Wisconsin · Nonprofit
APPLIED ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE INC
APPLIED ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $409,373 to it, the largest being REVIVE & RESTORE ($409,373). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $746k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $409k
- Net assets
- $4.4M
What Applied Ecological Institute Inc does
Mission
Aei is a non profit ideation collaborative studio creating globalscale, ecological based solutions for a climate positive future.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Applied ecological institute aei was established to innovate ecological solutions and approaches to address some of the most challenging ecological problems on the planet. These include ecological challenges with climate change, water availability, food quality and nutritional density, biodiversity decline, and equitable access to natural resources for a variety of uses along with the restoration of ecosystem and wildlife habitat. This work is entirely focused on creating public benefits by helping land use change agents make better decisions by letting nature and ecosystem restoration principles guide their decision. In 2025, the organization engaged in two long-term research projects: 1 revive & restore - research of excessive disturbance of forestland hisotrically by passenger pigeon mega-flocks and work on biodiversity of birds and native species around adaptive multi-paddock grazing methods. 2 nature's registry - the tracking and crediting of carbon credits for the voluntary carbon market.
$311,173 spent$745,362 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $311,173.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $8.0M to $4.1M (−49%).
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.
0% of APPLIED ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of APPLIED ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE INC’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.
Where its funders are
APPLIED ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
APPLIED ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like APPLIED ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 APPLIED ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE INC?
- APPLIED ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $409,373 to it, the largest being REVIVE & RESTORE ($409,373). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does APPLIED ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $409,373 in grants to APPLIED ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of APPLIED ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE INC?
- REVIVE & RESTORE is the largest funder on record, with $409,373 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like APPLIED ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 1 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