Florida · Nonprofit
FORGOTTEN PARKS FOUNDATION
FORGOTTEN PARKS FOUNDATION (Florida) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $909,225 to it, the largest being The Wildcat Foundation ($770,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $-31547
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $909k
- Net assets
- $-9899
What Forgotten Parks Foundation does
Mission
Our mission is to enhance the management of 'forgotten' National Parks and Protected Areas in partnership with the governments and local communities, and to empower people to protect wildlife and wilderness around the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
In 2017 we signed a 10 year Public Private Partnership Agreement with the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC") for the management of the Upemba National Park in the Katanga region of the DRC. We began the rehabilitation of the park itself as well as the recruitment and training of the park rangers to protect the wildlife in the parks.
$8,945 spentof which $8,945 as grants15% of program spendingProvide technical support, consultancy, radio communication equipment to partnered conservation and charitable organizations in sub-saharan Africa. This program is funded through sales of equipment and technical support charges.
$51,860 spentof which $11,366 as grants85% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $60,805.
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 $209k to $43k (−80%).
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: 2018 76% · 2019 84% · 2020 65% · 2022 34% · 2023 83%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
18% of FORGOTTEN PARKS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $500k → $15k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 FORGOTTEN PARKS FOUNDATION’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
FORGOTTEN PARKS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 92% · 2022 51% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
FORGOTTEN PARKS FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $115k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
FORGOTTEN PARKS FOUNDATION's revenue fell 113% between 2018 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like FORGOTTEN PARKS FOUNDATION
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In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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 FORGOTTEN PARKS FOUNDATION: 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 FORGOTTEN PARKS FOUNDATION?
- FORGOTTEN PARKS FOUNDATION (Florida) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $909,225 to it, the largest being The Wildcat Foundation ($770,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FORGOTTEN PARKS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $909,225 in grants to FORGOTTEN PARKS FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FORGOTTEN PARKS FOUNDATION?
- The Wildcat Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $770,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FORGOTTEN PARKS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2018–2024), 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