California · Nonprofit
SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY
SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY (California) receives grants from 89 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,651,768 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($3,346,500). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $30M
- Funders on record
- 89
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $116M
What Santa Catalina Island Conservancy does
Mission
The catalina island conservancy protects and stewards 88% of catalina island. More than 42,000 acres of wildlands, coves and coastal habitats. Founded to preserve the island's natural resources, the conservancy advances a mission rooted in conservation, education and recreation. In 2024, the conservancy deepened its commitment to restoring native ecosystems, expanding community engagement and ensuring that catalina remains a place where people and nature thrive.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Recreational and infrastructure servicesservices include providing recreational access to catalina's wildlands, featuring nearly 165 miles of roads and trails, as well as 62 miles of secluded coves for camping, biking, hiking, and touring. Recreational activities and access also encompass the catalina airport in the sky, eco tours, shuttle services transporting individuals to and from the island's interior, access to the wrigley memorial and botanical garden, and leases to operators of various program-related services on the island.
$8,949,716 spent$3,018,029 earned by the program66% of program spendingConservation servicesconservancy advanced its efforts to protect, restore, and manage catalina island's natural resources for present and future generations. Key programs included surveys and treatments for rare and invasive plants, seabird monitoring, and endemic fox management. The conservancy launched an island-wide restoration initiative, the expansion of the volunteer program and increased focus on mule deer impact to the island. These efforts were carried out by conservancy staff, university researchers, and contractors.
$3,231,265 spent$4,374,599 earned by the program24% of program spendingEducationthe conservancy presents programs to catalina island residents and visitors about the natural and cultural history of catalina island and the plants and animals that make up the island ecosystems. During programs, conservancy educators encourage all to explore the island's wild lands. Different programs were created for various groups ranging from school children, adults, families and local businesses with the goal of increasing their conservation and environmental awareness ultimately inspiring behaviors in support of a healthy and functioning island ecosystem.
$1,461,926 spent$384,759 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,642,907.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $89M to $103M (+16%).
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: 2020 1% · 2021 6% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 29 funders to 35 funders, grant income fell $1.6M → $1.5M.
11 of 89 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 89 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
SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
35% 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 SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 19% · 2019 20% · 2020 14% · 2021 26% · 2022 16% · 2023 27% — 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
45% of SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 17 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Government funding SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $353k on record.
- Department of the Treasury$189k
- Department of Defense$134k
- Department of the Interior$30k
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 SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY
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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Catherine LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY?
- SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY (California) receives grants from 89 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,651,768 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($3,346,500). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY have?
- IRS filings report 89 organizations giving $13,651,768 in grants to SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY, 54 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $3,346,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY 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.
Play a game about who funds Santa Catalina Island Conservancy →
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 89 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