California · Nonprofit
ECOLIFE CONSERVATION
ECOLIFE CONSERVATION (California) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,602,227 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,724,680). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $765k
What Ecolife Conservation does
Mission
Our mission is to protect wildlife, natural resources, and the people who depend on them. We work at the intersections of humans and wildlife in mexico, uganda, and the us. By providing communities with health-conscious, environmentally friendly methods of food production and cooking, we help people and nature prosper together. We have two programs: our fuel-efficient stove program, and our sustainable agriculture program.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2023 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Sustainable agriculture: the organization ceased manufacturing and distributing eco-cycle aquaponics kits, which has reduced programming achievements in classroom education. This has allowed resources and capacity to be dedicated to development of the modular aquaponics response kit (m.a.r.k.). The m.a.r.k. Initiative is part of community program services and aims to increase local food security, empower communities with food sovereignty, and provide education in sustainable agriculture methods. Community based conservation: in order to focus attention and resources on accomplishing program goals in mexico, the organization ceased implementation of clean cookstoves in the country of uganda. The community based conservation program is only implemented in mexico through the installation of patsari clean cookstoves. As mentioned in the program services description, the clean cookstoves installed as part of the program reduce carbon emissions. The verified emission reductions produced from the program are monetized on the voluntary carbon market to fund implementation. Emission reductions are verified by third party auditing and certified by methodology review. Expenses related to the verification and income from the monetization of emission reductions are tracked under the carbon credits programs class. However, it is not considered a separate program as it is directly related to and results from the implementation of the community based conservation program.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Sustainable agriculture: the organization provides aquaponic systems to communities for the purpose of reducing food insecurity, developing localized food distribution networks, and providing education on sustainable agriculture methods. Aquaponics systems combine aquaculture (raising aquatic animals) and hydroponics (cultivating plants in water), allowing users to grow produce with 90% less land and water while eliminating pollution from agricultural runoff, reducing habitat destruction, and eliminating chemical pollution and pesticides. The aquaponics innovation center serves as a facility for community engagement while simultaneously providing sustainable produce to local food pantries. The modular aquaponics response kit (m.a.r.k.) is constructed in underserved communities to increase food system autonomy.community based conservation: the program helps people and nature prosper by providing fuel efficient patsari stoves to replace traditional open-fire cookstoves in communities around the monarch butterfly biosphere reserve in mexico. The patsari stove channels toxic smoke out of the home so families can breathe clean air while reducing fuel use and carbon emissions. The…
$1,227,203 spent$75,924 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,227,203.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $410k to $1.2M (+204%).
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.
88% of ECOLIFE CONSERVATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $34k → $729k.
8 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% 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 ECOLIFE CONSERVATION’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
ECOLIFE CONSERVATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 ECOLIFE CONSERVATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 32% · 2019 18% · 2020 26% · 2021 83% · 2022 56% · 2023 65% — 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
40% of ECOLIFE CONSERVATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
84% of ECOLIFE CONSERVATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $410k that is directly attributable, 78% of it comes from funders outside California, across 10 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.2M 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
ECOLIFE CONSERVATION receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $2.6M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ECOLIFE CONSERVATION
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Ecolife Conservation Mexico · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ECOLIFE CONSERVATION: 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 ECOLIFE CONSERVATION?
- ECOLIFE CONSERVATION (California) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,602,227 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,724,680). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ECOLIFE CONSERVATION have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $2,602,227 in grants to ECOLIFE CONSERVATION, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ECOLIFE CONSERVATION?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,724,680 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ECOLIFE CONSERVATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 26 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