Utah · Nonprofit
Eco Defense Group
Eco Defense Group (Utah) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $900,549 to it, the largest being THE FOLEY FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($190,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $901k
- Net assets
- $667k
What Eco Defense Group does
Mission
Eco Defense Group is a consultancy. Our small and dynamic team brokers extraordinary expertise, talent, and experience to the frontlines of african wildlife conflicts. We are called when traditional approaches are not enough to protect wildlife from evolving threats. We train, equip, mentor, and capacitate those on the frontlines. We are innovative in action in the war to keep the rhino and all other wildlife safe.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Program
In 2023, Eco Defense Group achieved notable accomplishments across various areas, reinforcing its mission to protect African wildlife and contribute to broader conservation and security efforts: - Strategic Grant from Safari Club International Foundation: Eco Defense Group received a grant from the Hunter Legacy 100 Fund to enhance the capabilities of wildlife professionals in South Africa, focusing on combating syndicate-backed poaching. - Partnership with Vista Outdoor Foundation : Collaborating with the Vista Outdoor Foundation, Eco Defense Group developed unique capabilities in Kruger National Park and other critical areas to protect rhino populations from high-level threats. - Support for Special Operations Team in Table Mountain National Park: The organization continued its support for the SEAM Team (Sea, Air, Mountain), an elite ranger unit trained to counter poaching and criminal activities in Table Mountain National Park. - Expansion of Tactical Training Programs : Eco Defense Group expanded its tactical training programs for African rangers, focusing on advanced tracking techniques and situational awareness, enhancing the protection of endangered species and the safety…
$508,639 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $508,639.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $146k to $773k (+429%).
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.
100% of Eco Defense Group’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 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $87k → $149k.
5 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 Eco Defense Group’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
Eco Defense Group has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% 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
43% 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 Eco Defense Group.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 58% · 2019 54% · 2020 68% · 2021 87% · 2022 35% · 2023 27% — 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
38% of Eco Defense Group's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 81% 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
Eco Defense Group draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Utah, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $262k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
Eco Defense Group runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,431 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,431 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023
Organizations like Eco Defense Group
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 Utah
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Eco Defense Group: 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 Eco Defense Group?
- Eco Defense Group (Utah) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $900,549 to it, the largest being THE FOLEY FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($190,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Eco Defense Group have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $900,549 in grants to Eco Defense Group, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Eco Defense Group?
- THE FOLEY FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $190,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Eco Defense Group find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2018–2023), and the filings of 16 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