California · Public charity
Living Desert The
The living desert mission is to enhance desert conservation through preservation, education and appreciation.
- $465k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $198k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $85,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $171M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Living Desert The funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $198k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $137k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $85k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $130k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $17k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $107k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $130k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $48k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | $308,000 | 8 | 0% |
| US Geological Survey | $65,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Wild Nature Institute | $52,500 | 6 | 6% |
| Sahara Conservation Fund | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association | $45,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Onefuture Coachella Valley | $43,200 | 3 | 2% |
| Riverside Arts Council | $40,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Carnivores Livelihoods and Landscapes | $40,000 | 5 | 30% |
| Timothy a Shields Hardshell Labs | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wildlife Protection Solutions | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | $308,000 | 8 | 0% |
| US Geological Survey | $65,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Wild Nature Institute | $52,500 | 6 | 6% |
| Sahara Conservation Fund | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association | $45,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Onefuture Coachella Valley | $43,200 | 3 | 2% |
| Riverside Arts Council | $40,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Carnivores Livelihoods and Landscapes | $40,000 | 5 | 30% |
| Timothy a Shields Hardshell Labs | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wildlife Protection Solutions | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cheetah Conservation Fund | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The International Rhino Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Saving Slow Poke Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Applied Environmental Research Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Zoological Society | $19,000 | 4 | 0% |
| African Conservation Centre US | $15,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Species360 | $10,816 | 1 | 0% |
| National Marine Mammal Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Willamette University | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Conservation Network | $5,400 | 1 | 1% |
| Giraffe Conservation Foundation USA | $5,210 | 1 | 0% |
| North Carolina Zoological Society Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California State University Fullerton | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Living Desert The supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 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.
Open a dossier: Zoological Society of San Diego · Dallas Zoo Management Inc · Detroit Zoological Society · Columbus Zoological Park Association · American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Living Desert The
- How much does Living Desert The give?
- Living Desert The reported 9 itemized grants totaling $197,500, out of $464,689 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Living Desert The fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (76%), Environment (11%), Education (8%).
- Who are Living Desert The's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wildlife Conservation Network Inc ($308k), US Geological Survey ($65k), Wild Nature Institute ($53k).
- Does Living Desert The fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Living Desert The?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Zoological Society of San Diego, Dallas Zoo Management Inc, Detroit Zoological Society.
- Where is Living Desert The based?
- Living Desert The is based in CA.
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