Connecticut · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF WABUN DBA WABUN FOUNDATION
FRIENDS OF WABUN DBA WABUN FOUNDATION (Connecticut) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $362,115 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($175,231). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF WABUN DBA WABUN FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 15,485 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,485 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundationshared funders
- Swantz Family Foundationportfolio match
- Weatherby Foundation International Incportfolio match
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.
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.
99% of FRIENDS OF WABUN DBA WABUN FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $100 → $435.
6 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% 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 WABUN DBA WABUN 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
FRIENDS OF WABUN DBA WABUN FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% 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 WABUN DBA WABUN FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 67% · 2020 99% · 2021 57% · 2022 79% · 2023 80% — 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
0% of FRIENDS OF WABUN DBA WABUN FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
92% of FRIENDS OF WABUN DBA WABUN FOUNDATION'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. Of the $28k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $334k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 statesis 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundationshared fundersOH · backs 26 organizations that share your funders
- Swantz Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Weatherby Foundation International Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- San Angelo Chapter of Safari Club Internationalportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Dsc Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- National Recreation Foundation Incorporatedportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Outdoor Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Conservation Society of Californiaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Safari Club International West Texas Chapter Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rei Cooperative Action Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like FRIENDS OF WABUN DBA WABUN FOUNDATION
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 13 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Camp Wabun Canada Charitable Corporation (Cwccc) · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF WABUN DBA WABUN 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF WABUN DBA WABUN FOUNDATION?
- FRIENDS OF WABUN DBA WABUN FOUNDATION (Connecticut) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $362,115 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($175,231). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF WABUN DBA WABUN FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $362,115 in grants to FRIENDS OF WABUN DBA WABUN FOUNDATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF WABUN DBA WABUN FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $175,231 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF WABUN DBA WABUN FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 11funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing