· Private foundation
American Conservation Association Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $42k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL | $25,000 |
| CATSKILL MOUNTAINKEEPER | $25,000 |
| OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE | $15,000 |
| CLIMATE CENTRAL | $5,000 |
| HUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER | $5,000 |
| PLACEMAKINGX | $5,000 |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| CONSERVATION INT'L FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| SCENIC HUDSON INC | $5,000 |
| CLIENTEARTH US | $5,000 |
| SCENIC AMERICA | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 86% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CMCATSKILL MOUNTAINKEEPER INC9× · 2017–2025 · $225k · revenue +35%
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC9× · 2017–2025 · $225k · revenue +41%- OSOPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC9× · 2017–2025 · $135k · revenue +219%
Funded once
- DODefenders of Wildlifegraduatedone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +35%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.
We bring science, policy, and proven solutions directly to communities working to restore the integrity and natural connectivity of the landscapes in which they live. (see schedule o)
Recognizing that a healthy environment is critical to the well-being and survival of all living things, new jersey conservation foundation is devoted to preserving land and protecting natural resources throughout new jersey's (continued on…
Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…
Darksky international restores the nighttime environment and protects communities from the harmful effects of light pollution through outreach, advocacy, and conservation.
The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.
Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.
Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.
We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
How this is measured
13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 16 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CATSKILL MOUNTAINKEEPER INC ↗
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
- Who funds Scenic Hudson Inc ↗
- Who funds CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds SCENIC AMERICA ↗
- Who funds HUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER INC ↗
- Who funds PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES INC ↗
- Who funds THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds CLIMATE CENTRAL INC ↗
- Who funds Defenders of Wildlife ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization American Conservation Association Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Conservation Association Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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