California · Nonprofit
REVIVE & RESTORE
REVIVE & RESTORE (California) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,613,729 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($18,870,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $40M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Revive & Restore does
Mission
Revive & Restore is the leading wildlife conservation organization promoting the incorporation of biotechnologies into standard conservation practice. Programs are designed to demonstrate how genetic rescue can help protect endangered species from extinction.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In 2025, we secured matching funds for a new recovery grant from the u.s. Fish & wildlife service for a project with the endangered wyoming toad. We also launched the biotech for climate resilience fund with a call for proposals to harness cutting-edge biotechnology to strengthen marine ecosystems and accelerate nature-based climate solutions.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Applied stem cell conservation fund: Revive & Restore is advancing a bold new frontier in comparative biology: building the first platform for stem cell innovation across the evolutionary tree to capture and restore biodiversity. Our applied stem cell conservation fund supports the development of core tools, including induced pluripotent stem cell (ipsc) technologies and ai assisted models, to transform how conservation science responds to extinction, disease, and environmental change.
$1,895,556 spentof which $1,806,437 as grants$1,000 earned by the program42% of program spendingBiotech for bird conservation:we've assembled leading scientists to develop genetic rescue biotechnologies for endangered and extinct birds. Our biotechnology for bird conservation program is guided by an international consortium connecting biotechnologists with avian conservation specialists. This community shapes our work and ensures our technologies transition to meaningful conservation use. We aim to transform the future of bird conservation through advanced reproductive and genetic technologies.
$807,679 spentof which $564,883 as grants18% of program spendingLaunched in 2019, the advanced coral toolkit supports the development and field testing of new biotechnologies that have the potential to greatly benefit coral resilience and restoration efforts. We foster a collaborative, global community of practice working to restore reefs on meaningful scales by combining biotechnologies and traditional conservation. Several projects are undergoing field tests with restoration partners, whose insights will maximize the conservation impact of their innovations. With generous renewed funding, we anticipate launching new projects in 2026.
$699,261 spentof which $642,625 as grants15% of program spendingAdditional program areas with ongoing work include biobanking, black-footed ferret recovery, and wild genomes, while development is underway for a new program area that will launch in early 2026, incorporating ai for wildlife conservation
$1,121,781 spentof which $521,011 as grants25% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,524,277.
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 2024 to 2025, from $16M to $26M (+61%).
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: 2022 1% · 2023 2% · 2024 2% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of REVIVE & RESTORE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Ryan Phelan
Executive director, president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $40k → $6.3M.
14 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 REVIVE & RESTORE’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
REVIVE & RESTORE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 REVIVE & RESTORE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 76% · 2019 42% · 2020 91% · 2021 95% · 2022 89% · 2023 85% — 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
89% of REVIVE & RESTORE'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
97% of REVIVE & RESTORE'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 $1.3M that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from funders outside California, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $38M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
REVIVE & RESTORE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 119 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 119 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding REVIVE & RESTORE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $985k on record.
- Department of the Interior$985k
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 REVIVE & RESTORE
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 REVIVE & RESTORE: 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 REVIVE & RESTORE?
- REVIVE & RESTORE (California) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,613,729 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($18,870,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does REVIVE & RESTORE have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $39,613,729 in grants to REVIVE & RESTORE, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of REVIVE & RESTORE?
- FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS is the largest funder on record, with $18,870,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like REVIVE & RESTORE 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.
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 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