· Public charity
Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc
We protect nature and inspire people to care for our world.
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.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k4 grants · $73k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $80k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society | $80,000 |
| University of Colorado | $25,000 |
| Sycamore Land Trust | $23,000 |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro | $15,000 |
| Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders | $10,000 |
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 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% 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
Grants abroad, by region: $255k on the FY2024 return
Schedule F, as filed: 5 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.
Stated purpose: CONSERVATION
Stated purpose: CONSERVATION
Stated purpose: CONSERVATION
Stated purpose: CONSERVATION
Stated purpose: CONSERVATION
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 +147% since the first grant, against +83% for those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 7 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, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LPLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY8× · 2017–2024 · $420k · revenue +30%
- WCWildlife Conservation Society6× · 2017–2022 · $280k · revenue +59%
REWILD5× · 2017–2023 · $140k · revenue +550%
Funded once
- AAAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +83%
- WWWIDECAST Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network Incone grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -77%
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +113%
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.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.
The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.
To advance conservation governance through political will and to provide "on the ground" solutions to ensure sustained economic benefits while managing the earth's natural resource wealth for future generations.
Our mission is to protect vital areas of our planet for wildlife and people through local conservation action. Our vision is a world where wildlife and people flourish in healthy ecosystems that sustain us all.
Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…
Panthera's mission is the conservation of the world's 40 wild cat species, many of which are endangered or threatened. panthera develops, implements and oversees wild cat conservation strategies on a global scale.
Nature and culture international conserves biologically diverse landscapes in latin america, in concert with local cultures, for the well-being of the planet.
Protecting india's precious wildlife from poaching, habitat loss, and human exploitation since 1995.
Wildlife conservation, research and education.
Protect wildlife and ecosystems through research, evidence-based evaluation, capacity development and advocacy.
How this is measured
25 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. 25 of the 31 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 LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
- Who funds REWILD ↗
- Who funds WORLD PARROT TRUST USA INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL ELEPHANT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Cheetah Conservation Fund ↗
- Who funds MARA ELEPHANT PROJECT USA INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS INC ↗
- Who funds WIDECAST Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network Inc ↗
- Who funds CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CROCODILE SPECIALISTS USA INC ↗
- Who funds SYCAMORE LAND TRUST INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds NORTH AMERICAN STURGEON & PADDLEFISH SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE TURTLE SURVIVAL ALLIANCE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds STONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds OKLAHOMA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN CONSERVATION PARTNERS INC ↗
- Who funds IOWA BIRD REHABILITATION ↗
- Who funds Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds Snow Leopard Conservancy ↗
- Who funds WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds SEWARD ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MARINE SCIENCE ↗
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: Zoological Society of Cincinnati · Columbus Zoological Park Association · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
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