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Join the Affiliate Program!

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Why join as an Affiliate? The Land Needs YOU!

If you care about the land, water and environment, there is a place for you in our exciting nationwide community of land trusts, conservation groups, government agencies, landowners and professionals all committed to saving the special places people need and love. We invite you to join our mission to ensure American children have safe, natural spaces to play in, farms and ranches continue to produce food, critical habitat and endangered species are protected, and more communities enjoy clean air and water.

Learn more about how conservation professionals, agencies, state associations and nonprofits working in land conservation can join the Affiliate Program.

  • Do you help land trusts achieve their missions? Click here to review the Professional Affiliate program.
  • Are you a state, regional or local government on the front-line of conservation? Click here to review the Government Affiliate program.
  • Are you a nonprofit interested in increasing your conservation impact? Click here to review the Nonprofit Affiliate section.
  • Are you a state association that supports land trusts? Click here to review the State Association Affiliate program.

Do you have questions about the Affiliate Program? Call Jorge Astorga, membership and affiliate services manager at 202-347-7475 or email jastorga@lta.org.

Please note: If you are already an Affiliate and it is time to renew, call 202-347-7475 or email jastorga@lta.org to receive your renewal materials.

Professional Affiliate

Do you or your company or firm work with land trusts to help them achieve their mission and accelerate their conservation impact? Have you and your team dedicated your careers — your lives — to preserving what makes communities special? Are you a consultant, attorney, appraiser, realtor, accountant, financial advisor, surveyor or other professional who wants to connect with land trusts and other conservation organizations throughout the United States and beyond? Ready to expand your network? Join the Alliance today as a Professional Affiliate.

As a Professional Affiliate, you can stay up-to-date with the land trust community and grow your professional network by being listed on Find an Expert, the Alliance’s online directory of conservation professionals who support land conservation and the land trust community.

You have a choice of two levels:

  • Professional Affiliate-Premium:  Professional Affiliate-Premium is an enhanced program for those Affiliates who want to increase their visibility and business. Professional-Premium Affiliates enjoy preferential placement and enhanced listing on Find an Expert, expanded registration discount for Rally, and other exclusive discounts.
  • Professional Affiliate-Standard: You will enjoy access to benefits that will increase your network and grant you access to educational resources including the Learning Center. You will also receive discount registration for networking events, a listing on Find an Expert, two Rally vouchers and other services.

Attorneys, consultants, lawyers, appraisers, surveyors, auditors, financial advisors, technology developers, donor management vendors and firms involved with human resource management, organizational development, strategic planning, communications and finance management are welcome to join the Alliance as an Affiliate. Please note that joining the Affiliate Program is not limited to these types of professions.

Eligibility for Professional Affiliates

To be eligible as a Professional Affiliate, you or your company or firm must meet the following criteria:

  • You or your company or firm is a for-profit entity or a nonprofit consulting agency that supports conservation or assists land trusts.
  • You or your company or firm affirms that it is not a land trust, conservancy, state association or a local, municipal or state government agency that acquires or stewards land.

In addition, joining the Alliance is contingent on the following:

  • Annual dues are based on the number of professional staff devoted to your company’s conservation practice and the Affiliate level you prefer.
  • You or your company or firm must affirm that you adheres to the highest ethical standards as reflected in Land Trust Standards and Practices and by executing our Affiliate attestation.

Benefits for Professional Affiliate: Premium

Resources

  • Access to the Learning Center, which includes free self-study courses, thousands of sample documents and legal opinions, online communities and our Ask an Expert forum
  • Three complimentary subscriptions to Saving Land, the Alliance’s award-winning publication
  • 20% discount on Alliance publications

Professional Development

Community

  • Full access to the RFP Depot, a special online repository where you can review and respond to requests for proposals from the land conservation community
  • Support from the Alliance’s staff of dedicated professionals. 
  • Inclusion in the Find an Expert directory with premium-level enhanced listing (preferential placement, JPEG image, more detailed description of services provided and more).
  • Free job listings on the premier conservation job board
  • 20% discount on ads in the Rally program
  • Recognition as an Affiliate at Rally
  • Access to a network of conservation professionals

Dues Level for Professional Affiliate-Premium

Staff Members Annual Dues
Sole Practitioner LLC $750
1-3 team members $1,250
4-9 team members  $1,875
10-15 team members   $2,800
16-24 team members     $4,200
25+ team members   $6,500

How to calculate Professional Affiliate dues? Annual dues are based on the number of professional staff devoted to your company’s conservation practice and the Affiliate level you prefer.

For individual professionals who represent his or her own LLC, practice or business, you may choose the Sole Practitioner LLC level (option unavailable to staff who represent a larger for-profit business).

Are you ready to take your team to the next level? Submit your Professional Affiliate application today!

Benefits for Professional Affiliate: Standard

Resources

  • Access to the Learning Center, which includes free self-study courses, thousands of sample documents and legal opinions, online communities and our Ask an Expert forum
  • One complimentary subscriptions to Saving Land, the Alliance’s award-winning publication
  • 20% discount on Alliance publications

Professional Development

Community

  • Full access to the RFP Depot, a special online repository where you can review and respond to requests for proposals from the land conservation community.
  • Support from the Alliance’s staff of dedicated professionals. 
  • Inclusion in the Find an Expert directory with standard-level listing
  • 25% discount on job listings on the premier conservation job board
  • Recognition as an Affiliate at Rally
  • Access to a network of conservation professionals

Dues Level for Professional Affiliate-Standard

Staff Members  Annual Dues
1-3 team members $1,000
4-9 team members  $1,500
10-15 team members  $2,250
16-24 team members  $3,400
25+ team members $5,000

How to calculate Professional Affiliate dues? Annual dues are based on the number of professional staff devoted to your company’s conservation practice and the Affiliate level you prefer.

For individual professionals who represent his or her own LLC, practice or business, you may choose the Sole Practitioner LLC level available on the Professional Affiliate- Premium application (option unavailable to staff who represent a larger for-profit business).

Are you ready to take your team to the next level? Submit your professional Affiliate application today!

Government Affiliate

State and local governments are on the front-line of conservation today, accomplishing a tremendous amount. We know you work hard and fast, and like all of us could sometimes use a little help to make your job easier. Would you like up-to-date best practices, sample easements and other key documents, access to experts in conservation and the premier online repository of legal opinions on conservation? Do you want to join a vibrant community of land conservationists dedicated to preserving what makes our country so special?

Becoming a Government Affiliate will allow your agency to tap into the nation’s foremost source of timely information on land conservation — and the nation’s most dynamic network of conservation professionals. In addition, your agency will be showcased on the Find an Expert listing, the Alliance’s online directory of conservation professionals and organizations who support land conservation.

Eligibility for Government Affiliates

To be eligible for Government Affiliates, your agency must meet the following criteria:

  • You are a local, municipal, regional or state government agency.
  • Your agency is not a land trust, conservancy or nonprofit that acquires or stewards land, or a government agency with an independent board that undertakes the acquisition and/or stewardship of land or easements or assists in the stewardship of lands or easements for other agencies.

In addition, joining the Alliance is contingent on the following:

  • Annual dues are based on your annual expenses that relate to the general function of your agency. (see below for “how to calculate my dues” information).
  • Your agency must affirm that it adheres to the highest ethical standards as reflected in Land Trust Standards and Practices and by executing our Affiliate attestation.

Government programs at every level, including local, municipal, city-wide, multi-district, township, regional, state, environmental and other jurisdictions are welcome to join the Alliance as a Government Affiliate. Programs, departments and branches within a government agency are also welcome to join as their own Affiliate. Please note that joining the Affiliate Program is not limited to these types of governmental entities.

Benefits for Government Affiliates

Resources

  • Access to the Learning Center, which includes free self-study courses, thousands of sample documents and legal opinions, online communities and our Ask an Expert forum
  • Three complimentary subscriptions to Saving Land, the Alliance’s award-winning publication
  • 20% discount on Alliance publications

Professional Development

Community

  • Upload access to RFP Depot, a special online repository for requests for proposals accessible by our premium-level professional Affiliates.
  • Support from the Alliance’s staff of dedicated professionals. 
  • Free job listings on the premier conservation job board
  • Inclusion in the Find an Expert directory with standard-level listing
  • Recognition as an Affiliate at Rally
  • Access to a network of conservation professionals

Dues Level for Government Affiliates

If last year’s operating expenses were...  Affiliate dues
$100,000 or less $300
$100,001 to $250,000 $700
$250,001 to $500,000 $1,200
$500,001 to $750,000 $1,700
$750,001 to $1,000,000 $2,000
$1,000,001 to $3,000,000 $2,400
$3,000,001 to $5,000,000 $2,700
$5,000,001 to $7,000,000 $3,200
$7,000,001 to $10,000,000 $4,000
$10,000,001 to $20,000,000 $5,000
$20,000,001 and above $6,500

How do I calculate my dues? For dues purposes, your operating expenses include annual expenses that relate to the general function of your agency. These expenses include all personnel salaries and compensations, plus all annual operational costs, including rent, postage, printing, routine programming expenditures, management and fundraising expenses. Expenditures that are not part of the routine budget and other non-recurring costs such as one-time grant-funded projects, investments and capital development should be excluded when calculating dues.

If your agency has a conservation department, commission or program that is the primary beneficiary and sole user of the Affiliate program, then the operating expenses may reflect the general function of that conservation department, commission or program, and not the entire agency.

Is your organization ready to expand its conservation impact? Submit your Government Affiliate application today!

Nonprofit Affiliate

Are you interested in increasing your conservation impact, connecting with experts and others in the field, or do you simply want tools and resources to make your job easier? Joining the Land Trust Alliance allows your nonprofit to collaborate directly with the land trust community and access a multitude of programs and direct services for your entire team! Your nonprofit will be showcased on the Find an Expert listing, the Alliance’s online directory of conservation professionals and organizations who support land conservation.

If you are a nature center, trail group, park association, university, museum, or other type of nonprofit that works with land trusts or engages in conservation activities then joining the Land Trust Alliance can increase your impact.

Museums, urban planning groups, schools or universities, community engagement, environmental groups, trail associations, community gardens, watershed groups, land or coastal restoration associations are all welcome to join the Alliance as a Nonprofit Affiliate. Please note that joining the Affiliate Program is not limited to these types of nonprofits.

Eligibility for a Nonprofit Affiliate

To be eligible as a Nonprofit Affiliate, your organization must meet the following criteria:

  • Your organization is a 501(c) nonprofit and can provide proof of its tax-exempt status with a Form 990 or letter of intent from the IRS submitted with your application.
  • Your organization is not a land trust or conservancy that acquires/stewards land, or a government agency, state land trust association or professional business.

In addition, joining the Alliance is contingent on the following:

  • Annual dues are based on annual expenses that relate to the general function of your nonprofit (see below for “how to calculate my dues” information).
  • Your organization must affirm that it adheres to the highest ethical standards as reflected in Land Trust Standards and Practices and executing our Affiliate attestation.

Benefits for a Nonprofit Affiliate

Resources

  • Access to the Learning Center, which includes free self-study courses, thousands of sample documents and legal opinions, online communities and our Ask an Expert forum
  • Three complimentary subscriptions to Saving Land, the Alliance’s award-winning publication
  • 20% discount on Alliance publications

Professional Development

Community

  • Upload access to RFP Depot, a special online repository for requests for proposals accessible by our premium-level professional Affiliates.
  • Support from the Alliance’s staff of dedicated professionals. 
  • Free job listings on the premier conservation job board
  • Inclusion in the Find an Expert directory with standard-level listing
  • Recognition as an Affiliate at Rally
  • Access to a network of conservation professionals

Dues Level for Nonprofit Affiliates

If last year’s operating expenses were... Affiliate dues
$10,000 or less $300
$10,001 to $50,000 $425
$50,001 to $100,000 $700
$100,001 to $150,000 $1,200
$150,001 to $250,000 $1,700
$250,001 to $500,000 $2,000
$500,001 to $750,000 $2,400
$750,001 to $1,000,000 $2,700
$1,000,001 to $2,000,000 $3,200
$2,000,001 to $3,000,000 $4,000
$3,000,001 to $6,000,000 $5,000
$6,000,001 and above $6,500

How do I calculate my dues? For dues purposes, your operating expenses include annual expenses that relate to the general function of your nonprofit. These expenses include all personnel salaries and compensations, plus all annual operational costs, including rent, postage, printing, routine programming expenditures, management and fundraising expenses. Expenditures that are not part of the routine budget and other non-recurring costs such as one-time grant-funded projects, investments and capital development should be excluded when calculating dues.

For those nonprofits that are multi-state, regional or national, if you have a conservation program or office that is the primary beneficiary and sole user of the Affiliate program, then the dues may reflect the operating expenses of that program or office instead of the entire nonprofit. Please note that the Affiliate benefits will only apply to that one conservation program or office and will not extend to the entire nonprofit.

Is your organization ready to leap to the next level by becoming a Nonprofit Affiliate? Submit your Nonprofit Affiliate application today!

State Association Affiliate

The Land Trust Alliance values the vital role state land trust associations play in advancing conservation, and we would like to welcome all associations to join as State Association Affiliate. State Association Affiliates have access to the same benefits as our Nonprofit and Government Affiliates.If you are a nature center, trail group, park association, university, museum, or other type of nonprofit that works with land trusts or engages in conservation activities then joining the Land Trust Alliance can increase your impact.

Eligibility for a State Association Affiliate

To be eligible as a State Association Affiliate, your organization must meet the following criteria:

  • Your organization affirms that it is a state land trust association that supports land trusts as its primary mission and that we do not hold or manage/steward land or conservation easements.

  • Your organization is not a land trust or conservancy that acquires/stewards land, or a government agency, or professional business.

In addition, joining the Alliance is contingent on the following:

  • Annual dues are based on your organization’s reported operating expenses.
  • Your organization must affirm that it adheres to the highest ethical standards as reflected in Land Trust Standards and Practices and executing our Affiliate attestation.

Attestation Confirmation

All Alliance Affiliates are required to check the attestation confirmation and must commit to the highest ethical standards as reflected in Land Trust Standards and Practices. The success of land conservation depends upon the shared commitment to ethical conduct by everyone affiliated with the Land Trust Alliance.

Questions

Do you have questions about the Affiliate Program? Call 202-347-7475 or email Jorge Astorga, membership and affiliate services program manager at jastorga@lta.org.

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