Texas · Nonprofit
REWILD
REWILD (Texas) receives grants from 245 organizations whose IRS filings report $183,809,782 to it, the largest being The Sheth Sangreal Foundation ($32,517,969). 123 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $75M
- Funders on record
- 245
- Grants received
- $184M
- Net assets
- $61M
What Rewild does
Mission
Re:wild protects and restores the wild to build a thriving earth where all life flourishes.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Wildlife: re:wild focuses our species conservation efforts on highly threatened species in groups that are not receiving sufficient conservation attention. These species are often the focus of local conservation groups that struggle to find international support for their efforts beyond re:wild. Re:wild and its partners are benefitting over 36,000 species worldwide. Some examples include:-primate conservation & Rewilding: developed a foundational Rewilding plan for 14 species in vietnam and convened strategic interventions for the tana river red colobus and mangabeys in kenya.-eastern lowland gorilla reintroduction: in one of the year's most complex efforts, four orphaned gorillas were returned to the wild in virunga national park, drc, and are now successfully integrated into a wild family group-the "search for lost species":barbados threadsnake: rediscovered in 2025 after being lost to science for nearly 20 years.galpagos gecko: supported the phylogeographic study of a rediscovered gecko species, reinforcing the value of protecting "lost" biodiversity.island population recovery:redonda island: documented a 12-fold increase in the redonda ground dragon and a three-fold increase…
$28,676,580 spentof which $24,406,403 as grants38% of program spendingWildlands: re:wild expands the protection, restoration, and improved management of key biodiversity areas and intact forests. Re:wild and its partners are advancing the protection of over 81 million hectares and supporting the improved management of 159 million hectares globally. This includes active restoration of more than 2 million hectares across 78 sites of global importance. Specific examples include: guafo island acquisition: in a landmark move, re:wild led the acquisition of 52,374 acres of privately held land on guafo island, chile. This secures the island from extractive development and creates the foundation for a future national park.indigenous land demarcation: successfully achieved the official demarcation of 10 indigenous lands in brazil, a critical step in safeguarding the amazon and supporting indigenous land tenure.brazil: acquired 953 hectares for the so benedito and azul rivers wildlife refuge.haiti: secured leasing rights for 210 hectares of primary forest in the bois pangnol corridor.
$24,867,971 spentof which $21,164,927 as grants33% of program spendingGuardians: re:wild works to ensure that anyone in a position to Rewild the planet has agency to do so. In particular, re:wild equips and emboldens earth's guardians rangers, young and aspiring conservationists, indigenous peoples and local communities, and women to strengthen their ability to deliver high-impact conservation results.indigenous governance: directed $11.5 million (21% of portfolio) to indigenous and local communities and established the indigenous fund deliberative committee in brazil to manage pngati funds.carbon market safeguards: convened over 70 participants in kenya to ensure that indigenous peoples and local communities have a leading role and social safeguards in emerging carbon markets.amazonian fire protection: equipped and supported 250 firefighters to protect the amazonian biome in mato grosso, brazil.capacity & workforce: iconic oceans: scaled mentorship to 70 participants focusing on shark conservation and edna across four countries.conservation corps: funded 67 alumni of the california statewide conservation corps to enter climate-focused careers.
$15,906,540 spentof which $13,537,926 as grants21% of program spendingAdvocating for earth: re:wild works to promote greater recognition of the importance of conserving biodiversity.keepers of biodiversity: we partnered with an indigenous storytelling collective to produce keepers of biodiversity-a powerful video series spotlighting indigenous leadership around the world in protecting the planet. Timed for cop16, it called on world leaders to recognize and uphold indigenous knowledge, governance and rights as essential to solving the climate and biodiversity crises. The videos were viewed more than 300,000 times across our platforms alone. Indigenous rights: we launched an ongoing campaign with the southeast indigenous transboundary commission (seitc) urging canada and british columbia to consult southeast alaska tribes on cross-border mining that threatens their livelihoods, cultures, and food systems. The effort began with a call for the inter-american commission on human rights to pause mining activities violating the rights of 17 tribes.aldabra tortoise campaign: we used our earth alliance impact platform to amplify a campaign by our partners friends of aldabra in a fight against the development of a luxury hotel in the seychelles. The project…
$5,227,502 spentof which $4,449,084 as grants7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $74,678,593.
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 2019 to 2020, from $43M to $61M (+41%).
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 11% · 2022 2% · 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of REWILD’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. 1 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
Weston Sechrest Phd
CEO/chief scientist/board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 91 funders, grant income rose $954k → $21M.
41 of 245 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 REWILD’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 245 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
REWILD has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
56% 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 REWILD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 18% · 2018 84% · 2019 44% · 2020 39% · 2021 33% · 2022 28% · 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
31% of REWILD's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
REWILD draws 74% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 31 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $58M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 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
REWILD has grown faster than three-quarters of the 134 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 134 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding REWILD receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.5M on record.
- Department of the Interior$2.5M
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 REWILD
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 40 states
Part of a family of 7 related entities
- Rewild Colombia Corp · disregarded
- Lonely Whale LLC · disregarded
- Volgenau Climate Initiative LLC · disregarded
- Guafo Holdco 1 LLC · disregarded
- Guafo Holdco 2 LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for REWILD: 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 REWILD?
- REWILD (Texas) receives grants from 245 organizations whose IRS filings report $183,809,782 to it, the largest being The Sheth Sangreal Foundation ($32,517,969). 123 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does REWILD have?
- IRS filings report 245 organizations giving $183,809,782 in grants to REWILD, 123 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of REWILD?
- The Sheth Sangreal Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $32,517,969 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like REWILD find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 245 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