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FRIENDS OF THE ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE INC

FRIENDS OF THE ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE INC (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $88,526 to it, the largest being NASHVILLE ZOO INC ($88,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$27k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$89k
Net assets
$189k
2/3 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Friends of the Asa Wright Nature Centre Inc does

Mission

The Friends of the Asa Wright Nature Centre, Inc. (FOAWNC) is a not-for-profit corporation organized under the laws of the state of Florida and is recognized by the U.S. Government as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All contributions received from residents of the United States are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by the law. (Federal EIN# 01-0832520). The purpose of the FOAWNC has been established to promote the advancement of education and conservation science in Trinidad & Tobago by supporting the work and goals of the Asa Wright Nature Centre and to protect its tropical rainforests and other critical habitats and further the acquisition, preservation, protection, and enhancement of the historical, natural, and recreational resources within the environmentally sensitive Northern Range of Trinidad & Tobago.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Renovation of the tropical research center. This program is underway and has not incurred any expenditures.

    $0 spentof which $25,000 as grants

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($191k) Expenses 100 ($62k) Net assets 100 ($172k)2021 Revenue 15 ($29k) Expenses 25 ($15k) Net assets 108 ($185k)2022 Revenue 19 ($37k) Expenses 99 ($61k) Net assets 94 ($161k)2023 Revenue 14 ($27k) Expenses 0 ($0) Net assets 110 ($189k)
2020202120222023
Revenue (14)Expenses (0)Net assets (110)Peer revenue range

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 $161k to $189k (+17%).

$172k
$185k
$161k
$189k
2020202120222023
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of FRIENDS OF THE ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,989 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$129k
’20
$13k
’21
−$24k
’22
$27k
’23
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $118 → $53k.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
Nashville Zoo Incunclassified
$88k
funders
1
3
2
2

1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 THE ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE 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 THE ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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 FRIENDS OF THE ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE INC.

99%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 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

FRIENDS OF THE ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 2 states in all.

NJ
TN

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $426 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRIENDS OF THE ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin100% · outside the comparable range
Revenue growth (annualized)−48% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,119 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2023

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05Profile & governance

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.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE INC?
FRIENDS OF THE ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE INC (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $88,526 to it, the largest being NASHVILLE ZOO INC ($88,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $88,526 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE INC?
NASHVILLE ZOO INC is the largest funder on record, with $88,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2020–2023), 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