Washington · Private foundation
Wild Lives Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $24M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Wild Lives Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $800k 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 | 8 | $2.0M | 38% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $2.1M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $1.6M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $1.7M | 71% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $1.3M | 67% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $944k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $1.2M | 57% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $1.1M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research | $4,013,000 | 6 | 51% |
| NEO Philanthropy Inc | $1,600,000 | 2 | 1% |
| One Earth Philanthropy | $1,500,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Wildlifedirect Inc | $1,001,900 | 6 | 70% |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | $632,871 | 3 | 2% |
| American Friends of Zeitz Mocaa | $520,000 | 4 | 63% |
| Washington Wildlife First | $200,000 | 2 | 37% |
| Sarara Institute | $200,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Space for Giants USA Inc | $169,700 | 2 | 17% |
| New England Aquarium Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research | $4,013,000 | 6 | 51% |
| NEO Philanthropy Inc | $1,600,000 | 2 | 1% |
| One Earth Philanthropy | $1,500,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Wildlifedirect Inc | $1,001,900 | 6 | 70% |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | $632,871 | 3 | 2% |
| American Friends of Zeitz Mocaa | $520,000 | 4 | 63% |
| Washington Wildlife First | $200,000 | 2 | 37% |
| Sarara Institute | $200,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Space for Giants USA Inc | $169,700 | 2 | 17% |
| New England Aquarium Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Let's Breakthrough Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 6% |
| African Ceremonies Inc | $90,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Protect Zangle Cove | $63,014 | 2 | 49% |
| Wild Fish Conservancy | $59,244 | 2 | 3% |
| University of Washington | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sea Turtle Oversight Protection Inc | $44,035 | 2 | n/a |
| Sisters United | $30,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samish Indian Nation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Environmental Grantmakers Association | $7,322 | 1 | 0% |
| Rachel's Network Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Wild Lives Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 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: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Wild Lives Foundation
- How much does Wild Lives Foundation give?
- Wild Lives Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $2,288,050 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Wild Lives Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (46%), Environment (21%), Philanthropy (15%).
- Who are Wild Lives Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research ($4.0M), NEO Philanthropy Inc ($1.6M), One Earth Philanthropy ($1.5M).
- Does Wild Lives Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wild Lives 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 Wild Lives Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Wild Lives Foundation based?
- Wild Lives Foundation is based in WA.
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