Minnesota · Nonprofit
IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC
IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $347,049 to it, the largest being The McKnight Foundation ($200,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $70k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $347k
- Net assets
- $310k
What Izaak Walton League of America Inc does
Mission
To conserve, maintain, protect and restore the soil, forest, waters and other natural resources and promote wise stewardship of the land and the means and opportunities for education of the public with respect to such resources and the sustainable use and enjoyment of these natural resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Upper Mississippi River Initiative is a collaborative program co-hosting events with presentation by experts and farmers using regenerative practices in their farming operations to educate other farmers about the benefits of healthy soil ecosystems for water quality.
$34,881 spent63% of program spendingSix grants were awarded to IWLA Chapters in the Minnesota: 1-Wood, Water and Wildlife Project: Provide Support Albert Lea Community Education's Outdoor Experiential Learning Program which is an initiative designed to engage youth and families in hands-on outdoor education, 2-Prairie Restoration at Chapter Wildlife Preserve, 3-Provide fishing equipment for Science/Physical Education classes that teach fishing skills to Owatonna Middle School Students, 4-BSA 674 & Prairie Woods Chapter Pollinator Garden and Outdoor Classroom, 5-Turbidity and Water Quality Monitoring in the St. Louis River Estuary and 6-A Research grant to lay the groundwork for a future proposal to the Minnesota Historical Society's Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. This project will support the development of a multigenerational exhibit and public storytelling initiative that celebrates the conservation legacy of Richard J. Dorer and the Izaak Walton League's role in southeastern Minnesota.
$0 spentof which $12,321 as grants0% of program spendingThe Minnesota Division Izaak Walton League awards scholarships to students in any Ecological Education Program, Environmental Law, Wildlife Management or a program whose primary focus is natural resources management, renewable energy, water resources science, or other environmental sciences. The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage people to pursue post-secondary degrees and education related to the environment. the environment. Three scholarship was awarded this year.
$0 spentof which $5,000 as grants0% of program spendingThe Minnesota Division is the primary program sponsor for the Year of Water Initiative. Across Minnesota, water shapes our communities, our landscapes, and our shared future. The Year of Water initiative was created to make that connection visible-bringing together celebration, education, and stewardship through locally led action under a statewide banner.
$5,000 spent9% of program spendingThe Minnesota division is hosting IWLA National Convention in Minneapolis, MN in July 2026. Resolutions that are formally adopted at the national convention become official policy and, together with the body of policies developed in the past, provide guidance to League staff, officers, and members as they seek solutions at the local, state, and national levels. The convention also serves to educate members about critical natural resource issues.
$15,904 spent29% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $55,785.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $220k to $311k (+41%).
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.
87% of IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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 narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $37k → $5k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA 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
IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
31% 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 IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 58% · 2019 75% · 2020 86% · 2021 63% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — 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
88% of IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $23k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC's revenue fell 64% between 2019 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC
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In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
79%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC?
- IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $347,049 to it, the largest being The McKnight Foundation ($200,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $347,049 in grants to IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC?
- The McKnight Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2019–2025), 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