Connecticut · Nonprofit
POLLINATOR PATHWAY INC
POLLINATOR PATHWAY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $93,100 to it, the largest being FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($30,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $147k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $93k
- Net assets
- $224k
What Pollinator Pathway Inc does
Mission
Pollinator Pathway, Inc.'s mission is to inspire, educate, and support local communities taking the initiative to make positive change by restoring and connecting habitat for pollinators. We promote education and awareness about proper land care, avoidance of harmful pesticides and use of native plants across a network of connected parks, preserves and private property.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Pollinator Pathway, Inc. is organized to provide support to local Pollinator Pathway Projects at the local level and is now established in over three hundred and seventy-five cities, towns and villages across forty states and Canada. A key part of this program is creating connections among local pollinator pathway programs, thereby increasing education and awareness about the importance of native plants and not using pesticides. A key part of this programmatic effort is the distribution of Pollinator Pathway signs, which we encourage communities to post. These signs both educate and signify that native plants supporting local pollinators are being intentionally grown and that the property is pesticide free and direct individuals to the Pollinator Pathway, Inc. website for further information. To date, this program has resulted in signs having been placed on over 10,000 public and private properties across the US and Canada. In addition, we create tool kits and materials that local groups can use to support their work.
$13,817 spent51% of program spendingPollinator Pathway, Inc. maintains a website with newsworthy blog posts and distributes Pollinator Pathway newsletters sent quarterly to over 7000 individuals. We also provide a free platform to host webpages for local towns on the Pollinator Pathway and information about gardens on the Pathway and offer printable plant lists, brochures and signage, all at no cost. Our iNaturalist Pollinator Pathway Project has over 50,000 sightings for Citizens Science data collection purposes. We also offer webinars and in-person speaking engagement about the importance of protecting pollinators and biodiversity.
$5,850 spent21% of program spendingWe advocate for reducing pesticide and herbicide use as part of our support for pollinator habitat. We worked to develop testing in local streams in Connecticut for neonics and to support a scientific team documenting the existence of neonics in the State's freshwater bodies. We also advocate for changes to regulations limiting the use of neonics and other pesticides.
$0 spentof which $16,134 as grants0% of program spendingWe provide ongoing support and suggestions to local Pollinator Pathway projects across the country. We are routinely contacted by a variety of groups with questions about pollinator protection, native plants, invasive plant removal and management, pesticide alternatives and a variety of related topics. We work to be a clearing house for information and organizational guidance to these local groups. We also encourage local groups to advocate for issues supporting our mission
$7,193 spent26% of program spendingWe run quarterly webinars on topics relating to our mission, including webinars about the dangers presented by and steps to reduce the use of pesticides
$500 spent2% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $27,360.
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 2021 to 2022, from $18k to $95k (+431%).
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.
82% of POLLINATOR PATHWAY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $2k → $11k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 POLLINATOR PATHWAY 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
POLLINATOR PATHWAY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
52% 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 POLLINATOR PATHWAY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2023 93% — 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
53% of POLLINATOR PATHWAY INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $35k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
POLLINATOR PATHWAY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds POLLINATOR PATHWAY INC?
- POLLINATOR PATHWAY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $93,100 to it, the largest being FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($30,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does POLLINATOR PATHWAY INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $93,100 in grants to POLLINATOR PATHWAY INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of POLLINATOR PATHWAY INC?
- FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like POLLINATOR PATHWAY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 9 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