Virginia · Nonprofit
WETLANDS WATCH INC
WETLANDS WATCH INC (Virginia) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,366,932 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($455,425). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $831k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $386k
What Wetlands Watch Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to enhance natural resilience, bolster community adaptation efforts, and protect and restore wetlands throughout virginia. We advance climate adaptation by working collaboratively with a wide variety of stakeholders, and by implementing solution-focused strategies that unify and connect.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Research, education, and outreach to the public, government, academic institutions, ngos, and other stakeholders on wetlands regulation, water quality programs affecting wetlands, wetlands restoration/conservation, green infrastructure practices to reduce storm and flood water, and the impacts of climate change on natural resource health. Train living infrastructure professionals and youth through the chesapeake bay landscape professional (cblp) certification. Train professionals through the living shoreline collaborative. (3,000 email contacts, 1,500 trained professionals, 200 face to face contacts, 50 government agency contacts, 200 mail contacts)
$557,115 spentof which $99,867 as grants70% of program spendingResearch, education, and outreach to the public, government, academic institutions, ngos, and other stakeholders on floodplain management, emergency management, flood risk reduction, flood insurance, fema programs, funding opportunities, and adaptive land use strategies to reduce the impacts of climate change to people, properties, public infrastructure, and natural infrastructure. Work with universities, neighborhood associations, and localities to develop designs and strategies to reduce risk and build resilience. Lead a community science data collection event during high tides to map flooding and validate future flooding models. Educate students on the impacts of climate change and the importance of protecting our natural resources from increasing risks. (800 email contacts, 250 volunteers, 200 face to face contacts, 100 government agency contacts, 250 volunteers)
$235,179 spent30% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $792,294.
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 2023 to 2024, from $416k to $620k (+49%).
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 27% · 2018 8% · 2019 17% · 2020 15% · 2021 17% · 2022 7% · 2023 62% · 2024 50%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of WETLANDS WATCH 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. 2 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.
Board chair
Richard Hildreth
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $95k → $365k.
4 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 WETLANDS WATCH 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
WETLANDS WATCH INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
64% 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 WETLANDS WATCH INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 66% · 2019 52% · 2020 31% · 2021 43% · 2022 25% · 2023 44% — 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
56% of WETLANDS WATCH INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% 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
WETLANDS WATCH INC draws 65% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $585k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
WETLANDS WATCH INC has grown faster than half of the 4,266 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,266 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like WETLANDS WATCH INC
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 WETLANDS WATCH INC: 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 WETLANDS WATCH INC?
- WETLANDS WATCH INC (Virginia) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,366,932 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($455,425). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WETLANDS WATCH INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $2,366,932 in grants to WETLANDS WATCH INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WETLANDS WATCH INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $455,425 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WETLANDS WATCH INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing