Minnesota · Nonprofit
VOYAGEURS CONSERVANCY
VOYAGEURS CONSERVANCY (Minnesota) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,375,982 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ($1,839,538). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What Voyageurs Conservancy does
Mission
To connect people to Voyageurs National Park, enhance the visitor experience, and protect the park for present and future generations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
LOVE YOUR PARK-Voyageurs Conservancy connects people to Voyageurs National Park through inclusive, engaging programs and partnerships that build stewardship and visibility for the park. We grow community engagement for the park by telling stories, reducing barriers, celebrating place, and activating volunteers and allies.
$316,557 spentof which $9,550 as grants40% of program spendingNEXT GENERATION-Voyageurs Conservancy leads the Voyageurs Classroom, an initiative to increase programs and opportunities for children, young adults, and families to connect to the park and environmental education opportunities. The Voyageurs Classroom offers a full suite of K-12 and young adult programs that connect thousands of students annually to their national park through park-based experiences, mobile classroom visits, and online offerings.
$292,202 spentof which $53,395 as grants37% of program spendingVOYAGEURS EXPERIENCE-Voyageurs Conservancy funds in-park improvements that expand and improve recreation opportunities and accessibility and improve the visitor experience overall, so the public can safely recreate and learn in the park.
$77,584 spentof which $1,987 as grants10% of program spendingWILD VOYAGEURS-Voyageurs Conservancy supports environmental protection and stewardship of Voyageurs National Park. We work to address threats to water quality, fisheries, natural darkness, and habitat resiliency. We fund scientific research and monitoring, advocate for park protections, and support on the ground land and water conservation and restoration projects.
$54,667 spentof which $10,000 as grants7% of program spendingCULTURAL STEWARDSHIP-Voyageurs Conservancy supports historic and cultural preservation projects, with a particular focus on developing Indigenous partnerships and co-stewardship models. We are working to integrate traditional ecological knowledge with modern conservation approaches and to collaborate with Indigenous communities on land stewardship practices, youth engagement, interpretation, and more.
$48,230 spentof which $3,000 as grants6% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $789,240.
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.
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 $883k to $2.7M (+201%).
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: 2019 2% · 2020 1% · 2022 19% · 2023 32% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of VOYAGEURS CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Christina Hausman Rhode
Executive Director
Board chair
Carl Numrich
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $44k → $308k.
7 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 VOYAGEURS 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
VOYAGEURS CONSERVANCY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% 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
94% 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 VOYAGEURS CONSERVANCY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 100% · 2019 32% · 2020 46% · 2021 47% · 2022 55% · 2023 76% — 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
69% of VOYAGEURS CONSERVANCY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 74% 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
VOYAGEURS CONSERVANCY draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $137k 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
VOYAGEURS CONSERVANCY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like VOYAGEURS 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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
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 VOYAGEURS CONSERVANCY: 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 VOYAGEURS CONSERVANCY?
- VOYAGEURS CONSERVANCY (Minnesota) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,375,982 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ($1,839,538). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VOYAGEURS CONSERVANCY have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $2,375,982 in grants to VOYAGEURS CONSERVANCY, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VOYAGEURS CONSERVANCY?
- NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,839,538 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VOYAGEURS CONSERVANCY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 23 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