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International Crane Foundation Inc

The international crane foundation is committed to a world where cranes, people, and our natural heritage thrive together.

$3.2M
Granted FY2026(still arriving)
2
Itemized grants FY2026
1
Organizations funded FY2025
100%
First-time grantees FY2025
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Itemized, FY2026
$48k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2026
$42,750
Largest grant, FY2026
$42,750
Organizations funded a year
1 to 2
FY2019 to FY2025
States reached, FY2026
2
Total assets, FY2026
$71M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2025, 100% of the organizations International Crane Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2026still arriving2$48k50%
FY20251$30k100%
FY20242$66k50%
FY20231$66k100%
FY20221$10k100%
FY20211$99k0%
FY20202$31k50%
FY20191$80k100%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$257kEmployment$125kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kArts & Culture$8k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
OR
NE
OK
LA
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Louisiana State University$124,9822n/a
White Oak Conservation Foundation Inc$124,98125%
Ocean Outcomes$85,00027%
University of Oklahoma$72,7502n/a
Port Aransas Tourism Bureau and Chamber of Commerce$10,00010%
Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust Inc$10,00010%
Rockport-Fulton Area Chamber of Commerce$10,00011%
Auburn University$7,5001n/a
University of Wisconsin Madison$7,0001n/a
University of Wisconsin Foundation$5,4001n/a

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About International Crane Foundation Inc

How much does International Crane Foundation Inc give?
International Crane Foundation Inc reported 2 itemized grants totaling $48,150, out of $3,157,582 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
What does International Crane Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Animals (63%), Employment (31%), Public Safety & Disaster (5%).
Who are International Crane Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Louisiana State University ($125k), White Oak Conservation Foundation Inc ($125k), Ocean Outcomes ($85k).
Does International Crane Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2025, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is International Crane Foundation Inc based?
International Crane Foundation Inc is based in WI.

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 10 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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