North Carolina · Nonprofit
Champions for Wildlife
Champions for Wildlife (North Carolina) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $389,285 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC ($155,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $513k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $389k
- Net assets
- $749k
What Champions for Wildlife does
Mission
Our mission is to inspire kids to be champions for wildlife using art and education. We believe the more you learn, the more you love, the more you protect.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Wild for Art Education Programs Champions for Wildlife delivers Wild for Art programs that connect elementary-aged students to native North Carolina wildlife through a combination of science-based learning and hands-on art. Programs are delivered directly in classrooms and community settings, removing barriers to access and supporting diverse learning styles. Each program includes a standards-aligned wildlife lesson followed by a guided art activity that helps students creatively express what they learned. During the tax year, Champions for Wildlife: - Delivered 310 Wild for Art programs - Reached 4,875 students across Western North Carolina - Served primarily Title I and rural schools - Focused on native and often overlooked wildlife species - Provided ready-to-use, standards-aligned programming for teachers
$219,754 spentof which $3,819 as grants$29,362 earned by the program100% of program spendingCommunity & Expanded Learning Programs In addition to in-school programming, Champions for Wildlife partnered with schools and community organizations to deliver after-school and expanded learning programs. These programs provide additional time for deeper engagement, creativity, and exploration of wildlife through art, particularly for students with limited access to enrichment opportunities. During the tax year, Champions for Wildlife: - Delivered programs in after-school and community-based settings - Reached students across multiple grade levels and school systems - Expanded access to wildlife education beyond the traditional classroom - Strengthened partnerships with schools and local organizations
Digital & Teacher-Supported Learning Champions for Wildlife continued to expand access to wildlife education through the development of digital and teacher-supported resources. These tools are designed to extend learning beyond a single program experience and provide educators and families with accessible ways to reinforce wildlife learning through art. During the tax year, Champions for Wildlife: - Began development of the Kids Corner, a digital hub for wildlife art activities and resources - Created tools to help teachers integrate wildlife learning into their classrooms - Extended program impact beyond direct instruction through accessible, creative resources
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $219,754.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $516k to $759k (+47%).
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.
87% of Champions for Wildlife’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $25 → $46k.
8 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 Champions for Wildlife’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
Champions for Wildlife leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
89% 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 Champions for Wildlife.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 44% — 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.
Where its funders are
79% of Champions for Wildlife'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 $84k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $306k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
Champions for Wildlife runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Champions for Wildlife
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Champions for Wildlife: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Champions for Wildlife?
- Champions for Wildlife (North Carolina) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $389,285 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC ($155,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Champions for Wildlife have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $389,285 in grants to Champions for Wildlife, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Champions for Wildlife?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC is the largest funder on record, with $155,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Champions for Wildlife find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 12 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