Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION
BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $755,540 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($164,635). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $756k
- Net assets
- $3.1M
What Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve Association does
Mission
Bowman's hill wildflower preserve increases the knowledge and use of native plants by serving as an educational resource and destination that inspires conservation action.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Bowman's hill wildflower preserve (the preserve) assists the pennsylvaniadepartment of conservation and natural resources with maintaining,preserving and beautifying its site and facilities by stewarding a museum-accredited collection of pennsylvania native plants.in addition, the preserve 1) provides native plant education programs for audiences of all ages and experience levels and 2)propagates and makes available native plants for the community through sales and granting programs. Notable events for 2024 - hosted fourthannual rooted in our future signature event, grossing over $160,000 in revenue. Held their second annual music in the meadow member and community event. Delivered early-childhood nature education for ages 3-6 as part of the fourth fridays for families initiative.
$662,099 spent100% of program spendingGift shop and plant sales for products related to the organization's mission
$250,857 earned by the program
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $662,099.
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 $2.7M to $3.2M (+19%).
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 3% · 2019 4% · 2020 26% · 2021 13% · 2024 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Peter Couchman
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $104k → $156k.
10 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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
BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% 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
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 BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 48% · 2019 60% · 2020 84% · 2021 22% · 2022 13% · 2023 26% — 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
23% of BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
51% of BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $373k that is directly attributable, 54% of it comes from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $383k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION's revenue grew 38% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
52% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION?
- BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $755,540 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($164,635). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $755,540 in grants to BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $164,635 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 35 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