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WILDERNESS LOUISVILLE INC

WILDERNESS LOUISVILLE INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $702,257 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC ($406,569). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$302k
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$702k
Net assets
$696k
5/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 93%
01What it does

What Wilderness Louisville Inc does

Mission

We are stewards of natural areas and champions of nature education, recreation, and youth. Our mission is to provide and sustain quality natural spaces in louisville and ensure there is equitable access for the community.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Supporting the louisville is engaging children outdoors initiative to support youth outdoor education and recreation programming.contract with the office of ky nature preserves to support management of an endangered species at mcneely lake park. Contract with the u.s.d.a. Natural resource conservation service to support various land management practies within natural areas.

    $217,714 spentof which $82,131 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $217,714.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($394k) Expenses 100 ($127k) Net assets 100 ($281k)2021 Revenue 73 ($286k) Expenses 94 ($120k) Net assets 159 ($448k)2022 Revenue 172 ($678k) Expenses 211 ($268k) Net assets 305 ($857k)2023 Revenue 77 ($306k) Expenses 159 ($202k) Net assets 342 ($961k)2024 Revenue 77 ($302k) Expenses 446 ($567k) Net assets 248 ($696k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (77)Expenses (446)Net assets (248)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 2021 to 2022, from $448k to $859k (+92%).

$281k
$448k
$859k
$966k
$705k
20202021202220232024
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of WILDERNESS LOUISVILLE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,629 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$267k
’20
$167k
’21
$410k
’22
$104k
’23
−$265k
’24
15
months of
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

Prasanthi Persad

Executive director

Board chair

Andy Reynolds

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed1617171514
Joined·+3+3+2+0
No longer listed·2341
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $236k.

2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 WILDERNESS LOUISVILLE 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

WILDERNESS LOUISVILLE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% 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

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 WILDERNESS LOUISVILLE INC.

58%
largest funder
86%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 75% · 2020 51% · 2021 76% · 2022 100% · 2023 86% — 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 WILDERNESS LOUISVILLE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

58% of WILDERNESS LOUISVILLE INC'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 $296k that is directly attributable, 92% of it comes from Kentucky funders.

NY
PA
KY
MD

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

’17
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Kentucky out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $407k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

WILDERNESS LOUISVILLE INC is better cushioned than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−88% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve14.9mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−6% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like WILDERNESS LOUISVILLE 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 Kentucky

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 6%Fundraising 4%

Governance

13
board members
92%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

KY

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Questions and answers

Who funds WILDERNESS LOUISVILLE INC?
WILDERNESS LOUISVILLE INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $702,257 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC ($406,569). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does WILDERNESS LOUISVILLE INC have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $702,257 in grants to WILDERNESS LOUISVILLE INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WILDERNESS LOUISVILLE INC?
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC is the largest funder on record, with $406,569 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WILDERNESS LOUISVILLE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 13 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