California · Nonprofit
NATURE TRACK FOUNDATION INC
NATURE TRACK FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $799,155 to it, the largest being Audacious Foundation ($159,043). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $548k
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $799k
- Net assets
- $75k
What Nature Track Foundation Inc does
Mission
NatureTrack Foundation connects people of all ages and abilities to the natural world through immersive outdoor experiences, mobility access, and educational programming. The organization inspires stewardship, curiosity, and lifelong learning by providing cost-free, docent-led field trips for students, expanding access for wheelchair users through its Freedom Trax program, and fostering a deeper appreciation of nature through community engagement and film. This work ensures that access to nature is inclusive,meaningful, and transformative for all participants.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
NatureTrack experienced another year of strong demand and measurable impactacross its core programs.K12 Outdoor Field Trips:During Season 14, NatureTrack delivered 107 docent-led field trips, serving 4,824students throughout Santa Barbara County. These cost-free, curriculum-aligned outdoorbexperiences provide hands-on learning in local natural environments and include students of all abilities, including those who use wheelchairs. The program is supported by highly trained volunteers and maintains small group ratios to ensure a high-quality educational experience.Freedom Trax Program (Mobility Access):NatureTracks Freedom Trax program continued to expand access for individuals withmobility challenges by enabling wheelchair users to independently traverse beachesand trails. During the year, 174 wheelchair users participated in guided outings, with additional individuals accessing nature through the organizations Trax lending program.
$496,243 spentof which $370,183 as grants88% of program spendingNatureTrack Film Festival (NTFF) The 6th Annual NatureTrack Film Festival tookplace October 1113, 2024, at the Metropolitan Camino Real Cinemas located in theCamino Real Marketplace in Goleta, California. The festival featured a curated selection of films focused on nature, conservation, outdoor adventure, and the human connection to the natural world.The event brought together filmmakers, community members, and environmentaladvocates for screenings, discussions, and filmmaker Q&A sessions, fosteringmeaningful dialogue and engagement. NTFF continues to serve as a key program ofNatureTrack, advancing its mission by reaching audiences through storytelling andinspiring a broader appreciation for the natural world.
$66,628 spent$65,164 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $562,871.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $90k to $101k (+13%).
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: 2021 0% · 2022 5% · 2023 13% · 2024 13% · 2025 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of NATURE TRACK FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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
Sue Eisaguirre
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $48k → $104k.
5 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 NATURE TRACK FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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
NATURE TRACK FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 40% · 2019 63% · 2020 46% · 2021 27% · 2022 40% · 2023 19% — broadly stable.
“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
29% of NATURE TRACK FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
82% of NATURE TRACK FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $126k 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
NATURE TRACK FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NATURE TRACK 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.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 NATURE TRACK 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 NATURE TRACK FOUNDATION INC?
- NATURE TRACK FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $799,155 to it, the largest being Audacious Foundation ($159,043). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATURE TRACK FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $799,155 in grants to NATURE TRACK FOUNDATION INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATURE TRACK FOUNDATION INC?
- Audacious Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $159,043 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATURE TRACK 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 31 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