Trust for Public Land
Trust for Public Land's network
30 people8 organisationsi30 people and 8 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (30). Violet dotted lines (8) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
30 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 29 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas St Clair Chair | Chair | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Ben Jealous | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Caroline P Niemczyk (also filed as Caroline Niemczyk) | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Christopher Knight | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Christopher LEA (also filed as Chris LEA) | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| David Poppe | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Eliot Merrill | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Florence Williams | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| George Bell | Director (10/26/22) | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Happy Haynes | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Ignacia S Moreno (also filed as Ignacia Moreno) | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| J Franklin Farrow | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Jennifer Jones | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Jerry Tone | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Jody Gill | Company secretary | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Joseph Lipscomb (also filed as Joe Lipscomb) | Treasurer | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Keith Weaver | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Kenneth Wong | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Laura Richards | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| LEX Sant | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Luis Benitez | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Michael Parish | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Mickey Fearn | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Sheryl Crockett Tishman (also filed as Sheryl Tishman) | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Stephen Baird (also filed as Steve Baird) | Director (10/26/22) | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Susan D Whiting (also filed as Susan Whiting) | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Taylor Toynes | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Ted Roosevelt V | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Thomas Reeve (also filed as Tom Reeve) | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Whitney Hatch | Vice Chair | 2020 | 6 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
49 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Adrian Benepe | SVP, National Programs | since 2018 |
| Ann Morgan | Senior VP | 2018 |
| Anthony A Traverso | Assistant Secretary | since 2021 |
| Barbara Smith | Vice President | 2018 |
| Benita D Hussain | 10 Minute Walk Campaign Director | 2020 |
| Brenda Schick | Vice President | 2018 |
| Carter H Strickland | State Director | since 2019 |
| Cecilia Blake | Assistant Secretary | 2021 |
| Cynthia Scherer | CFO & Treasurer (Thru 1/3/18) | 2018 |
| D Malcolm Carson | SVP, General Counsel/Corporate Sec. | since 2018 |
| David Emery Peck | Principal Gift Officer | 2022 |
| David Sutton | Ca Land Cons Dir | 2018 |
| Deborah B Robertson | VP/Chief Research & Innov Officer | 2019 |
| Denise Mullane | Assistant Secretary | since 2021 |
| Diane C Regas | President | 2023 |
| Ernest Cook | Senior VP | 2018 |
| Gilman Miller | Assistant Secretary | since 2021 |
| Guillermo Rodriguez | State Director | 2019 |
| Howard Frumkin | SVP, Land and People Lab | 2023 |
| I Ling Thompson | SVP, Chief Comm & Marketing Officer | since 2022 |
| J Alex Ghio | Assistant Secretary | since 2021 |
| James H Obendorf | SVP/Chief Financial & Admin Officer (Start 2/1/19) | since 2019 |
| Jane Kim | Assistant Secretary | since 2021 |
| Jeff Danter | Senior VP | 2018 |
| Jeffrey M Hauk | VP, Dir of Philanthropy Programs | 2019 |
| Jennifer Kolto | Assistant Secretary | 2023 |
| John Davis | Controller | 2018 |
| Justin Yost | Assistant Secretary | 2023 |
| Katherine B Decoster | VP,Dir of Fed Affairs(Thru 6/1/19) | since 2018 |
| Katherine M Pandori | VP, Director of Finance & Actg | since 2019 |
| Kenneth J Danter | SVP, Field Programs | since 2019 |
| Ling I Thompson | SVP, Chief Comm & Marketing Officer | 2021 |
| Maggie Madden | Assistant General Counsel | 2018 |
| Margaret Madden | VP, Associate General Counsel | since 2019 |
| Margie Bermeo | Chief Philanthropy Officer | 2018 |
| Marjorie K Bermeo | SVP/Chief Philanthropy Officer | since 2019 |
| Matthew J Shaffer | Marketing Director (Thru 4/30/20) | 2020 |
| Mimi Faller Helvie | Assistant Secretary | since 2021 |
| Patricia Watson | SVP/Chief Philanthropy Officer | since 2021 |
| Peggy Chiu | Assistant Secretary | since 2021 |
| Peter N Fodor | Legal Director | since 2019 |
| Ray Christman | Senior VP (Thru 9/1/17) | 2018 |
| Shannon Stearns | Senior VP | 2018 |
| Stacy Gayhart | Assistant Secretary | since 2021 |
| Susan Schmidt | Assistant Secretary | since 2021 |
| Thomas E Tyner | Legal Director | since 2018 |
| Tily Shue | Legal Director | since 2018 |
| Timothy Wohlgenant | Senior VP | 2018 |
| William Lee | SVP, Policy, Advocacy, & Gov't Relations | since 2021 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diane C Regas | President (Thru 9/30/24) | 40 | $525k | $31k | |
| Patricia Watson | SVP/Chief Philanthropy Officer | 40 | $441k | $34k | |
| Kenneth J Danter | Exec VP/ Chief Program Officer | 40 | $317k | $51k | |
| James H Obendorf | SVP/Chief Financial & Admin Officer | 40 | $317k | $44k | |
| Howard Frumkin | SVP, Land and People Lab | 40 | $297k | $21k | |
| Luis Benitez | Chief Impact Officer (Thru 9/30/24) | 40 | $261k | $32k | |
| David M Carson | SVP, General Counsel/Corp Secretary | 40 | $259k | $28k | |
| William Lee | SVP, Policy, Advocacy, & Gov't Relations | 40 | $255k | $47k | |
| Katherine M Pandori | VP, Finance & Accounting | 40 | $238k | $30k | |
| Carrie Hauser | President | 40 | $223k | $3k | |
| Margaret Madden | VP, Associate General Counsel | 40 | $218k | $26k | |
| Tily Shue | Assistant Secretary | 40 | $215k | $27k | |
| Thomas Tyner | Assistant Secretary | 40 | $202k | $27k | |
| Anthony A Traverso | Assistant Secretary | 40 | $193k | $33k | |
| Denise Mullane | Assistant Secretary | 40 | $188k | $31k | |
| Peggy Chiu | Assistant Secretary | 40 | $186k | $41k | |
| Gilman Miller | Assistant Secretary | 40 | $176k | $35k | |
| Alex Ghio | Assistant Secretary | 40 | $160k | $13k | |
| Gordon Okawa | Assistant Secretary | 40 | $147k | $31k | |
| Mimi Faller Helvie | Assistant Secretary | 40 | $142k | $37k | |
| Jane Kim | Assistant Secretary | 40 | $141k | $23k | |
| Joy Legget-Murphy | Assistant Secretary | 40 | $127k | $19k | |
| Catherine Brown | Assistant Secretary | 40 | $125k | $20k | |
| Justin Yost | Assistant Secretary (Thru 11/1/24) | 40 | $117k | $27k | |
| Stacy Gayhart | Assistant Secretary | 40 | $101k | $27k | |
| Jennifer Kolto | Assistant Secretary | 40 | $99k | $30k | |
| Polly Powell | Assistant Secretary | 40 | $90k | $15k | |
| Elizabeth Fee | Assistant Secretary | 40 | $73k | $2k | |
| Peter Fodor | Assistant Secretary | 40 | $24k | $77 | |
| Lucas St Clair | Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| David Poppe | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Florence Williams | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Joe Lipscomb | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jodi Archambault | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| J Franklin Farrow | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Mickey Fearn | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Anita Graham | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Allegra Happy Haynes | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Alex M Johnson | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jennifer Jones | Director | 1 | $0 |
Colorado roster
37 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20263016397). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.| Name | Title as filed |
|---|---|
| Christopher Lea | Director |
| Anton Seals, Jr | Director |
| Graham Anita | Director |
| Jodi Archambault | Director |
| Taylor Toynes | Director |
| Carrie Besnette Hauser | President & CEO |
| Allegra Haynes | Director |
| Ted Roosevelt, V | Director |
| Jennifer Jones | Director |
| Joseph Lipscomb | Treasurer |
| Margaret Madden | Assistant Secretary |
| Milton Fearn | Director |
| J. Alex Ghio | Assistant Secretary |
| Keith Weaver | Director |
| Susan Whiting | Director |
| Jennifer Kolto | Assistant Secretary |
| Kenneth Wong | Director |
| Phillip June | Director |
| Lucas St. Clair | Chair |
| Michelle Pandori | Assitant Treasurer |
| Laura Richards | Director |
| Julie Parish | Director |
| J. Franklin Farrow | Director |
| Michael Parish | Director |
| D. Malcolm Carson | Assistant Secretary |
| Lindi Widell | Director |
| Keysha Bailey | Assitant Treasurer |
| Alvin Warren | Director |
| Alex Johnson | Director |
| Keysha Bailey | |
| Vascellaro Jerome | Director |
| Ignacia Moreno | Director |
| Eliot Merrill | Director |
| Florence Williams | Secretary |
| David Poppe | Vice Chair |
| Christopher Knight | Director |
| Thomas Reeve | Director |
About
- Legal name
- Trust for Public Land
- EIN
- 237222333
- Address
- 23 Geary Street 1000, San Francisco, CA, 94108-5750
- State
- California
- Mission
- The trust for public land creates parks and protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. In the past year, we helped communities to plan for parks and conservation, fund parks and conservation, protect land, and create new parks. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- C500 Environment
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Environment
- Size band
- 9 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1972
- Principal officer
- Carrie Hauser (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 February 1978
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- GROUP
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsCaroline P Niemczyk
≥8years on the filingsChristopher LEA
≥8years on the filingsGeorge Bell
≥8years on the filingsIgnacia S Moreno
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $432.7m
- Total liabilities
- $169.3m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $263.4m
- Contributions and grants received
- $245.6m
- Program service revenue
- $47.9m
- Grants and similar paid out
- $151.6m
- Employees
- 437
- Volunteers
- 331
Grants paid
25+ listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Georgia | Park construction grant | $2.5m |
| Yes on Prop 4 Californians for Safe Drinking Water & Wildfire | Contributions | $1.1m |
| Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Va | $1.1m | |
| Waipa Foundation | $319k | |
| Cobb County Department of Transportation | Park construction grant | $305k |
| City of Concord | $276k | |
| East Cleveland City School District Board of Education | Park construction grant | $275k |
| Ojai Valley Land Conservancy | $251k | |
| Land Trust of Santa Cruz County | Grants, land conservation | $250k |
| Treasurer State of Maine | $247k | |
| Yes on Prop 2 Californians for Quality Schools | Contributions | $175k |
| Endazhi Nitaawiging | $173k | |
| California Rangeland Trust | Grants, land conservation | $172k |
| County of Suffolk | $150k | |
| Independent School District No 286 Brooklyn Center | Park construction grant | $131k |
| Chicago Park District | Park construction grant | $125k |
| City of Chandler Community Services | $124k | |
| Urban Agriculture Cooperative | $118k | |
| See You at the Top Inc | $116k | |
| Elderberry Wisdom Farm | $113k | |
| Kauluakalana | $112k | |
| City of Auburn | $109k | |
| United Parks As One | $109k | |
| National Recreation and Park Association | Contributions | $104k |
| Crazy Horse School | $100k |
State registration
3 entitiesiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.The Trust For Public Land likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Colorado Secretary of State (CDOS), business entities (data.colorado.gov 4ykn-tg5h). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Colorado
- Entity type
- nonprofit corporation
- Status
- Good Standing
- Formed
- 4 September 1975
- Registered agent
- Corporate Creations Network Inc. (city and state not held)
This register does not publish officers or directors.
The Trust For Public Land likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Oregon Secretary of State, active business entities (data.oregon.gov tckn-sxa6). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Oregon
- Entity type
- nonprofit corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 2 December 1974
- Registered agent
- Corporate Creations Network Inc. (city and state not held)
The Trust For Public Land likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Texas
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 17 June 1976
- Registered agent
- Not stated
This register does not publish officers or directors.