· Private foundation
Jrs Biodiversity Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k16 grants · $523k
- $50k–250k19 grants · $1.7M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SANPARKS SCIENTIFIC SERVICES | $175,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | $150,000 |
| LAKE TANGANYIKA FLOATING HEALTH CLINIC | $114,000 |
| WILDFOWL WETLANDS TRUST | $105,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $103,000 |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | $98,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $95,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $87,000 |
| CONSERVATION ACTION RESEARCH NETWORK | $85,000 |
| ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW | $76,145 |
| INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY (ICIPE) | $76,000 |
| FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE | $75,886 |
| NATIONAL HERBARIUM OF BENIN | $70,000 |
| HAWASSA UNIVERSITY | $65,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $65,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 16% of grant dollars ($2.4M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 84% that went abroad ($13M) is mapped below.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 94% 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
Beyond the US: 84% of all-years giving ($13M)
24 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 31% of Jrs Biodiversity Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
53 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down; 7 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, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $312k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SASOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE7× · 2017–2023 · $976k
- FRFRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE8× · 2017–2024 · $789k
- FZFRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC2× · 2020–2022 · $555k · revenue +53%
Funded once
- WCWildlife Conservation Societygraduatedone grant, 2020 · $525k · revenue +57%
- GBGLOBAL BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION FACILITY SECRETARIATone grant, 2021 · $489k
- APAFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICAone grant, 2020 · $211k · revenue -53%
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.
Awf's mission is to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern africa. we work to equip african governments, institutions, business, and communities with the tools, insights, and support they need to define, own, and realize a…
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
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.
Protect wildlife and ecosystems through research, evidence-based evaluation, capacity development and advocacy.
The mission of the nature conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.
Dazzle africa's mission is to partner with local organizations to provide programs in conservation, education and community development. the organization aims to ensure that future generations are self-sufficient and iconic african…
Conservation of natural resources
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.…
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
Wildlife Conservation programs of endangered species and their habitat. Partnering with other NGOS working to protect endangered species and their habitats. Education Initiatives to teach about the challenges wildlife face and what we can…
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 88 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.
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: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Jrs Biodiversity Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jrs Biodiversity Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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