The Outdoor Foundation
EIN 84-1549065 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 9 grants · $523.5k
Who it funds most
19 of its 71 grantees were funded in more than one year.
The Outdoor Foundation's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202532099349301013
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Form 990 | $1.7m | — | $1.2m |
| 2023 | Form 990 | $2.1m | — | $1.8m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns8 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202532099349301013 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202402369349300625 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202322349349301022 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202242219349301719 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202142239349300734 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202122789349300012 | IRS batch file |
| 2019 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202012129349300826 | IRS batch file |
| 2018 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 201901449349300025 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
The Outdoor Foundation made 118 grants across 2018–2024, totalling $5.8m as filed.
- Grants
- 118
- Total, as filed
- $5.8m
- Years
- 2018–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS | 6 | $486.0k |
| THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION | 6 | $485.0k |
| NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION | 1 | $374.0k |
| NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION | 4 | $328.5k |
| SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION | 3 | $302.0k |
| CHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST | 3 | $300.0k |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | 3 | $300.0k |
| WILDERNESS INQUIRY | 3 | $250.8k |
| OKLAHOMA CITY BOATHOUSE FOUNDATION | 2 | $250.0k |
| RIVERSPORT FOUNDATION | 5 | $239.0k |
| THORNE NATURE EXPERIENCE | 2 | $231.1k |
| RIVER CITY OUTDOORS MOUND CITY FDN | 2 | $226.0k |
| WEST ATLANTA WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC | 3 | $214.4k |
| MAIN AUDUBON | 2 | $146.0k |
| YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT | 1 | $101.0k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 31 | $846.0k |
| 2019 | 27 | $832.2k |
| 2020 | 12 | $586.3k |
| 2021 | 8 | $759.9k |
| 2022 | 15 | $1.3m |
| 2023 | 12 | $824.4k |
| 2024 | 13 | $657.2k |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-841549065. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
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- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified