Louisiana · Nonprofit
CONSERVATION FORCE INC
CONSERVATION FORCE INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,957,395 to it, the largest being DSC FOUNDATION INC ($645,053). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 45
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Conservation Force Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to establish and further the conservation of wildlife, wild places and our outdoor way of life. Conservation force stands for three forces. One, hunters and anglers are an indispensable force for wildlife conservation. Two, conservation force is a collaborative effort combining forces from a consortium of organizations. Three, conservation force is a proactive force due to its record of conservation successes. Conservation activities are divided into three areas: (1) habitat and biodiversity integrity, (2) species, (3) maritime. Habitat includes (a) easements, (b) communal based natural resources management (cbnrm), (c) the endangered species act (esa), and (d) convention in trade of endangered species. Species includes a variety of animals ranging from the african lion to the markhor. Maritime includes cbnrm with indigenous coastal world-wide communities and all conservation projects funded by recreational anglers.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The conservation and survival of elephant in southern and eastern africa is a primary concern of conservation force. We are leaders in developing management action plans and the implementation of key aspects of those plans. This includes securing essential landscape, control of poaching, stimulating tolerance of local rural people through cbnrm strategies, and much more. The focus is the support and perpetuation of the most successful elephant conservation programs in the world- the undisputed strongholds of the largest remaining elephant populations.projects in zimbabwe, tanzania & namibia; the clean water project; the dna tagging project; the doorway to waterways projects; just to list a few.
$1,374,328 spentof which $545,539 as grants72% of program spendingConservation of white and black rhino of southern africa: like elephant, the black and white rhino of southern africa are the largest remaining populations. The populations are stable or growing. The programs are the most successful in the world and conservation force does all that it can for the conservation and survival of the species by providing leadership, funding for planning and funding for implementation of important components of those recovery action plans.
$181,593 spentof which $200,735 as grants10% of program spendingControl of poaching: law enforcement, particularly the control of poaching is an elementary wildlife management necessity and a part of all lion, leopard, elephant and rhino recovery efforts. Conservation force funds anti-poaching efforts across africa, particularly in tanzania and zimbabwe during the 2019 period in species important areas outside of formal fully protected national parks.
$216,428 spentof which $190,643 as grants11% of program spendingOther program services and projects to establish and further the conservation of wildlife, protection of habitat and biodiversity integrity.
$138,305 spentof which $96,867 as grants7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,910,654.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.1M to $2.1M (+85%).
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.
96% of CONSERVATION FORCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
John J Jackson Iii
Chairman & president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $178k → $392k.
7 of 45 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 CONSERVATION FORCE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 45 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
CONSERVATION FORCE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
59% 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 CONSERVATION FORCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 76% · 2019 47% · 2020 18% · 2021 33% · 2022 35% · 2023 32% — 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
52% of CONSERVATION FORCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
CONSERVATION FORCE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $299k 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
CONSERVATION FORCE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CONSERVATION FORCE 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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONSERVATION FORCE INC?
- CONSERVATION FORCE INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,957,395 to it, the largest being DSC FOUNDATION INC ($645,053). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONSERVATION FORCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 45 organizations giving $2,957,395 in grants to CONSERVATION FORCE INC, 30 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONSERVATION FORCE INC?
- DSC FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $645,053 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONSERVATION FORCE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 45 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