Massachusetts · Nonprofit
GIANT SABLE FUND
GIANT SABLE FUND (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $220,000 to it, the largest being EXXONMOBIL FOUNDATION ($120,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $99k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $220k
- Net assets
- $155k
What Giant Sable Fund does
Mission
The Organization's Primary exempt purpose is to study and protect the giant sable antelope (Hippotragus niger variani) in its home area, the central highlands of Angola.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Continued monitoring and GPS tracking of selected animals in the herds that are being managed. Studying behavior and movement furthers understanding and helps prevent poaching. Services include cartography mapping, satellite service subscriptions, Internet connection services.
$3,212 spent17% of program spendingContinued with service agreement with environmental protection organizations operating in Cangandala National Park and Luando Strict Nature Reserve in Central Angola. Support local staff carrying out activities to control poaching and monitor the Giant Sable antelope populations.
$6,800 spent36% of program spendingContinued advocacy work and public relations activities, including research partnership with Oporto University in Portugal and Catholic University of Luanda in Angola. Publications of findings and results, as well as traveling are included in this activity.
$1,000 spent5% of program spendingThe Giant Sable Fund supported the production of a feature-length conservation documentary on the critically endangered giant sable antelope (Hippotragus niger variani). Activities during the tax year included logistical support for field filming in Angola and coordination with local conservation teams to facilitate access to protected habitat sites. Upon completion, the documentary will be distributed through international broadcast platforms and submitted to wildlife and environmental film festivals. The project advances the organization's mission to raise global awareness of the giant sable antelope and support its long-term conservation.
$7,701 spent41% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $18,713.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2019 to 2020, from $203k to $143k (−30%).
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.
96% of GIANT SABLE FUND’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $90k → $40k.
From the IRS filings of GIANT SABLE FUND’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
GIANT SABLE FUND 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 56% · 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
GIANT SABLE FUND draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
GIANT SABLE FUND has grown faster than half of the 3,315 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,315 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like GIANT SABLE FUND
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GIANT SABLE FUND: 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 GIANT SABLE FUND?
- GIANT SABLE FUND (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $220,000 to it, the largest being EXXONMOBIL FOUNDATION ($120,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GIANT SABLE FUND have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $220,000 in grants to GIANT SABLE FUND, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIANT SABLE FUND?
- EXXONMOBIL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $120,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIANT SABLE FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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