Grants paid by Conservation Nation
EIN 52-0853312 · Washington, DC · Form 990, Schedule I · NTEE D115
Conservation Nation of Washington, DC (EIN 52-0853312) reported 39 grants paid totaling $1,959,406 to 24 recipients in tax years 2022–2025, on Form 990, Schedule I. Derived from IRS e-file data, dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Grants paid
$1,959,406
39 grants
Recipients
24
distinct organizations
Tax years
2022–2025
4 filings in the corpus
By tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount paid | Approved for future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | $24,000 | — |
| 2023 | 16 | $696,056 | — |
| 2024 | 13 | $680,476 | — |
| 2025 | 9 | $558,874 | — |
Top recipients
The 24 recipients receiving the most from Conservation Nation, by grants paid, out of 24 distinct recipients.
| Recipient | Match | Location | Grants | Total paid | Latest year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Kids to Wilderness Project Inc 52-1976304 | A | Washington, DC | 3 | $520,000 | 2025 |
| African People & Wildlife Fund 20-3153855 | A | Far Hills, NJ | 4 | $327,107 | 2025 |
| View Veterinary Initiative for Endangered Wildlife 46-1233603 | A | Bozeman, MT | 3 | $307,600 | 2025 |
| Ibme Inward Bound Mindful Education 27-3029390 | A | Concord, MA | 3 | $240,000 | 2025 |
| Save the Rhino International Inc 31-1758236 | A | New York, NY | 3 | $150,000 | 2025 |
| Yellowstone Forever 47-5427975 | A | Bozeman, MT | 3 | $110,000 | 2025 |
| Wildlife Direct Inc 30-0256542 | A | Washington, DC | 2 | $60,000 | 2025 |
| The Girls Foundation of Tanzania 27-2910138 | A | Portland, ME | 2 | $51,374 | 2025 |
| Nez Perce Tribe Wildlife Division 82-0278390 | A | Lapwal, ID | 1 | $39,369 | 2024 |
| Elephant Havens Wildlife Foundation Inc 82-3352560 | A | Dallas, TX | 1 | $30,000 | 2025 |
| Snow Leopard Trust 91-1144119 | A | Seattle, WA | 1 | $24,000 | 2023 |
| Missouri Botanical Garden 43-0666759 | A | St Louis, MO | 1 | $9,956 | 2023 |
| Nature's Nursey 34-1603377 | A | Whitehouse, OH | 1 | $7,500 | 2024 |
| A Rocha 31-1751509 | A | Wheaton, IL | 1 | $7,500 | 2024 |
| Field Inclusive Inc 88-3181714 | A | Raleigh, NC | 1 | $7,500 | 2024 |
| Detroit Hives 81-2198745 | A | Detroit, MI | 1 | $7,500 | 2023 |
| Mystic Aquarium 06-1480300 | A | Mystic, CT | 1 | $7,500 | 2023 |
| Inland Seas Education Association 38-2866234 | A | Suttons Bay, MI | 1 | $7,500 | 2023 |
| Vermilion Sea Institue 20-8381814 | A | Seattle, WA | 1 | $7,500 | 2024 |
| Bweems 87-1101680 | A | Miami, FL | 1 | $7,500 | 2023 |
| Ecology Project International 91-2163952 | A | Missoula, MT | 1 | $7,500 | 2023 |
| Pacific American Foundation 54-1696134 | A | Kailua, HI | 1 | $7,500 | 2023 |
| Galveston Bay Foundation 76-0279876 | A | Kemah, TX | 1 | $7,500 | 2023 |
| Puget Sound Estuarium 39-2076160 | A | Olympia, WA | 1 | $7,500 | 2023 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Every grant
All 39 grant rows this organization reported, most recent first.
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | City Kids to Wilderness Project Inc Washington, DC | A | $150,000 | paid | Funds outdoor educational/experiential programming in DC and surrounding areas, youth attendance at a summer camp and participation in a summer internship program in WY, and a trip to Yellowstone National Park. | 202621629349301017 |
| 2025 | View Veterinary Initiative for Endangered Wildlife Bozeman, MT | A | $105,500 | paid | Funds veterinary capacity-building, mentorship, and research in Rwanda and a grantee working on elephant health in Myanmar | 202621629349301017 |
| 2025 | African People & Wildlife Fund Bernardsville, NJ | A | $97,500 | paid | Funds the training/support for rapid response anti-poaching teams and a network of community-based human-elephant conflict mitigation officers. | 202621629349301017 |
| 2025 | Save the Rhino International Inc New York, NY | A | $50,000 | paid | Funds contribute to the breaking of barriers to create female participation in nature resource management at the North Luangwa Conservation Program in Zambia. Activities include gender mainstreaming trainings, youth mentorship, fitness training, and the provision of female menstrual health supplies. | 202621629349301017 |
| 2025 | Inward Bound Mindfulness Attleboro, MA | A | $50,000 | paid | Funds the integration of mindfulness activities, resources, and training into the City Kids Wilderness programs and staff development activities. | 202621629349301017 |
| 2025 | Elephant Havens Wildlife Foundation Inc Dallas, TX | A | $30,000 | paid | People & Pachyderms Collective Grant for Elephant Bomas. | 202621629349301017 |
| 2025 | Wildlife Direct Inc Washington, DC | A | $30,000 | paid | Funds provide children visiting the Wildlife Warriors Kids Field Lab with hands-on conservation education and support the development of education materials focusing on elephants. | 202621629349301017 |
| 2025 | The Girls Foundation of Tanzania Portland, ME | A | $25,874 | paid | Funds support the development of a wildlife and climate-focused curriculum and program and to empower the girls as ambassadors to fellow Tanzanian youth. Activities include field trips, environmental clubs, and training. Additional funds provided in 2025 for storytelling workshop and book printing of the stories developed at the workshop. | 202621629349301017 |
| 2025 | Yellowstone Forever Bozeman, MT | A | $20,000 | paid | Funds support the implementation of a wolf bioacoustic study and the creation of effective data collection protocols and AI models for bioacoustic research in Yellowstone and beyond. | 202621629349301017 |
| 2024 | City Kids to Wilderness Project Inc Washington, DC | A | $170,000 | paid | Funds outdoor educational/experiential programming in DC and surrounding areas, youth attendance at a summer camp and participation in a summer internship program in WY, and a trip to Yellowstone National Park. | 202541749349300514 |
| 2024 | African People & Wildlife Fund Bernardsville, NJ | A | $105,607 | paid | Funds the training/support for rapid response anti-poaching teams and a network of community-based human-elephant conflict mitigation officers. | 202541749349300514 |
| 2024 | View Veterinary Initiative for Endangered Wildlife Bozeman, MT | A | $100,000 | paid | Funds veterinary capacity-building, mentorship, and research in Rwanda. | 202541749349300514 |
| 2024 | Inward Bound Mindfulness Attleboro, MA | A | $90,000 | paid | Funds the integration of mindfulness activities, resources, and training into the City Kids Wilderness programs and staff development activities. | 202541749349300514 |
| 2024 | Save the Rhino International Inc New York, NY | A | $50,000 | paid | Funds contribute to the breaking of impediments to create female participation in nature resource management at the North Luangwa Conservation Program in Zambia. Activities include gender mainstreaming trainings, youth mentorship, fitness training, and the provision of female menstrual health supplies. | 202541749349300514 |
| 2024 | Yellowstone Forever Bozeman, MT | A | $40,000 | paid | Funds support the implementation of a wolf bioacoustic study, the creation of effective data collection protocols and AI models for bioacoustic research in Yellowstone and beyond, and youth and community outreach including a youth field trip to Yellowstone. | 202541749349300514 |
| 2024 | Nez Perce Tribe Wildlife Division Lapwal, ID | A | $39,369 | paid | Funds a Carnivore Fellow for the Nez Perce Tribe Wildlife Division who is responsible for the implementation and collaborative production of carnivore management and conservation for the Nez Perce Tribe. | 202541749349300514 |
| 2024 | Wildlifedirect Inc Washington, DC | A | $30,000 | paid | Funds provide children visiting the Wildlife Warriors Kids Field Lab with hands-on conservation education and support the development of education materials focusing on rhinos. | 202541749349300514 |
| 2024 | The Girls Foundation of Tanzania Portland, ME | A | $25,500 | paid | Funds support the development of a wildlife and climate-focused curriculum and program and to empower the girls as ambassadors to fellow Tanzanian youth. Activities include field trips, environmental clubs, and training. | 202541749349300514 |
| 2024 | Vermilion Sea Institue Seattle, WA | A | $7,500 | paid | 2024 Chrysalis Fund Internship | 202541749349300514 |
| 2024 | Field Inclusive Inc Raleigh, NC | A | $7,500 | paid | 2024 Chrysalis Fund Internship | 202541749349300514 |
| 2024 | Nature's Nursey Whitehouse, OH | A | $7,500 | paid | 2024 Chrysalis Fund Internship | 202541749349300514 |
| 2024 | A Rocha Wheaton, IL | A | $7,500 | paid | 2024 Chrysalis Fund Internship | 202541749349300514 |
| 2023 | City Kids to Wilderness Project Inc Washington, DC | A | $200,000 | paid | Provide educational/experiential programming in DC and surrounding areas. Summer camp in Jackson Hole for city kids. A trip to Yellowstone National Park and High School summer internship in WY. | 202400299349301410 |
| 2023 | View Veterinary Initiative for Endangered Wildlife Bozeman, MT | A | $102,100 | paid | The Veterinary Initiative for Endangered Wildlife can secure on-the-ground veterinary care for the first time in Akagera's history and build the capacity of Rwanda's wildlife health workforce. | 202400299349301410 |
| 2023 | African People & Wildlife Fund Far Hills, NJ | A | $100,000 | paid | Training/support for rapid response anti-poaching teams and a network of community-based human-elephant conflict mitigation officers. | 202400299349301410 |
| 2023 | Ibme Inward Bound Mindful Education Concord, MA | A | $100,000 | paid | Work on the City Kids Project to better equip staff and participants with proactive mindfulness practices through workshop. | 202400299349301410 |
| 2023 | Yellowstone Forever Bozeman, MT | A | $50,000 | paid | A general-purpose data collection protocol to create effective AI models for bioacoustics will be created for long-term data collection in Yellowstone. This protocol can be applied and used for multiple species research both inside Yellowstone and beyond. | 202400299349301410 |
| 2023 | Save the Rhino International Inc New York, NY | A | $50,000 | paid | Training/support to females in natural resource management. | 202400299349301410 |
| 2023 | Snow Leopard Trust Seattle, WA | A | $24,000 | paid | Fellowship for local woman for science based now leopard conservation. | 202400299349301410 |
| 2023 | Missouri Botanical Garden St Louis, MO | A | $9,956 | paid | Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot known for its unique and diverse lemur populations. The proposed project aims to protect 10 lemur species in the Vohibe Forest by monitoring the lemur population, studying their behavioral ecology, training Malagasy researchers and conservationists, reducing anthropogenic activities in the forest, conducting forest restoration, and working with local communities to establish alternative livelihood practices in the Ambalabe commune, Vatomandry district, where the Vohibe Forest is located. Working closely with our partner institution that manages the field site, the Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG) Madagascar Program, we will support on-going and expand conservation activities. Funding from Conservation Nation will directly support Malagasy scholars and community members who are the key to long-term, sustainable conservation efforts in Madagascar. | 202400299349301410 |
| 2023 | Inland Seas Education Association Suttons Bay, MI | A | $7,500 | paid | Internships funding. | 202400299349301410 |
| 2023 | Detroit Hives Detroit, MI | A | $7,500 | paid | Internships funding. | 202400299349301410 |
| 2023 | Puget Sound Estuarium Olympia, WA | A | $7,500 | paid | Internships funding. | 202400299349301410 |
| 2023 | Ecology Project International Missoula, MT | A | $7,500 | paid | Internships funding. | 202400299349301410 |
| 2023 | Galveston Bay Foundation Kemah, TX | A | $7,500 | paid | Internships funding. | 202400299349301410 |
| 2023 | Pacific American Foundation Kailua, HI | A | $7,500 | paid | Internships funding. | 202400299349301410 |
| 2023 | Bweems Miami, FL | A | $7,500 | paid | Internships funding. | 202400299349301410 |
| 2023 | Mystic Aquarium Mystic, CT | A | $7,500 | paid | Internships funding. | 202400299349301410 |
| 2022 | African People and Wildlife Bernardsville, NJ | A | $24,000 | paid | TO FUND YAMAT LENGAI AS A CONSERVATION NATION FELLOW. | 202322409349301332 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Source filings
Every figure above is traceable to one of these IRS e-file returns by its OBJECT_ID.
| Form | Tax year | Period end | Filed | Schema | IRS OBJECT_ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | 2025 | 2025-12-31 | not stated | 2025v4.1 | 202621629349301017 |
| 990 | 2024 | 2024-12-31 | not stated | 2024v5.2 | 202541749349300514 |
| 990 | 2023 | 2023-09-30 | not stated | 2022v5.0 | 202400299349301410 |
| 990 | 2022 | 2022-09-30 | not stated | 2021v4.2 | 202322409349301332 |
Derived from IRS Form 990 e-file XML; recipient identities from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. The same rows as Parquet: manifest; as JSON: /api/funders/520853312.json.
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