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MONGOL ECOLOGY CENTER

MONGOL ECOLOGY CENTER (Arizona) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $588,244 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($264,962). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$332k
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$588k
Net assets
$111k
7/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 63%
01What it does

What Mongol Ecology Center does

Mission

The Mongol Ecology Center organizes and runs charitable and educational exchanges for the transfer of international best practices and resources that help protect our natural and cultural heritage, and contribute to the well-being of our planet.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Providing expertise and material support to the national parks of Mongolia and other nations through our international "Rally for Rangers" program.

    $197,032 spentof which $125,340 as grants$201,510 earned by the program
    57% of program spending
  2. Strengthening the MEC's "Junior Ranger" youth-education programs in collaboration with local schools, parks, & other community members around Mongolia, reaching and teaching hundreds of students between the ages of 10 and 17.

    $69,662 spentof which $63,200 as grants$50,405 earned by the program
    20% of program spending
  3. Supporting the environmental work of the National Park Academy, a Mongol Ecology Center project that advocates for the environmental rights of local people, while abetting the work of national parks and other protected areas located throughout Mongolia.

    $78,716 spentof which $58,100 as grants$79,818 earned by the program
    23% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $345,410.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($270k) Expenses 100 ($247k) Net assets 100 ($48k)2020 Revenue 21 ($58k) Expenses 29 ($70k) Net assets 74 ($35k)2021 Revenue 73 ($196k) Expenses 80 ($198k) Net assets 68 ($32k)2022 Revenue 161 ($435k) Expenses 155 ($383k) Net assets 176 ($84k)2023 Revenue 179 ($484k) Expenses 189 ($466k) Net assets 213 ($102k)2024 Revenue 192 ($517k) Expenses 200 ($494k) Net assets 262 ($125k)2025 Revenue 123 ($332k) Expenses 140 ($345k) Net assets 233 ($111k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (123)Expenses (140)Net assets (233)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $32k to $84k (+159%).

$48k
$35k
$32k
$84k
$102k
$125k
$111k
2019202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of MONGOL ECOLOGY CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,629 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$23k
’19
−$12k
’20
−$3k
’21
$52k
’22
$18k
’23
$23k
’24
−$14k
’25
3.9
months of
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.

Board chair

Badral Yondon

Board President.

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

201920212022202320242025
Listed444444
Joined··+0+0+0+0
No longer listed··0000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $14k → $170k.

8 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 MONGOL ECOLOGY CENTER’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

MONGOL ECOLOGY CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

73% 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 MONGOL ECOLOGY CENTER.

45%
largest funder
81%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 55% · 2022 65% · 2023 50% — 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

40% of MONGOL ECOLOGY CENTER's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

71% of MONGOL ECOLOGY CENTER'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 $168k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Arizona, across 5 states.

MT
NY
IN
PA
UT

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Arizona out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $420k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MONGOL ECOLOGY CENTER's revenue grew 23% between 2019 and 2025.

Operating margin−4% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve3.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

AZ

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Questions and answers

Who funds MONGOL ECOLOGY CENTER?
MONGOL ECOLOGY CENTER (Arizona) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $588,244 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($264,962). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does MONGOL ECOLOGY CENTER have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $588,244 in grants to MONGOL ECOLOGY CENTER, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MONGOL ECOLOGY CENTER?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $264,962 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MONGOL ECOLOGY CENTER find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 14 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