Arizona · Public charity
Arizona Center for Nature Conservation
The ARIZONA CENTER FOR NATURE CONSERVATION advances the stewardship and conservation of animals and their habitats while providing experiences that inspire people and motivate them to care for the natural world.
- $451k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $189k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $42,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $133M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Arizona Center for Nature Conservation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $189k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $84k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $113k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $54k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $54k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $35k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $94k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $107k | 43% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Association of Zoo Keepers | $144,000 | 7 | n/a |
| American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc | $130,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Minnesota Zoo Foundation | $85,000 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Arizona Foundation | $61,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Prairie Wildlife Research Inc | $59,898 | 1 | 16% |
| The Peregrine Fund Inc | $39,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc | $31,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Zoo Conservation Outreach Group Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 3% |
| American Association of Museums | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Health in Harmony | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Arizona Center for Nature Conservation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc · Detroit Zoological Society · Zoological Society of San Diego · Commonwealth Zoological Corporation D/B/A Zoo New England · Dallas Zoo Management Inc · Columbus Zoological Park Association · Arizona Community Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About Arizona Center for Nature Conservation
- How much does Arizona Center for Nature Conservation give?
- Arizona Center for Nature Conservation reported 10 itemized grants totaling $189,345, out of $451,418 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Arizona Center for Nature Conservation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (85%), Environment (5%), Education (5%).
- Who are Arizona Center for Nature Conservation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Association of Zoo Keepers ($144k), American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc ($130k), Minnesota Zoo Foundation ($85k).
- Does Arizona Center for Nature Conservation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Arizona Center for Nature Conservation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc, Detroit Zoological Society, Zoological Society of San Diego.
- Where is Arizona Center for Nature Conservation based?
- Arizona Center for Nature Conservation is based in AZ.
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