California · Nonprofit
SAVENATUREORG
SAVENATUREORG (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $916,321 to it, the largest being California Institute for Biodiversity ($425,754). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $621k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $916k
- Net assets
- $497k
What Savenatureorg does
Mission
Savenature.org is dedicated to creating global partnerships to inspire broadbased participation in the preservation of biological diversity through ecosystem protection worldwide.we work in partnership with schools, universities, zoos, aquariums, botancial gardens, natural history museums and science centers worldwide to protect wildlife in nature.we have the following signature programs: the adopt an acre, adopt a reef, the award winning conservation parking meter, insect discovery lab and nature connection.funds raised go directly to the purchase and protection of critical habitat for endangered species of plants, animals in rainforest and marine ecosystems.the goal of savenature.org is to increase individual participation and awareness of worldwide conservation by providing an opportunity for stewardship and direct action.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education programsinsect discovery lab, nature class, nature connection: these programs involve dynamic traveling educational outreach efforts designed to inspire school-aged children about invertebrates and how to participate in the preservation of biological diversity through ecosystem protection. Our program provides for learning that is self-directed, life-long and motivated mainly by intrinsic interests, curiosity, exploration manipulation and social interaction. Fee donations support the care, feeding and maintenance of live invertebrates. . Nature academy: nature academy is a hands-on educational program made up of 4 lessons focusing on biodiversity, adaptations and survival. Each lesson utilizes live animals and project-based activities.
$261,809 spent$128,805 earned by the program70% of program spendingBiodiversity research.the organization participated in the california insect biodiversity project in cooperation with the california institute for biodiversity and the los angeles county natural history museum, collecting insect samples at five sites in southern california. Collected samples were analyzed in the organization's lab and inventoried for shipment to the university of guelph in canada, for dna analysis.
$101,922 spent27% of program spendingGrants to conservation organizations:made a $10,000 grant to the guanacaste dry forest conservation fund for habitat restoration and preservation in costa rica.
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $373,731.
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 2023 to 2024, from $487k to $612k (+26%).
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 41% · 2021 25% · 2023 8% · 2024 47%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of SAVENATUREORG’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. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $34k → $225k.
6 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 SAVENATUREORG’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
SAVENATUREORG leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% 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 SAVENATUREORG.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 61% · 2019 64% · 2020 65% · 2021 84% · 2022 61% · 2023 61% — 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
63% of SAVENATUREORG's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
89% of SAVENATUREORG's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $406k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
SAVENATUREORG runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SAVENATUREORG
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 SAVENATUREORG: 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 SAVENATUREORG?
- SAVENATUREORG (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $916,321 to it, the largest being California Institute for Biodiversity ($425,754). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAVENATUREORG have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $916,321 in grants to SAVENATUREORG, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAVENATUREORG?
- California Institute for Biodiversity is the largest funder on record, with $425,754 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAVENATUREORG 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 14 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