New Mexico Land Conservancy
“Conserve New Mexico’s land and water heritage.”
The work
What they do
Statewide land trust protecting working lands, wildlife habitat, and open spaces adjacent to federal lands in New Mexico.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “PRESERVING NEW MEXICOS LAND HERITAGE BY HELPING PEOPLE CONSERVE THE PLACES THEY LOVE.”
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
Saving land outright
$4.2MIN FY25, NMLC COMPLETED 2 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS IN 2024 (HERMOSA-KELSEY AND GIBSON RANCH), WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACREAGE AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING CONSERVATION EASEMENT FOR UTE LAKE RANCH, PROTECTING 4,273 ACRES AND INCREAS...
Read it as they filed it
IN FY25, NMLC COMPLETED 2 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS IN 2024 (HERMOSA-KELSEY AND GIBSON RANCH), WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACREAGE AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING CONSERVATION EASEMENT FOR UTE LAKE RANCH, PROTECTING 4,273 ACRES AND INCREASING ITS TOTAL PORTFOLIO TO 123 EASEMENTS OVER 696,921 ACRES AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2025. WHILE THE EASEMENT DONATIONS REPRESENT VALUE TO THE GRANTORS BASED UPON THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FOREGONE THROUGH THE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS (WHICH FORM THE BASIS OF THEIR CHARITABLE TAX DEDUCTIONS), THE EASEMENTS HAVE NO REAL FINANCIAL OR MARKETABLE VALUE ONCE THEY ARE DONATED TO THE LAND TRUST. THE COMBINED VALUE OF THE NON-CASH CONSERVATION EASEMENT CONTRIBUTIONS GRANTED TO NMLC FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 WAS 1,575,000, AS COMPARED TO 1,575,000 FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024. NMLC COMPLETED 2 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS IN 2024 (HERMOSA-KELSEY AND GIBSON RANCH), WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACREAGE AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING CONSERVATION EASEMENT FOR UTE LAKE RANCH, PROTECTING 4,273 ACRES AND INCREASING ITS TOTAL PORTFOLIO TO 123 EASEMENTS OVER 696,921 ACRES AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2025. WHILE THE EASEMENT DONATIONS REPRESENT VALUE TO THE GRANTORS BASED UPON THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FOREGONE THROUGH THE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS (WHICH FORM THE BASIS OF THEIR CHARITABLE TAX DEDUCTIONS), THE EASEMENTS HAVE NO REAL FINANCIAL OR MARKETABLE VALUE ONCE THEY ARE DONATED TO THE LAND TRUST. THE COMBINED VALUE OF THE NON-CASH CONSERVATION EASEMENT CONTRIBUTIONS GRANTED TO NMLC FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 WAS 1,575,000, AS COMPARED TO 1,575,000 FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024. CONSERVATION EASEMENT ACQUISITION FUNDING AGREEMENTS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, NMLC WILL ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AS A COOPERATING/SPONSORSHIP ORGANIZATION TO FACILITATE THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY OR ENTITIES PARTICIPATION IN ACQUISITION OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. UPON CLOSING A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ACQUISITION, WHERE LAND TITLE IS PASSED THROUGH NMLC, NMLC WILL RECORD REVENUE AND AN EQUAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT ACQUISITION EXPENDITURE FOR AMOUNTS THAT NMLC HAS PASSED THROUGH THE LANDOWNER.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
94 cents of every dollar goes to the work
That ratio is a good sign, not a scorecard. Plenty of great groups run leaner and lumpier. What matters is the extremes, and New Mexico Land Conservancy is nowhere near one.
Backed on the record by Western Conservation Foundation, latest filing FY24.
$4,231,037 programs, $156,960 management, $97,816 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
The people
Who does the work
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. Orgs that claim their page can update it same-day. Work at New Mexico Land Conservancy? Claim this page.
The filings
14 years of filings
14 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $1,031,338 |
| 2012 | $435,280 |
| 2013 | $734,006 |
| 2014 | $1,042,287 |
| 2015 | $911,543 |
| 2016 | $830,583 |
| 2017 | $896,183 |
| 2018 | $1,194,063 |
| 2019 | $1,191,469 |
| 2020 | $5,399,632 |
| 2021 | $4,005,954 |
| 2022 | $14,001,258 |
| 2023 | $1,606,539 |
| 2025 | $4,300,585 |
From $1.0M in 2011 to $4.3M in FY25, across 14 public filings. The 2022 peak of $14.0M reads like one-time gifts, so trust the line, not the peak.
The New Mexico congressional delegation averages 92 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
Ways in
How to help
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24 years on the ground, 94 cents of every dollar on the line. That is who is holding it. There is room for one more.