL
2022
$200K
FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATION CENTER PROJECT TO ACCELERATE CULVERT REMOVALS
2022
$150K
ADVANCE THE FUNDING NAVIGATOR TO CONNECT UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PUBLIC FUNDS FOR CLIMATE-RESILIENT WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND UTILIZE FINDINGS FROM FUNDING NAVIGATOR PILOTS TO REFORM STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUND (SRF) POLICIES AND PRACTICES.
2022
$100K
To support the National Economic Council team in funding historically disadvantaged communities.
2022
$78K
WATERSHED HEALTH - SUPPORT OF THE TRIBAL MITIGATION LEGAL FELLOWSHIP POSITION
2022
$75K
PHILANTHROPY
2022
$64K
REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE
2022
$50K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OF ITS MISSION
2022
$50K
FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE
2022
$46K
SPEED UP FEDERAL TRANSACTIONS FOR LAND PROTECTION
2022
$46K
SPEED UP FEDERAL TRANSACTIONS FOR LAND PROTECTION
2022
$30K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$20K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$20K
SUPPORT AND GROW THE LEOPOLD CONSERVATION AWARD PROGRAM IN PENNSYLVANIA
2022
$12K
Grant for Engaging Youth through High School Habitat Grants
2022
$10K
MT LEOPOLD CONSERVATION AWARD
2022
$10K
2022 New York Leopold Conservation Award fund.
2022
$10K
Ascendium Corporate Match - Triple Your Impact, 12/2022
2022
$6K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$1K
NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION
2022
$243K
CONSERVATION PROJECTS
2021
$40K
AWARD FOR 2021 WATER FORUM PARTNERSHIP
2021
$25K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$20K
TO CO-SPONSOR THE LEOPOLD CONSERVATION AWARD PROGRAM RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN SUSTAINABILITY BY PENNSYLVANIA FARMERS AND LANDOWNERS
2021
$13K
Project Support
2021
$10K
General operating support
2021
$10K
General operating support
2021
$7K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$1K
NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION
2021
$500
CHARITABLE
2021
$150K
FUNDS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATION CENTERTO ADVANCE PROJECTS ON DRINKING WATER, TRUST, AND DATA
2020
$100K
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATION CENTER'S RESEARCH TO INFORM THE PUBLIC DEBATE ABOUT MITIGATION
2020
$100K
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
2020
$95K
ADVANCING AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION
2020
$87K
EPA Regulations on Watershed-Based Nutrient Strategies & Testing of Behavioral Science Techniques to Improve Adoption of Conservation Farming Practices
2020
$80K
To support and expand the Leadership for Midwestern Watersheds professional network, and for general operating support
2020
$80K
To support and expand the Leadership for Midwestern Watersheds professional network, and for general operating support
2020
$60K
TRANSFORMING EXISTING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING MECHANISMS TO BETTER FOCUS ON HELPING STRUGGLING COMMUNITIES ACCESS FUNDING FOR WATER SERVICES, RESILIENCE, AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.
2020
$40K
ENVIRONMENTAL
2020
$30K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2020
$25K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$25K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$20K
FOR THE 2021 LEOPOLD CONSERVATION AWARD
2020
$20K
LEOPOID AWARDS
2020
$20K
FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA LEOPOLD CONSERVATION AWARD, RECOGNIZING FARMERS AND LAND OWNERS ACTIVELY COMMITTED TO CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
2020
$19K
HEALTHY WATERSHED CONSORTIUM
2020
$12K
FOR A STUDY OF CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE US MILITARY
2020
$10K
2020 New York Leopold Conservation Award fund
2020
$3K
For the Water Data Prize, a project run by the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC)
2020
$50K
FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
2019
$18K
BUILDING CAPACITY FOR MON
2019
$8K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2019
$500
CHARITABLE
2019
$70K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2018
$28K
Building Capacity for Mon
2018
$25K
FOR THE CALIFORNIA LEOPOLD CONSERVATION AWARD
2018
$6K
Conservation Activities
2018
$25K
FOR THE CALIFORNIA LEOPOLD CONSERVATION AWARD
2017
$15K
Building Capacity for Mon
2017
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2017

Funded by

$12.2M from 51 funders · 117 grants · 2017–2024

The William Penn Foundation

$3.8M · 5 grants · 2022–2023

The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

$1.2M · 7 grants · 2020–2024

The Patrick J Mcgovern Foundation Inc

$1.1M · 3 grants · 2022–2023

Walton Family Foundation Inc

$686K · 3 grants · 2020–2022

The Rockefeller Foundation

$550K · 2 grants · 2022–2023

National Fish And Wildlife Foundation

$465K · 6 grants · 2017–2023

American Endowment Foundation

$363K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Details

EIN396089450
Subsection03
Ruling date1965-12
Formed1965
Employees0
Volunteers17
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