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CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION

CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION (Indiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $696,267 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($433,323). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.2M
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$696k
Net assets
$365k
4/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Conservation Technology Information does

Mission

It is our mission to champion, promote and provide information on agricultural technologies and systems that conserve and enhance soil, water, air and wildlife resources and are productive and profitable.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Ag conservation information-ctic and it's partners lead initiatives to address conservation agriculture's more pressing needs. Our initiatives build public-private partnerships, provide information and promote agricultural systems that are both economically viable and environmentally beneficial.

    $211,260 spent
    29% of program spending
  2. Special projects - a variety of special projects for different agencies and groups including conducting research and development, holding conservation and related meetings, seminars and conventions and the production of requested publications. Projects address conservation and economic issues.

    $509,426 spent$23,100 earned by the program
    71% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $720,686.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($929k) Expenses 100 ($942k) Net assets 100 ($588k)2018 Revenue 102 ($952k) Expenses 94 ($884k) Net assets 114 ($670k)2019 Revenue 117 ($1.1M) Expenses 156 ($1.5M) Net assets 49 ($291k)2020 Revenue 57 ($530k) Expenses 69 ($646k) Net assets 35 ($206k)2021 Revenue 69 ($645k) Expenses 74 ($695k) Net assets 27 ($156k)2022 Revenue 109 ($1.0M) Expenses 89 ($834k) Net assets 57 ($337k)2023 Revenue 79 ($737k) Expenses 79 ($748k) Net assets 56 ($326k)2024 Revenue 102 ($946k) Expenses 110 ($1.0M) Net assets 40 ($236k)2025 Revenue 128 ($1.2M) Expenses 113 ($1.1M) Net assets 62 ($365k)
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Revenue (128)Expenses (113)Net assets (62)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 2018 to 2019, from $758k to $408k (−46%).

$777k
$758k
$408k
$302k
$303k
$393k
$428k
$535k
$484k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 54% · 2019 59% · 2021 7% · 2022 7% · 2023 44% · 2024 62% · 2025 47%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

97% of CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,293 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$12k
’17
$69k
’18
−$379k
’19
−$116k
’20
−$50k
’21
$181k
’22
−$11k
’23
−$90k
’24
$129k
’25
3.4
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.

Board chair

Adam Herges

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.

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Listed202020212223191822
Joined·+6+7+4+6+4+4+7+5
No longer listed·67353881
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $12k → $29k.

Funder
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'20
'21
'22
'23
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total
funders
1
1
2
1
3
3
3

2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION’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

CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% 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

76% 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 TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION.

62%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 59% · 2023 56% — 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

CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, across 2 states in all.

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

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’23
Indiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $98k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin11% · above the median
Months of reserve3.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record.

Federal$1.2M
grants $1.2Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Environmental Protection Agency$816k
  • Department of Agriculture$350k

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 TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION

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 Indiana

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

46% of spending goes to programs.

Program 46%Management 54%Fundraising 0%

Governance

21
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

91%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IN

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION: 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 CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION?
CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION (Indiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $696,267 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($433,323). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $696,267 in grants to CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION?
NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $433,323 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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