There are other tools that could be brought to bear on assisting with conservation in the private landscape. I hadn't expected this question today, but we can provide you with a few more of those.
One key aspect, though, of the work we do is that for every property we secure, whether through donation or purchase, we set aside an endowment fund. One of our guarantees needs to be that this will happen for the long term. While we're not self-insured like government is, we have to set aside these funds and manage them properly. One of the stipulations in our current agreement is that the endowment money is not to be matched by federal government money. It's matched in terms of whether we raise it, but no federal funds can go to that.
I think we've been able to work through that ourselves, but for land trusts and other smaller groups across the country, this one's a bigger issue. Through the eco-gift program and others, you have many smaller groups who are utilizing those federal programs for the tax benefits for the individuals who give, but we also want to make sure those groups are in place for the long term as well, so they can take care of those properties.
We're working to figure out how we do a better job with our land trust support efforts across the country, and that's a big part of what we think needs to be done. On the technical pieces that we've talked to finance about before, we could certainly provide you with those.