California · Nonprofit
LIONS OF GIR FOUNDATION INC
LIONS OF GIR FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,169 to it, the largest being HAMILTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($15,000). 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 FY2019
- $56k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $26k
- Net assets
- $14k
What Lions of Gir Foundation Inc does
Mission
Lions of Gir Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide conservation education around wildlife, whether on the land or in the oceans of the world.
As stated on its FY2019 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Lions of Gir Foundation currently is focusing all efforts on the Oceans 360 program involving mostly underwater, but some land-based filming using a unique camera system that shoots in 3D for use in virtual reality headsets. The videos are used to provide educational outreach in schools, museums and at conservation-related events.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $20k → $25.
4 of 4 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 LIONS OF GIR FOUNDATION 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
LIONS OF GIR FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% 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 LIONS OF GIR FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 75% · 2020 100% · 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
100% of LIONS OF GIR FOUNDATION INC'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. $26k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
LIONS OF GIR FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,048 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,048 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2019
Organizations like LIONS OF GIR FOUNDATION INC
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.
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 LIONS OF GIR FOUNDATION INC: 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 LIONS OF GIR FOUNDATION INC?
- LIONS OF GIR FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,169 to it, the largest being HAMILTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($15,000). 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 LIONS OF GIR FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $26,169 in grants to LIONS OF GIR FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIONS OF GIR FOUNDATION INC?
- HAMILTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIONS OF GIR FOUNDATION INC 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2019 (financials across 2019–2019), and the filings of 4 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