California · Nonprofit
Snow Leopard Conservancy
Snow Leopard Conservancy (California) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,537,658 to it, the largest being THE SHARED EARTH FOUNDATION ($1,035,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Snow Leopard Conservancy does
Mission
Ensuring snow leopard survival and conserving mountain landscapes by expanding environmental awareness and sharing innovative practices through community stewardship and partnerships.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Snow Leopard Conservancy (slc) has three overarching program categories: 1.) direct funding support to range country conservation partners and organizations; 2.) technical and facilitation support to partners and conservation programs; and 3.) educational outreach and public events. In 2025, Snow Leopard Conservancy continued its mission to reduce human-wildlife conflict and strengthen community-driven conservation impact through partner-led programs and facilitated collaborative initiatives. At least 13,000 individuals benefited from tools, resources, and education materials provided by slc, and 80 individuals were compensated to facilitate conservation initiatives. Highlighted accomplishments of conflict reduction included the repair of two large communal predator-proof livestock corrals, which now protect more than 42% of animals across two villages and support the livelihoods of 45 households, over half of the two villages. Additionally, 7,660 livestock were vaccinated, safeguarding both animals and communities. Nearly 450 herders participated in human-wildlife conflict reduction/mitigation efforts and 15 workshops were held providing best practices resources and training.…
$805,287 spentof which $415,493 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $805,287.
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 2018 to 2019, from $675k to $962k (+43%).
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: 2018 12% · 2019 17% · 2020 12% · 2021 14% · 2022 9% · 2023 11% · 2024 11% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of Snow Leopard Conservancy’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $218k → $145k.
9 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 Snow Leopard Conservancy’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
Snow Leopard Conservancy leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
38% 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 Snow Leopard Conservancy.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 34% · 2019 55% · 2020 54% · 2021 55% · 2022 44% · 2023 58% — 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
50% of Snow Leopard Conservancy's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
Snow Leopard Conservancy draws 81% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $544k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
Snow Leopard Conservancy holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 813 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 813 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Snow Leopard 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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
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 Snow Leopard 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Snow Leopard Conservancy?
- Snow Leopard Conservancy (California) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,537,658 to it, the largest being THE SHARED EARTH FOUNDATION ($1,035,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Snow Leopard Conservancy have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $2,537,658 in grants to Snow Leopard Conservancy, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Snow Leopard Conservancy?
- THE SHARED EARTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,035,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Snow Leopard 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.
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 26 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