California · Nonprofit
Integral Ecology Research Center
Integral Ecology Research Center (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $341,221 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($118,166). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $341k
- Net assets
- $528k
What Integral Ecology Research Center does
Mission
Ecological research
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Barred Owl project - Researching the interaction of invasive barred owls with illegal cannabis cultivation and northern spotted owls to assist wildlife managers to conserve spotted owls.CDFW Wilderness Reclamation - Conducting restoration of illegal cannabis grows within National Forest wildernesses and training new teams to assist with reclamation.FS Fire Hazmat - Removal of hazardous waste from illegal cannabis cultivation sites on National Forest lands affected by wildfires. Benefits the general public.FWS Fisher - Researching the interaction of fishers with illegal cannabis cultivation by trapping and affixing GPS collars to animals. Benefits the general public.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Barred Owl - Researching the interaction of invasive barred owls with illegal cannabis cultivation and northern spotted owls to assist wildlife managers to conserve spotted owls. Benefits the general public.
$844,311 spent$848,998 earned by the program56% of program spendingCDFW Wilderness Reclamation - Conducting restoration of illegal cannabis grows within National Forest wildernesses and training new teams to assist with reclamation. Benefits the general public.
$122,893 spent$118,726 earned by the program8% of program spendingUSFS LEI - Conducted research on the environmental impacts of illegal cannabis cultivation on public lands. Long term goal to help in conservation of an ecosystems. Benefits the general public.
$108,122 spent$145,323 earned by the program7% of program spendingOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: Fisher and Fox Cannabis - Investigation of gray fox and fisher use of illegal cannabis sites on National Forest lands. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 8: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 9: Hazmat - Mitigating, preparing, packaging, and arranging for the removal of hazardous materials left at illegal cannabis grow sites on Nat OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 10: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 11: Carnivore Rodent Section 6 - Conducted research on rodent and carnivore populations in relation to contamination from illegal forest cannabis gardens. Long term goal to help in conserving endangered species and their prey and habitats. Benefits the general public OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 12: USFS LEI - Conducted research on the environmental impacts of illegal cannabis cultivation on public lands. Long term goal to help in conservation of an ecosystems. Benefits the general public. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 13: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 14: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 15: BLM - Project objectives are to assess the environmental impacts of illegal cannabis cultivation on Bureau of Land Management lands in California. Development of…
$424,739 spentof which $100,000 as grants$380,024 earned by the program28% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,500,065.
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 2022 to 2023, from $343k to $1.0M (+202%).
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: 2017 22% · 2018 0% · 2021 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
4% of Integral Ecology Research Center’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $56k → $100k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Integral Ecology Research 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
Integral Ecology Research Center leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% 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 Integral Ecology Research Center.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 89% · 2019 100% · 2020 83% · 2021 57% · 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
Integral Ecology Research Center draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $208 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Integral Ecology Research Center has grown faster than three-quarters of the 482 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 482 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding Integral Ecology Research Center receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.1M on record — $4.0M federal, $100k state.
- Department of Agriculture$3.4M
- Department of the Interior$592k
- OTHER SPECIAL PAYMENTS$100k
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 Integral Ecology Research 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Integral Ecology Research Center: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds Integral Ecology Research Center?
- Integral Ecology Research Center (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $341,221 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($118,166). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Integral Ecology Research Center have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $341,221 in grants to Integral Ecology Research Center, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Integral Ecology Research Center?
- NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $118,166 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Integral Ecology Research Center find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
Play a game about who funds Integral Ecology Research Center →
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 6 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