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Wilderness Society Action Fund

The WILDERNESS SOCIETY ACTION FUND works with partners and lawmakers to influence policy related to public lands.

$65k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$21k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2024.

Environment$511kAnimals$15k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 4 grants below total $53,500 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $65,192 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $11,692 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $46k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WABANAKI ALLIANCE$21,000
NATIVE ORGANIZERS ALLIANCE ACTION FUND$15,000
NUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT$10,000
THE SEMILLA PROJECT$7,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 89% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTANS FOR WILDERNESS: $10k → 8%BOUNDARY WATERS ACTION FUND: $10k → 11%MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION: $28k → 9%WESTERN ORGANIZATIONS OF RESOURCES: $75k → 9%MOUNTAIN MAMAS: $15k → 10%THE SEMILLA PROJECT: $8k → 14%NUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT: $10k → 23%PARTNERSHIP PROJECT ACTION FUND: $18k → 14%WALLOWA RESOURCES: $20k → 12%RURAL VOICES FOR CONSERVATION COALITION: $10k → 12%WILDERNESS WORKSHOP: $30k → 6%NATIVE ORGANIZERS ALLIANCE ACTION FUND: $15k → 9%WEST VIRGINIA RIVERS COALITION: $10k → 18%NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $15k → 6%WABANAKI ALLIANCE: $21k → 15%MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION: $7k → 9%ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ACTION: $25k → 14%ALASKA WILDERNESS ACTION: $25k → 14%ALASKA WILDERNESS ACTION: $10k → 14%VET VOICE FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 14%VET VOICE FOUNDATION INC: $14k → 14%NATIONAL RELIGIOUS PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ENVIRONMENT: $9k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

23%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$123k · 3 repeat orgs$403k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships — 0 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
13

Total granted

$123k
$350k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+37%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureCivil RightsPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AW
    ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ACTION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $60k · revenue -39%
  • MW
    MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $35k · revenue +35%
  • VV
    VET VOICE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2018–2021 · $29k · revenue +941%

Funded once

  • WO
    WESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILSgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $75k · revenue +114%
  • BS
    BIG SKY FIFTY FIVE PLUS
    one grant, 2020 · $70k · revenue -4%
  • MC
    MONTANA CONSERVATION VOTERS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +22%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Alaska Wildlife Alliance

Support ecosystem-based wildlife management by increasing public awareness of wildlife issues, responding to information requests, advocating for science-based wildlife habitat management through proposal and comment submissions, and…

Environment
2
Native Ecosystems Council

Promote wildlife habitat

Environment
3
Western Way Action

Providing leadership on environmental and conservation issues.

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4
Washington Wild

Washington wild protects and restores wild lands and waters in washington state through advocacy, education and civic engagement.

Animals
5
Wyoming Wildlife Advocates

To promote science-based wildlife management that fosters ecosystem health and dynamic equilibrium between species throughout the state of wyoming.

Animals
6
Wra Action Fund

The mission of the WRA Action Fund is to advance solutions to climate change and its impacts.

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7
Wild Montana Action Fund

Wild montana action fund builds the political power necessary for protecting and conserving public lands and wild places across the state by elevating the voices of montanans who cherish our outdoor way of life.

Environment
8
CalWild

The California Wilderness Coalition protects the natural landscapes that make California unique, providing clean air and water, a home to wildlife, and a place for recreation and spiritual renewal.

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9
Water Protector Legal Collective

The water protector legal collective is an indigenous-led legal nonprofit that provides support and advocacy for indigenous peoples and original nations, the earth, and climate justice movements.

Crime & Legal
10
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance

The purpose of the new mexico wilderness alliance is to enjoy, protect, and restore wilderness in new mexico, and to conduct research and educate the public about wilderness in new mexico

Environment
11
Montana Wildlife Federation

The montana wildlife federation is a statewide conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and public access for outdoor recreation.

Animals
12
Waterlegacy

Protect water resources & the communities that rely on them.

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness and the most unlike its peers is National Wildlife Federation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

WESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS — $75,000 · OtherWESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCI…MONTANA CONSERVATION VOTERS INC — $50,000 · OtherMONTANA CONSERVATION VOTERS INCWILDERNESS WORKSHOP — $30,000 · OtherWILDERNESS WORKSHOPNUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT — $10,000 · OtherNUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECTTHE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ENVIRONMENT INC — $9,000 · OtherTHE SEMILLA PROJECT — $7,500 · OtherALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ACTION — $60,000 · EnvironmentALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ACTIONMONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION — $34,500 · EnvironmentMONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATIONThe Partnership Project Action Fund — $18,008 · EnvironmentThe Partnership Project Action Fu…MT MOUNTAIN MAMAS — $15,000 · EnvironmentMT MOUNTAIN MAMASWEST VIRGINIA RIVERS COALITION INC — $10,000 · EnvironmentWEST VIRGINIA RIVERS COALITION IN…NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTANS FOR WILDERNESS — $10,000 · EnvironmentNORTHEASTERN MINNESOTANS FOR WILD…NEW MEXICO WILD ACTION FUND — $8,250 · EnvironmentBIG SKY FIFTY FIVE PLUS — $70,000 · Public BenefitBIG SKY FIFTY F…WALLOWA RESOURCES INC — $29,500 · Arts & CultureWALLOWA RE…Wabanaki Alliance — $21,000 · Arts & CultureWabanaki A…VET VOICE FOUNDATION INC — $28,500 · Civil RightsVET VOICE…Just Strategy — $15,000 · Civil RightsJust Stra…NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION — $15,000 · AnimalsBOUNDARY WATERS ACTION FUND — $10,000 · Community Improvement
Other$181,500Environment$155,758Public Benefit$70,000Arts & Culture$50,500Civil Rights$43,500Animals$15,000Community Improvement$10,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetWESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS — $75,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBIG SKY FIFTY FIVE PLUS — $70,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ACTION — $60,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetMONTANA CONSERVATION VOTERS INC — $50,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetMONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION — $34,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWILDERNESS WORKSHOP — $30,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWALLOWA RESOURCES INC — $29,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetVET VOICE FOUNDATION INC — $28,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWabanaki Alliance — $21,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetThe Partnership Project Action Fund — $18,008 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJust Strategy — $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA RIVERS COALITION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNORTHEASTERN MINNESOTANS FOR WILDERNESS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOUNDARY WATERS ACTION FUND — $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ENVIRONMENT INC — $9,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetNEW MEXICO WILD ACTION FUND — $8,250 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE SEMILLA PROJECT — $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Resources Legacy FundThe Wilderness SocietyWestern Conservation …PatagoniaorgEnvironmental Defense…Western Conservation …The Partnership Proje…Energy Action FundAmerica VotesTides FoundationNrdc Action Fund IncNational Wildlife Fed…
Resources Legacy FundCA23.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Resources Legacy Fund · The Wilderness Society · Western Conservation Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · Western Conservation Action · The Partnership Project Inc · Energy Action Fund · America Votes · Tides Foundation · Nrdc Action Fund Inc · National Wildlife Federation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Wilderness Society Action Fund funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Wallowa Resources Inc — 100% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 20 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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