Illinois · Nonprofit
Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge Inc
Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $158,104 to it, the largest being Julia Harrison Bruce Foundation ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $122k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $158k
- Net assets
- $180k
What Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge Inc does
Mission
The Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to promote a better understanding and appreciation of the natural environment of the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge by working with the Refuge staff to support its mission. In the past year the Friends organization hosted several educational programs supported Earth Day activities provided eagle tours winter coordinated photography activities and opportunities managed pollinator gardens assisted with interpretation for students and other groups that visited the Refuge and monitored Blue Bird nesting boxes.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
1 Kids Fishing Derby--approximately 140 children with additional adults; provided equipment bait food and drinks and prizes; approximate cost $1237.....2 Equipment purchased and support for Refuge use $8127.63--includes Archery and Fishing Equipment Outdoor Furniture Hunting and Fishing Days support Kayaks Earth Day supplies and Camping Equipment.....3 Eagle Tours--$1200 100 people; Vehicle rental food
$10,565 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $10,565.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $23k → $20.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge Inc’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
Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% 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
37% 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 Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 65% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
93% of Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge Inc's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge Inc
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge Inc: 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 Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge Inc?
- Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $158,104 to it, the largest being Julia Harrison Bruce Foundation ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $158,104 in grants to Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge Inc?
- Julia Harrison Bruce Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Friends of Crab Orchard Refuge Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 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