Arizona · Nonprofit
THE BIODIVERSITY GROUP
THE BIODIVERSITY GROUP (Arizona) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $82,602 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($26,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $329k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $83k
- Net assets
- $152k
What The Biodiversity Group does
Mission
We protect Life Overlooked through ground-breaking expeditions developing novel technologies and supporting a global alliance.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Biodiversity Group operates a fiscal sponsorship and regranting program that provides charitable and administrative support to conservation initiatives that lack their own 501c3 status and choose to operate under fiscal sponsorship. TBG receives restricted funds on behalf of sponsored projects provides grant oversight and compliance support and disburses funds to approved domestic and international conservation partners for program implementation. In 2024 TBG supported multiple conservation partners projects and made direct programmatic disbursements grants and allocations to others as part of this fiscal sponsorship activity.
$259,983 spentof which $227,873 as grants$317,605 earned by the program99% of program spendingTBG advances non-invasive conservation technology and field methods including development and dissemination of portable 3D scanning workflows for live animals and related outreach. In 2024 direct costs for this program included software expenses supplies materials including equipment-related purchases and travel associated with program work and outreach activities.
$1,716 spent1% of program spendingTBG operates and improves Connect & Conserve an initiative that compiles and analyzes information on conservation organizations to support collaboration reduce fragmentation and improve the effectiveness of conservation networks. In 2024 TBG expanded the underlying database by adding more than 1,000 organizations rebuilt supporting dashboards and advanced analysis intended for publication on how organizational network distance can inform conservation decision-making and collaboration.
$735 spent0% of program spendingOther program services consist of i a mission-related library resource component and ii small-scale mission-supporting merchandise activity. In 2024 these activities generated 3,487.45 of revenue Library 2,810.00; Merchandise 677.45 and incurred 114.79 of related program service expenses Library shipping postage 112.47; Merchandise merchant bank fees 2.32. Direct merchandise costs of 932.80 are reported separately as cost of goods sold on Part VIII line 10b and are not included in Part III program service expenses. No grants or allocations to others were made through these activities.
$115 spent$3,487 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $262,549.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $92k to $152k (+66%).
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.
93% of THE BIODIVERSITY GROUP’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (79% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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
Scott Trageser
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $6k.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 THE BIODIVERSITY GROUP’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
THE BIODIVERSITY GROUP has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
93% 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 THE BIODIVERSITY GROUP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — 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.
Where its funders are
57% of THE BIODIVERSITY GROUP'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 $36k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Arizona, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $47k 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
THE BIODIVERSITY GROUP has grown faster than three-quarters of the 793 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE BIODIVERSITY GROUP
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% 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 THE BIODIVERSITY GROUP: 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 THE BIODIVERSITY GROUP?
- THE BIODIVERSITY GROUP (Arizona) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $82,602 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($26,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE BIODIVERSITY GROUP have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $82,602 in grants to THE BIODIVERSITY GROUP, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BIODIVERSITY GROUP?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $26,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BIODIVERSITY GROUP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 10 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