Alabama · Nonprofit
ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION
ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION (Alabama) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,459,014 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($967,377). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 56
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $15M
What Alabama Wildlife Federation does
Mission
To promote the conservation of alabama's wildlife and related natural resources as a basis for the social and economic prosperity of present and future generations through the use and responsible stewardship of our wildlife, forests, fish, soils, water and air.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Alabama Wildlife Federation's largest program consists of all programs and services used in promoting and protecting wildlife conservations efforts, which consists of two main branches. Wildlife conservation programs - programs designed to promote and assist in land and wildlife conservation research and habitat management. Conservation education - includes the various activities and expenditures designed to educate the general public and to promote the federation's objectives in the perservation and conservation of alabama lands and wildlife (I.e. Conservation program scholarships, workshops, lectures, seminars, and awards).
$3,214,010 spent$4,614,611 earned by the program92% of program spendingResource stewardship is another key service the federation operates by planning, implementing, and executing conservation programs to improve wildlife habitat management, restoration, and land management assistance. This program consists of several projects including oyster restoration efforts, land stewardship, wildlife biologist, and marine habitat enhancements.
$79,151 spent2% of program spendingWildgame cook-off events - organized events to promote wildlife conservation awareness and raise funds to perform and execute programs that aid in the efforts of wildlife and habitat conservation.
$138,635 spent$898,627 earned by the program4% of program spendingFederation publication - a quarterly publication, which serves as the newsletter and journal of the federation, is sent to all members of the federation. (also grouped in this section are the merchandise items the federation offers to the public.)
$79,599 spent$25,887 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,511,395.
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 2020 to 2021, from $10M to $12M (+13%).
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: 2021 7% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Tim Gothard
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $324k → $734k.
8 of 56 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $426k from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Alabama Power Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION raised.
From the IRS filings of ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 56 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
ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
51% 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 ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 35% · 2019 31% · 2020 64% · 2021 30% · 2022 28% · 2023 22% — 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
41% of ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION'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
56% of ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $549k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION
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 Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Alabama Wildlife Federation - Isabel and Wiley Hill Conservation Ed Center · exempt
- Alabama Outdoor Education United Appeal Fund Inc · exempt
- Southeastern Wildlife Federation Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION?
- ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION (Alabama) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,459,014 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($967,377). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION have?
- IRS filings report 56 organizations giving $3,459,014 in grants to ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION?
- NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $967,377 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 56 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