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CENTER FOR AMAZON COMMUNITY ECOLOGY

CENTER FOR AMAZON COMMUNITY ECOLOGY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $366,586 to it, the largest being GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ($149,946). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$124k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$367k
Net assets
$133k
7/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 67%
01What it does

What Center for Amazon Community Ecology does

Mission

Conduct scientific, educational and charitable activities related to human and other biological communities in the amazon forest.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Research and training projects: help communities in the peruvian amazoncreate sustainable livelihoods by developing and marketing fair tradehandicrafts. Workshops conducted in communities

    $53,081 spentof which $50,590 as grants
    56% of program spending
  2. Public education and marketing support for fair tradehandicrafts. Created and used attractive physical displaysand digital media about our partner artisans and their crafts to present at special events

    $33,141 spentof which $12,620 as grants
    35% of program spending
  3. Community support: support health, education, conservation, and sustainablelivelihoods in communities.bought suppliesfor palm trees reforestationand childbirth equipment for health posts and paid for sme emergency medical

    $2,173 spentof which $2,116 as grants
    2% of program spending
  4. Other program servicesother expenses

    $6,874 spentof which $6,874 as grants
    7% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $95,269.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($62k) Expenses 100 ($68k) Net assets 100 ($49k)2018 Revenue 138 ($86k) Expenses 104 ($71k) Net assets 199 ($98k)2019 Revenue 99 ($61k) Expenses 129 ($87k) Net assets 133 ($65k)2020 Revenue 179 ($111k) Expenses 117 ($79k) Net assets 204 ($100k)2021 Revenue 196 ($121k) Expenses 139 ($94k) Net assets 223 ($110k)2022 Revenue 160 ($99k) Expenses 167 ($113k) Net assets 195 ($96k)2023 Revenue 161 ($100k) Expenses 158 ($107k) Net assets 211 ($104k)2024 Revenue 200 ($124k) Expenses 162 ($109k) Net assets 270 ($133k)
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Revenue (200)Expenses (162)Net assets (270)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $56k to $102k (+83%).

$56k
$102k
$71k
$106k
$113k
$100k
$111k
$141k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

96% of CENTER FOR AMAZON COMMUNITY ECOLOGY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,629 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$6k
’17
$15k
’18
−$26k
’19
$32k
’20
$27k
’21
−$14k
’22
−$7k
’23
$14k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $19k → $62k.

2 of 8 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 CENTER FOR AMAZON COMMUNITY ECOLOGY’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

CENTER FOR AMAZON COMMUNITY ECOLOGY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

77% 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 CENTER FOR AMAZON COMMUNITY ECOLOGY.

41%
largest funder
83%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 49% · 2019 62% · 2020 55% · 2021 53% · 2022 57% · 2023 34% — 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

67% of CENTER FOR AMAZON COMMUNITY ECOLOGY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 88% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

CENTER FOR AMAZON COMMUNITY ECOLOGY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 3 states in all.

MA
DC
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Pennsylvania out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CENTER FOR AMAZON COMMUNITY ECOLOGY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin12% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)10% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds CENTER FOR AMAZON COMMUNITY ECOLOGY?
CENTER FOR AMAZON COMMUNITY ECOLOGY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $366,586 to it, the largest being GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ($149,946). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CENTER FOR AMAZON COMMUNITY ECOLOGY have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $366,586 in grants to CENTER FOR AMAZON COMMUNITY ECOLOGY, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR AMAZON COMMUNITY ECOLOGY?
GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $149,946 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CENTER FOR AMAZON COMMUNITY ECOLOGY 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 8 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