Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION
ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,276,498 to it, the largest being THE WOODTIGER FUND ($875,000). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $891k
- Funders on record
- 45
- Grants received
- $4.3M
- Net assets
- $318k
What Endangered Species Coalition does
Mission
The protection of endangered species and their habitat: the Endangered Species Coalition (esc) works to ensure that the nation's programs and laws protecting endangered species and habitat are fully funded and enforced. This has been accomplished by educating the general public about all the threats to the laws. The best way to do this is through grassroots mobilization. The organizers in the states have worked on local, state and regional campaigns in their repective states. Esc works with members of other organizations and activists in ther respective states to protect specific species. Esc also maintains a website that contains fact sheets and action alerts about issues they are working on.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Esa defense: safeguarding the federal endangered species act - the focus of the coalition's work is to build a broad coalition of supporters and champions of endangered species and advocate for increased funding, stronger protections and greater implementation of the endangered species act with decision makers including the administration. This includes our on-the-ground work to protect keystone species, including gray wolves, grizzly bears, and orca.
$304,029 spent37% of program spendingProtecting keystone species: given the increased risk to species from climate change, it is imperative that we chart a course for increasing protections, preparing for a favorable national political landscape. Two areas are particularly key to species survival and possible to implement in states now. First, we advocate for local and state policies, city and county resolutions, and state bills to build a grassroots movement in support of connectivity for plants and wildlife. Second, we work to provide protections for pollinators through policies and hands on restoration of habitat.
$338,859 spent41% of program spendingMovement building: the focus of the coalition's work is to address the root causes of wildlife declines by ensuring inclusive participation in democracy. The coalition will provide training to individuals and youth, partner with communities to advocate for equitable access to biodiversity, leverage art's potential to engage audiences and shift cultural values regarding conservation and increase voter turnout from the conservation commuinity.
$179,376 spent22% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $822,264.
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 2017 to 2018, from $465k to $1.0M (+116%).
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: 2021 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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 5 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $106k → $663k.
8 of 45 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 45 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
ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 42% · 2019 39% · 2020 18% · 2021 25% · 2022 25% · 2023 21% — 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
48% of ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 20 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $818k 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
ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION's funding base is broadening — from 5 funders to 21 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,443 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $94k on record.
- Department of the Interior$94k
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 ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION: 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 ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION?
- ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,276,498 to it, the largest being THE WOODTIGER FUND ($875,000). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION have?
- IRS filings report 45 organizations giving $4,276,498 in grants to ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION?
- THE WOODTIGER FUND is the largest funder on record, with $875,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 45 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