Ohio · Nonprofit
WOODLAND ARBORETUM FOUNDATION
WOODLAND ARBORETUM FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,099,249 to it, the largest being THE DAYTON FOUNDATION ($446,450). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $454k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What Woodland Arboretum Foundation does
Mission
Woodland Arboretum Foundation is dedicated to meeting the public's need for natural recreation space, environmental education and assisting the cemetery with the selection, planting and care of arboriculture and horticultural features. The foundation also assists in providing a cultural workshop for volunteers interested in contributing to the natural beauty and value of dayton's urban environment, preservation of historical artifacts, and serving as an urban field station for institutions of higher education and geological study.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Post pandemic in 2021, woodland reinstituted in person educational events and tours to compliment virtual tours that were implemented in 2020 for the public. A total of 212 in person tours or presentations were conducted as well at the option for walking the grounds of the cemetery and doing a self-guided tour. Specific projects included a tree maintenance program to remove dead or failing trees, planting of new trees, placement of horticultural displays throughout the cemetery, and restoration and preservation of significant historic structures.
$24,327 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $24,327.
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 2022 to 2023, from $3.1M to $3.8M (+21%).
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: 2023 65% · 2024 69%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of WOODLAND ARBORETUM FOUNDATION’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. 0 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.
Chief executive
Sean O'Regan
Pres/CEO woodland cemetery
Board chair
Vail Miller Jr
President of the board/cha
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $616k → $5k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 WOODLAND ARBORETUM FOUNDATION’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
WOODLAND ARBORETUM FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
73% 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 WOODLAND ARBORETUM FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 54% · 2019 60% · 2020 100% · 2021 74% · 2022 89% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
52% of WOODLAND ARBORETUM FOUNDATION'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 $523k that is directly attributable, 79% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $576k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
WOODLAND ARBORETUM FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding WOODLAND ARBORETUM FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like WOODLAND ARBORETUM FOUNDATION
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
24% 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 2 related entities
- Woodland Cemetery Association of Dayton Ohio · exempt
- Woodland Sales Corporation · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WOODLAND ARBORETUM FOUNDATION?
- WOODLAND ARBORETUM FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,099,249 to it, the largest being THE DAYTON FOUNDATION ($446,450). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WOODLAND ARBORETUM FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,099,249 in grants to WOODLAND ARBORETUM FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOODLAND ARBORETUM FOUNDATION?
- THE DAYTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $446,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOODLAND ARBORETUM FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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