Massachusetts · Nonprofit
GRASSROOTS WILDLIFE CONSERVATION INC
GRASSROOTS WILDLIFE CONSERVATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $84,000 to it, the largest being NEIL & ANNA RASMUSSEN FOUNDATION ($70,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $198k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $84k
- Net assets
- $0
What Grassroots Wildlife Conservation Inc does
Mission
Engage the public in hands-on efforts to protect local populations of wild animal and plant species.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Conservation program: monitored and protected blanding's turtles, spadefoot toads, bridle shiner fish, and britton's violets in eastern massachusetts
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $18k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of GRASSROOTS WILDLIFE CONSERVATION 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
GRASSROOTS WILDLIFE CONSERVATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% 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: 2017 56% · 2018 63% · 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
86% of GRASSROOTS WILDLIFE CONSERVATION INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
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.
Organizations like GRASSROOTS WILDLIFE CONSERVATION INC
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GRASSROOTS WILDLIFE CONSERVATION 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 GRASSROOTS WILDLIFE CONSERVATION INC?
- GRASSROOTS WILDLIFE CONSERVATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $84,000 to it, the largest being NEIL & ANNA RASMUSSEN FOUNDATION ($70,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GRASSROOTS WILDLIFE CONSERVATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $84,000 in grants to GRASSROOTS WILDLIFE CONSERVATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GRASSROOTS WILDLIFE CONSERVATION INC?
- NEIL & ANNA RASMUSSEN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GRASSROOTS WILDLIFE CONSERVATION INC 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), 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