Indiana · Nonprofit
INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY
INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY (Indiana) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $289,179 to it, the largest being Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc ($82,930). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $570k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $289k
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Indiana Audubon Society does
Mission
Indiana Audubon Society's mission is to engage communities in the enjoyment of birds in their habitat, through conservation, education, and research.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
At least three meetings per year open to the public including workshops and speakers on nature related topics, conduct bird counts and publish results, organize 25-30 field trips annually, and review rare bird reports.
$264,272 spentof which $27,413 as grants$116,776 earned by the program37% of program spendingOperate a 700 acre wildlife sanctuary, maintain buildings, trails, scientific library, insect and plant collections, available for public use and educational activities, 8,000-10,000 visitors annually.
$444,466 spent$19,562 earned by the program62% of program spendingPublication of a quarterly scientific journal and bi-monthly newsletter to approximately 1,500 members and subscribing libraries, publication of pamphlets and brochures on indiana flora and fauna.
$8,401 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $717,139.
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 $3.3M to $2.5M (−25%).
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 6% · 2022 1% · 2023 2% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
42% of INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% 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.
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 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $16k → $47k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY’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
INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
57% 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 INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 100% · 2019 62% · 2020 64% · 2021 50% · 2022 30% · 2023 43% — 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
100% of INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
71% of INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $108k 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
INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY has grown faster than half of the 2,606 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,606 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY
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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY?
- INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY (Indiana) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $289,179 to it, the largest being Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc ($82,930). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $289,179 in grants to INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY?
- Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $82,930 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 12 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing