Colorado · Nonprofit
AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE US
AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE US (Colorado) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,007,668 to it, the largest being THE LIZ CLAIBORNE & ART ORTENBERG FOUNDATION ($1,586,700). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $326k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $247k
What African Conservation Centre US does
Mission
Acc-us supports community-based conservation programs that focus on increasing biodiversity in east africa.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Programmatic successes in fy 2025 that acc-us helped to support include: african conservation centre (acc) acc-us supported a range of acc's core conservation initiatives, including community-led workshops to advance the development of the amboseli resource centre, conservation education programs for wildlife clubs, a multi- stakeholder conservation education consortium, and the growth of women's enterprises. Funding also provided essential general operating support to sustain acc's broader mission. African conservation program (acp) acc-us continued its support of acp's critical research, monitoring, and conservation efforts across the amboseli ecosystem. This included facilitating collaboration with communities and partner ngos to develop a comprehensive strategy and management plan for the transition of amboseli national park back to maasai (kajiado county) stewardship. Acp has also played a key role in shaping the vision and development of the amboseli resource centre. Land & life foundation (llf) acc-us supported llf's impactful education programs, which directly benefit students, strengthen schools, and expand access to learning opportunities in local communities. South rift…
$347,837 spentof which $240,588 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $347,837.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $225k to $37k (−83%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 0% · 2023 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE US’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
William R Yancey
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $68k → $392k.
5 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE US’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE US leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 77% · 2019 53% · 2020 90% · 2021 93% · 2022 61% · 2023 82% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
40% of AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE US's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE US draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $220k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE US runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE US
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
27%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE US: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE US?
- AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE US (Colorado) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,007,668 to it, the largest being THE LIZ CLAIBORNE & ART ORTENBERG FOUNDATION ($1,586,700). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE US have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $2,007,668 in grants to AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE US, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE US?
- THE LIZ CLAIBORNE & ART ORTENBERG FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,586,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE US find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 16 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing