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Land and Easement Acquisition Program (LEAP) is sponsored by Peter And Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation Inc.. A capital grants program that provides funding to land conservation organizations to complete projects in the Hudson River and Lake Champlain watersheds in New York and select areas in Maine. The program is designed to close funding gaps for active projects that are ready to close within a year and demonstrate high value for biodiversity, climate resilience, and water resource protection.
Geographic focus: New York (Hudson River and Lake Champlain watersheds) and select regions in Maine.
Focus areas: Land Conservation, Outdoors, Environment, Biodiversity
Official opportunity description and requirements excerpt:
Program Areas | PCLB Foundation Skip to secondary content Land and Easement Acquisition Program (LEAP) Frequently Asked Questions Program-Related Investments PCLB makes grants in five program areas: Our choice of work in these program areas is guided by a desire for strategic and systemic change, by our founders’ intent, by our Board members’ interests, and by our staff’s expertise. Within these program areas, we seek to support the highest-quality, most effective organizations that align with our broad mission of giving motivated people the tools they need to help themselves and that align with our more specific program area goals. Broadly, we provide the following types of financial support: General Operating: PCLB prefers to make general operating grants, to give our grantees the greatest ability to do the work they know is most important to meet our shared goals. Generally, we have general operating relationships with organizations that last for an extended period, recognizing that many of the issues on which we work take time to address. Restricted Support: PCLB also makes restricted grants, often to focus on areas of particular geographic interest or to support a specific department or area of work within an organization that has a broad scope. Big Bets: Philanthropy is uniquely positioned to take risks and try big things. In this spirit, PCLB makes a limited number of grants to fund especially large, time-limited projects that have the potential to change narratives around and trajectories of grantees’ work. Program-Related Investments: PCLB makes Program-Related Investments (PRIs) in the form of low-interest loans. PRIs are offered to current PCLB grantees to complete land conservation projects and to meet the facility needs of charter schools. Loans are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, within guidelines established by the Foundation. Learn About Our Program Areas Please direct questions and requests in this area to: inquiry@pclbfoundation.org Please direct questions and requests in this area to: inquiry@pclbfoundation.org Please direct questions and requests in this area to: inquiry@pclbfoundation.org Please direct questions and requests in this area to: inquiry@pclbfoundation.org Please direct questions and requests in this area to: inquiry@pclbfoundation.org Please direct questions and requests in this area to: inquiry@pclbfoundation.org Please direct questions and requests in this area to: inquiry@pclbfoundation.org © 2026 PCLB Foundation Land and Easement Acquisition Program (LEAP) Frequently Asked Questions Program-Related Investments 633 Third Avenue, 16th Floor inquiry@pclbfoundation.org
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Program Areas | PCLB Foundation Skip to secondary content Land and Easement Acquisition Program (LEAP) Frequently Asked Questions Program-Related Investments PCLB makes grants in five program areas: Our choice of work in these program areas is guided by a desire for strategic and systemic change, by our founders’ intent, by our Board members’ interests, and by our staff’s expertise.
Within these program areas, we seek to support the highest-quality, most effective organizations that align with our broad mission of giving motivated people the tools they need to help themselves and that align with our more specific program area goals.
Broadly, we provide the following types of financial support: General Operating: PCLB prefers to make general operating grants, to give our grantees the greatest ability to do the work they know is most important to meet our shared goals. Generally, we have general operating relationships with organizations that last for an extended period, recognizing that many of the issues on which we work take time to address.
Restricted Support: PCLB also makes restricted grants, often to focus on areas of particular geographic interest or to support a specific department or area of work within an organization that has a broad scope. Big Bets: Philanthropy is uniquely positioned to take risks and try big things.
In this spirit, PCLB makes a limited number of grants to fund especially large, time-limited projects that have the potential to change narratives around and trajectories of grantees’ work. Program-Related Investments: PCLB makes Program-Related Investments (PRIs) in the form of low-interest loans. PRIs are offered to current PCLB grantees to complete land conservation projects and to meet the facility needs of charter schools.
Loans are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, within guidelines established by the Foundation. Learn About Our Program Areas Please direct questions and requests in this area to: inquiry@pclbfoundation. org Please direct questions and requests in this area to: inquiry@pclbfoundation.
org Please direct questions and requests in this area to: inquiry@pclbfoundation. org Please direct questions and requests in this area to: inquiry@pclbfoundation. org Please direct questions and requests in this area to: inquiry@pclbfoundation.
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: 501(c)(3) nonprofit land trusts that are members in good standing of the Land Trust Alliance and are accredited or on a path to accreditation within two years. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates Minimum $250,000 Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is June 15, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
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View Foundation ProfileApplication snapshot: target deadline June 15, 2026; published funding information Minimum $250,000; eligibility guidance 501(c)(3) nonprofit land trusts that are members in good standing of the Land Trust Alliance and are accredited or on a path to accreditation within two years.
Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
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