Texas · Public charity
Bat Conservation International
BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL's (bci) mission is to conserve the world's bats and their ecosystems to ensure a healthy planet. We are a science-based and results-focused organization dedicated to ending the extinction of the world's most vulnerable bat species.
- $879k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $269k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $14,750
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $70,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $36M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Bat Conservation International funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 | 14 | $269k | 86% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $26k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $13k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $39k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $136k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainforest Trust | $74,727 | 3 | 0% |
| New Leaf Climate Partners | $70,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Tech University System | $48,785 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Florida | $43,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Electric Power Research Institute Inc | $30,945 | 1 | n/a |
| Agricultural Research Service (Usda) | $29,223 | 1 | n/a |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $29,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rio Bravo Restoration | $23,065 | 2 | 6% |
| Gila Watershed Partnership of Arizona | $22,225 | 1 | 3% |
| Borderlands Restoration Network | $22,027 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainforest Trust | $74,727 | 3 | 0% |
| New Leaf Climate Partners | $70,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Tech University System | $48,785 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Florida | $43,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Electric Power Research Institute Inc | $30,945 | 1 | n/a |
| Agricultural Research Service (Usda) | $29,223 | 1 | n/a |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $29,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rio Bravo Restoration | $23,065 | 2 | 6% |
| Gila Watershed Partnership of Arizona | $22,225 | 1 | 3% |
| Borderlands Restoration Network | $22,027 | 2 | 0% |
| Rutgers the State University | $17,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Arizona University | $14,914 | 1 | n/a |
| La Tierra del Jaguar | $14,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Kudo | $14,658 | 1 | n/a |
| Growers Supply | $11,441 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of Tennessee | $10,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado State University | $9,982 | 1 | n/a |
| University System of New Hampshire | $9,466 | 1 | n/a |
| High Desert Native Plants LLC | $9,063 | 1 | n/a |
| Angelo State University | $8,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Candid | $7,541 | 1 | 0% |
| Kansas State University | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| North American Society for Bat Research | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
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
About Bat Conservation International
- How much does Bat Conservation International give?
- Bat Conservation International reported 14 itemized grants totaling $269,336, out of $878,682 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Bat Conservation International fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (41%), Science & Tech (22%), International (14%).
- Who are Bat Conservation International's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rainforest Trust ($75k), New Leaf Climate Partners ($71k), Texas Tech University System ($49k).
- Does Bat Conservation International fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bat Conservation International?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Arizona Community Foundation.
- Where is Bat Conservation International based?
- Bat Conservation International is based in TX.
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