· Private foundation
Covington Charitable Tr
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k24 grants · $44k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Lake Forest Open Lands | $15,000 |
| Wetlands Iniative | $5,000 |
| FIELD MUSEUM | $5,000 |
| Center for Biological Diversity | $5,000 |
| DES PLAINES WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY | $5,000 |
| LAND TRUST ALLIANCE | $5,000 |
| LITTLE TRAVERSE CONSERVANCY | $5,000 |
| Chicago Zoological Society | $3,500 |
| Les Cheneaux Community Schools | $1,500 |
| REDAN FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| AMERICAN RIVERS | $1,000 |
| GRT LAKES BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| NRDC | $1,000 |
| WORLD WILDLIFE FUND | $1,000 |
| AM UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH | $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 (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 45% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
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 +42% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
35 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LTLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc4× · 2020–2024 · $115k · revenue +66%
- LFLAKE FOREST OPEN LANDS ASSOCIATION5× · 2020–2024 · $60k · revenue +73%
- TWTHE WETLANDS INITIATIVE5× · 2020–2024 · $26k · revenue +42%
Funded once
- LCLes Cheneaux Foundationone grant, 2021 · $20k
- FOFRIENDS OF IL NATURE PRESERVESone grant, 2021 · $5k
- FOFRIENDS OF ILLINOIS NATURE PRESERVESgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +284%
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.
Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
The organization pursues higher standards of news coverage of natural resources and the environment -- standards of accuracy, fairness, balance, depth and context.
Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…
Icl's mission is to create a conservation community and pragmatic, enduring solutions that protect and restore the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the land and wildlife you love.
To protect wisconsin's lands, waters, and wildlife by providing funding, leading partnerships, and connecting all people with nature.
The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.
We bring science, policy, and proven solutions directly to communities working to restore the integrity and natural connectivity of the landscapes in which they live. (see schedule o)
It is our mission at huron pines to conserve and enhance northern michigan's natural resources to ensure healthy water, protected places and vibrant communities. for alomst 50 years, our work across the forests, lakes and streams of…
Colorado open lands' mission is to preserve the significant open lands and natural heritage of colorado through private and public partnerships, innovative land conservation, and strategic leadership.
How this is measured
38 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 81 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 Little Traverse Conservancy Inc ↗
- Who funds LAKE FOREST OPEN LANDS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE WETLANDS INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
- Who funds OPENLANDS ↗
- Who funds Chicago Zoological Society ↗
- Who funds THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds KKC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN RIVERS INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF ILLINOIS NATURE PRESERVES ↗
- Who funds JACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds POPULATION CONNECTION ↗
- Who funds AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION ↗
- Who funds FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS ↗
- Who funds HIGH COUNTRY NEWS ↗
- Who funds The Anti-Cruelty Society ↗
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: Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Covington Charitable Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Covington Charitable Tr. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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