Maryland · Nonprofit
THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA
THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA (Maryland) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,296,721 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($575,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.0M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $13M
What The Izaak Walton League of America does
Mission
To conserve, restore and promote the sustainable use and enjoyment of our natural resources, including soil, air, woods, water and wildlife.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Chapter relations and membership: at the heart of iwla are more than 200 local chapters across the country. These chapters form a grassroots volunteer network of conservationists and community activists who are fighting to protect the natural resources they love and enjoy. Iwla supports its local chapters through member recognition and award programs, communication tools, membership marketing materials and other publications and workshops.
$954,497 spent31% of program spendingClean water: all over america, volunteers are stepping into the gap to ensure our water is safe and iwla is the only organization training, equipping, and coordinating these volunteers on a national scale. The save our streams program is the only nationwide program training volunteers to protect waterways from pollution and bring information about water quality to their communities.
$920,009 spent29% of program spendingCommunications and media: outdoor america magazine is iwla's flagship publication and the primary vehicle for communicating with iwla's members about conservation activities at the local, state, and national levels. Each issue includes highlights of chapter activities and articles that focus on key conservation and outdoor recreation issues. Other publications produced by iwla include a monthly electronic newsletter, annual reports and support materials for conservation programs. In addition, iwla's staff works with the media to keep the public informed about national, regional, and local conservation issues and projects.
$647,820 spent21% of program spendingGeneral conservation: the general conservation program advances iwla's conservation policy agenda by providing background information to congress and state legislatures; keeping members informed about federal and state legislative and regulatory issues affecting natural resources and the environment; educating the public about important conservation issues; and assisting members and chapters in implementing local conservation projects. Agriculture: since 1937, iwla has promoted farming methods that sustain people and natural resources. To their credit, american farmers feed the country and much of the world. However, current farm practices, enabled by our farm policy, are polluting our water, eroding our topsoil, and degrading soil health. Investments in conservation over the past half century, paid with tax dollars, have helped, but todays problems affect entire landscapes and they are accelerating. Through national policy advocacy, iwlas goal is to expand agriculture conservation programs and funding to scale up conservation practices across millions of acres of land to improve soil health and the nutritional value of our food, reduce polluted runoff, and combat climate change…
$606,992 spentof which $1,675 as grants19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,129,318.
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 2022 to 2023, from $10M to $12M (+17%).
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: 2017 6% · 2018 5% · 2020 1% · 2021 1% · 2022 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
77% of THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA’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. 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.
Chief executive
Scott Kovarovics
Exec. Dir e
Board chair
Rachel Mcbride
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $30k → $56k.
4 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $254k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Izaak Walton League of America Endowment). These are real filings, and they are not money THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA raised.
From the IRS filings of THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA’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 IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
42% 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 IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 49% · 2019 74% · 2020 81% · 2021 87% · 2022 79% · 2023 62% — 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
25% of THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $254k 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 IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA?
- THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA (Maryland) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,296,721 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($575,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $1,296,721 in grants to THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA?
- Walton Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $575,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 24 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