Evaluate if You're Ready for Accreditation
There are certain key requirements a land trust must meet before applying. Use the available resources to determine if your land trust is ready. And if you haven’t already, learn about the overall accreditation process.
Start Here
The first thing to do is to take the "Are You Ready" quiz. There are certain eligibility conditions and key requirements a land trust must meet before applying.
If your land trust can answer 'yes' to all the questions, then you're ready for the next steps. If your land trust answers, 'not yet', then it's a good time for your organization to develop a road map, by using the resources below, on how to get your land trust ready to apply.
Go Deeper
Time spent preparing for accreditation is time well spent and makes your organization stronger.
Land trusts should only apply when they are confident that they are able to document they are meeting the Standards and accreditation requirements. Ready to learn even more about how to be prepared? Check out these blog posts.
Make Connections
Where to go for guidance and questions.
An accredited land trust in your area. They may be able to offer guidance on how they prepared for the first-time accreditation process.
Your regional Land Trust Alliance Field Office staff. They can help connect you with other accredited land trusts, keep you informed about Alliance educational opportunities and connect you to the why and how about the Standards and accreditation requirements on the Resource Center.
The Land Trust Accreditation Commission. We're always happy to speak to land trusts considering first-time accreditation. We can answer questions about the accreditation requirements and clarify the process first-time process steps.
What's Next?
Find out what it takes to get started on the accreditation process.
