Kentucky · Nonprofit
MARY E WHARTON NATURE SANCTUARY AT FLORACLIFF INC
MARY E WHARTON NATURE SANCTUARY AT FLORACLIFF INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $195,774 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($120,435). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
Against its field
MARY E WHARTON NATURE SANCTUARY AT FLORACLIFF INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,156 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,156 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The Gheens Foundation Incshared funders
- William P Wharton Trust UW Art 2(D)portfolio match
- National Audubon Society Incportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $21k → $37k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 MARY E WHARTON NATURE SANCTUARY AT FLORACLIFF 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
MARY E WHARTON NATURE SANCTUARY AT FLORACLIFF INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 97%; 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 MARY E WHARTON NATURE SANCTUARY AT FLORACLIFF INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2020 62% · 2021 62% · 2022 57% · 2023 69% — 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.
Where its funders are
64% of MARY E WHARTON NATURE SANCTUARY AT FLORACLIFF 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. Of the $70k that is directly attributable, 69% of it comes from funders outside Kentucky, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $125k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 statesis 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- The Gheens Foundation Incshared fundersKY · backs 94 organizations that share your funders
- William P Wharton Trust UW Art 2(D)portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- National Audubon Society Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Schumann Robert F Fdn-Mainportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- James E Dutton Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Picchi Family Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Msa Family Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Felburn Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Summer Hill Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The John T and Jane a Wiederhold Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Winn Foundation Trust 4019863075portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Bafflin Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government funding MARY E WHARTON NATURE SANCTUARY AT FLORACLIFF INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $70k on record.
- Department of the Interior$70k
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 MARY E WHARTON NATURE SANCTUARY AT FLORACLIFF INC
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
40%
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 MARY E WHARTON NATURE SANCTUARY AT FLORACLIFF 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds MARY E WHARTON NATURE SANCTUARY AT FLORACLIFF INC?
- MARY E WHARTON NATURE SANCTUARY AT FLORACLIFF INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $195,774 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($120,435). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MARY E WHARTON NATURE SANCTUARY AT FLORACLIFF INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $195,774 in grants to MARY E WHARTON NATURE SANCTUARY AT FLORACLIFF INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARY E WHARTON NATURE SANCTUARY AT FLORACLIFF INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $120,435 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARY E WHARTON NATURE SANCTUARY AT FLORACLIFF INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 5funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing