Texas · Nonprofit
KRUSHAN FOUNDATION
KRUSHAN FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,016 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($71,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $57k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $71k
- Net assets
- $18k
What Krushan Foundation does
Mission
KruShan Foundation is the only US-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated solely to protecting critically endangered African penguins from extinction. #NotBy2035 THEORY OF CHANGE: Because human activity has reduced the African penguin population from millions of birds 100 years ago to a critically endangered species with under 11,000 breeding pairs left, we stay in near-constant contact with our partners in the field and make frequent trips to South Africa so that we know what they need in real-time to protect this iconic species from extinction. Our fundraising, education, and outreach efforts aim to bolster the African penguin population to prevent their projected extinction in the wild in 2035 so that future generations can enjoy these adorable, entertaining birds in a healthy marine ecosystem.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
African Penguin Protection Program: 2024 program highlights--we protected 15 African penguin chicks after winter storms by ensuring they were rescued, rehabilitated, and released back into the wild, paid the salary of a dedicated Seabird Ranger for the Dyer Island African penguin colony, and made a groundbreaking donation to support the African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary's (APSS) medical capabilities. Recognizing the urgent need for better diagnostic tools, we funded the purchase of a portable X-ray machine and related equipment. The new facility, the African Penguin Protectors KruShan Foundation X-Ray Room, at the APSS will be the first of its kind in the Overstrand region, offering critical care for all animals in need of emergency diagnostics, especially seabirds and penguins. There's something magical about working together to save a species from extinction. We work with our partners in South Africa to protect the critically endangered African penguins by: * bolstering the chick population, rearing abandoned or lost chicks, and incubating eggs-a vital part of the African Penguin Biodiversity Management Plan; * paying the salary of African penguin rangers; * rehabilitating…
$43 spentof which $40,921 as grants100% of program spendingSTEM Education for underprivilged students. Our educational efforts include the following: * providing underprivileged students with STEM skills by supporting the three-year DEEP Blue Ambassador training program; * collaborating with partners to create educational materials for children, adolescents, and adults, and * working toward establishing a marine and seabird education center in Gansbaai, South Africa. We sponsored our first student in 2024 and plan to sponsor more in 2025.
$0 spentof which $662 as grants0% of program spendingWe raise awareness in the Global North for our partners and feathered friends in the Global South through outreach efforts via: * fun and engaging presentations and interviews, both in-person and online; * event participation; * social media; * our newsletter and blog, and * advocacy for increased Marine Protection Areas to protect the ecosystem that African penguins need to thrive. In 2024 we appeared on one podcast, one local newspaper article, one online magazine article, and gave our first African penguins presentation to a group (Wimberley Birding Society).
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $43.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 KRUSHAN FOUNDATION’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
KRUSHAN FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 KRUSHAN FOUNDATION.
“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
100% of KRUSHAN FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $71k 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
KRUSHAN FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,152 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KRUSHAN FOUNDATION?
- KRUSHAN FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,016 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($71,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does KRUSHAN FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $71,016 in grants to KRUSHAN FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KRUSHAN FOUNDATION?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $71,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KRUSHAN FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 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