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Indiana Wildlife Federation
Indiana Wildlife Federation (Indiana) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $595,359 to it, the largest being Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust ($276,400). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $304k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $595k
- Net assets
- $214k
What Indiana Wildlife Federation does
Mission
The Indiana Wildlife Federation (IWF) is a statewide, nonprofit conservation organization, with the mission to promote the conservation, sound management, and sustainable use of Indianas wildlife and wildlife habitat through education, advocacy, and action.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education and advocacy for wildlife and wildlife habitat: Protecting wildlife and wildlife habitat through education and advocacy, forums on current top priorities and threats to natural resource, and habitat certification and workshops for private landowners, college and university campuses, businesses and other organizations. The Certified Wildlife-Friendly Habitat program, formerly referred to as the Certified Backyard Habitat program, is done in partnership with the National Wildlife Federation. This program educates and encourages individuals, businesses or schools to support the four needs of wildlife by utilizing native plants to provide food, as well as providing water, cover and nesting space. Across the state of Indiana, we had over 1,000 Habitat Certifications in 2024 and IWF delivered virtual and in person Wildlife Habitat Workshops totaling over 1,300 participants. IWF staff was interviewed by local television stations, radio stations and numerous newspapers about the importance of creating wildlife habitat throughout private residences in the Hoosier state.Ohio River Restoration - The Indiana Wildlife Federation worked closely with state and national partners to…
$319,163 spent100% of program spendingTrails: In partnership with the Central Indiana Land Trust (CILTI), through funding from the state of Indiana's Next Level Trail program, IWF continued work on trails in Johnson County. This trail system will stretch over four miles showcasing the unique geology of the land where the Wisconsin Glaciation ended its southward march and the rare fauna and flora that can be found in this transitional area. Additionally, IWF had begun working with several new properties in the state to assist in trail-building and certification.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $319,163.
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.
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 $292k to $225k (−23%).
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: 2020 25% · 2021 61% · 2022 60% · 2023 67% · 2024 72%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of Indiana Wildlife Federation’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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.
Chief executive
Daniel Boritt
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $27k → $54k.
3 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 Wildlife Federation’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 Wildlife Federation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
44% 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 Wildlife Federation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 51% · 2019 90% · 2020 75% · 2021 52% · 2022 55% · 2023 75% — 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
50% of Indiana Wildlife Federation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
58% of Indiana Wildlife Federation's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $45k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 Wildlife Federation's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding Indiana Wildlife Federation receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $617k on record.
- Department of the Interior$617k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Indiana Wildlife Federation
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Indiana Wildlife Fed Endowment · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Indiana Wildlife Federation: 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 Indiana Wildlife Federation?
- Indiana Wildlife Federation (Indiana) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $595,359 to it, the largest being Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust ($276,400). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Indiana Wildlife Federation have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $595,359 in grants to Indiana Wildlife Federation, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Indiana Wildlife Federation?
- Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust is the largest funder on record, with $276,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Indiana Wildlife Federation 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 16 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