Financing Conservation & Fundraising in General

Crowdfunding is a web-based fundraising technique that can generate many small donations in support of an endeavor. WeConservePA guide. 7 pages.

Endowments and quasi-endowments help organizations establish long-term financial stability. This guide explains the basics; provides links to resources that address creating, managing, and fundraising for these funds; and describes the practices of 10 land trusts. WeConservePA guide. 6 pages.

In Pennsylvania, local governments may give money, land and easements to land trusts. WeConservePA guide. 2 pages.

When a seller wants to close a sale of real estate but the buyer is not yet in a position to fully fund the purchase, the parties can close the sale with the seller taking from the buyer a purchase money note and mortgage in lieu of an all-cash payment. WeConservePA guide. 5 pages.

Worksheet used by the Medina County Soil and Water Conservation District to calculate the costs of stewardship of a conservation easement and the size of the endowment needed to support it.