Colorado · Nonprofit
WONDERHAVEN
WONDERHAVEN (Colorado) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $508,352 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($267,310). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $461k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $508k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Wonderhaven does
Mission
Wonderhaven's stated mission,as outlined in our articles of organization, is "to support human endeavors that recognize the nobility of humanity and strive for its realization, including supporting people and projects that exemplify wise and compassionate care for each other, the earth, and all of its creatures." at present, our first and flagship project is "dharma's garden", a neighborhood educational farm with its own stated mission "to demonstrate, educate, and inspire others to take on the noble work of tending the earth".
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Educational farm program (dharma's garden): we operated an urban farm and homestead in the city with the mission to demonstrate, educate, and inspire others to take on the noble work of tending the earth. Through this working demonstration farm, we provided produce for over 150 families on a weekly basis through the harvest seasonsupported entirely through donationswith excess produce donated to local food rescue organizations. We had robust attendance from both youth and adults at our regular, twice-weekly volunteer days in spring through autumn, in addition to special volunteer events organized for various visiting groups. We also offered hands-on educational opportunities for both children and adults, including numerous classes, workshops, and events (such as classes on biodynamic farming, composting, basket weaving, bird-banding, botanical illustration; and events such as seasonal festivals and community celebrations). We offered a months-long morning program for preschool-aged children of nature-based education on the farm. We led mother-baby programs that fostered families connection with nature. We hosted numerous school visits and field trips for local students from pre-k…
$265,473 spent$116,388 earned by the program53% of program spendingLand stewardship program (Wonderhaven land trust): we made further progress toward the development and execution of our comprehensive stewardship plan (which guides the long-term land conservation & management), including hiring professionals to support this process (including a bird expert to conduct monthly bird tracking and banding, and a land consultant to advise on overall landscape health). Additionally, we successfully completed the process of obtaining colorado tax credits related to our recent conservation easement. We also made numerous infrastructure improvements, including perimeter fencing, and the (re)construction of an improved barn to replace the historic sheep barn already on the property (which had been ordered by the local county authorities to be relocated out of the floodway).
$231,659 spent$76,355 earned by the program47% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $497,132.
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 2020 to 2021, from $19k to $4.6M (+24831%).
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.
74% of WONDERHAVEN’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (73% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $20k → $28k.
9 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% 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 WONDERHAVEN’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
WONDERHAVEN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 WONDERHAVEN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 75% · 2021 65% · 2022 93% · 2023 72% — 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
0% of WONDERHAVEN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
95% of WONDERHAVEN'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 $24k that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $484k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
WONDERHAVEN has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,356 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,356 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like WONDERHAVEN
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Wonderhaven Land Trust LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WONDERHAVEN: 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 WONDERHAVEN?
- WONDERHAVEN (Colorado) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $508,352 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($267,310). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WONDERHAVEN have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $508,352 in grants to WONDERHAVEN, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WONDERHAVEN?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $267,310 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WONDERHAVEN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), 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