Wisconsin · Public charity
Natural Resources Foundation Of
To protect wisconsin's lands, waters, and wildlife by providing funding, leading partnerships, and connecting all people with nature.
- $943k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $788k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $306,711
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $23M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Natural Resources Foundation Of funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k 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 | 26 | $788k | 54% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $773k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $734k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $850k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $539k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $694k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $373k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $441k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | $3,010,583 | 7 | n/a |
| West Wisconsin Land Trust Inc | $202,126 | 8 | 40% |
| Wisconsin Wildlife Federation Inc | $111,687 | 3 | 22% |
| Lake Michigan Bird Observatory | $93,500 | 6 | 13% |
| The Friends of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Inc | $93,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of Point Beach Inc | $85,200 | 3 | n/a |
| Xerces Society Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance Inc | $65,063 | 3 | 1% |
| Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station Inc | $58,466 | 5 | n/a |
| International Crane Foundation Inc | $52,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($816k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Natural Resources Foundation Of supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 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: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · James E Dutton Foundation Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · John C Bock Foundation · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Patagoniaorg · Madison Community Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Rusinow Family Charitable Foundation · Sandy Oaks Foundation Douglas W Caves · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc
How this is measured
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About Natural Resources Foundation Of
- How much does Natural Resources Foundation Of give?
- Natural Resources Foundation Of reported 28 itemized grants totaling $788,394, out of $943,379 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Natural Resources Foundation Of fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (82%), Animals (11%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
- Who are Natural Resources Foundation Of's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ($3.0M), West Wisconsin Land Trust Inc ($202k), Wisconsin Wildlife Federation Inc ($112k).
- Does Natural Resources Foundation Of fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Natural Resources Foundation Of?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, James E Dutton Foundation Inc, Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc.
- Where is Natural Resources Foundation Of based?
- Natural Resources Foundation Of is based in WI.
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