Kentucky · Nonprofit
AMERICAN CAVE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN CAVE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION (Kentucky) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $395,892 to it, the largest being JAMES GRAHAM BROWN FOUNDATION INC ($250,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $656k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $396k
- Net assets
- $621k
What American Cave Conservation Association does
Mission
Education & cave conservation
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Assist in the operation of a museum and cave tour as an educational facility and an example of conservation of caves as a national resource.
$493,260 spent85% of program spendingAssist in the development of karst region ground water curriculum materials for teachers and public education for caves and ground water management.
$58,031 spent10% of program spendingAcca provides seminars, a clearing house of information & a solid waste management program for karst cave regions. These programs were undertaken to promote conservation of caves & water management.performs conservation projects to restore caves.
$29,015 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $580,306.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $427k to $899k (+111%).
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 4% · 2018 18% · 2019 20% · 2020 24% · 2021 1% · 2022 19% · 2023 2% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Board chair
Mike Lawson
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $25k → $261k.
2 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 AMERICAN CAVE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION’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
AMERICAN CAVE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 92%; 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 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 93% · 2021 55% · 2022 99% · 2023 96% — 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
75% of AMERICAN CAVE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 45% 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
70% of AMERICAN CAVE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Government funding AMERICAN CAVE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$25k
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 AMERICAN CAVE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
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 Kentucky
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
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN CAVE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION?
- AMERICAN CAVE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION (Kentucky) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $395,892 to it, the largest being JAMES GRAHAM BROWN FOUNDATION INC ($250,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN CAVE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $395,892 in grants to AMERICAN CAVE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN CAVE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION?
- JAMES GRAHAM BROWN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN CAVE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 11 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