Bear Hill Conservancy Trust

Private foundation · Grantmaker Lyme, NH EIN: 06-6558010

Bear Hill Conservancy Trust is a private foundation, based in Lyme, NH. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $31.7M in total assets. In 2025, it made $219K in qualifying distributions. Net investment income was $5.2M.

Bear Hill Conservancy Trust at a glance

Total assets
$31,686,676
+63.6% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$12,554,637
+12974.6% vs 2024
Qualifying distributions (2025)
$218,574
+202.3% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$241,528
+154.1% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Bear Hill Conservancy Trust funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

1 grant across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 1 grant of 1 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Cities

San FranciscoTallahassee

How Bear Hill Conservancy Trust gives

  • Giving grew 3900% from 2019 to 2022. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K$200K1 grant2019 0 grants2021 1 grant2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2022, annual grant giving ranged from $5K (2019) to $200K (2022). In 2022 it made 1 grant totaling $200K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Wild Landscape International Tallahassee, FLLand Conservation Support$200,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment Income
2025$31,686,676$12,554,637$241,528——$218,574$5,168,299
2024$19,373,567$96,023$95,062——$72,306$94,023
2023$19,372,606$413,383$468,707——$273,412$18,279
2022$19,207,930$127,362$405,849$200,0001$822,244$52,362
2021$18,166,417$5,674,402$184,952———$2,814
2019$11,239,486$590,186$231,149$5,0001—$401,625

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Bear Hill Conservancy Trust's 2025 filing lists 2 officers; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Barbara D. Roby

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David M. Roby

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Bear Hill Conservancy Trust

How large is Bear Hill Conservancy Trust?

Bear Hill Conservancy Trust reported $31.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $12.6M.

Where does Bear Hill Conservancy Trust operate?

Bear Hill Conservancy Trust has awarded grants in California, Florida.

What is Bear Hill Conservancy Trust's EIN?

Bear Hill Conservancy Trust's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 06-6558010. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 17, 2020)
  2. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2021–2024

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