Trust For Public Land: $297.4M Revenue, $290.9M Expenses

The efficiency rubric puts Trust For Public Land at a B grade: a composite of 76/100 that lands above the national midpoint. The grade reflects solid financial reserves alongside reasonable officer compensation and steady revenue.

Annual revenue at Trust For Public Land runs $297.4M (2023), placing it among the larger U.S. nonprofits in the IRS Form 990 dataset. On the reserves factor, Trust For Public Land scores well — assets relative to annual spending sit in the range nonprofit-finance experts consider healthy (roughly three months to two years of operating expenses).

Five-year revenue trajectory is strongly positive: Trust For Public Land has grown materially in real terms, which usually signals successful fundraising and program expansion. Compensation for current officers and key employees runs $6.2M against $297.4M in revenue — within the band third-party charity raters typically consider reasonable for an organization of this size and complexity. This is an aggregate across all listed officers, not a single executive's salary. Trust For Public Land works in Environment & Animals — environmental, conservation, animal-welfare, and natural-resources programs. The sector spans large international conservation groups and small local land trusts; the financial profile varies accordingly.