New Hampshire · Nonprofit
WILD NATURE INSTITUTE
WILD NATURE INSTITUTE (New Hampshire) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $324,884 to it, the largest being SACRAMENTO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ($104,275). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $202k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $325k
- Net assets
- $263k
What Wild Nature Institute does
Mission
The purposes of the Wild Nature Institute are to conduct scientific research on at-risk wildlife species and their habitats, advocate for their protection, and educate the public about the need to preserve wild nature.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Giraffe Research and Conservation. Conducted 8 giraffe photographic identification surveys in the Tarangire and Serengeti ecosystems and 2 distance sampling surveys for giraffes in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area of Tanzania. Collected DNA samples from giraffe dung in Enduimet WMA and Manyara Wildlife Park. Published 3 scientific papers (Journal of Wildlife Management; PNAS Nexus, and African Journal of Wildlife Research). Share our giraffe research at presentation for other scientists, students, and zookeepers (Giraffid and Ungulate TAG conferences; Greater Serengeti-Mara Conservation Society managers meeting; Kalahari Research Center, South Africa; Wilder Workshop on Demographic Resilience, Berlin), general members of the public (Sacramento Zoo, TED conference in Nairobi), Tanzanian decision-makers (Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute and TAWIRI Biennial Conference, Tanzania), and the media (coverage about our giraffe conservation research)
$120,527 spent51% of program spendingCelebrating Africa's Giants Education Program. Conducted 2 teacher trainings with 32 participants. Did 214 classroom visits at 14 Tanzanian schools to teach ecology and conservation to a total of 1127 children. Did 7 trips to national parks in Tanzania and Kenya with a total of 597 children to learn about wildlife first-hand. Maintained 2 tree nurseries at 2 Tanzanian schools, started 10,000 seedlings, and planted 9,600 trees in giraffe habitat and the local village. Celebrated World Giraffe Week with 651 children and 2179 adults in Tanzania and Kenya, printed and distributed hundreds of giraffe t-shirts, and helped 375 children create giraffe art for the Necks-hibition. Held a Snake Blitz to teach 550 Tanzania children and their teachers appreciation for snakes and how to prevent snake bites.
$98,992 spent42% of program spendingFood4Thought. Implemented a pen pal exchange and free school lunch program at Esilalei Primary School in Tanzania with 603 enrolled students, and expanded the free school lunch program to Jangwani and Baraka primary schools, feeding 1900 school children every school day of the year at all three schools.
$18,856 spent8% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $238,375.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $158k to $299k (+89%).
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.
99% of WILD NATURE INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $37k → $55k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 WILD NATURE INSTITUTE’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
WILD NATURE INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
97% 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 WILD NATURE INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 33% · 2019 54% · 2020 87% · 2021 59% · 2022 53% · 2023 33% — 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
29% of WILD NATURE INSTITUTE'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
WILD NATURE INSTITUTE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Hampshire, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k 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
WILD NATURE INSTITUTE is better cushioned than half of the 3,693 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WILD NATURE INSTITUTE
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 New Hampshire
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 WILD NATURE INSTITUTE: 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 WILD NATURE INSTITUTE?
- WILD NATURE INSTITUTE (New Hampshire) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $324,884 to it, the largest being SACRAMENTO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ($104,275). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WILD NATURE INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $324,884 in grants to WILD NATURE INSTITUTE, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WILD NATURE INSTITUTE?
- SACRAMENTO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with $104,275 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WILD NATURE INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Hampshire. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 10 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