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Society for Conservation Biology

To advance the science and practice of conserving earth's biological diversity.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
10
Itemized grants FY2024
9
Organizations funded FY2023
33%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$1.1M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$105,381
Largest grant, FY2024
$199,965
Organizations funded a year
9 to 11
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$3.7M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Society for Conservation Biology funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $299k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationScience & TechAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving9$960k44%
FY20239$845k33%
FY20229$932k22%
FY202111$1.0M27%
FY202010$994k50%
FY201910$953k30%
FY201810$943k40%
FY201710$933kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$5.2MEducation$2.3MScience & Tech$526kAnimals$201k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
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MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
NC
DC
HI
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$659,4736n/a
University of Kansas Center for Research Inc$428,31640%
University of California Davis$398,0274n/a
Duke University$392,61830%
The Trustees of Princeton University$312,92530%
University of Massachusetts$294,6422n/a
University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc$291,11730%
University of Hawaii System$228,7912n/a
Regents of the University of Colorado$224,4172n/a
University of Maine System Inc$218,4842n/a
Show all 34 grantees
All grantees of Society for Conservation Biology by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$659,4736n/a
University of Kansas Center for Research Inc$428,31640%
University of California Davis$398,0274n/a
Duke University$392,61830%
The Trustees of Princeton University$312,92530%
University of Massachusetts$294,6422n/a
University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc$291,11730%
University of Hawaii System$228,7912n/a
Regents of the University of Colorado$224,4172n/a
University of Maine System Inc$218,4842n/a
Florida International University Foundation Inc$214,95420%
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc$214,87320%
Society for Conservation Biology North America Inc$211,536849%
Arizona State University$207,2292n/a
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$206,30220%
Cornell University$205,63720%
Regents Univ of California$201,7512n/a
Shedd Aquarium Society$201,47120%
Colorado State University$198,3772n/a
Northeastern University$194,90720%
Conservation Science Partners Inc$194,46026%
University of California San Diego$194,3902n/a
University of Washington$194,2952n/a
University of Cincinnati$190,9612n/a
Chicago Horticultural Society$186,37620%
Pomona College$185,71820%
University of Minnesota$182,2182n/a
Portland State University$113,1811n/a
Michigan State University$110,6331n/a
University of Chicago$105,56210%
Regents of the University of California$105,2341n/a
Johns Hopkins University$104,74310%
Carnegie Institution of Washington$97,67610%
George Mason University$97,3461n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Society for Conservation Biology 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.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $428,316 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDuke University: $392,618 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $312,925 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Massachusetts Foundation Inc: $291,117 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFlorida International University Foundation Inc: $214,954 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: $214,873 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSociety for Conservation Biology North America Inc: $211,536 over 8y, 49% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $206,302 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $205,637 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShedd Aquarium Society: $201,471 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNortheastern University: $194,907 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetConservation Science Partners Inc: $194,460 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetChicago Horticultural Society: $186,376 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPomona College: $185,718 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $105,562 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $104,743 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Institution of Washington: $97,676 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 17.

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About Society for Conservation Biology

How much does Society for Conservation Biology give?
Society for Conservation Biology reported 10 itemized grants totaling $1,060,753, out of $1,202,192 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Society for Conservation Biology fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (63%), Education (28%), Science & Tech (6%).
Who are Society for Conservation Biology's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Regents of the University of California at Berkeley ($659k), University of Kansas Center for Research Inc ($428k), University of California Davis ($398k).
Does Society for Conservation Biology fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is Society for Conservation Biology based?
Society for Conservation Biology is based in DC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 38 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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