Land Trust of Napa County

Name

Land Trust of Napa County

Legal name

Land Trust of Napa County

Website

https://napalandtrust.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Land Conservation Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions (71219), Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions (712190), Nonresidential Property Managers (531312)

SIC

Real Estate Operators (No Developers) & Lessors (6510), Real Estate Dealers (For Their Own Account) (6532)

akta.pro primary industry

Land Trusts & Protected Areas (BPAGAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Conservation Easements & Land Trust Services (AFAMAMAH), Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC), Parks, Recreation & Protected Areas Administration (BPAIAMAH)

Keywords

• Land conservation services
• Conservation easement management
• Wildlife habitat protection
• Land stewardship programs
• Permanent land preservation

Headquarters

HQ city

Napa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time donations from individuals supporting land conservation. Website provides preset amounts ($20, $30, $50, $100, $250, $500, $1,000, $2,500) plus custom amounts. Donors can designate gifts to General Operating or other purposes.
2. Membership Program: Annual membership with benefits including early access to events, member-only hikes, and newsletter. Supports ongoing operations and conservation work.
3. Monthly Giving Program: Recurring monthly donations providing steady support for land conservation efforts throughout the year.
4. Legacy Society (Planned Giving): Bequest and planned giving program for donors ensuring long-term protection of Napa's land beyond their lifetimes.
5. Land Transactions: Conservation easement transactions and land acquisitions where landowners donate or sell land/protection rights. Includes real estate transactions as part of permanent land protection work. 275 real estate transactions completed to date.
6. Cornerstone Society: Major gift recognition program for significant donors supporting the organization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Land Trust of Napa County is a community-based nonprofit that permanently protects land in Napa County through voluntary conservation easements with private landowners and direct acquisition of priority natural, agricultural, and scenic properties. The organization actively stewards its 22,000-acre Permanent Preserve Network via habitat restoration, fuels reduction, invasive species removal, and wildlife monitoring, and engages the public through guided hikes, volunteer events, and school programs. Its work is enabled by a science-based approach using GIS mapping and a Wildlife Picture Index camera monitoring system deployed across nearly 5,000 acres.

Product overview

Land Trust of Napa County is a community-based nonprofit that offers a single, unified conservation service focused on permanently protecting Napa County's land, water, and wildlife. The organization operates through interconnected programs: the Permanent Preserve Network (directly owned lands managed in perpetuity), Conservation Easements (partnerships with private landowners), Stewardship Program (ongoing land management), Hikes and Events (public engagement), and the Wildlife Picture Index Project (ecological monitoring). An Interactive Map powered by GIS technology allows the public to visualize protected lands. The organization celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2026, having permanently protected over 96,000 acres representing more than 18% of Napa County.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Conservation Easements

Quantifiable outcome

• 96,000 acres permanently protected (18% of Napa County)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• UC Davis Natural ReservessupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Partnership on land acquisition near Lake Berryessa. Transferred 482 acres of Coast Range area to UC Davis for inclusion in reserve system.
• Napa County Regional Park and Open Space DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2006Land Trust collaborated with community leaders to establish the voter-approved District in 2006. Since then, one of closest partners working to expand public access, create new parks and trails, and ensure protected lands remain accessible. Partnership created over 28,000 acres of public parks and recreational areas.
• CAL FIREcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership on fuels reduction and prescribed fire efforts. Collaborated on development of Napa County Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Active participation in Napa County Pre-Fire Coordinating Group. Joint prescribed burns conducted including 51-acre burn at Missimer Preserve.
• Napa County FirecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive member of Napa County Pre-Fire Coordinating Group working to reduce wildfire risk at county-wide scale. Collaborates on fire-adapted land management strategies.
• Napa Communities Firewise FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on community wildfire protection and fire-adapted land management. Collaborated on mile-long shaded fuel break in Angwin area.
• Pepperwood PreservesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization implementing WPI camera arrays as part of coordinated North Bay effort to understand and protect regional biodiversity.
• Audubon Canyon RanchsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization implementing WPI camera arrays as part of coordinated North Bay effort to understand and protect regional biodiversity.
• Sonoma Land TrustsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization implementing WPI camera arrays as part of coordinated North Bay effort to understand and protect regional biodiversity.
• Sonoma County Ag + Open SpacesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization implementing WPI camera arrays as part of coordinated North Bay effort to understand and protect regional biodiversity.
• Tamalpais Land CollaborativesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization implementing WPI camera arrays as part of coordinated North Bay effort to understand and protect regional biodiversity.
• California Department of Fish and WildlifecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on WPI project and manages Knoxville Wildlife Area (21,153 acres preserved through Land Trust transactions 2000-2008). Collaborates on wildlife monitoring and conservation efforts.
• Mayacamas to Berryessa (M2B) Landscape Connectivity NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLand Trust is a core partner in this public-private collaboration between land trusts, open space and park districts, State and Federal land managers, and ecology researchers dedicated to landscape-level conservation of Northern California's inner Coast Ranges. Advanced climate connectivity modeling and habitat corridor quantification.
• California State ParkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates on land acquisitions and property transfers for state park expansion. Land Trust helped expand Robert Louis Stevenson State Park by 1,710+ acres including Palisades Trail and Oat Hill Mine Trail reopening.
• Local Cities (Napa, Calistoga, St. Helena, American Canyon)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners on land acquisitions and transfers for city parks and open space. Land Trust holds conservation easements on city-owned parks including Alston Park. Created Trancas Crossing Park with City of Napa.

Scale indicators18 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sempervirens Fund: California land trust focused on redwood forest protection in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Shares the same legal/accreditation framework, conservation easement model, and reliance on individual donor support.
• Marin Agricultural Land Trust: California land trust focused on agricultural conservation easements in Marin County. Operates an analogous model of working-lands easements with private landowners, sharing the same donor base, accreditation status, and stewardship economics.
• Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST): Regional Bay Area land trust protecting open space through acquisitions and easements. Highly comparable operating model: landowner negotiation, in-perpetuity stewardship, donor cultivation, and public-access programming.
• Sonoma Land Trust: Direct geographic and functional peer operating in adjacent Sonoma County. Implements the same Wildlife Picture Index monitoring grid as part of the same North Bay consortium, holds conservation easements, and pursues the same landowner-engagement model.

Regional players

• Sacramento Valley Conservancy: Regional California land trust operating in the Sacramento Valley with a comparable easement-and-acquisition model, but in a different geographic and ecological context than Napa's vineyard-and-wildland mix.

Broad incumbents

• Save the Redwoods League: Statewide/national land conservancy with a much larger footprint and budget, focused on redwood forest protection. Operates a similar acquisition-and-stewardship model but at a fundamentally larger scale.
• The Nature Conservancy (California): International conservation organization with significant California operations including easements and acquisitions. Broadly overlaps the Land Trust's mission but operates globally and at a vastly larger resource scale.
• Trust for Public Land: National nonprofit that works on land conservation transactions across the U.S., including in California. Comparable transaction-based model but with a national donor base and broader programmatic mandate beyond land protection.

Emerging players

• Pepperwood Preserve: Sonoma County ecological research and stewardship organization that is a direct WPI partner. Comparable in scientific monitoring and conservation programming but smaller scale and not a county-wide easement holder.
• Audubon Canyon Ranch: Bay Area conservation organization running the same WPI wildlife camera protocol in partnership with the Land Trust. Comparable scope (wildlife monitoring, preserves, conservation science) but focused on specific species and habitat research rather than county-scale easement acquisition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCg-slNJdnpXWqRBD64H-J_A
• Instagraminstagram.com/napalandtrust
• Xx.com/napalandtrust

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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