Georgia · Nonprofit
CHARLES H WHARTON CONSERVATION CENTER INC
CHARLES H WHARTON CONSERVATION CENTER INC (Georgia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,000 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $34k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Charles H Wharton Conservation Center Inc does
Mission
The Wharton Conservation Center honors the legacies of ecologist Dr. Charles H. Wharton and philanthropist Carol Miley by permanently preserving land and life forms in the Tallulah River watershed of the Southern Appalachians and by fostering compatible long-term scientific research and experiential education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
LAND MANAGEMENT: We will identify indicators for long-term monitoring and study establish baseline parameters and collect initial baseline data using GIS photographs etc. We will map trails on Wharton Center property and surrounding national forest lands. We will determine and implement strategies for controlling non-native invasive species prioritizing those most likely to interfere with Wharton Centers mission e.g. Hemlock woolly adelgid Spiraea japonica etc. Additionally we will reintroduce native species as appropriate guided by a scientific advisory panel.
$13,549 spent30% of program spendingLAND CONSERVATION: Inform stakeholders about the terms and limits of the conservation easement held by The Conservation Fund TCF; create and update an FAQs fact sheet; arrange periodic site visits by TCF to ensure compliance with the easement terms; inventory land conservation tools for the Tallulah River watershed and promote their use; prioritize conservation projects in the watershed and explore promotion methods
$9,033 spent20% of program spendingResearch: Identify research institutions for collaboration engage a scientific advisory panel including members from collaborating institutions to establish research protocols develop on-site support facilities for researchers promote interdisciplinary research focusing on ecosystems and natural communities at the Wharton Center and encourage publication of research results in scientific journals and non-academic outlets.
$9,033 spent$200 earned by the program20% of program spendingLEGACIES: continue to honor the contributions of Mrs. Carol Miley e.g. scholarship program; support Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library caretakers of Dr. Whartons journals research papers etc. and inform researchers educators of their availability; and support the preparation and publication of a history of Dr. Whartons career.
$4,516 spent$485 earned by the program10% of program spendingEXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION: Continue identifying educational institutions for collaboration engaging an Educational Advisory Panel. Inventory compatible programs explore trail linkages e.g. Appalachian Trail Bartram Trail for Wharton Center as a base camp. Provide on and offsite programs led by Wharton Center.
$4,516 spent10% of program spendingADVOCACY: We aim to develop a Retreat Center to foster Dr. Whartons visionary ideas train land conservation advocates in the Southern Appalachians and offer funding for advocacy retreats.
$4,516 spent10% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $45,163.
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 2023 to 2024, from $790k to $1.1M (+42%).
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.
17% of CHARLES H WHARTON CONSERVATION CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Scott Rothermel
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $6k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% 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 CHARLES H WHARTON CONSERVATION CENTER 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.
How concentrated its funding is
CHARLES H WHARTON CONSERVATION CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 CHARLES H WHARTON CONSERVATION CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 91% — 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
91% of CHARLES H WHARTON CONSERVATION CENTER INC'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 $1k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CHARLES H WHARTON CONSERVATION CENTER INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like CHARLES H WHARTON CONSERVATION CENTER 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHARLES H WHARTON CONSERVATION CENTER INC?
- CHARLES H WHARTON CONSERVATION CENTER INC (Georgia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,000 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHARLES H WHARTON CONSERVATION CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $11,000 in grants to CHARLES H WHARTON CONSERVATION CENTER INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHARLES H WHARTON CONSERVATION CENTER INC?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHARLES H WHARTON CONSERVATION CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 2 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