Virginia · Nonprofit
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 392 organizations whose IRS filings report $593,640,903 to it, the largest being The Rob Walton Foundation ($88,985,760). 235 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $309M
- Funders on record
- 392
- Grants received
- $594M
- Net assets
- $424M
What Conservation International Foundation does
Mission
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
See schedule ofield programs: - global field leadership team:the global field team aligns and manages field teams across the americas, africa, and asia-pacific regions, as well as global oceans, to set strategic priorities and mobilize and allocate resources to maximize efficiency and effectiveness in delivery.- americas field division: the americas field division comprises field offices in 9 countries throughout central america, south america and the carribean with investments through partners in another 22 countries. The americas division focuses on protecting and restoring forests, improving management of lands and oceans, and strengthening the protection of critical landscapes and seascapes in close partnership with local communities. Focal programs span sites in the amazon basin, tropical andes, atlantic forest, brazilian coast, carribean and eastern tropical pacific.- africa field division:the africa field division has field offices in 6 countries (angola, botswana, liberia, madagascar, kenya and south africa), with investments through partners in 39 of the 54 african countries. Across the african contient, ci works to strengthen the conservation and sustainable management…
$157,288,097 spentof which $49,782,316 as grants$6,138,567 earned by the program57% of program spendingSee schedule ograntmaking division:ci's grantmaking division is made up of four programs:- critical ecosystem partnership fund (cepf): cepf is a global program that provides grants to nongovernmental organizations and private-sector partners to protect critical ecosystems. Cepf's grants are guided by regional investment strategies developed with stakeholders; target wildlife hotspots in developing and transitional countries; go directly to civil society groups to build this constituency for conservation; create strategic working alliances among civil society groups, combining unique capacities and eliminating duplication of efforts; and achieve results through an ever-expanding network of partners.- nature finance division (nfd): nfd develops financial mechanisms to support field-level conservation and ensure that economic benefits associated with conservation efforts go to local communities. Nfd creates alliances with large-scale donors and corporations to bolster entrepreneurship in conservation and create investable opportunities to protect nature. Nfd pioneers ways for localcommunities in developing countries to directly benefit from continuingto be responsible stewards of…
$61,305,477 spentof which $38,468,127 as grants$3,852,523 earned by the program22% of program spendingSee schedule oglobal programs division:the global programs division comprises ci's technical teams. This division creates the enabling conditions, develops best practices and tools, and scales up solutions and approaches to support other divisions' work and to help meet ci's ambitious global goals. The division comprises four centers: the moore center for science, center for sustainable lands and waters, and global policy & government affairs.- the betty and gordon moore center for science:conservation requires science to determine where and how to protect nature. Through its betty and gordon moore center for science, ci produces and applies the science-based evidence and solutions to promote nature conservation and nature-based development. Ci is one of the few conservation organizations that has a global science team dedicated solely to advancing conservation science.- center for sustainable lands and waters:ci's center for sustainable lands and waters organizes and accelerates the organization's efforts to promote nature-based development.- global policy & government affairs:ci's global policy & government affairs division engages governments and organizations worldwide to…
$41,396,050 spentof which $11,312,829 as grants$6,789,437 earned by the program15% of program spendingCommunications:ci's brand & communications division develops and shares the stories that illustrate how ci is protecting nature for the well-being of humanity. The division offers strategic editorial, media, design, video and marketing support to every ci program to drive brand awareness and help scale impact.
$5,389,694 spent$5,882 earned by the program2% of program spendingCenter for communities and conservation:ci's center for communities and conservation works to make conservation more participatory and transparent by improving governance to achieve more lasting conservation and human well-being outcomes
$7,561,528 spentof which $1,485,481 as grants$78,926 earned by the program3% of program spendingFellowship program:ci's fellowship program provides opportunities for ci to work alongside exceptional individuals who bring in new, creative solutions to conservation challenges.
$377,435 spentof which $10,844 as grants0% of program spendingOther programs
$3,056,818 spentof which $150,924 as grants$1,002,303 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $276,375,099.
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 $403M to $489M (+21%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 10% · 2018 19% · 2019 26% · 2020 26% · 2021 27% · 2022 22% · 2023 27% · 2024 27% · 2025 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Sanjayan Muttulingam
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Robert J Fisher
Interim chair of board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 94 funders to 166 funders, grant income rose $38M → $111M.
55 of 392 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 392 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 INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
37% 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 INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 43% · 2019 39% · 2020 32% · 2021 22% · 2022 30% · 2023 15% — 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
44% of CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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 INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 38 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $205M arriving through sponsors registered in 26 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 INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 15 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15 environment nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $48.7M on record.
- Agency for International Development$25.7M
- Department of Commerce$11.2M
- Department of State$8.5M
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$2.3M
- National Science Foundation$400k
- Department of Agriculture$324k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
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 Virginia
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
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 27 states
Part of a family of 16 related entities
- Conservation International Ventures LLC · disregarded
- Ci African Conservancies Fund LLC · disregarded
- Conservation International Mexico · disregarded
- Stg Stichting Conservation International · disregarded
- Conservation International Europe · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION?
- CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 392 organizations whose IRS filings report $593,640,903 to it, the largest being The Rob Walton Foundation ($88,985,760). 235 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 392 organizations giving $593,640,903 in grants to CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION, 235 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION?
- The Rob Walton Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $88,985,760 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 392 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing