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Who funds environment in California: 1,862 foundations, $516.1 million in grants
1,862 private foundations paid 4,479 grants totaling $516,114,929 to environment nonprofits in California, in each foundation's latest Form 990-PF return, filed with the IRS from 2024 to 2026. The largest funder is Sergey Brin Family Foundation, with $68,316,737 in 13 grants.
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- Cause
- Environment
- Recipients in
- California
- Foundations
- 1,862
- Grants
- 4,479
- Total granted
- $516,114,929
Foundations that funded environment in California
Ranked by the total each paid to these recipients. The 300 largest of 1,862 are listed.
| Foundation | Based in | Grants | Total | Largest grant | Largest grant to | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 13 | $68,316,737 | $48,998,087 | Climate Imperative Foundation | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Waverley Street Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 9 | $50,795,000 | $18,000,000 | Climate Imperative Foundation | General Operating Support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Benificus Foundation | San Carlos, CA | 2 | $46,114,069 | $45,776,097 | Climate Imperative Foundation | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $35,000,000 | $26,500,000 | Resources Legacy Fund | To support clean energy | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 39 | $28,709,234 | $6,500,000 | Resources Legacy Fund | To launch a funding facility that will support countries to develop and implement ambitious policies for nature and climate. | apps.irs.gov |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 40 | $16,262,324 | $3,175,000 | Sogorea Te Land Trust | Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | New York, NY | 11 | $15,800,000 | $4,500,000 | Trust for Public Land | Knowledge into action: improve access and equity, innovate policy, leverage funding, build local partnerships and capacity, and strengthen low-income communities through the power of nature and the ou | apps.irs.gov |
| Sequoia Climate Foundation | Irvine, CA | 6 | $13,530,000 | $7,000,000 | Climate Lead Inc | To provide general operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 35 | $13,214,712 | $3,000,000 | Resources Legacy Fund | Families and Communities | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 31 | $11,628,333 | $3,000,000 | Resources Legacy Fund | For wildfire strategies | apps.irs.gov |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | 29 | $9,679,000 | $3,500,000 | Water Foundation | To leverage public funds for on-the-ground water solutions in the face of climate change by supporting the Water Solutions Fund to develop projects, change policy, and build power; & to develop and be | apps.irs.gov |
| The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc | Bethesda, MD | 70 | $7,281,900 | $1,025,000 | Resources Legacy Fund | California land-sea connection | apps.irs.gov |
| Laural Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 22 | $6,980,000 | $1,000,000 | Water Foundation | Support for the clean water campaign and general operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 5 | $5,998,000 | $2,748,000 | Multiplier | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Skyline Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 6 | $5,425,000 | $2,500,000 | Sierra Club Foundation | Energy project | apps.irs.gov |
| The Blue Horizons Foundation | Gorham, ME | 1 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | Climate Imperative Foundation | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| The Marisla Foundation | Laguna Beach, CA | 31 | $4,670,000 | $1,000,000 | Resources Legacy Fund | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The California Endowment | Los Angeles, CA | 36 | $4,245,000 | $500,000 | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | People's climate innovation center - building power for health | apps.irs.gov |
| Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc | Wilmington, DE | 3 | $3,500,000 | $2,500,000 | Landpaths | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Catena Foundation | Carbondale, CO | 3 | $3,470,673 | $3,000,000 | Trust for Public Land | Conservation | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 17 | $3,261,729 | $500,000 | Climate Justice Alliance | 79088 general operating support for the climate justice alliance | apps.irs.gov |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | Westlake Village, CA | 14 | $2,901,550 | $2,500,000 | Amazon Frontlines | For general operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | 12 | $2,703,000 | $500,000 | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Core support for sankofa to educate, motivate and activate artists and allies in service of grassroots movements and equitable change | apps.irs.gov |
| Flock Inc | Boston, MA | 3 | $2,535,000 | $1,235,000 | Urban Tilth | General operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 6 | $2,419,001 | $1,209,300 | The Trust for Public Land | To support the conservation finance initiative, a joint effort of trust for public land and the nature conservancy, which aims to create new funding for land conservation, parks, and climate | apps.irs.gov |
| Builders Vision Foundation | Chicago, IL | 16 | $2,382,454 | $350,000 | Multiplier | to support a program focused on engaging new communities in marine conservation | apps.irs.gov |
| Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund | San Francisco, CA | 2 | $2,184,400 | $2,179,400 | Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | Volunteer services grant; to the haas, jr. fund single entity beneficiary fund at ggnpc for future improvements. for general support. for the trails forever dinner celebration. for the trails forever | apps.irs.gov |
| Rivian Foundation | Irvine, CA | 9 | $2,180,000 | $900,000 | The Wildlands Conservancy | To support restoration activities in the mojave national preserve | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kresge Foundation | Troy, MI | 8 | $2,150,590 | $725,000 | Climate Justice Alliance | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Chuck Lorre Family Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 4 | $2,050,000 | $2,000,000 | Trust for Public Land | Community and green schoolyards | apps.irs.gov |
| Crankstart Foundation | San Jose, CA | 4 | $2,050,000 | $850,000 | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | For wren collective to support the indigent defense initiative | apps.irs.gov |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | 4 | $2,000,000 | $1,000,000 | Earthjustice | In support of general operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Flint, MI | 6 | $1,950,000 | $500,000 | Water Foundation | To enhance coordination and impact of organizations in the United States working to improve water infrastructure and restore freshwater ecosystems. | apps.irs.gov |
| The California Wellness Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 24 | $1,772,225 | $500,000 | Community Water Center | Core operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 9 | $1,670,000 | $700,000 | Gridlab Inc | For general support | apps.irs.gov |
| John Sperling Foundation | Litchfield Park, AZ | 4 | $1,620,000 | $1,500,000 | Earthjustice | First installment of a three-year grant for prevailing justice: fight back, fight forward | apps.irs.gov |
| Wal-Mart Foundation | Bentonville, AR | 1 | $1,550,000 | $1,550,000 | Sustainable Fishery Advocates | Nature | apps.irs.gov |
| Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment | Boston, MA | 2 | $1,520,000 | $1,500,000 | Carbon Mapper | Climate science & policy research | apps.irs.gov |
| The Great Island Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | Blue Forest Finance Inc | To accelerate ecological restoration through conservation finance, enabling climate resilience for ecosystems and communities. | apps.irs.gov |
| Surdna Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 5 | $1,375,000 | $750,000 | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc | New York, NY | 7 | $1,350,000 | $400,000 | Resources Legacy Fund | For its project, earth insight | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 3 | $1,339,011 | $489,411 | Solidaridad North America | Agricultural development | apps.irs.gov |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | New York, NY | 7 | $1,292,500 | $287,500 | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Advancing human rights | apps.irs.gov |
| The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 4 | $1,275,000 | $425,000 | Carbonplan | To increase accountability in the voluntary carbon market and enable rapid, transparent data-sharing in the cdr market | apps.irs.gov |
| Novo Foundation | Hurley, NY | 5 | $1,241,090 | $591,090 | Resources Legacy Fund | Clear lake tribal support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation | Walnut Creek, CA | 10 | $1,205,000 | $800,000 | Multiplier | Clean grid initiative | apps.irs.gov |
| Dorrance Family Foundation | Scottsdale, AZ | 9 | $1,161,720 | $500,000 | Wildcoast | To support Mission Bay Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Conservation | apps.irs.gov |
| Arcus Foundation | New York, NY | 12 | $1,149,755 | $210,003 | People Resources and Conservation Foundation | Support to establish community-based orangutan and gibbon habitat conservation. | apps.irs.gov |
| Stupski Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 7 | $1,142,500 | $250,000 | Earth Island Institute Inc | To support the Castanea Fellowship project. | apps.irs.gov |
| Manitou Fund | White Bear Lake, MN | 7 | $1,105,000 | $450,000 | Big Sur Land Trust | Dog park capital project ($350k) and esalen tribe ($100k) | apps.irs.gov |
| G O Forward Charitable Trust | Eagan, MN | 1 | $1,044,700 | $1,044,700 | Earthjustice | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| John S Kiewit Memorial Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | 9 | $1,026,483 | $325,000 | The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County | Program support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation | New York, NY | 5 | $1,010,000 | $750,000 | Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | Special purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Jeff and Marieke Rothschild Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | Land Trust of Santa Cruz County | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Satterberg Foundation Inc | Seattle, WA | 7 | $988,333 | $258,333 | Earthjustice | General operating support non cash grant date: 08/31/2024 cost basis: 81,198 fmv: 258,333 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Elizabeth R & William J Patterson Foundation | Ross, CA | 5 | $985,000 | $500,000 | Sustainable Conservation | Stewarding Soils and Watersheds Toward Water Resilience | apps.irs.gov |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Houston, TX | 6 | $938,665 | $401,200 | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | To build a network of sheriffs to pilot and evaluate policy innovations, workshop policy and research needs, and serve as a launchpad for an independent organization of solutions-oriented sheriffs. | apps.irs.gov |
| The McKnight Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 4 | $875,000 | $425,000 | Earth Island Institute | to launch and sustain a Midwest Agriculture Conservation Network to increase participation in NRCS programs by small to medium-scale, underserved, sustainable and organic producers who have not histor | apps.irs.gov |
| The Look and See Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $833,333 | $833,333 | Sustainable Ocean Alliance Inc | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Ops Foundation | Greenbrae, CA | 1 | $832,339 | $832,339 | Oceanic Preservation Society | Support | apps.irs.gov |
| Clif Family Foundation | Saint Helena, CA | 15 | $826,029 | $625,000 | Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs | Revitalize the Environment | apps.irs.gov |
| The Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation | Scottsdale, AZ | 1 | $816,987 | $816,987 | Sierra Club Foundation | General funds | apps.irs.gov |
| Marell Foundation Inc | St Petersburg, FL | 1 | $800,000 | $800,000 | Happy Goat Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Tomkat Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 3 | $785,000 | $750,000 | Center for Ecoliteracy | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 2 | $780,827 | $530,827 | Digdeep Right To Water Project | United States Water Programing | apps.irs.gov |
| The James Irvine Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 19 | $770,135 | $650,000 | Tribal Eco Restoration Alliance | For general operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Allen Family Philanthropies | Seattle, WA | 1 | $763,083 | $763,083 | Earth Genome | To support a blueprint for scalable seagrass ecosystem mapping | apps.irs.gov |
| The Conrad Prebys Foundation | San Diego, CA | 12 | $759,600 | $150,000 | San Diego Coastkeeper | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 5 | $755,000 | $400,000 | California Finance Consortium | CFC Collective for Small Businesses, Rural and Tribal Assistance | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hollyhock Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $750,000 | $750,000 | Gridlab | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Troper Wojcicki Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 3 | $725,000 | $500,000 | Earthjustice | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Nova Vista Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $700,000 | $600,000 | Climate Emergency Fund | Climate Resistance Incubator + CEF Operations & Regranting | apps.irs.gov |
| Park Foundation Inc | Ithaca, NY | 11 | $665,000 | $100,000 | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Project support | apps.irs.gov |
| Kisco Cares Foundation | Carlsbad, CA | 3 | $650,000 | $300,000 | Wildcoast | Donation | apps.irs.gov |
| Public Welfare Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | 2 | $650,000 | $500,000 | Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs | Support for women on the rise ga | apps.irs.gov |
| Samueli Foundation | Corona Del Mar, CA | 5 | $635,000 | $500,000 | Sherman Foundation | Growing the gardens campaign | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gerstner Family Foundation | Armonk, NY | 1 | $609,052 | $609,052 | Activate Global Inc | Environmental research | apps.irs.gov |
| Pentair Foundation | Golden Valley, MN | 3 | $600,000 | $350,000 | River Partners | Cash Contribution | apps.irs.gov |
| The Rockefeller Foundation | New York, NY | 3 | $590,000 | $300,000 | Apparel Impact Institute | In support of a series of convenings to design, debate and launch innovative financial solutions to decarbonize industry. | apps.irs.gov |
| Environment Now | Newport Beach, CA | 18 | $588,700 | $175,000 | Earth Island Institute | General support - john muir project | apps.irs.gov |
| Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund | San Francisco, CA | 23 | $582,500 | $70,000 | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Teach | apps.irs.gov |
| Alumbra Innovations Foundation | Bentonville, AR | 4 | $582,100 | $500,000 | Blue Forest Finance Inc | to support the Blue Forest Upper Colorado egon | apps.irs.gov |
| Alexander Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 3 | $575,000 | $200,000 | Island Conservation | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Robert and Ruth Halperin Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $575,000 | $575,000 | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | To support long covid programs | apps.irs.gov |
| The Annenberg Foundation | Conshohocken, PA | 13 | $570,333 | $107,000 | Redford Center Inc | Let them be naked documentary | apps.irs.gov |
| Wallace Research Foundation | Cedar Rapids, IA | 2 | $550,000 | $400,000 | Wildcoast | Conservation of threatened sea turtle nesting areas of california, the mexican pacific, and the caribbean | apps.irs.gov |
| The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation | The Woodlands, TX | 10 | $542,500 | $400,000 | Water Foundation | To Advance a Resilient Water Future through the Water Table and Texas Wellspring | apps.irs.gov |
| Farvue Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | 2 | $530,000 | $500,000 | Earthjustice | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Michael & Dudley Delbalso Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 1 | $521,934 | $521,934 | Marin Art & Garden Center | Environmental | apps.irs.gov |
| Frank McHugh-O'Donovan Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 5 | $515,000 | $200,000 | Friends of the Los Angeles River | The FoLAR Resilience Lab at the Harvard-Westlake River Park Campus | apps.irs.gov |
| George & Miriam Martin Foundation | Chester Springs, PA | 2 | $515,000 | $500,000 | Earthjustice | Support their work | apps.irs.gov |
| 1772 Foundation Inc | Morristown, NJ | 1 | $500,000 | $500,000 | The Trust for Public Land | Black history and culture program | apps.irs.gov |
| Ebor Charitable Trust | Jackson, WY | 1 | $500,000 | $500,000 | Redford Center Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Head & Heart Foundation Trust 12319 | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $500,000 | $500,000 | Earthjustice | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Kodama Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $500,000 | $500,000 | Earthjustice | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Chase and Stephanie Coleman Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $500,000 | $500,000 | Sustainable Ocean Alliance Inc | Environmental | apps.irs.gov |
| The Laurance S Rockefeller Fund (5018) | New York, NY | 1 | $500,000 | $500,000 | Earthjustice | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lewis Foundation | Aspen, CO | 1 | $500,000 | $500,000 | Earthjustice | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Midgley Foundation | Pasadena, CA | 1 | $500,000 | $500,000 | Mendocino Land Trust | Land preservation | apps.irs.gov |
| Three Cairns Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $500,000 | $500,000 | Activate Global Inc | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The William Penn Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | 4 | $484,000 | $250,000 | Multiplier | 2023 waternow - policy analysis advocacy w pennvest, pwd | apps.irs.gov |
| Lea Charitable Trust | Wilson, WY | 1 | $475,000 | $475,000 | Trust for the Public Land | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Zegar Family Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $475,000 | $400,000 | Community Environmental Council | General purpose contribution | apps.irs.gov |
| Golden State Environmental Justice Alliance | Corona, CA | 9 | $465,000 | $100,000 | Grid Alternatives | Provide electrical and roof upgrades for 410 low-income households in lancaster so that they can receive solar systems and/or battery storage. | apps.irs.gov |
| Patagoniaorg | Ventura, CA | 25 | $457,500 | $75,000 | Resources Legacy Fund | To support environmental projects. | apps.irs.gov |
| Islands Fund | Boise, ID | 1 | $450,000 | $450,000 | Big Sur Land Trust | Youth outdoor programs, ferrini ranch project and endowment | apps.irs.gov |
| Rodan Family Foundation | Orinda, CA | 2 | $435,000 | $355,000 | Urban Adamah | Charitable Purposes of the Organization | apps.irs.gov |
| The Anders Foundation | Bellingham, WA | 2 | $430,000 | $300,000 | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wilburforce Foundation | Seattle, WA | 8 | $425,000 | $100,000 | Resources Legacy Fund | Environmental - beitc: indigenous leadership in the collaborative management of bears ears national monument 2024 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ken Birdwell Foundation (dba Magic Cabinet) | Bellevue, WA | 15 | $417,900 | $157,778 | Urban Tilth | Capacity building support | apps.irs.gov |
| Schuman Family Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | 4 | $403,773 | $252,723 | Save the Redwoods League | Grove | apps.irs.gov |
| Bernard F & Alva B Gimbel Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $400,000 | $250,000 | Rainforest Action Network | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Mary Jean and Frank P Smeal Foundation | Albany, NY | 2 | $400,000 | $300,000 | Peninsula Open Space Trust | General charitable purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| The Volgenau Foundation | McLean, VA | 2 | $400,000 | $250,000 | Earthjustice | Dam free by 2030 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Passport Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 4 | $382,750 | $300,000 | Earthjustice | Protecting Against Toxic Chemical Exposures | apps.irs.gov |
| Viridi Futuro Foundation | Durham, NC | 2 | $381,620 | $379,120 | Nature and Culture International | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| CS Fund | Petaluma, CA | 9 | $375,500 | $100,000 | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | In defense of movements | apps.irs.gov |
| Matthew Zell Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | 2 | $375,000 | $325,000 | Imagine H2o Inc | Sustainability | apps.irs.gov |
| Sally Mead Hands Foundation | Madison, WI | 2 | $370,000 | $320,000 | Citizens Climate Education Corp | Operating funds | apps.irs.gov |
| Emmett Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 14 | $367,000 | $250,000 | The Trust for Public Land | To protect and create parks | apps.irs.gov |
| Trust in Diversity | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $365,000 | $365,000 | Fibershed | Climate Beneficial Agriculture Program and General Operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Vogt Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $365,000 | $365,000 | Oceanic Preservation Society | Documentary grant | apps.irs.gov |
| Northlight Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $360,000 | $300,000 | The Trust for Public Land | Support organization's programs & activities | apps.irs.gov |
| The Summit Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | 4 | $360,000 | $245,000 | Coral Reef Alliance | General program support for coral's work in the mesoamerican reef ecoregion, 2025-2027 | apps.irs.gov |
| Martin Foundation | Doylestown, PA | 2 | $350,000 | $250,000 | Sierra Club Foundation | Provide support to sierra club foundation's military outdoors program | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gamble Foundation | Reno, NV | 8 | $350,000 | $60,000 | Earth Island Institute | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kaplen Brothers Fund Inc | Montclair, NJ | 2 | $350,000 | $250,000 | Climate Emergency Fund | For general operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Morningstar Philanthropic Foundation D/b/a the Morningstar Foundation | Bethesda, MD | 1 | $350,000 | $350,000 | Sierra Club Foundation | General charitable purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| The Nathan Cummings Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 4 | $335,000 | $200,000 | The Climate Justice Alliance | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Arie and Ida Crown Memorial | Chicago, IL | 6 | $330,000 | $100,000 | Sierra Club Foundation | Program | apps.irs.gov |
| Leon Lowenstein Foundation Inc | Madison, CT | 3 | $330,000 | $150,000 | Grid Alternatives | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| Woodcock Foundation | New York, NY | 4 | $324,500 | $150,000 | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Mithun Family Foundation | Wayzata, MN | 2 | $324,000 | $309,000 | The Living Desert | General fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Massen Greene Foundation | Laguna Hills, CA | 3 | $320,000 | $140,000 | Environmental Nature Center | Contribution in furtherance of recipient's exempt purpose. | apps.irs.gov |
| Acacia Foundation | Arcadia, CA | 3 | $315,000 | $150,000 | Amah Mutsun Land Trust | Native stewardship corps | apps.irs.gov |
| Mimi and Peter Haas Fund | San Francisco, CA | 5 | $315,000 | $170,000 | The Surfrider Foundation | Two surfrider retreats in 2024 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sand Hill Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 5 | $315,000 | $125,000 | Save the Bay | The campaign for save the bay | apps.irs.gov |
| March Conservation Fund | San Francisco, CA | 5 | $314,640 | $139,640 | Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | Restricted support | apps.irs.gov |
| Kelson Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 3 | $310,000 | $250,000 | Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Argosy Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | 6 | $310,000 | $100,000 | Stand | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The M & T Fantastic Family Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $305,000 | $300,000 | Communities for A Better Environment | Cash donation | apps.irs.gov |
| Fidelity Foundation | Boston, MA | 2 | $300,000 | $200,000 | The Trust for Public Land | Land / building acquisition | apps.irs.gov |
| John F Grundhofer Charitable FDN Trust | Eagan, MN | 1 | $300,000 | $300,000 | The Living Desert | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| Milkweed Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $300,000 | $200,000 | Climate Cabinet Education | Charitable donation aimed at conserving biodiversity and limiting global climate change. | apps.irs.gov |
| The Esther A & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $300,000 | $200,000 | Earthjustice | Environment | apps.irs.gov |
| The Panaphil Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $300,000 | $300,000 | Earthjustice | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Stephen M Silberstein Foundation | Belvedere, CA | 5 | $297,600 | $100,000 | Save the Bay | Works to protect & restore the san francisco bay | apps.irs.gov |
| Forest Creatures Foundation LTD | San Francisco, CA | 6 | $297,500 | $140,000 | Earth Island Institute Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Weingart Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 5 | $292,150 | $200,000 | Communities for A Better Environment | Unrestricted operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Peterffy Foundation Inc | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 4 | $285,000 | $200,000 | Earthjustice | General support in furtherance of environmental and/or educational causes | apps.irs.gov |
| The Shanbrom Family Foundation | Ojai, CA | 3 | $285,000 | $250,000 | Ojai Valley Land Conservancy | Conservation and restoration | apps.irs.gov |
| Volo Foundation | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | 2 | $285,000 | $275,000 | Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Genral purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The Tuffli Family Foundation | Torrance, CA | 1 | $265,000 | $265,000 | South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation Inc | To support the program in providing a horticultural and wildlife habitat experience | apps.irs.gov |
| Hopper-Dean Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 4 | $263,532 | $250,800 | Climate Cabinet Education | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| Walter and Elise Haas Fund | San Francisco, CA | 8 | $263,000 | $100,000 | Urban Adamah | One year of general operating support for this community garden that engages and feeds the local community | apps.irs.gov |
| Bella Vista Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 6 | $262,500 | $75,000 | Mid Klamath Watershed Council | Western klamath restoration partnership, wkrp | apps.irs.gov |
| Dancing Tides Foundation Inc | Garden City, NY | 6 | $261,500 | $200,000 | Trust for Public Land | Charitable contribution | apps.irs.gov |
| The Overbrook Foundation | New York, NY | 5 | $260,000 | $60,000 | Coral Reef Alliance | Scaling Solutions for Saving Coral in the Mesoamerican Reef through Effective Marine Protected Area (MPA) Management | apps.irs.gov |
| The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation | Omaha, NE | 1 | $251,862 | $251,862 | Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Program support | apps.irs.gov |
| Adam R Scripps Foundation | Ft Mitchell, KY | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | The Digdeep Right To Water Project | Navajo Water Project | apps.irs.gov |
| Audacious Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | Explore Ecology | "Garden Explorers" cultivating garden education opportunities in early childhood communities, including TK teachers in a three year program | apps.irs.gov |
| Hasi Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | Strategic Energy Innovations | HBCU Energy Leadership Pathway | apps.irs.gov |
| Heinz Family Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | 2 | $250,000 | $125,000 | Inaturalist | Designated payment by scott loarie, 2024 heinz award winner - environment | apps.irs.gov |
| Hess Foundation Inc | Parsippany, NJ | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | The Trust for Public Land | An unrestricted grant to further the donee's exempt purpose. | apps.irs.gov |
| Jon and Katherine Dart Charitable Foundation | San Jose, CA | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | Earthjustice | Environmental law | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust | To support community engagement, planning, and design related to the development of the sleepy lagoon memorial | apps.irs.gov |
| The Koum Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | Urban Adamah | General charity | apps.irs.gov |
| The WLS Spencer Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | The Surfrider Foundation | To support the plastic pollution initiative | apps.irs.gov |
| John and Marcia Goldman Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 6 | $246,200 | $100,000 | Peninsula Open Space Trust | 2024 annual grant | apps.irs.gov |
| Barnet Segal Charitable Trust | Carmel, CA | 4 | $245,000 | $200,000 | Big Sur Land Trust | To further their exempt purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 5 | $242,500 | $120,000 | Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust | Continued development of watts art towers campus, maywood riverfront park, and zela davis park | apps.irs.gov |
| Richard King Mellon Foundation | Ligonier, PA | 2 | $241,000 | $171,000 | Trust for Public Land | To enhance, update, and maintain planning, prioritization, and decision support tools to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of conservation investments | apps.irs.gov |
| Helen and Will Webster Foundation | Arcadia, CA | 3 | $240,000 | $200,000 | Land Trust of Santa Cruz County | Education | apps.irs.gov |
| KHR McNeely Family Foundation | Sonoma, CA | 5 | $240,000 | $100,000 | Apis Arborea | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| JPMorgan Chase Foundation | New York, NY | 17 | $239,744 | $225,000 | Downtown Community Benefit District | In support of underserved small business expansion | apps.irs.gov |
| Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation | Burbank, CA | 8 | $239,000 | $75,000 | Earth Island Institute | Project Operating Support : Rise St. James | apps.irs.gov |
| The Mericos Foundation | Pasadena, CA | 5 | $239,000 | $84,000 | Outward Bound Adventures Inc | Outward bound adventure's youth advisory council | apps.irs.gov |
| Hidden Leaf Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 4 | $230,000 | $75,000 | Urban Tilth | General support grant | apps.irs.gov |
| Jonathan & Kathleen Altman FNDTN | Santa Fe, NM | 2 | $230,000 | $200,000 | Occidental Arts & Ecology Center | Donation | apps.irs.gov |
| Luminate Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | 1 | $230,000 | $230,000 | Accountability Counsel | Supporting communities via communities, Policy Advocacy and Research programme. | apps.irs.gov |
| Norman E Alexander Family S Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $230,000 | $200,000 | Rainforest Action Network | Environmental purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| Dry Creek Foundation | Pasadena, CA | 2 | $229,365 | $150,000 | Conservation Strategy Fund | To support exempt organization. | apps.irs.gov |
| Schlinger Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 8 | $225,000 | $50,000 | The Living Desert | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| The Reis Foundation Inc | Ellicott City, MD | 3 | $225,000 | $200,000 | Earthjustice | General Support | apps.irs.gov |
| 128 Collective Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 2 | $224,750 | $150,000 | Center for Political Ecology | Long haul | apps.irs.gov |
| The Roger I & Ruth B Macfarlane FNDN | Berkeley, CA | 1 | $222,137 | $222,137 | Center for Natural Lands Management | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Grousbeck Family Foundation II Dated May 18 2011 | Redwood City, CA | 2 | $220,000 | $200,000 | Peninsula Open Space Trust | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Wallace Global Fund II | Washington, DC | 4 | $220,000 | $100,000 | Climate Defense Project | Support for work to protect and defend democratic systems | apps.irs.gov |
| Sunlight Giving | Palo Alto, CA | 3 | $217,500 | $100,000 | Ecology Center | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 9 | $215,000 | $50,000 | Earthjustice | To carry out specific charitable, educational, and cultural projects | apps.irs.gov |
| The Amy and Steve Unfried Foundation | Wilson, WY | 1 | $210,000 | $210,000 | Earthjustice | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| The Heinz Endowments | Pittsburgh, PA | 4 | $210,000 | $75,000 | Vote Solar | To drive clean energy progress through civic engagement, regulatory intervention, and legislative strategy in pennsylvania | apps.irs.gov |
| Eleven Eleven Foundation | Highland Park, IL | 4 | $205,000 | $100,000 | Amazon Frontlines | Unrestricted charitable gift | apps.irs.gov |
| The William H Donner Foundation Inc | Tarrytown, NY | 4 | $205,000 | $110,000 | Amazon Watch | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Westwind Foundation | Norwalk, CT | 3 | $205,000 | $125,000 | Earthjustice | To fund operating needs | apps.irs.gov |
| Growald Climate Fund Inc | Brookline, MA | 2 | $202,000 | $200,000 | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Project support | apps.irs.gov |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | 3 | $200,800 | $200,000 | Earth Island Institute | Food, Strong and Equitable Food Systems | apps.irs.gov |
| Adobe Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | Guadalupe River Park Conservancy | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Chrest Foundation Inc | Irving, TX | 2 | $200,000 | $100,000 | Trust for Public Land | Support to increase greenspace in Colorado schoolyards and expand public access to after school hours. | apps.irs.gov |
| Deer Creek Foundation | St Louis, MO | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | Earthjustice | Support litigation and advocacy for enforcement of environmental regulations | apps.irs.gov |
| Eldred Foundation Inc Co Carolyn S Eldred | Westminster, CO | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | Pachamama Alliance | General contribution | apps.irs.gov |
| Gund Geoffrey FDN | Brooklyn, OH | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | Bluedot Institute Inc | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Foundation | Washington, DC | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | Labstart Innovations Inc | In support of labstart's climate programming | apps.irs.gov |
| Kevin and Nicole Systrom Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | Activate Global Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Lafetra Foundation | Berkeley, CA | 3 | $200,000 | $100,000 | Vote Solar | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Meadows Foundation Inc | Dallas, TX | 2 | $200,000 | $150,000 | Water Foundation | Toward advancing water conservation projects through a pooled fund that is leveraged to support organizations across Texas | apps.irs.gov |
| Meyer Memorial Trust | Portland, OR | 2 | $200,000 | $150,000 | Strategic Energy Innovations | For program support | apps.irs.gov |
| Rita Allen Foundation Inc | Princeton, NJ | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | Multiplier | Civic science funders collaborative | apps.irs.gov |
| Susan and Stephen Baird Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | The Trust for Public Land | General and unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| The Joyce Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | Sierra Club Foundation | Environment | apps.irs.gov |
| The Merlin Foundation | Boulder, CO | 2 | $200,000 | $100,000 | Outdoor Afro | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The Moses Feldman Family Foundation | Bethesda, MD | 2 | $200,000 | $125,000 | Earthjustice | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sarah Min and Matt Pincus Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | Surfrider Foundation | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Flora L Thornton Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 5 | $195,000 | $60,000 | Sustainable Conservation | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Repass-Rodgers Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 5 | $195,000 | $100,000 | Baykeeper | Bay-Delta Fish and Flows | apps.irs.gov |
| The Orchard Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $194,000 | $194,000 | Earthjustice | To fund charitable mission of charitable organization - food and farming project | apps.irs.gov |
| The Chris and Melody Malachowsky Family Foundation | Campbell, CA | 3 | $191,000 | $150,000 | Earthjustice | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| Valhalla Foundation | Woodside, CA | 3 | $185,500 | $102,500 | Sunflower Star Laboratory | Ocean conservation research | apps.irs.gov |
| Wendell Family Foundation | San Ramon, CA | 1 | $185,000 | $185,000 | Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | General purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| The Tow Foundation Inc | New Canaan, CT | 3 | $176,500 | $100,000 | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Connecticut justice alliance | apps.irs.gov |
| Eutopia Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 3 | $176,124 | $114,117 | Climate Emergency Fund | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Aceso Foundation Inc | Bloomington, IN | 2 | $175,000 | $100,000 | Planting Justice | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| McClain Roberts Foundation | New York, NY | 4 | $175,000 | $50,000 | Earthjustice | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ahmanson Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | 2 | $175,000 | $150,000 | Heal the Bay | For a new generator at the aquarium | apps.irs.gov |
| Harold KL Castle Foundation | Kailua, HI | 2 | $170,000 | $120,000 | Resources Legacy Fund | To help advance the holomua initiative and the care for aina now coalition (formerly green fee) environmental capital formation work [6125; pc] | apps.irs.gov |
| Trust for Mutual Understanding | New York, NY | 3 | $170,000 | $80,000 | Earth Island Institute Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Forrest C & Frances H Lattner Foundation | East Greenwich, RI | 1 | $165,000 | $165,000 | Surfrider Foundation | Plastic pollution initiative | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kennedy Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 4 | $165,000 | $75,000 | Los Angeles Waterkeeper | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Lesley Family Foundation Inc | Dallas, TX | 1 | $164,450 | $164,450 | Heirloom Cacao Preservation Fund | Unrestricted general | apps.irs.gov |
| Flora Family Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 4 | $163,500 | $100,000 | Energy Peace Partners | General operating expenses | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lipman Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 6 | $162,000 | $100,000 | John Muir Land Trust | To protect the places that make the east bay special | apps.irs.gov |
| Durfee Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 3 | $160,500 | $100,000 | Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs | Trust-based philanthropy | apps.irs.gov |
| Stone Family Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | 6 | $160,000 | $50,000 | Save the Waves Coalition | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries | Newton, MA | 5 | $156,500 | $100,000 | Living Desert | For arts and culture. | apps.irs.gov |
| Maud and Burton Goldfield Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 3 | $155,000 | $100,000 | Peninsula Open Space Trust | Tunitas Creek Beach Project and Annual Fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Glanville Grill Foundation | Pennington, NJ | 1 | $151,261 | $151,261 | Sustainable Claremont | Unrestricted general | apps.irs.gov |
| Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc | South Burlington, VT | 3 | $151,000 | $120,000 | Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Band Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Inaturalist | iNaturalist Nature Story Hub | apps.irs.gov |
| Forsythia Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | 3 | $150,000 | $75,000 | Earthjustice | Support of erthjustice's legal team's environmental health work | apps.irs.gov |
| Hampshire Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Resources Legacy Fund | Program support | apps.irs.gov |
| Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Rainforest Action Network | General donation | apps.irs.gov |
| Paulus Family Foundation | Mount Vernon, WA | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | San Diego Canyonlands Inc | Protection and restoration of natural canyons habitat | apps.irs.gov |
| Pitzer Family Foundation | Walnut Creek, CA | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Save the Redwoods League | To support the redwood land fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Richard Brooke Foundation | Omaha, NE | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Living Desert | Field trip program | apps.irs.gov |
| Robinson Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Inc | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Sea Change Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Sierra Club Foundation | Promote energy efficiency | apps.irs.gov |
| Steiner Family Foundation | Boise, ID | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Amazon Frontlines | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Inc | Stamford, CT | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | The Digdeep Right To Water Project | Human services | apps.irs.gov |
| The Chuck and Ernestina Kreutzkamp Foundation | Chula Vista, CA | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Wildcoast | "mangrove restoration in la paz bay, mexico ($50,000)mangrove restoration in oaxaca & chiapas ($50,000)conserving sea turtles in mexico ($50,000)" | apps.irs.gov |
| The James and Rebecca Morgan Charitable Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Feather River Land Trust | Public charity | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kenbe Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Earthjustice | Environmental Conservation | apps.irs.gov |
| The Krupp Foundation | Boston, MA | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Earthjustice | To support the sustainable food and farming program | apps.irs.gov |
| Workday Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Grid Alternatives | Expanding Workforce Development Through Job Placement, Data Integration, and Program Growth | apps.irs.gov |
| Muller Family Foundation | Placentia, CA | 6 | $149,500 | $135,000 | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Funds are donated without restriction on usage | apps.irs.gov |
| Weeden Foundation | Bedford Hills, NY | 12 | $149,000 | $25,000 | California Water Impact Network | Grant | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Family Foundation | Denver, CO | 5 | $147,656 | $75,000 | Water Foundation | Project support | apps.irs.gov |
| Shipley Foundation Inc #0755496 | Boston, MA | 5 | $147,500 | $37,500 | The Watershed Project | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Bear Gulch Foundation | Greenville, DE | 6 | $144,967 | $59,168 | Peninsula Open Space Trust | General operations | apps.irs.gov |
| The Foster Family Charitable Foundation | Stockton, CA | 1 | $140,000 | $140,000 | Feather River Land Trust | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| The Little One Foundation | Garden City, NY | 5 | $140,000 | $50,000 | The Redford Center Inc | Operational | apps.irs.gov |
| John S and James L Knight Foundation | Miami, FL | 1 | $133,125 | $133,125 | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | To train local journalists on high-quality methods used to cover crime, law and justice in ways that educate their readers to empower them to arrive at well informed decisions. | apps.irs.gov |
| Mary A Crocker Trust | San Francisco, CA | 9 | $131,500 | $25,000 | Earth Island Institute | Environmental education | apps.irs.gov |
| Grousemont Foundation | Seattle, WA | 3 | $130,000 | $75,000 | Earthjustice | Staff wellness support | apps.irs.gov |
| JW Sefton Foundation | San Diego, CA | 1 | $130,000 | $130,000 | Living Coast Discovery Center | Education without boundaries program | apps.irs.gov |
| Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 3 | $130,000 | $70,000 | Amazon Watch | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Nion Robert Thieriot Foundation | Elk Mountain, WY | 1 | $130,000 | $130,000 | Sonoma Land Trust | Donation | apps.irs.gov |
| The Bunting Family Foundation | Hunt Valley, MD | 1 | $130,000 | $130,000 | Earthjustice | To further the exempt purpose of the organization | apps.irs.gov |
| Erol Foundation Us | San Francisco, CA | 6 | $126,992 | $40,327 | Communities for A Better Environment | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Gatinais Foundation 2601-21-44 | Philadelphia, PA | 2 | $125,000 | $75,000 | Resources Legacy Fund | To support u.s. nature | apps.irs.gov |
| Julian Grace Foundation | Highland Park, IL | 1 | $125,000 | $125,000 | Sierra Club Foundation | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Ronald W Naito MD Foundation | Portland, OR | 4 | $125,000 | $40,000 | Rainforest Action Network | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| S H Cowell Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 2 | $125,000 | $75,000 | Undauntedk12 | To advance climate-resilient schools in california. | apps.irs.gov |
| Sall Family Foundation | Cary, NC | 2 | $125,000 | $75,000 | Mongabayorg Corporation | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Southern Company Gas Charitable Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 2 | $125,000 | $100,000 | The Trust for Public Land | Protects land and creates parks for public benefit | apps.irs.gov |
| Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $125,000 | $125,000 | Activate Global Inc | Program/project support | apps.irs.gov |
| Beagle Charitable Foundation | Redwood City, CA | 1 | $124,000 | $124,000 | Earth Island Institute | Plastic pollution coalition | apps.irs.gov |
| Fore River Foundation | Portland, ME | 2 | $121,000 | $120,000 | Earthjustice | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Conservation Food and Health Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 2 | $120,000 | $70,000 | Pacific Environment and Resources Center | Program support | apps.irs.gov |
| McPike Zima Charitable Foundation Us | New York, NY | 2 | $120,000 | $65,000 | Amazon Frontlines | To support the struggles of indigenous peoples to defend their rights to land, life and cultural survival in the amazon rainforest | apps.irs.gov |
| S Mark Taper Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $120,000 | $120,000 | Heal the Bay | General operating support. | apps.irs.gov |
| The Wildflower Foundation Inc | Miami, FL | 1 | $120,000 | $120,000 | Earthjustice | Charitable purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | Winstonsalem, NC | 2 | $120,000 | $70,000 | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | North carolina black leadership and organizing collective: bloc power rising project | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Seattle, WA | 650 | $119,222 | $20,041 | Surfrider Foundation | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation | Chicago, IL | 2 | $118,500 | $100,500 | Trust for Public Land | General operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Lennox Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 5 | $118,000 | $100,000 | Friends of Willow Creek of Sausalito | Willow Creek Daylighting Project Monitoring, Outreach and Support | apps.irs.gov |
| Town Branch Foundation | Bentonville, AR | 1 | $116,720 | $116,720 | Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | To serve as fiscal sponsor for Opportunities Exchange to pilot a business coaching program with early childhood providers aimed at streamlining costs to improve the quality and accessibility of early | apps.irs.gov |
| Edeltraud McCarthy Foundation Inc | Indian Wells, CA | 1 | $115,000 | $115,000 | The Living Desert | General | apps.irs.gov |
| MWC Foundation Inc #0726315 | Boston, MA | 2 | $115,000 | $85,000 | Sierra Club Foundation | Clean energy for all campaign | apps.irs.gov |
| Negley Flinn Charitable Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | 2 | $115,000 | $100,000 | Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Stockel Family Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | 2 | $115,000 | $65,000 | Mongabayorg | Unrestricted grant | apps.irs.gov |
| The Eucalyptus Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 3 | $112,500 | $100,000 | Save the Bay | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Richard C Seaver 1978 Trust | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $110,000 | $110,000 | Santa Barbara Botanic Garden | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| Willow Redistribution Foundation | Covina, CA | 4 | $110,000 | $45,000 | Amazon Watch | General | apps.irs.gov |
| The Dovana Foundation Inc | Woodland Hills, CA | 1 | $106,451 | $106,451 | The Trust for Public Land | Preservation of public land and parks | apps.irs.gov |
| Bragg Health Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | 1 | $105,000 | $105,000 | Los Padres Forest Watch Inc | General fund | apps.irs.gov |
| The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $105,000 | $105,000 | Sierra Club Foundation | Support for social service programs or educational programs | apps.irs.gov |
| The J Miles and Rosanne Reiter Family Foundation | Watsonville, CA | 2 | $102,500 | $100,000 | Land Trust of Santa Cruz County | Sustainable environmental stewardship | apps.irs.gov |
| Edward C Johnson Fund | Boston, MA | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Trust for Public Land | Acquisition for preservation | apps.irs.gov |
| Elman Legacy Foundation | Park City, UT | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Friends of Great Highway Park | General fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Equinix Foundation | Redwood City, CA | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Labstart Innovations Inc | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
Largest grants
| Foundation | Recipient | Recipient location | Purpose | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation | Climate Imperative Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $48,998,087 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Benificus Foundation | Climate Imperative Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General purpose | $45,776,097 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | Resources Legacy Fund | Sacramento, CA | To support clean energy | $26,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Waverley Street Foundation | Climate Imperative Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General Operating Support | $18,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Waverley Street Foundation | Climate Imperative Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General Operating Support | $18,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | To support clean energy | $8,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Waverley Street Foundation | Grid Alternatives Inc | Oakland, CA | Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund | $8,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sequoia Climate Foundation | Climate Lead Inc | San Francisco, CA | To provide general operating support | $7,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Resources Legacy Fund | Sacramento, CA | To launch a funding facility that will support countries to develop and implement ambitious policies for nature and climate. | $6,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation | Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | Energy initiatives | $5,000,093 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Blue Horizons Foundation | Climate Imperative Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General operating | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Waverley Street Foundation | Earth Island Institute Inc | Berkeley, CA | Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation | Pacific Environment and Resources Center | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | Trust for Public Land | San Francisco, CA | Knowledge into action: improve access and equity, innovate policy, leverage funding, build local partnerships and capacity, and strengthen low-income communities through the power of nature and the ou | $4,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Peninsula Open Space Trust | Palo Alto, CA | To support the long-term stewardship of wildlife passage, endangered species conservation and protected watershed in the south bay. | $4,250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Water Foundation | Sacramento, CA | To leverage public funds for on-the-ground water solutions in the face of climate change by supporting the Water Solutions Fund to develop projects, change policy, and build power; & to develop and be | $3,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Sogorea Te Land Trust | Oakland, CA | Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation | $3,175,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | Grid Alternatives | Oakland, CA | National clean energy workforce development program | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sequoia Climate Foundation | Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | To support public health through the clean energy transition | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Resources Legacy Fund | Sacramento, CA | Families and Communities | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Resources Legacy Fund | Sacramento, CA | For wildfire strategies | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Catena Foundation | Trust for Public Land | San Fransisco, CA | Conservation | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation | Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $2,748,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | Amazon Frontlines | San Francisco, CA | For general operating support | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | Leveraging the power of the law to build healthy & equitable communities | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Inaturalist | San Rafael, CA | To enable inaturalist to realize its potential as a global scientific and conservation sensor by 2030, harnessing data from its user community and optimizing advances in ai to inform critical insights | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc | Landpaths | Santa Rosa, CA | General & Unrestricted | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Skyline Foundation | Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | Energy project | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation | The Trust for Public Land | San Francisco, CA | Connecting communities to their river-a legacy | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation | Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $2,497,157 | apps.irs.gov |
| Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund | Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | San Francisco, CA | Volunteer services grant; to the haas, jr. fund single entity beneficiary fund at ggnpc for future improvements. for general support. for the trails forever dinner celebration. for the trails forever | $2,179,400 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation | Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | Energy initiatives | $2,000,157 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Apparel Impact Institute | Oakland, CA | Advancing sustainable materials | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | In support of the organizational development and planning for scale of sensor-based kits and platforms for conservation, education, and scientific purposes. | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chuck Lorre Family Foundation | Trust for Public Land | San Francisco, CA | Community and green schoolyards | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Resources Legacy Fund | Sacramento, CA | For the western energy project | $1,800,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | Transforming systems through community-led design | $1,750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Sonoma Land Trust | Santa Rosa, CA | In support of the acquisition and permanent protection of the kiser ranch property in sonoma county. | $1,750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Island Conservation | Santa Cruz, CA | Environment and Science | $1,700,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Climate Lead Inc | San Francisco, CA | Environment and Science | $1,666,667 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wal-Mart Foundation | Sustainable Fishery Advocates | Santa Cruz, CA | Nature | $1,550,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation | Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $1,512,337 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Great Island Foundation | Blue Forest Finance Inc | Sacramento, CA | To accelerate ecological restoration through conservation finance, enabling climate resilience for ecosystems and communities. | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment | Carbon Mapper | Pasadena, CA | Climate science & policy research | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John Sperling Foundation | Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | First installment of a three-year grant for prevailing justice: fight back, fight forward | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Trust for Public Land | San Francisco, CA | For the acquisition and permanent protection of the martha property in marin county. | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Water Foundation | Sacramento, CA | To support the field of water philanthropy while advocating for sustainable and equitable water management and policy solutions. | $1,485,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation | Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | Energy initiatives | $1,321,063 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sequoia Climate Foundation | Clientearth USA Inc | Los Angeles, CA | To support climate change education for the financial sector | $1,300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | To support innovation awards at u.s. institutions to incorporate open scholarship practices in academic departments. | $1,250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Flock Inc | Urban Tilth | Richmond, CA | General operations | $1,235,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc | The Trust for Public Land | San Francisco, CA | To support the conservation finance initiative, a joint effort of trust for public land and the nature conservancy, which aims to create new funding for land conservation, parks, and climate | $1,209,300 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Water Foundation | Sacramento, CA | For general operating support | $1,200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels | $1,150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Flock Inc | Asian Pacific Environmental Network | Oakland, CA | General operations | $1,100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| G O Forward Charitable Trust | Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | General operating | $1,044,700 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc | Resources Legacy Fund | Sacramento, CA | California land-sea connection | $1,025,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc | Resources Legacy Fund | Sacramento, CA | California land-sea connection | $1,025,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc | Resources Legacy Fund | Sacramento, CA | California land-sea connection | $1,025,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc | Resources Legacy Fund | Sacramento, CA | California land-sea connection | $1,025,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sequoia Climate Foundation | Ctrees | Pasadena, CA | To provide general operating support | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | In support of general operations | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Skyline Foundation | Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | Climate and clean energy program | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | John Muir Land Trust | Martinez, CA | In support of acquisition and permanent protection of hoover ranch in contra costa county. | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jeff and Marieke Rothschild Foundation | Land Trust of Santa Cruz County | Santa Cruz, CA | General support | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Marisla Foundation | Resources Legacy Fund | Sacramento, CA | General support | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | Sierra club's healthy communities campaign | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Laural Foundation | Water Foundation | Sacramento, CA | Support for the clean water campaign and general operating support | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Laural Foundation | Water Foundation | Sacramento, CA | General operating support | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | Building equity and alignment for environmental justice (bea) | $900,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rivian Foundation | The Wildlands Conservancy | Oak Glen, CA | To support restoration activities in the mojave national preserve | $900,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, centering unrepresented voices in the environmental movement, strengthening civic engagemen | $857,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives | Berkeley, CA | From dumping grounds to healthy communities | $850,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rivian Foundation | Resources Legacy Fund | Sacramento, CA | To support the rlf public lands and sustainable energy program and to protect nature in the united states | $850,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Crankstart Foundation | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | For wren collective to support the indigent defense initiative | $850,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Look and See Foundation | Sustainable Ocean Alliance Inc | San Francisco, CA | General & Unrestricted | $833,333 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ops Foundation | Oceanic Preservation Society | Greenbrae, CA | Support | $832,339 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | For general operating support | $825,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation | Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | General funds | $816,987 | apps.irs.gov |
| Marell Foundation Inc | Happy Goat Inc | Mariposa, CA | General support | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation | Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | Clean grid initiative | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Resources Legacy Fund | Sacramento, CA | To support conservation of u.s. ocean habitat. | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc | Resources Legacy Fund | Sacramento, CA | Sustaining california's ocean | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Napa County Land Trust | Napa, CA | To strengthen priority wildlife corridors west of lake berryessa through acquisition and permanent protection of multiple strategic properties totaling over 1,800 acres. | $792,690 | apps.irs.gov |
| Allen Family Philanthropies | Earth Genome | Los Altos, CA | To support a blueprint for scalable seagrass ecosystem mapping | $763,083 | apps.irs.gov |
| Skyline Foundation | Activate Global Inc | Berkeley, CA | General support | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Skyline Foundation | Calcef Innovations | Berkeley, CA | General support | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tomkat Foundation | Center for Ecoliteracy | Berkeley, CA | General operating support | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Climate Policy Initiative Inc | San Francisco, CA | To support to the next phase of the us-india clean energy finance facility, a project preparation facility that addresses critical financing hurdles and increases clean energy access in distributed ge | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Communities for A Better Environment | Huntington Park, CA | Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Waverley Street Foundation | Earth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | Green Schoolyards America | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation | Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | San Francisco, CA | Special purpose | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hollyhock Foundation Inc | Gridlab | Berkeley, CA | General operating support | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Surdna Foundation Inc | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | General support | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation | The Trust for Hidden Villa | Los Altos Hills, CA | General operating support and property investments | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sequoia Climate Foundation | Climate Policy Initiative Inc | San Francisco, CA | To support education and awareness to further climate finance efforts | $730,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kresge Foundation | Climate Justice Alliance | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | $725,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Climate Policy Initiative Inc | San Francisco, CA | In support of improving the financial framework to foster deforestation- and conversion-free production. | $700,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | Gridlab Inc | Berkeley, CA | For general support | $700,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The James Irvine Foundation | Tribal Eco Restoration Alliance | Upper Lake, CA | For general operating support | $650,000 | apps.irs.gov |
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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.