Arizona · Nonprofit
ECOCULTURE
ECOCULTURE (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,183,643 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ($1,183,643). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $165k
What Ecoculture does
Mission
Ecoculture develops landscape restoration projects that promote a culture of conservation. The core of our process is scaling up landscape restoration in cooperation with local communities to achieve meaningful ecological and social benefits. In doing so, we develop regional networks that incubate green jobs and entrepreneurs, educational programs that foster the next generation of environmental thinkers and doers, and design new technologies that increase restoration effectiveness. Driven by broad community participation, our approach creates economic synergies and strengthens long-term sustainability of our projects.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The three largest program service accomplishments for 2024 include: 1)Ecoculture implemented reforestation projects and conservation projects in riparian forests of Arizona, coastal forests of Puerto Rico, and tropical forests in Vietnam with over 50,000 trees planted. This included the develop- ment of long-term funding for each of those regions with an expected 100,000 trees funded to plant next year. 2)Ecoculture provided conser- vation opportunities for communities to help with tree planting in Flagstaff, Arizona, in Luquillo, Puerto Rico, and in Da Nang, Vietnam. Over 1,500 volunteers were engaged in tree planting including over 300 K-12 youth. 3)Ecoculture led environmental education programs in Arizona, Puerto Rico, Vietnam, and Malaysia that included parti- cipation by over 300 youth and publication of 6 research articles relating to student participatory learning.
$1,053,620 spentof which $48,600 as grants$1,094,198 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,053,620.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $168k to $251k (+49%).
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: 2023 25% · 2024 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of ECOCULTURE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $13k → $380k.
From the IRS filings of ECOCULTURE’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.
Where its funders are
ECOCULTURE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
ECOCULTURE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding ECOCULTURE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.5M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$1.4M
- Department of the Interior$155k
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 ECOCULTURE
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 ECOCULTURE: 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 ECOCULTURE?
- ECOCULTURE (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,183,643 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ($1,183,643). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ECOCULTURE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,183,643 in grants to ECOCULTURE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ECOCULTURE?
- NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,183,643 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ECOCULTURE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 1 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