Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Conservation Nation
To strengthen the conservation movement by funding and supporting conservationists from all communities, while educating and inspiring the next generation of wildlife champions.
- $633k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 92%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $559k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 92% of the organizations Conservation Nation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 84% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $559k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $680k | 92% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $24k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 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, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Kids to Wilderness Project Inc | $320,000 | 2 | 8% |
| African People & Wildlife Fund Inc | $227,107 | 3 | 10% |
| Veterinary Initiative for Endangered Wildlife Inc | $205,500 | 2 | 17% |
| Inward Bound Mindfulness Education Inc | $140,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Save the Rhino International Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Yellowstone Forever | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wildlifedirect Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 8% |
| The Girls Foundation of Tanzania | $51,374 | 2 | 6% |
| Nez Perce Tribe Wildlife Division | $39,369 | 1 | n/a |
| Elephant Havens Wildlife Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Kids to Wilderness Project Inc | $320,000 | 2 | 8% |
| African People & Wildlife Fund Inc | $227,107 | 3 | 10% |
| Veterinary Initiative for Endangered Wildlife Inc | $205,500 | 2 | 17% |
| Inward Bound Mindfulness Education Inc | $140,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Save the Rhino International Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Yellowstone Forever | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wildlifedirect Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 8% |
| The Girls Foundation of Tanzania | $51,374 | 2 | 6% |
| Nez Perce Tribe Wildlife Division | $39,369 | 1 | n/a |
| Elephant Havens Wildlife Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Field Inclusive Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Natures Nursery Center for Wildlife Rehab & Consr | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Vermilion Sea Institute | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| A Rocha USA Inc a Rocha USA | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Conservation Nation 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: Impactassetsinc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Conservation Nation
- How much does Conservation Nation give?
- Conservation Nation reported 9 itemized grants totaling $558,874, out of $633,008 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Conservation Nation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (43%), Youth Development (36%), Environment (15%).
- Who are Conservation Nation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: City Kids to Wilderness Project Inc ($320k), African People & Wildlife Fund Inc ($227k), Veterinary Initiative for Endangered Wildlife Inc ($206k).
- Does Conservation Nation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 92% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Conservation Nation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Impactassetsinc, Network for Good, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Conservation Nation based?
- Conservation Nation is based in DC.
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