Practice Element 6A5: Funding for Stewardship and Defense

Land Trust Standards and Practices, Practice 6A. Fiscal Health, includes five elements. This module addresses Practice 6A5: Build and maintain dedicated or restricted funds sufficient to cover the long-term costs of stewarding and defending the land trust's land and conservation easements.

A sample stewardship and legal defense fund calculation from the accredited Hill Country Conservancy.

This guidance covers Practice Element 6A4: Build and maintain sufficient operating reserves to sustain operations.

This guidance covers Practice 11A: Funding Conservation Easement Stewardship.

This guidance covers Practice Element 6A1: Develop an annual budget that reflects the land trust’s annual programs and activities.

This guidance covers Practice Element 6A3: Assess the nature and variability of revenue and seek to diversify funding sources.

An overview of the importance of having a clear policy and procedures for establishing and managing dedicated or permanently-restricted funds.

This guidance covers Practice 6A: Fiscal Health.

This guidance covers Practice Element 6A2: Develop and implement a strategy to address any deficit-spending trends.