Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Foundation for Advancement in Conservation
To undertake and underwrite programs and initiatives to advance the conservation profession in all its facets, to support conservation education and career development, and to apply the expertise of the profession in addressing the nation's artistic, cultural, and historic preservation priorities.
- $329k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $199k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $37,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $37,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Foundation for Advancement in Conservation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $148k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $162k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $161k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $214k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $353k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $292k | 88% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $138k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $170k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithsonian Institution | $190,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Northeastern University | $157,792 | 3 | 0% |
| Pratt Institute | $96,407 | 3 | 0% |
| Balboa Art Conservation Center | $45,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts | $43,363 | 2 | 1% |
| Regents Univ of California | $42,132 | 3 | n/a |
| The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation Incorporated | $37,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Denver Art Museum | $37,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Nelson Gallery Foundation | $37,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Mariners' Museum | $37,000 | 1 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Foundation for Advancement in Conservation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Foundation for Advancement in Conservation
- How much does Foundation for Advancement in Conservation give?
- Foundation for Advancement in Conservation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $199,363, out of $328,777 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Foundation for Advancement in Conservation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (44%), Environment (40%), Education (16%).
- Who are Foundation for Advancement in Conservation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Smithsonian Institution ($190k), Northeastern University ($158k), Pratt Institute ($96k).
- Does Foundation for Advancement in Conservation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Foundation for Advancement in Conservation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Terra Foundation for American Art, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation, The J Paul Getty Trust.
- Where is Foundation for Advancement in Conservation based?
- Foundation for Advancement in Conservation is based in DC.
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