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Who funds environment: 10,270 foundations in 53 states, $2.5 billion in grants
10,270 private foundations paid $2,461,141,938 to environment nonprofits in 53 states and territories, in each foundation's latest Form 990-PF return, filed with the IRS from 2024 to 2026.
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- 10,270Foundations
- $2,461,141,938Total granted
By state
The state is where the recipient is.
| State | Foundations | Grants | Total |
|---|
| California | 1,862 | 4,479 | $516,114,929 |
| District of Columbia | 1,732 | 3,256 | $615,013,601 |
| New York | 1,732 | 3,188 | $277,847,219 |
| Massachusetts | 1,085 | 2,043 | $72,776,519 |
| Florida | 795 | 1,374 | $42,762,339 |
| Colorado | 607 | 1,110 | $73,762,388 |
| Maryland | 458 | 858 | $29,987,437 |
| Maine | 451 | 905 | $22,641,242 |
| Pennsylvania | 438 | 1,046 | $38,448,247 |
| Virginia | 437 | 846 | $101,138,451 |
| Texas | 427 | 1,121 | $79,268,918 |
| Connecticut | 399 | 703 | $17,169,698 |
| Oregon | 394 | 913 | $29,235,385 |
| Washington | 377 | 941 | $64,185,463 |
| Montana | 376 | 719 | $30,201,125 |
| North Carolina | 376 | 699 | $18,446,683 |
| Wisconsin | 333 | 762 | $12,179,447 |
| Michigan | 327 | 749 | $33,430,861 |
| Ohio | 290 | 543 | $12,834,699 |
| Illinois | 289 | 581 | $29,135,671 |
| Vermont | 279 | 480 | $28,061,363 |
| New Jersey | 255 | 588 | $25,987,950 |
| Georgia | 249 | 459 | $74,833,623 |
| Minnesota | 230 | 530 | $20,523,913 |
| Tennessee | 194 | 379 | $12,678,295 |
| Arizona | 194 | 351 | $7,668,159 |
| New Hampshire | 190 | 368 | $5,495,085 |
| Missouri | 177 | 287 | $31,963,219 |
| South Carolina | 170 | 292 | $3,852,105 |
| Idaho | 159 | 263 | $5,549,813 |
| Wyoming | 152 | 213 | $16,600,122 |
| Hawaii | 148 | 304 | $10,771,051 |
| Rhode Island | 133 | 284 | $3,861,122 |
| Indiana | 132 | 319 | $10,419,660 |
| Utah | 130 | 208 | $3,131,291 |
| Iowa | 108 | 203 | $15,340,939 |
| Alaska | 104 | 217 | $8,262,568 |
| Kentucky | 96 | 204 | $5,267,694 |
| New Mexico | 96 | 181 | $5,409,932 |
| Alabama | 92 | 194 | $3,252,951 |
| Louisiana | 91 | 180 | $13,478,719 |
| Nebraska | 71 | 130 | $16,650,635 |
| West Virginia | 51 | 97 | $1,201,281 |
| Nevada | 51 | 106 | $2,088,192 |
| Delaware | 50 | 89 | $5,280,825 |
| Kansas | 47 | 73 | $1,126,073 |
| Oklahoma | 30 | 69 | $385,820 |
| Arkansas | 26 | 55 | $2,843,187 |
| Mississippi | 15 | 25 | $76,680 |
| North Dakota | 14 | 22 | $1,412,764 |
| South Dakota | 13 | 27 | $705,046 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 10 | 17 | $243,299 |
| Puerto Rico | 7 | 17 | $138,240 |
Largest funders
Ranked by the total each paid to these recipients across all states.
| Foundation | Based in | Total | Source |
|---|
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $103,222,832 | apps.irs.gov |
| Waverley Street Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $101,811,672 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | New York, NY | $73,185,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $70,479,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | $67,559,922 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $67,093,976 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sequoia Climate Foundation | Irvine, CA | $59,995,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | $58,332,539 | apps.irs.gov |
| Holland M Ware Charitable Foundation | Eagle, ID | $53,240,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Benificus Foundation | San Carlos, CA | $50,356,832 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $36,596,264 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | $34,612,903 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Rob Walton Foundation | Bentonviille, AR | $34,278,484 | apps.irs.gov |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | $33,120,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | $29,042,592 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | $26,262,997 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kinder Foundation | Houston, TX | $25,856,926 | apps.irs.gov |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos, CA | $21,966,862 | apps.irs.gov |
| Skyline Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $21,435,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Valhalla Foundation | Woodside, CA | $20,685,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Blackrock Charitable Foundation | New York, NY | $20,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sherwood Foundation | Omaha, NE | $19,820,429 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wal-Mart Foundation | Bentonville, AR | $19,252,615 | apps.irs.gov |
| Builders Vision Foundation | Chicago, IL | $18,960,958 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fidelity Foundation | Boston, MA | $18,787,952 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William Penn Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $18,229,744 | apps.irs.gov |
| The McKnight Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $18,124,150 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $17,902,773 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $17,282,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Marisla Foundation | Laguna Beach, CA | $17,240,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation | Omaha, NE | $15,829,720 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc | Bethesda, MD | $15,246,804 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $14,701,702 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kresge Foundation | Troy, MI | $13,298,757 | apps.irs.gov |
| Richard King Mellon Foundation | Ligonier, PA | $13,146,088 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | New York, NY | $13,026,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Taylor Family Foundation | St Louis, MO | $13,020,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $12,960,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | Los Altos, CA | $12,949,730 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Wexner Family Charitable Fund | New Albany, OH | $11,750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert W Wilson Charitable Trust | New York, NY | $11,599,666 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dendroica Foundation-Trust | Pittsburgh, PA | $11,504,721 | apps.irs.gov |
| Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment | Boston, MA | $11,186,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $11,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Margaret A Cargill Foundation | Eden Prairie, MN | $10,919,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation | Redmond, WA | $10,550,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Laural Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $10,367,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rippleworks Inc | San Francisco, CA | $10,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sall Family Foundation | Cary, NC | $9,685,880 | apps.irs.gov |
| Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc | Wilmington, DE | $8,430,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Teach A Man To Fish Foundation | Irvine, CA | $8,375,650 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | $8,050,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Heinz Endowments | Pittsburgh, PA | $8,049,542 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Klarman Family Foundation | Boston, MA | $8,000,103 | apps.irs.gov |
| Catena Foundation | Carbondale, CO | $7,519,961 | apps.irs.gov |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | $7,396,350 | apps.irs.gov |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | Westlake Village, CA | $7,323,550 | apps.irs.gov |
| G O Forward Charitable Trust | Eagan, MN | $7,312,900 | apps.irs.gov |
| Novo Foundation | Hurley, NY | $7,301,090 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Brown Foundation Inc | Houston, TX | $7,220,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Palladium Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | $7,196,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Flint, MI | $6,988,625 | apps.irs.gov |
| Crankstart Foundation | San Jose, CA | $6,754,667 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wilburforce Foundation | Seattle, WA | $6,192,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $5,959,001 | apps.irs.gov |
| James M Cox Foundation of Georgia Inc | Atlanta, GA | $5,955,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Edward C Johnson Fund | Boston, MA | $5,840,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Quadrivium | New York, NY | $5,750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc | New York, NY | $5,653,413 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Rockefeller Foundation | New York, NY | $5,524,121 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust | New York, NY | $5,392,458 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Knobloch Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | $5,236,698 | apps.irs.gov |
| James S McDonnell Foundation | St Louis, MO | $5,120,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation | Detroit, MI | $5,089,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sarofim Foundation | Houston, TX | $5,050,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $5,000,044 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Blue Horizons Foundation | Gorham, ME | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Robertson Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The California Endowment | Los Angeles, CA | $4,922,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Park Foundation Inc | Ithaca, NY | $4,920,154 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rodan Family Foundation | Orinda, CA | $4,712,503 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Joyce Foundation | Chicago, IL | $4,628,136 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Essex Avenue Foundation | Wilmington, DE | $4,345,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust | Boston, MA | $4,330,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $4,315,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $4,300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Head & Heart Foundation Trust 12319 | Wilmington, DE | $4,235,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arie and Ida Crown Memorial | Chicago, IL | $4,026,750 | apps.irs.gov |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | New York, NY | $4,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Allen Family Philanthropies | Seattle, WA | $3,928,202 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sam Shine Foundation Inc | Greenville, IN | $3,864,180 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Zegar Family Foundation | New York, NY | $3,861,664 | apps.irs.gov |
| Meyer Memorial Trust | Portland, OR | $3,838,628 | apps.irs.gov |
| Surdna Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $3,812,030 | apps.irs.gov |
| Democracy Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $3,609,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arnhold Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $3,537,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sea Change Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $3,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| River Branch Foundation | Ponte Vedra, FL | $3,450,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mastercard Impact Fund | Purchase, NY | $3,445,487 | apps.irs.gov |
| Flock Inc | Boston, MA | $3,380,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Updated September 24, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.