New Jersey · Nonprofit
NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION INC
NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $599,800 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($210,093). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $623k
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $600k
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What North American Butterfly Association Inc does
Mission
To promote public enjoyment, education, and conservation of butterflies in north america.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The national butterfly center, located in texas, is open to the public to promote education and conservation of butterflies and their habitats.
$878,443 spent$385,569 earned by the program95% of program spendingThe butterfly garden certification program encourages the public to plant certain food and nectar sources to increase the population of butterflies. If requirements are met, one's garden can be desgnated a butterfly garden and habitat by the organization.
$27,230 spent$27,570 earned by the program3% of program spendingThe butterfly count program gives the public the opportunity to learn about and participate in gathering data on the amounts and various kinds of north american butterflies. Data from the counts is available to scientists to study population trends of the north american butterflies.
$14,187 spent$12,731 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $919,860.
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 2020 to 2021, from $3.8M to $5.1M (+35%).
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 5% · 2019 2% · 2020 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
62% of NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $144k → $41k.
6 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION 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
NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
82% 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 NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 62% · 2019 84% · 2020 100% · 2021 70% · 2022 24% · 2023 29% — 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 NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
51% of NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION 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 $293k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from funders outside New Jersey, across 12 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $307k 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
NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION INC's revenue fell 21% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,954 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $75k on record.
- Department of the Interior$50k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$25k
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 NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION 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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION INC?
- NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $599,800 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($210,093). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $599,800 in grants to NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION INC?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $210,093 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 22 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