About Longleaf Alliance
Our mission is to ensure a sustainable future for longleaf pine ecosystems by promoting, restoring, and conserving longleaf forests through science-based outreach, partnership engagement, education, and on-the-ground assistance.
Focus Areas
longleaf pine restoration and managementprescribed firenursery and seedling productiontechnical assistance to landownersmapping and spatial data (LEO)conserving forests and water qualityrare species conservationeducation & outreach (Longleaf Academy, conferences, fellowships)
Who They Fund
longleaf pine ecosystemsnative plant and wildlife communitieslandowners and land managers (practitioners implementing restoration)
About Longleaf Alliance
The Longleaf Alliance Inc centers its grantmaking on one ecosystem: longleaf pine forests and the landowners, land managers, and conservation partners working to restore them. Its largest recent awards support longleaf habitat management and restoration, including $670,000 to The University of Georgia Research Foundation and $629,142 to Milliken Advisors Inc in 2025. Those grants sit alongside other large awards to Georgia Heirs Property Law Center Inc and Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy Inc, showing a mix of research, legal, and field-based partners. The foundation’s work is tightly linked to implementation. It funds prescribed fire, seed and seedling production, nursery support, technical assistance, mapping and spatial data, and education through programs such as The Owen Fellowship and the Longleaf Enhancement Fund for Seed & Seedling Production. That mix reflects a conservation strategy built around on-the-ground restoration rather than broad general philanthropy. Recent grants also include support for forest landowner assistance and longleaf planting funds, indicating that the alliance uses grants to move restoration resources toward practitioners who can put them to work in longleaf landscapes.
What Longleaf Alliance Funds
Longleaf habitat management and restoration is the core theme across the foundation’s recent grants. In 2025, it awarded $670,000 to The University of Georgia Research Foundation and $537,500 to Georgia Heirs Property Law Center Inc, both tied to longleaf habitat management and restoration. The alliance also supports land stewardship and field implementation. It gave $514,000 to Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy Inc for the same purpose, and $120,000 to Raven Environmental Services Inc in Huntsville, TX. Education and professional development appear through The Owen Fellowship, a program tied to outreach and conservation training in the Southeast U.S. Seedling support is another clear emphasis: the Longleaf Enhancement Fund for Seed & Seedling Production focuses on seed and seedling production for longleaf pine restoration, and the TLA Longleaf Planting Fund connects partners and landowners seeking seedling assistance.
How Longleaf Alliance Gives
Typical grants cluster in the five-figure range, with p25 at $7,043, a median of $10,888, and p75 at $19,054. At the same time, the recent list shows several much larger awards, including six- and low seven-figure grants tied to longleaf restoration. The recipient roster repeats across years in some cases, such as Nokuse Plantation appearing in both 2023 and 2024, which suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-time awards. The alliance is not an individual-giving funder, and it does not make program-related investments. Its active programs include both designated funds and partner-facing support pages, with some accepting unsolicited requests and others not.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.5M
Total Assets
$2.3M
Total Revenue
$5.7M
Total Expenses
$5.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $7K and $19K, with a median of $11K.
25th Percentile
$7K
Median
$11K
75th Percentile
$19K
Geographic Reach
Regional14 states funded
About 9% of grants go to recipients in SC.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
CAROL DENHOF
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