· Public charity
Center for Plant Conservation Inc
Safeguard and conserve imperiled native plants by advancing science-based practices, connecting and empowering plant conservationists, and inspiring people to protect biodiversity for future generations.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $78k
- $10k–50k14 grants · $321k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $134k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CALIFORNIA BOTANIC GARDEN | $73,486 |
| SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE | $61,000 |
| UCSC ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL GARDEN NATIVE PLANT PROGRAM | $45,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTANIC GARDEN | $41,000 |
| ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN | $36,977 |
| FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN | $34,710 |
| THE ARBORETUM AT FLAGSTAFF- R | $26,250 |
| PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $22,425 |
| MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN | $20,000 |
| BOK TOWER GARDENS | $18,400 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY BOTANIC GARDEN | $18,324 |
| THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $12,340 |
| RED BUTTE GARDEN & ARBORETUM | $12,000 |
| NORTH CAROLINA BOTANICAL GARDEN | $11,500 |
| DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN | $11,500 |
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 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 78% 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
Which US states its grants reach
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 +28% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MBMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES9× · 2017–2025 · $165k · revenue +11%
- BTBOK TOWER GARDENS INC9× · 2017–2025 · $163k · revenue +21%
- TZTransition Zone Horticultural Inst9× · 2017–2025 · $160k · revenue +8%
Funded once
- USUNITED STATES DEPT OF AGRICULTUREone grant, 2022 · $105k
- TCTHE CALIFORNIA DESERT LAND CONSERVANCYgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $24k · revenue +385%
- QBQUAIL BOTANICAL GARDENS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue +12%
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.
The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…
Phipps' mission is to inspire and educate all with the beauty and importance of plants, to advance sustainability and promote human and environmental well-being through action and research, and to celebrate its historic glasshouse.
To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.
To support charitable, plant-based scientific, and educational activities exclusively for the benefit of the minnesota landscape arboretum of the university of minnesota
The mission of the jenkins arboretum & gardens is to preserve natural, tranquil woodlands for community enjoyment, to showcase native plants and a world class collection of rhododendrons and azaleas, and to promote environmental…
Mission: to inspire and educate through nature.vision: we envision our public garden as a nationally acclaimed attraction for residents and visitors alike. its cultural, social and educational activities will draw attendees to enjoy,…
Gardens of golden gate park connects people to plants, the planet, and each other. the gardens offer educational and experiential programs for visitors and actively manages the living collections.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The memphis botanic garden exists to enhance lives by connecting people with nature to increase awareness and appreciation of our environment.
How this is measured
38 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. 38 of the 47 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 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
- Who funds BOK TOWER GARDENS INC ↗
- Who funds Transition Zone Horticultural Inst ↗
- Who funds RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN ↗
- Who funds PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA BOTANICAL GARDEN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
- Who funds NATIVE PLANT TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds LYON ARBORETUM ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE HOLDEN ARBORETUM ↗
- Who funds DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ECOLOGY ↗
- Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
- Who funds THE MERCER SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC ↗
- Who funds DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS ENDOWMENT ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE CALIFORNIA DESERT LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds QUAIL BOTANICAL GARDENS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds California Native Plant Society ↗
- Who funds ICHAUWAY INC ↗
- Who funds The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CINCINNATI ZOO FOUNDATION INC ↗
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: The Nature Conservancy · Ibm International Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Center for Plant Conservation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Center for Plant Conservation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Institute for Applied Ecology: 99% of income from government
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
- Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc: 4% of income from government
- Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
- Native Plant Trust Inc: 3% of income from government
- Bok Tower Gardens Inc: 1% of income from government
- The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: 0% of income from government
- Portland State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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