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THE ORANGUTAN CONSERVANCY

THE ORANGUTAN CONSERVANCY (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $318,950 to it, the largest being ARCUS FOUNDATION ($120,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$149k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$319k
Net assets
$346k
7/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 43%
01What it does

What The Orangutan Conservancy does

Mission

Preserving the habitat of the orangutan

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Preserving the habitat of the organutan

    $128,680 spentof which $128,680 as grants
    65% of program spending
  2. Preserving the habitat of the organutan

    $68,418 spentof which $61,500 as grants
    35% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $197,098.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($115k) Expenses 100 ($119k) Net assets 100 ($135k)2020 Revenue 148 ($170k) Expenses 71 ($84k) Net assets 163 ($220k)2021 Revenue 112 ($129k) Expenses 126 ($150k) Net assets 147 ($199k)2022 Revenue 89 ($102k) Expenses 116 ($138k) Net assets 120 ($162k)2023 Revenue 357 ($410k) Expenses 124 ($149k) Net assets 313 ($424k)2024 Revenue 130 ($149k) Expenses 190 ($227k) Net assets 256 ($346k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (130)Expenses (190)Net assets (256)Peer revenue range

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 $162k to $424k (+161%).

$135k
$220k
$199k
$162k
$424k
$346k
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

98% of THE ORANGUTAN CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,042 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$5k
’19
$85k
’20
−$22k
’21
−$36k
’22
$261k
’23
−$78k
’24
34
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $11k → $43k.

4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 ORANGUTAN 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

THE ORANGUTAN CONSERVANCY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

57% 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 ORANGUTAN CONSERVANCY.

38%
largest funder
86%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 100% · 2019 75% · 2020 46% · 2021 53% · 2022 53% · 2023 70% — diversifying over time.

“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

33% of THE ORANGUTAN CONSERVANCY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

54% of THE ORANGUTAN CONSERVANCY'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 $148k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 6 states.

WA
MN
IL
NY
IN
CT

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $171k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE ORANGUTAN CONSERVANCY's revenue grew 30% between 2019 and 2024.

Operating margin−52% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like THE ORANGUTAN 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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE ORANGUTAN CONSERVANCY?
THE ORANGUTAN CONSERVANCY (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $318,950 to it, the largest being ARCUS FOUNDATION ($120,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE ORANGUTAN CONSERVANCY have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $318,950 in grants to THE ORANGUTAN CONSERVANCY, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE ORANGUTAN CONSERVANCY?
ARCUS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $120,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE ORANGUTAN 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 11 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