California · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE TROPICAL ANDES
FOUNDATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE TROPICAL ANDES (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $90,582 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $82k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $91k
- Net assets
- $50k
What Foundation for the Conservation of the Tropical Andes does
Mission
Advance the conservation and restoration of threatened tropical species and ecosystems, especially within the tropics, for the benefit of local communities, the global public, and future generations. We support and conduct rigorous scientific research that deepens understanding of biodiversity and guides action; establish and help manage biological reserves and habitat-restoration programs; support nearby communities through capacity-building, sustainable development and ecotourism initiatives; and disseminate knowledge through education, training and outreach. By linking science, conservation practice and community well-being, we mobilize a global network of scientists, educators and nature enthusiasts to protect, restore and steward some of earth's most diverse and imperiled ecosystems.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Supporting the management of the fcat rainforest reserve in the choc rainforests of ecuador to keep its research station and 750-ha reserve active for science, conservation, and education. The funds covered staff time, field supplies, and administration so visitors and researchers could collect biodiversity data, rangers could maintain trails and monitoring plots, and local students could take hands-on ecology workshops and field trips. These integrated actions generate open-access science, safeguard habitat, and cultivate the next generation of conservation leaders, directly advancing our exempt purpose.
$28,540 spentof which $28,500 as grants59% of program spendingTo strengthen long-term protection of the same reserve, assisted in purchasing key forest parcels and launch regular patrols that deter illegal logging and poaching. The project also funds habitat restoration and legal due-diligence, keeping wildlife corridors intact and safeguarding watershed services for neighboring communities. Expanding and fortifying the reserve locks in essential ecosystem services and biodiversity gains for the public benefit.
$20,040 spentof which $20,000 as grants41% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $48,580.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 FOUNDATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE TROPICAL ANDES’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
FOUNDATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE TROPICAL ANDES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 FOUNDATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE TROPICAL ANDES.
“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
100% of FOUNDATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE TROPICAL ANDES'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $91k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
FOUNDATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE TROPICAL ANDES runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,152 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In California
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE TROPICAL ANDES?
- FOUNDATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE TROPICAL ANDES (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $90,582 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE TROPICAL ANDES have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $90,582 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE TROPICAL ANDES.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE TROPICAL ANDES?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE TROPICAL ANDES 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 3 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