We are accredited by the Land Trust Alliance.
The Land Trust Alliance, based in Washington, D.C., is a national conservation organization with the stated mission of “sav[ing] the places people need and love by strengthening land conservation across America”. Founded in 1982, the Alliance represents more than 1,000 member land trust and their 4.6 million supporters nationwide. “As the national leader in policy, standards, education and training, the Land Trust Alliance works passionately to support land trusts so they can save and secure more lands now and for future generations.” The Georgia-Alabama Land Trust is a member of the Land Trust Alliance and has adopted its Standards and Practices, which provide ethical and technical guidelines for how to operate a land trust.
The Georgia-Alabama Land Trust has been accredited by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission since 2014. Our accreditation is the result of an extensive, external review process. The process determined that the Georgia-Alabama Land Trust meets the rigorous professional guidelines of the Land Trust Alliance’s Standards and Practices for nonprofit conservation transactions, management, and land stewardship.
The Land Trust Accreditation Commission awards the accreditation seal to land conservation organizations that meet national standards for excellence, uphold the public trust, and ensure that conservation efforts are permanent. The Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance, is governed by a volunteer board consisting of an assortment of land conservation and nonprofit experts from around the country.
For more information please visit www.landtrustaccreditation.org.
The Georgia-Alabama Land Trust is also accredited by The Standards for Excellence Institute. ®
In 2019, the Georgia-Alabama Land Trust was accredited by The Standards for Excellence Institute®, a national initiative established to promote the highest standards of ethics, effectiveness, and accountability in nonprofit governance, management, and operations.
We went through a rigorous independent third-party review of our organization’s policies, procedures, and practices to verify our organization is committing the needed resources to leadership, capacity, and infrastructure to meet the Standards of Excellence criteria.
GALT was awarded the 2022 Platinum Transparency seal by Candid
Candid is an information service specializing in reporting on U.S. nonprofit companies. In 2016, its database provided information on 2.5 million organizations. It is the product of the February 2019 merger of GuideStar with Foundation Center.
It maintains comprehensive databases on grantmakers and their grants; issues a wide variety of print, electronic, and online information resources; conducts and publishes research on trends in foundation growth, giving, and practice; and offers education and training programs.
GuideStar was one of the first central sources of information on U.S. nonprofits and is the world's largest source of information about nonprofit organizations. GuideStar also serves to verify that a recipient organization is established and that donated funds go where the donor intended for individuals looking to give in the wake of disasters. [1]
The Platinum seal is the highest level awarded by Candid. It shows that the non-profit granted the highest level of transparency into how it uses funds to meet its mission.
[1] From Wikipedia
