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Nature Defense Foundation
OUR MISSION AT SINDISA SANCTUARY IS TO PROVIDE A FOREVER HOME FOR RESCUED FARM ANIMALS AND TO SHARE THEIR JOY OF FREEDOM WITH OUR VISITORS ON 125 ACRES IN HEALDSBURG, CA. WE HOPE TO RAISE AWARENESS AROUND THE FACT THAT ALL ANIMALS ARE SENTIENT BEINGS WHO DESERVE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND COMPASSION. Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds…
- $223k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 25
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations Nature Defense Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $223k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $306k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $149k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 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, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wonder Dog Rescue | $295,400 | 3 | 51% |
| Return to Freedom Inc | $128,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Riverkeeper Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Footloose Montana | $15,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Billion Oyster Project Inc | $11,040 | 3 | 0% |
| Mirandas Rescue Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wildcare | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Defenders of Wildlife | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Great Whale Conservancy | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wonder Dog Rescue | $295,400 | 3 | 51% |
| Return to Freedom Inc | $128,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Riverkeeper Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Footloose Montana | $15,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Billion Oyster Project Inc | $11,040 | 3 | 0% |
| Mirandas Rescue Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wildcare | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Defenders of Wildlife | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Great Whale Conservancy | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Faunalytics | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aina Momona | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Coral Reef Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maui Humane Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nonhuman Rights Project Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Columbia-Greene Humane Society Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sonoma Ecology Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute for Responsible Technology | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New York Harbor Sailing Foundation Inc | $1,710 | 1 | 1% |
| Romanian League in Defense of Animals | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals International | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Actblue Charities Inc | $400 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($120k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Nature Defense Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 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: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Nature Defense Foundation
- How much does Nature Defense Foundation give?
- Nature Defense Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $223,110 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 25 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Nature Defense Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (75%), Environment (12%), International (4%).
- Who are Nature Defense Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Wonder Dog Rescue ($295k), Return to Freedom Inc ($128k), Riverkeeper Inc ($15k).
- Does Nature Defense Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Nature Defense Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Nature Defense Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Nature Defense Foundation based?
- Nature Defense Foundation is based in NY.
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