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Children & Nature Network

See schedule o.to increase equitable access to nature so that children and the natural world can thrive.

$968k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$470k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0187% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2020–2024.

Recreation & Sports$545kEnvironment$480kHuman Services$25kArts & Culture$20kEducation$15kYouth Development$13kReligion$10kHousing & Shelter$10kSocial Science$8kOther$165k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 9 grants below total $945,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $968,170 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $23,170 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $145k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $325k
  • $250k+1 grant · $470k
$40,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$6.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KABOOM$470,000
TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND$225,000
CITY OF PROVIDENCE$50,000
ROCHESTER ECOLOGY PARTNERS$50,000
WEST ATLANTA WATERSHED ALLIANCE$40,000
WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY$40,000
MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY$40,000
ALLEN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER$25,000
AMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ALLEN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $25k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
MI
NY
MA
OH
RI
CA
CO
MD
NC
DC
GA
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
2
Outdoor Equity Alliance

To create equitable access to nature in all communities and inspire a diverse new generation of environmental leaders.

Food & Nutrition
3
North East Trees Inc

In 2024, our work made a lasting impact on both people and the environment. Together with our community, we planted 2,739 new plants and trees, ensuring future shade, cleaner air, and greener neighborhoods. We also cared for 7,442 trees,…

Environment
4
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc

The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…

Environment
5
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
6
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
7
Kalamazoo Nature Center

Create relationships & experiences that welcome and inspire people to discover, enjoy, value, and care for nature. Kalamazoo Nature Center envisions a resilient community where all people have strong interconnections with the natural world.

Environment
8
Dunwoody Nature Center Inc

Inspires the love of nature and cultivates environmental understanding and stewardship by: (1)Conserving and enhancing Dunwoody Park (2)Educating children, families and adults of all ages about the natural world and our place in…

Environment
9
Tenngreen Land Conservancy

The organization's primary mission is conserving land where people and nature can thrive by creating green corridors linking existing public lands using conservation easments and outright purchase.

Recreation & Sports
10
Nature for Justice

To empower frontline communities to lead nature-based solutions that advance climate justice, ecosystem restoration, and resilient livelihoods through connecting locally-led initiatives to funding, markets, and technical support.

Environment
11
Earthcorps

To cultivate leaders and community partnerships to advance environmental justice.

International
12
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Park Pride Inc and the most unlike its peers is Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 28 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%23%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr16%32%20–35yr13%9%35–55yr16%18%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%9%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr16%52%20–35yr13%22%35–55yr16%6%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 4% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
4%1/28
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,537

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
14/23
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

KABOOM INC — $470,000 · Recreation & SportsKABOOM INCPARK PRIDE INC — $55,000 · Recreation & SportsPARK PRIDE INC+2 more — $20,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $225,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDEarthGen Fka WA Green Schools — $60,000 · EnvironmentEarthGen Fka WA Green SchoolsRochester Ecology Partners Inc — $50,000 · EnvironmentRochester Ecology Partners IncWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY — $40,000 · EnvironmentWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCYMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC — $40,000 · EnvironmentMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INCWest Atlanta Watershed Alliance — $40,000 · EnvironmentWest Atlanta Watershed Alliance+3 more — $25,000 · EnvironmentPROVIDENCE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT — $50,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE SCHOO…DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT — $40,000 · OtherDETROIT PUBLIC S…TEXAS CHILDREN IN NATURE NETWORK — $40,000 · OtherTEXAS CHILDREN I…CITY OF ASHEVILLE — $10,000 · OtherFAVOR HOUSE — $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES — $10,000 · OtherEAGLE EYE INSTITUTE INC — $10,000 · OtherAFRICAN COMMUNITY HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT — $10,000 · OtherSALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR INC — $7,500 · Other+1 more — $5,000 · OtherAllen Neighborhood Center — $25,000 · Human ServicesHIP HOP FOR CHANGE INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureMuwekma Ohlone Tribe Inc — $10,000 · Arts & CultureBackyard Basecamp Inc — $15,000 · EducationCONSERVATION LEGACY — $8,000 · Youth DevelopmentENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS — $5,000 · Youth Development
Recreation & Sports$545,000Environment$480,000Other$192,500Human Services$25,000Arts & Culture$20,000Education$15,000Youth Development$13,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetKABOOM INC — $470,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $225,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEarthGen Fka WA Green Schools — $60,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetPARK PRIDE INC — $55,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetRochester Ecology Partners Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY — $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC — $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWest Atlanta Watershed Alliance — $40,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetAllen Neighborhood Center — $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBackyard Basecamp Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHIP HOP FOR CHANGE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BIG SANDBOX — $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetEAGLE EYE INSTITUTE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINT'L UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE & NATURAL RESOURCES - US — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMuwekma Ohlone Tribe Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAFRICAN COMMUNITY HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY NATURE CONNECTION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONSERVATION LEGACY — $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Recreation F…Rei Cooperative Actio…National Recreation a…The Nature ConservancyNational Fish and Wil…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…
National Recreation Foundation IncorporatedIL17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Recreation Foundation Incorporated · Rei Cooperative Action Fund · National Recreation and Park Association · The Nature Conservancy · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Children & Nature Network funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Eagle Eye Institute Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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