Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC
AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 397 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,064,401 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($8,398,931). 246 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $37M
- Funders on record
- 397
- Grants received
- $52M
- Net assets
- $43M
What African Wildlife Foundation Inc does
Mission
Awf's mission is to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern africa. We work to equip african governments, institutions, business, and communities with the tools, insights, and support they need to define, own, and realize a conservation agenda tied to progress. Our strategies bridge science, on-the-ground programs, education, and public policy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
National and landscape level conservation programsin kenya, work focused on rangeland restoration and coexistence. Water security remained central in the tsavomkomazi landscape where awf worked with communities to restore catchments and improve access to freshwater for people and wildlife, while also launching an ambitious partnership with the wildlife clubs of kenya to engage school children in conservation. Additionally, awf supported the government of kajiado county with a sustainable business investment strategy tied to local management of amboseli national park. In rwanda, the government's vision of regional green growth tied to increased habitat for gorillas advanced significantly, with a community-endorsed compensation and land valuation framework approved through rigorous fpic processes established by awf. Awf also invested in women-led agriculture, nature-based enterprises, and early planning for smart green villages. In cameroon, awf strengthened governance in the campo ma'an landscape through enhanced community participation, a grievance redress system, updated protected area management planning, and ecological monitoring of elephants, gorillas, chimpanzees, and other…
$27,264,516 spentof which $5,241,363 as grants87% of program spendingPan african programsthrough a collaboration with peacenexus, awf advanced rights-based and conflict-sensitive approaches with indigenous and local communities and wildlife authorities across multiple countries. Governments were supported to develop biodiversity economies through investment frameworks, assessing nature-positive enterprises, and shaping pathways that diversify revenue and direct benefits to communities. Partnerships with the africa protected areas directors (apad) and others contributed to stronger pan-african representation in global conservation planning. Awf increased the capacity of african conservation leaders through a variety of strategies, including fellowship and training programs designed to build individual and institutional capacity to drive durable conservation action. Our youth leadership program which already included two fellowships targeting young conservation professionals expanded to reach school age children through a partnership with wildlife clubs of kenya. Counter wildlife trafficking trainings for african law enforcement, judiciary, prosecutors, and wildlife authorities took place in five countries, emphasizing our holistic approach focused…
$4,146,277 spent13% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $31,410,793.
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 2023 to 2024, from $45M to $54M (+21%).
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 35% · 2018 34% · 2019 35% · 2020 26% · 2021 30% · 2022 30% · 2023 19% · 2024 21% · 2025 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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
Kaddu Sebunya
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Larry Green
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 113 funders to 172 funders, grant income rose $4.2M → $5.7M.
56 of 397 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 397 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 WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
53% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 24% · 2019 23% · 2020 25% · 2021 17% · 2022 34% · 2023 23% — 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
49% of AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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 WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 39 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25M arriving through sponsors registered in 26 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 WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 113 funders to 172 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 119 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $26.5M on record.
- Department of State$10.9M
- Agency for International Development$7.2M
- Millennium Challenge Corporation$4.2M
- Department of Agriculture$3.5M
- Department of the Interior$702k
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 WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 30 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Awf United Kingdom · exempt
- Awf Switzerland · exempt
- Awf Canada · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC?
- AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 397 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,064,401 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($8,398,931). 246 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 397 organizations giving $52,064,401 in grants to AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC, 246 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $8,398,931 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 397 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