California · Public charity
Island Conservation
Prevent extinctions by removing invasive species from islands. By rewilding islands, we restore and protect wildlife, communities, and oceans. Restoring islands by removing invasive species has repeatedly proven to be a high impact conservation action.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $479k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $247,501
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $247,501
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Island Conservation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $334k 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 | 2 | $479k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $566k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $274k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $567k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $170k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $217k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildaid Inc | $730,208 | 4 | 3% |
| Galapagos Conservancy Inc | $623,006 | 3 | 5% |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $567,501 | 2 | n/a |
| Advanced Conservation Strategies | $274,211 | 1 | 38% |
| State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oikonos - Ecosystem Knowledge | $49,638 | 1 | 6% |
| American Bird Conservancy | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $13,591 | 1 | 0% |
About Island Conservation
- How much does Island Conservation give?
- Island Conservation reported 2 itemized grants totaling $479,091, out of $1,017,772 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Island Conservation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (77%), Animals (23%).
- Who are Island Conservation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wildaid Inc ($730k), Galapagos Conservancy Inc ($623k), Regents of the University of California at San Diego ($568k).
- Does Island Conservation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Island Conservation based?
- Island Conservation is based in CA.
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