Ducks Unlimited is an American nonprofit organization 501 dedicated to the conservation of wetlands and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, other wildlife, and people. It has maintained a worldwide membership of about 700,000 since January 2013.
Financial Statistics
Total Assets
Total Revenue
Total Expenses Year Total Assets Total Revenue Total Expenses Filing 2025 $449,920,008 $380,340,506 $386,688,706 View 2023 $342,577,877 $302,178,704 $291,198,785 View 2022 $315,330,252 $339,454,630 $256,536,537 View 2021 $236,671,285 $215,328,335 $220,439,350 View 2020 $220,765,259 $185,369,449 $209,625,908 View 2019 $228,524,332 $201,529,617 $192,199,482 View
Prior year filings: 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011
Revenue Detail
Expenses Detail Employee Compensation Highest Earning Employees Employee Title Total Compensation Adam Putnam Chief Executive Officer $722,570 E Nichols Wiley Chief Operating Officer $548,742 Karen Waldrop PhD Chief Conservation Officer $441,256 Richard B Smith Chief Development Officer $431,471 Chad Manlove National Director of Development $407,491 Daniel Thiel Executive Secretary, DUI and WAT $400,950 David Schuessler Chief Event Fundraising Officer $400,309 Darin R Blunck Chief Financial Officer & Asst. Treasurer $386,156 Doug Barnes Chief Brand Officer $352,838 David A Marrone General Counsel & Asst. Secretary $348,040 Arnie Matson Chief Information Officer $338,933 Cici Ebersole Chief Talent Officer $336,063 Zachary Hartman Chief Policy Officer $335,486
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All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $601,415,823 Number of Grants: 2,982 Number of Funders: 847 Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $59,252,363 2023 Ducks Unlimited, Inc.-GROUP RETURN CONSERVATION $54,116,725 2022 Ducks Unlimited, Inc.-GROUP RETURN CONSERVATION $37,667,898 2021 Ducks Unlimited, Inc.-GROUP RETURN CONSERVATION $34,826,196 2020 Ducks Unlimited, Inc.-GROUP RETURN Conservation $12,497,710 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation N GREAT PLAINS GRASSLAND HABITAT FOR BIRDS $11,545,695 2021 The Pew Charitable Trusts POLICY $3,889,989 2021 The Pew Charitable Trusts POLICY $3,022,662 2021 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation CONSERVATION PROJECTS $2,989,922 2020 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation VARIOUS CONSERVATION $2,247,089 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation CONSERVATION PROJECTS $2,031,674 2022 The Pew Charitable Trusts Policy $1,500,000 2023 The Dunavant Foundation GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT $1,000,000 2023 Richard King Mellon Foundation National Mitigation Growth (PRI) $839,064 2023 Wetlands America Trust Inc EASEMENT MONITORING $811,697 2024 Wetlands America Trust Inc Easement Monitoring $787,500 2024 The Bush Foundation Ducks Unlimited (DU) aims to restore 25,000 acres of privately-owned marginal farmland in South Dakota through their Working Grassland Partnership, an innovative model for regional conservation of grasslands designed to benefit farmers and ranchers throughout the state. Over five years, DU, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and five other partners will deploy $25 million in cost-share assistance to increase farmers' and ranchers' profitability and provide them with technical assistance to retain grasslands. DU activities builds upon their existing model and complements climate change programs that protect the Northern Great Plains. $756,607 2023 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS $750,185 2020 Wetlands America Trust Inc Easement monitoring $748,372 2023 American Online Giving Foundation Inc GENERAL SUPPORT $746,434 2022 The Nature Conservancy CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES $730,081 2022 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS $674,770 2021 The Pew Charitable Trusts POLICY $623,373 2022 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund For grant recipient's exempt purposes $602,591 2021 Wetlands America Trust Inc EASEMENT MONITORING $594,415 2022 North Carolina Coastal Land Trust CONSERVATION
More + Less – All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $76,588,725 Number of Grants: 10 Number of Recipients: 1 Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $16,250,564 2023 Multiple North America Recipients CONSERVATION $15,767,941 2022 Multiple North America Recipients CONSERVATION $13,604,599 2020 Multiple North America Recipients Conservation $13,206,312 2021 Multiple North America Recipients CONSERVATION $1,410,020 2022 Multiple North America Recipients CONSERVATION $1,302,814 2023 Multiple North America Recipients CONSERVATION $1,074,471 2021 Multiple North America Recipients CONSERVATION $908,326 2020 Multiple North America Recipients Conservation
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