Idaho · Nonprofit
THE EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE INC
THE EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE INC (Idaho) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,034,383 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($2,885,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $632k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $4.0M
- Net assets
- $5.2M
What The Earthfire Institute Inc does
Mission
Earthfire institute's mission is to reawaken our deep connection to wildlife and nature through reconnection ecology, expanding our sense of community to include all living beings and moving us to protect thriving habitats for all life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Earthfire institute provided care for rescued native wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem by providing shelter, food, water, and veterinary care for 27 wild animals, 365 days of the year under licenses from the usda and idaho department of fish and game. Earthfire completed the build of two new bear gardens, and performed maintenance on structures for our wolves, bison, coyotes, foxes, cougar, and porcupine. We worked to improve habitats, provided essential enrichment, monitored their behaviors, and updated nutritional care based on latest research. Through idaho department of fish and game, we provided small mammal wildlife rehabilitation services for the state of idaho.
$633,831 spent87% of program spendingEarthfire institute continued to improve increased website functionality, social media presence, written educational outreach, and informational print media. We distributed almost 5,000 e-newsletters each month and approximately 1,000 semi-annual printed magazines to our supporters. Fourteen educational presentations about our work were provided to national and global audiences via online organizations or in-person conferences.
$80,831 spent11% of program spendingEarthfire institute continued to expand public access to our location by leading two hour private, guided visits focused on conservation, education, and wild animals. We hosted artists and photographers to assist with conservation efforts via art and other projects to further share our mission and conservation approach of reconnection ecology.
$12,716 spent$33,990 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $727,378.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.0M to $2.9M (+177%).
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.
92% of THE EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $308k → $819k.
11 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE INC’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 EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 77% · 2019 90% · 2020 41% · 2021 56% · 2022 89% · 2023 79% — 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
27% of THE EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
97% of THE EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE INC'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 $119k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from funders outside Idaho, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE INC's revenue grew 21% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Idaho
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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE INC?
- THE EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE INC (Idaho) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,034,383 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($2,885,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $4,034,383 in grants to THE EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE INC?
- AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,885,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Idaho. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 18 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