San Francisco, CA

FUND FOR WILD NATURE

EIN 87-0386717

Environment & Animal Welfare Wildlife & Habitat Conservation

Mission

The Fund for Wild Nature invests in bold grassroots organizations and innovative conservation efforts that meet emerging needs for protecting biodiversity and wilderness.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About FUND FOR WILD NATURE

Fund for Wild Nature is a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) public charity that provides small, targeted grants to grassroots conservation campaigns focused on protecting native species, wilderness, and biodiversity across North America.

Founded in the early 1980s and operating for four decades, the organization emphasizes funding for local activist groups that use fieldwork, litigation, advocacy, and community organizing to defend threatened ecosystems. In the last few years the Fund has continued regular grantmaking (commonly in the $3,000–$5,000 range per award), launched supplemental grant efforts in response to special needs, and published annual reports summarizing grantees and impact.

Notable achievements

Sustained grassroots grantmaking since 1982

For nearly forty years the Fund has specialized in small, high-impact grants to local and regional campaigns that protect native species and wild places, consistently supporting dozens of grassroots groups each year.

Recent multi-year grant rounds

Across 2022–2024 the Fund awarded multiple rounds of small grants to campaigns defending public lands and imperiled species, regularly funding organizations engaged in field surveys, public-comment campaigns, litigation, and habitat protection.

Badger Boost support after 2024 bequest

A significant donor bequest received in 2024 strengthened the Fund’s ability to provide supplemental "Badger Boost" awards to grantees facing urgent or exceptional needs.

At a glance

Total assets: $939K
Annual revenue: $476K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 87-0386717
Location: San Francisco, CA
Website: fundwildnature.org
On Mahalo since: April 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Maintains public annual reports and makes IRS Form 990 filings available for public review, demonstrating transparency in recent years.

Listed and tracked in independent nonprofit databases as an active 501(c)(3) (EIN 87-0386717), with recent fiscal-year financial summaries available publicly.

Operates a recurring Grassroots Activist of the Year recognition program to highlight individual grassroots leaders and their successful regional campaigns.

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