Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
THE JOHN J TYLER ARBORETUM
THE JOHN J TYLER ARBORETUM (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,616,855 to it, the largest being JOHN J TYLER TR FBO THE JOHN J ARBORETUM ($1,593,427). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $4.7M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $17M
What The John J Tyler Arboretum does
Mission
The mission of tyler arboretum is to conserve our historic landscapes and connect people with the natural world.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
Tyler arboretum continues to prioritize its mission to connect people to the natural world through regular programming for all ages. School field trips continue to be a popular draw and tyler added a food production field trips that encourages children to learn how food is grown, help harvest in tyler's vegetable garden, and then make and eat a recipe using the ingredients harvested. All tyler's children's programming continue to encourage nature immersion, experiential learning, and creating better stewards of the natural world. Tyler's summer camp restarted in 2025 and has already become a popular local camp, selling out for 2026. Tyler continues to see immense interest in its annual plant sale, evening events and special nature at night series throughout the summer. (continued on schedule o) before and after hours features like owl prowls, moth nights, and full-moon hikes remain popular, as do tyler's communities of wednesday morning birders, hikers, and wildflower enthusiasts.tyler continues to provide visitors with docent-led tours, history tours, pop-up education stations, and regular docents at its pollinator preserve. The pollinator preserve continues to be an exciting…
$1,774,157 spent$487,881 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,774,157.
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 2025 to 2026, from $15M to $18M (+19%).
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 6% · 2021 2% · 2022 13% · 2026 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of THE JOHN J TYLER ARBORETUM’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 10 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 FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $204k → $233k.
10 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 JOHN J TYLER ARBORETUM’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 JOHN J TYLER ARBORETUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
35% 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 JOHN J TYLER ARBORETUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 54% · 2019 78% · 2020 71% · 2021 65% · 2022 64% · 2023 81% — 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
42% of THE JOHN J TYLER ARBORETUM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
98% of THE JOHN J TYLER ARBORETUM's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $923k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 JOHN J TYLER ARBORETUM has grown faster than half of the 2,226 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,226 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Organizations like THE JOHN J TYLER ARBORETUM
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 7 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE JOHN J TYLER ARBORETUM?
- THE JOHN J TYLER ARBORETUM (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,616,855 to it, the largest being JOHN J TYLER TR FBO THE JOHN J ARBORETUM ($1,593,427). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE JOHN J TYLER ARBORETUM have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $2,616,855 in grants to THE JOHN J TYLER ARBORETUM, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE JOHN J TYLER ARBORETUM?
- JOHN J TYLER TR FBO THE JOHN J ARBORETUM is the largest funder on record, with $1,593,427 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE JOHN J TYLER ARBORETUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 20 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