Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION
JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 388 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,537,442 to it, the largest being SEADREAM FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($6,440,000). 202 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $31M
- Funders on record
- 388
- Grants received
- $52M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation does
Mission
To understand and protect chimpanzees, other apes, and their habitats, and to work towards creating an informed and compassionate critical mass of people who will help to create a better world for people, other animals, and our shared environment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Animal welfare and conservation: the institute produces high-impact conservation work in africa and is a leader in conservation science and research. Expenses relate to activities in which the institute is working closely with local communities and governments to protect great apes and their habitats, improve the well-being of human communities in and near these habitats, advance conservation research, and apply science and technology to conservation challenges. By skillfully integrating these critical components, the institute is using a holistic approach to achieve dr. Jane goodall's vision for our planet - a place where people, other animals, and the environment coexist in sustainable harmony.
$17,011,084 spentof which $1,260,264 as grants80% of program spendingCommunications and partnerships: through communication and partnership efforts, the institute promotes their work and impact on the world to the general public. By informing external audiences on the successful work being done in conservation science, wildlife research, community-led conservation, and environmental education, the institute continues to increase visibility and thought leadership in the industry. Expenses relate to providing regular updates on progress and outcomes of the institute's work, creating and distributing education materials through the website, print materials, videos and digital promotion, and media appearances.
$2,386,423 spent$236,291 earned by the program11% of program spendingEducation: solving the challenges facing our planet requires a global movement - and that means empowering our young people to make a difference. Through the institute's roots & shoots program, the institute is engaging young people to take action in their own communities, which creates a ripple effect of positive impact around the world. Expenses relate to activities included in the roots & shoots program, as well as dr. Jane goodall's tours in the united states to educate and inspire future changemakers.
$1,779,903 spent$1,218,733 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $21,177,410.
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 2020 to 2021, from $17M to $20M (+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: 2017 13% · 2018 19% · 2019 22% · 2020 25% · 2021 30% · 2022 17% · 2023 11% · 2024 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 3 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.
Chief executive
Anna Rathmann
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 88 funders to 134 funders, grant income fell $6.5M → $5.7M.
44 of 388 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 388 funders by total. 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
JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
50% 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 JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 20% · 2019 29% · 2020 20% · 2021 31% · 2022 28% · 2023 27% — 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
37% of JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 41 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18M arriving through sponsors registered in 22 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
JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION is better cushioned than half of the 235 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 235 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $23.9M on record.
- Agency for International Development$22.6M
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$858k
- Department of the Interior$323k
- National Science Foundation$89k
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 JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% 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 28 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: 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 JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION?
- JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 388 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,537,442 to it, the largest being SEADREAM FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($6,440,000). 202 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION have?
- IRS filings report 388 organizations giving $51,537,442 in grants to JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION, 202 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION?
- SEADREAM FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,440,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 388 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