Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2008.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
21 people listed on the 990; $310K paid to officers and key staff.
Carol Denhof’s $111K as President is at the 37th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1851 $1–10M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 7 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carol Denhof | $110,550 | $107,726 | $97,373 | $86,415 | $82,500 | $79,200 |
| Anne Rilling Oct 1-March 25 | — | $100,215 | — | — | — | — |
| Ad Platt | $94,832 | $94,832 | $92,113 | $84,855 | $80,289 | $77,116 |
| David Padgett | $89,200 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lynnsey Basala | $88,722 | $88,722 | $86,186 | $79,417 | $76,126 | $73,619 |
| Anne Rilling | — | — | $84,464 | $76,536 | $71,550 | $68,140 |
| David Padgett March 26-Current | — | $18,982 | — | — | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See The Longleaf Alliance INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Programs and updates
Restores longleaf pine ecosystems across the southern United States through landowner assistance, scientific research, public education, and forest management outreach.
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Misc Projects
Various deliverables of the exempt purpose, including academies, workshops, technical support to landowners and governmental agencies, etc.
US Fish and Wildlife Service partners with LLA to provide support, technical expertise and equipmentto assist in the Forestry recovery effort on Tyndall AFB. Activities include by are not limited to project mgmt and oversight, debris removal, site preparation, purchase and planting of longleaf pine seedlings, and GIS database mgmt.
Arbor Day Foundation
provided landowners financial assistance with trees for planting on their property.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
Plus 7 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 12 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 13 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 12 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY21 | FY20 | FY19 | FY18 | FY17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $251K | $216K | $114K | $87K | $57K |
| Given inLn 1b | $5K | $92K | $24K | $27K | $47K |
| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $557K | $430K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $163K | |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $208K | $178K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.6M | $1.8M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $850K | $543K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $760K | $1.2M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $654K | $654K | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $608K | $608K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $310K | $310K | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $166K | |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $69K | $58K | $11K | |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $133K | $97K | $37K | |
| Management feesLn 11a | $11K | $11K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $23K | $23K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $1.8M | $1.8M | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $4K | $4K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $37K | $37K | ||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $7K | $7K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $54K | $8K | $46K | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $65K | $64K | $890 | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $82K | $49K | $33K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $309K | $178K | $129K | $1K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $5.6M | $4.8M | $816K | $1K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jul 7, 2026 | $8.0M | $7.6M | $356K | $1.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Aug 7, 2025 | $5.7M | $5.6M | $53K | $1.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Apr 19, 2024 | $7.2M | $7.3M | −$96K | $1.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Apr 12, 2023 | $6.7M | $6.5M | $173K | $1.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jul 7, 2022 | $6.1M | $5.6M | $484K | $1.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Aug 16, 2021 | $10.1M | $10.0M | $99K | $760K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $6,120,017 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,120,017 across 7 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,635,971 across 16 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,787,185 assets, 16 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,244,205 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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