Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC
NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 98 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,799,702 to it, the largest being S K ROCKWELL CONSERVATION FUND ($2,000,000). 63 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.9M
- Funders on record
- 98
- Grants received
- $7.8M
- Net assets
- $24M
What National Aviary in Pittsburgh Inc does
Mission
To protect and provide for endangered species, to conduct avian research and provide information as a national resource, to provide a recreational and educational experience for the general public and to promote an appreciation of natural law and a responsibility for the environment
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Visitor recreation and education: the national aviary is the nation's aviary priding itself on providing fun, immersive and educational experiences for their guests. A visit to the national aviary is unlike any other with lush walk-through habitats where birds fly overhead, interactive daily activities that change every season, exhilarating animal encounters that offer a window into the world of birding conservation and stem-based educational programming. In 2025, the national aviary welcomed 228,741 guests and provided educational outreach to more than 25,537 people. Learn more about our programming and conservation at aviary.org!
$2,448,823 spent$3,327,741 earned by the program32% of program spendingWildlife conservation and research: the national aviary made significant improvements to its avian collection in 2025 with the acquisition of 51 birds representing 27 species. Three new species added to the collection included the carmine bee eater, cuban grassquit, and the critically endangered blue crowned laughing thrush. Fifty-eight chicks hatched representing 17 species highlighted by 2 guam kingfishers, 2 african penguins, 12 red siskins, and 1 hooded vulture. Our two major field conservation programs were further developed in 2025 and included the addition of an education program to our satellite telemetry program for andean condors in southern ecuador and an artificial nest burrow project for african penguins in nambia which had 100 more artificial nest burrows in nambia deployed.
$988,431 spent13% of program spendingAdvanced on-site avian treatment and care: the national aviary's veterinary hospital provides specialized avian medicine services to meet the needs of over 550 animals; birds, mammals, and reptiles. Services include primary health care, emergency services, full laboratory testing, anesthesia and surgery. In 2025, over 350 animals received preventative health screens and treatments including 131 birds & mammals receiving 182 vaccinations to protect them against west nile and polyoma virus (birds), rabies and distemper (mammals). To prevent common avian pneumonia (aspergillosis), 176 birds received preventative medicine including oral and inhaled treatment with a 100% success rate. In the aviary's care, 19 critically endangered african penguins received individualized avian malaria prevention.
$1,337,940 spent17% of program spendingThe other remaining expenses are attributable to various exhibits and daily educational programs.
$2,920,845 spent38% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,696,039.
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 2017 to 2018, from $19M to $21M (+11%).
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: 2017 22% · 2018 16% · 2019 25% · 2020 25% · 2021 35% · 2022 38% · 2023 18% · 2024 23% · 2025 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
46% of NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Cheryl Tracy
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 37 funders, grant income rose $121k → $1.4M.
9 of 98 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 98 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
NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 21% · 2019 19% · 2020 20% · 2021 44% · 2022 15% · 2023 36% — 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.
How long its funders stay
47% of NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
92% of NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $697k 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.
Against its field
NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC is better cushioned than half of the 813 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 813 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC?
- NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 98 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,799,702 to it, the largest being S K ROCKWELL CONSERVATION FUND ($2,000,000). 63 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC have?
- IRS filings report 98 organizations giving $7,799,702 in grants to NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC, 63 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC?
- S K ROCKWELL CONSERVATION FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 98 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