· Private foundation
EBR Foundation
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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k12 grants · $40k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $210k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY | $50,000 |
| WOODFORD HUMANE SOCIETY | $30,000 |
| GREAT LAKES DISASTER TRAINING FNDN | $30,000 |
| NACDS FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| WATOTO WORLD | $20,000 |
| EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION OUTREACH | $20,000 |
| LAKE FOREST OPEN LANDS | $20,000 |
| KENTUCKY EQUINE ADOPTION CENTER | $20,000 |
| NORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY | $15,000 |
| S SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF PHILADELPHIA | $10,000 |
| GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS | $7,000 |
| FOLDS OF HONOR | $7,000 |
| WALTHOUR-MOSS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 68% 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
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 6% of EBR Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
35 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 4 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, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Chicago Zoological Society8× · 2017–2024 · $236k · revenue +43%- WIWATOTOWORLD INC8× · 2017–2024 · $170k · revenue +118% · 29% of their budget
- LFLAKE FOREST OPEN LANDS ASSOCIATION8× · 2017–2024 · $156k · revenue +420%
Funded once
- MOMEALS ON WHEELS INCone grant, 2020 · $18k · revenue -8%
- MEMONTANA EQUESTRIAN EVENTS INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +146%
- USUNITED STATES EVENTING ASSOCIATIONgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +27%
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.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
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.
Wetlands america trust, inc. is a nonprofit organization formed in 1985 to expand ducks unlimited, inc's mission to provide leadership in the protection of the natural balance of wetlands ecosystems ensuring the future viability of…
To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.
The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…
Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…
Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
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.
Lincoln park zoo is dedicated to connecting people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, horticulture, education, science and…
The montana wildlife federation is a statewide conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and public access for outdoor recreation.
Protecting india's precious wildlife from poaching, habitat loss, and human exploitation since 1995.
How this is measured
37 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. 37 of the 50 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 Chicago Zoological Society ↗
- Who funds WATOTOWORLD INC ↗
- Who funds LAKE FOREST OPEN LANDS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds GREAT LAKES DISASTER TRAINING FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Woodford Humane Society Inc ↗
- Who funds EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION OUTREACH INC ↗
- Who funds THE WALTHOUR - MOSS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds KENTUCKY HORSE PARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Rush University Medical Center ↗
- Who funds DANNY & RONS RESCUE ↗
- Who funds FOOD PANTRY FOR WOODFORD COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
- Who funds KENTUCKY EQUINE HUMANE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
- Who funds ATLANTA CHARITY CLAYS INC ↗
- Who funds THE HOPE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MONTANA EQUESTRIAN EVENTS INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUST ↗
- Who funds AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MUSIC IN COMMON INC ↗
- Who funds Georgia State University Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
- Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE SANDHILLS 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: Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · Lightner Sams Foundation of Wyoming · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization EBR Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from EBR Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Vermont Studio Center Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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