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I-20 WILDLIFE PRESERVE & JENNA WELCH NATURE STUDY CENTER
I-20 WILDLIFE PRESERVE & JENNA WELCH NATURE STUDY CENTER (Texas) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $634,099 to it, the largest being ABELL-HANGER FOUNDATION ($345,217). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $263k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $634k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What I-20 Wildlife Preserve & Jenna Welch Nature Study Center does
Mission
To ensure conservation, restoration, education, research and outdoor enjoyment of midland's urban playa for present and future generations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education: preserve is a 100-acre living laboratory where students and faculty can actively participate in a hands-on learning experience to reveal the mysteries of this unique playa habitat. Our curriculum is a model of expert fieldwork and spurs the scientific curiosity of students k-12 who will make meaningful contributions to the next generation of sciences.
$86,299 spent37% of program spendingConservation and land management: our holistic land management practice works to conserve the vibrant nature of the urban playa environment and create opportunities for outdoor and wildlife education. Careful removal of invasive plant species opens the watershed to a greater biodiviersity of aquatic and avian wildlife, fortifies the ecological integrity of native plants and animals, and maintains the wild space for future generations to enjoy.
$73,363 spent32% of program spendingPlaya Wetlands Research Institute/CONSERVATION JOB CORPS PROGRAM: The preserve continues to provide biology professors with a place to instruct their students in the field. UTPB professor, David Hembry brings his class for specific instruction on identification, classification, and taking field notes. Additionally, he has oversight of 1 student doing pollinator research at the preserve. THE CONSERVATION JOB CORPS PROGRAM ALLOWS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH AN INTEREST IN MEDICINE, BIOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES AN OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN CONSERVATION, RESTORATION, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH BEFORE ENTERING COLLEGE. THE PROGRAM BLENDS LIFE SKILLS LESSONS, SUCH AS LEARNING TO USE TOOLS, WITH CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, AND HANDS-ON EXPLORATION AND OBSERVATION. STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVESTIGATE SEVERAL TEXAS ECOSYSTEMS, AS WELL AS MEET WITH EXPERTS, SCIENTISTS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS ON THEIR FIELD TRIPS ACROSS THE STATE.
$73,014 spent31% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $232,676.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.1M to $1.3M (+17%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 8% · 2022 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of I-20 WILDLIFE PRESERVE & JENNA WELCH NATURE STUDY CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $26k → $44k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 I-20 WILDLIFE PRESERVE & JENNA WELCH NATURE STUDY CENTER’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
I-20 WILDLIFE PRESERVE & JENNA WELCH NATURE STUDY CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 79%; 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 58% · 2018 68% · 2019 63% · 2020 45% · 2021 96% · 2022 45% · 2023 75% — 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.
How long its funders stay
43% of I-20 WILDLIFE PRESERVE & JENNA WELCH NATURE STUDY CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
93% of I-20 WILDLIFE PRESERVE & JENNA WELCH NATURE STUDY CENTER's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $61k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
I-20 WILDLIFE PRESERVE & JENNA WELCH NATURE STUDY CENTER is better cushioned than half 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 I-20 WILDLIFE PRESERVE & JENNA WELCH NATURE STUDY CENTER
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds I-20 WILDLIFE PRESERVE & JENNA WELCH NATURE STUDY CENTER?
- I-20 WILDLIFE PRESERVE & JENNA WELCH NATURE STUDY CENTER (Texas) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $634,099 to it, the largest being ABELL-HANGER FOUNDATION ($345,217). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does I-20 WILDLIFE PRESERVE & JENNA WELCH NATURE STUDY CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $634,099 in grants to I-20 WILDLIFE PRESERVE & JENNA WELCH NATURE STUDY CENTER, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of I-20 WILDLIFE PRESERVE & JENNA WELCH NATURE STUDY CENTER?
- ABELL-HANGER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $345,217 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like I-20 WILDLIFE PRESERVE & JENNA WELCH NATURE STUDY CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 14 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