Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 83 organizations whose IRS filings report $184,865,647 to it, the largest being The Rob Walton Foundation ($81,100,463). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $55M
- Funders on record
- 83
- Grants received
- $185M
- Net assets
- $80M
What African Parks Foundation of America does
Mission
To engage the united states and its citizens in the work of african parks and to promote access to american experience and expertise in the african parks actiities by 1) raising funds for specific projects, activities, training, equipment and infrastructure; 2) scouring donations towards the endowment of the african parks foundation to enable it to continue its work in perpetuity; 3) facilitating grant aid from the us government for specific projects by african parks, and to be the manager of such funds; 4) promoting the work of african parks in the u.s. And to be a source of information on its projects.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Rhino rewild initiative:in 2024, african parks advanced one of the most ambitious species restoration efforts on earth, continuing the translocation and reintroduction of southern white rhinos through its 10-year rhino rewild campaign. The program was launched to prevent the dispersal of the world's largest captive rhino population and to return these keystone animals to well-managed protected areas across the continent. With support from multiple partners, african parks successfully moved 40 rhinos to munyawana conservancy in kwazulu-natal, a reserve jointly managed by community and private stakeholders. An additional 120 rhinos were reintroduced to member reserves of the greater kruger environmental protection foundation in mpumalanga and limpopo provincesthe first rhino release in this area in 50 years. In november, african parks discreetly moved additional rhinos to dinokeng game reserve, while 80 more were relocated to phinda private game reserve for acclimatization ahead of planned reintroductions to akagera (rwanda) and garamba (drc) in 2025. These efforts reflect meaningful improvements in park security and readiness, laying the groundwork for restoring rhino populations…
$52,599,971 spentof which $52,218,805 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $52,599,971.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2019 to 2020, from $7.0M to $106M (+1403%).
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: 2017 5% · 2018 3% · 2022 1% · 2023 1% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (11% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Liam Dall
Executive director
Board chair
Rob Walton
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $3.0M → $56M.
24 of 83 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 83 funders by total. 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 PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 86% · 2019 66% · 2020 54% · 2021 46% · 2022 47% · 2023 47% — 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
45% of AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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 PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA draws 65% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 18 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $33M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 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 PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 303 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 303 recreation & sports nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record.
- Department of the Interior$1.2M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
37%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: 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 PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA?
- AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 83 organizations whose IRS filings report $184,865,647 to it, the largest being The Rob Walton Foundation ($81,100,463). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 83 organizations giving $184,865,647 in grants to AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA, 46 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA?
- The Rob Walton Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $81,100,463 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 83 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing