Land Trust of Santa Cruz County
Funding Overview
From IRS Form 990 filings · 2019–2025
Total received
$32.2M
Foundation funders
32
Grants recorded
83
Years covered
2019–2025
Who funds Land Trust of Santa Cruz County?
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County is funded by 32 grantmakers, led by The Trust for Public Land ($10.3M), Jeff and Marieke Rothschild Foundation ($9.2M), Community Foundation Santa Cruz County ($5.2M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $32.2M in grants to Land Trust of Santa Cruz County between 2019–2025.
Show all 32 funders
| Melvin & Geraldine Hoven Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Finkelman Family Charitable | $2,500 | 3 | 2020–2022 |
| Zicarelli Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 2024–2025 |
| Tomkat Ranch Educational Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 2022 |
| IBM International Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fabris Family Charitable Foundation | $500 | 1 | 2020 |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | $310 | 1 | 2024 |
Funding over time
Grant dollars and counts received per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $380K (2020) to $10.1M (2022). In 2025 it made 11 grants totaling $9.6M.
What grants has Land Trust of Santa Cruz County received?
Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first
| Year | Funder | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Trust for Public Land | GRANTS, LAND CONSERVATION | $9,380,000 |
| 2025 | The Nature Conservancy | CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES | $85,000 |
| 2025 | Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT | $38,000 |
| 2025 | Cottonwood Spring | General support | $30,000 |
| 2025 | The Lipman Family Foundation Inc | TO PROTECT, CARE FOR, AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE EXTRAORDINARY LANDS THAT MAKE THIS AREA SPECIAL. | $5,000 |
| 2025 | Ross Foundation | OPERATING | $5,000 |
| 2025 | DJ and NB Larson Family Foundation Inc | TO PRESERVEOUR NATURALOPEN SPACE | $5,000 |
| 2025 | Melvin & Geraldine Hoven Foundation | Unrestricted | $5,000 |
| 2025 | The Apple Lane Foundation Inc 14101830 | FOR ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSES | $3,553 |
| 2025 | Cohen-Schultz Charitable Foundation | OPEN SPACE LAND TRUST | $3,000 |
| 2025 | Zicarelli Foundation | GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT | $1,000 |
| 2024 | Community Foundation Santa Cruz County | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, BEACH RANCH PROJECT, CIRCLE P RANCH | $1,260,876 |
| 2024 | Jeff and Marieke Rothschild Foundation | GENERAL SUPPORT | $1,000,000 |
| 2024 | Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Environment | $429,597 |
| 2024 | Helen and Will Webster Foundation | EDUCATION | $200,000 |
| 2024 | Resources Legacy Fund | LAND OR MARINE CONSERVATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND/OR ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY AND JUSTICE | $175,000 |
| 2024 | The J Miles and Rosanne Reiter | SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP | $100,000 |
| 2024 | National Gift Annuity Foundation | GENERAL SUPPORT | $62,331 |
| 2024 | Cottonwood Spring | General support | $30,000 |
| 2024 | The Independent Charitable Gift Fund | GENERAL SUPPORT | $30,000 |
| 2024 | Barnet Segal Charitable Trust | TO FURTHER THEIR EXEMPT PURPOSE | $25,000 |
| 2024 | Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | $20,000 |
| 2024 | Peninsula Open Space Trust | SUPPORT FOR MASTICATION EQUIPMENT PURCHASE | $19,136 |
| 2024 | Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE | $18,000 |
| 2024 | The Nature Conservancy | CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES | $10,000 |
| 2024 | Horizons Foundation | Unrestricted | $6,500 |
| 2024 | DJ and NB Larson Family Foundation Inc | TO PRESERVEOUR NATURALOPEN SPACE | $5,000 |
| 2024 | Thomas and Donna Whitney | PURPOSE: EDUCATION - "WILD THINGS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY" WILDLIFE CONSTRUCTION FOR ANIMALS | $5,000 |
| 2024 | The Lipman Family Foundation Inc | TO PROTECT, CARE FOR, AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE EXTRAORDINARY LANDS THAT MAKE THIS AREA SPECIAL. | $5,000 |
| 2024 | The Apple Lane Foundation Inc 14101830 | FOR ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSES | $3,000 |
Showing 30 most recent of 83 recorded grants.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who funds Land Trust of Santa Cruz County?
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County is funded by 32 grantmakers, led by The Trust for Public Land ($10.3M), Jeff and Marieke Rothschild Foundation ($9.2M), Community Foundation Santa Cruz County ($5.2M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $32.2M in grants to Land Trust of Santa Cruz County between 2019–2025.
Who is Land Trust of Santa Cruz County's largest funder?
The Trust for Public Land is the largest recorded funder of Land Trust of Santa Cruz County, with $10.3M across 2 grants (2023–2025).
How much grant funding has Land Trust of Santa Cruz County received?
IRS 990 filings record $32.2M in grants to Land Trust of Santa Cruz County across 83 grants from 32 funders between 2019–2025. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.
Looking for funders like Land Trust of Santa Cruz County's?
Grantable's AI matches your organization against 200,000+ grantmakers — including every funder on this page — using their real giving history.
You, clicking into all 32 funders
~4 hrs
at ~7 min per funder profile
Your agents, the same 32
~2 min
every profile evaluated and scored, with reasoning
Grant data is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings via Grantable's GrantGraph™. Filings are published on a delay; recent grants may not appear yet.
Looking for funders like Land Trust of Santa Cruz County's?