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Ecological Society of America

The ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA (esa) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization of scientists founded in 1915 to: promote ecological science by improving communication among ecologists; raise the public's level of awareness of the importance of ecological science; increase the resources available for the conduct of ecological science;…

$57k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
3
Itemized grants FY2024
1
Organizations funded FY2019
100%
First-time grantees FY2019
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Itemized, FY2024
$40k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 1
FY2018 to FY2019
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$16M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2019, 100% of the organizations Ecological Society of America funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving3$40k100%
FY20191$18k100%
FY20181$23kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Environment$50kAnimals$20kEducation$10k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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About Ecological Society of America

How much does Ecological Society of America give?
Ecological Society of America reported 3 itemized grants totaling $40,000, out of $57,350 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2019.
What does Ecological Society of America fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (63%), Animals (25%), Education (12%).
Who are Ecological Society of America's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Sustainable Northwest ($23k), The Wildlife Society ($20k), Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana ($18k).
Does Ecological Society of America fund new organizations?
In FY2019, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is Ecological Society of America based?
Ecological Society of America is based in DC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 5 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

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

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $19k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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