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CHILDREN OF CONSERVATION INC

CHILDREN OF CONSERVATION INC (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $210,929 to it, the largest being FLORA L THORNTON FOUNDATION ($149,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$60k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$211k
Net assets
$338k
3/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 25%
01What it does

What Children of Conservation Inc does

Mission

Children of conservation (formerly named stumpe foundation) was formed for exclusively charitable, scientific and educational purposes. Specifically, the children of conservation supports conservation of endangered primates through contributions to wildlife sanctuaries, educational programs and efforts of such sanctuaries, and scholarship funds for the children of sanctuary workers as well as the workers themselves.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. In 2024, children of conservation continued to develop the twampane community primary school it built in 2017 in zambia, close to chimfunshi wildlife orphanage.

    $15,000 spent
    22% of program spending
  2. In 2024, children of conservation provided scholorships to hundreds of children at 6 sanctuaries in four countries.

    $16,700 spent
    24% of program spending
  3. Other program expenses

    $38,061 spent
    55% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $69,761.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($166k) Expenses 100 ($199k) Net assets 100 ($250k)2019 Revenue 80 ($132k) Expenses 86 ($172k) Net assets 84 ($211k)2020 Revenue 81 ($135k) Expenses 72 ($143k) Net assets 81 ($202k)2021 Revenue 99 ($164k) Expenses 54 ($107k) Net assets 104 ($259k)2022 Revenue 107 ($177k) Expenses 49 ($98k) Net assets 135 ($338k)2023 Revenue 82 ($136k) Expenses 63 ($126k) Net assets 139 ($348k)2024 Revenue 36 ($60k) Expenses 35 ($70k) Net assets 135 ($338k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (36)Expenses (35)Net assets (135)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 2021 to 2022, from $259k to $338k (+30%).

$250k
$211k
$202k
$259k
$338k
$348k
$338k
2018201920202021202220232024
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

81% of CHILDREN OF CONSERVATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,580 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$33k
’18
−$40k
’19
−$8k
’20
$57k
’21
$79k
’22
$10k
’23
−$10k
’24
23
months of
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.

20182019202020212022
Listed44566
Joined·+0+1+1+0
No longer listed·0000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $4k → $25k.

4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 CHILDREN OF CONSERVATION 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

CHILDREN OF CONSERVATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

71%
largest funder
89%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 53% · 2019 100% · 2020 59% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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

20% of CHILDREN OF CONSERVATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 27% 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

90% of CHILDREN OF CONSERVATION INC's grant income comes from California funders.

NY
CA
GA

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $45k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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

CHILDREN OF CONSERVATION INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin−16% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−16% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,996 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

72%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHILDREN OF CONSERVATION INC: 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 CHILDREN OF CONSERVATION INC?
CHILDREN OF CONSERVATION INC (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $210,929 to it, the largest being FLORA L THORNTON FOUNDATION ($149,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CHILDREN OF CONSERVATION INC have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $210,929 in grants to CHILDREN OF CONSERVATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CHILDREN OF CONSERVATION INC?
FLORA L THORNTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $149,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CHILDREN OF CONSERVATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 11 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