Indiana · Nonprofit
LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC
LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC (Indiana) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $841,553 to it, the largest being WILLIAM J & BONNIE L HEFNER FOUNDATION INC ($175,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $405k
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $842k
- Net assets
- $3.3M
What Little River Wetlands Project Inc does
Mission
To restore and protect wetlands in the historic watershed of the little river, a major tributary of the wabash river, and to provide educational opportunities that encourage good stewardship of wetlands and other natural ecosystems.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Seed to marsh program: lrwp creatively blends its dual mission of wetland restoration and education through seed to marsh, a hands-on initiative where community members collect native seeds, grow them into seedlings, and transplant them into the wetlands. These efforts help restore areas impacted by invasive species. Participants learn about native flora and restoration practices, contributing directly to ecosystem health. Plants grown through the program are also shared through free plant giveaways and seed libraries, extending benefits to the broader community. Educational outreach: since 2006, lrwp's free educational programming has reached more than 145,000 individuals. Programs are inclusive and stem- based, serving audiences from preschool to college through field trips, guided hikes, senior programs, and major public events like earth day fort wayne and the monarch festival. In 2025 alone, over 8,000 people participated, including 1,500 children participating in free school field trip programming, with approximately 35% from historically underserved communities. Citizen science: eagle marsh serves as a regional hub for citizen science, offering opportunities for trained…
$247,906 spent$7,623 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $247,906.
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 2019 to 2020, from $3.7M to $3.5M (−5%).
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: 2020 25% · 2021 14% · 2023 7% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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 broadened from 7 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $110k → $137k.
6 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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
LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
51% 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 LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 45% · 2019 46% · 2020 37% · 2021 37% · 2022 40% · 2023 28% — 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
38% of LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC'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
65% of LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $227k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,606 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,606 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT 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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC?
- LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC (Indiana) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $841,553 to it, the largest being WILLIAM J & BONNIE L HEFNER FOUNDATION INC ($175,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $841,553 in grants to LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC?
- WILLIAM J & BONNIE L HEFNER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $175,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 33 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