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Environment Now: 61 grants to organizations, $1.5 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Environment Now, a private foundation in Newport Beach, CA, paid 61 grants to organizations totaling $1,539,200 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $175,000 to Earth Island Institute in Berkeley, CA for general support - john muir project.
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- EIN
- 954247242
- Based in
- Newport Beach, CA
- Assets
- $32,502,266
- Grants paid
- $1,539,200
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202543219349102864. It reported $1,539,200 in grants paid; 61 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | General support - john muir project | Environment | $175,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| California Coastkeeper Alliance | Sacramento, CA | General support | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Restore the Delta | Stockton, CA | Epa petition coalition | Environment | $55,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rockefeller Family Fund | New York, NY | Climate accountability initiative | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | Oakland, CA | Defending fresh water flows | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Tucson, AZ | Confronting the threat of forest biomass energy | Animal-related | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Environmental Law Foundation | Oakland, CA | Groundwater, surface flows, and ag pollution advocacy | Crime and legal-related | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Save California Salmon | Orleans, CA | Water for fish/tribal water project | Environment | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Tucson, AZ | Protecting californias water from oil industry pollution | Animal-related | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability | Fresno, CA | Clean water: at the source and at the tap | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pachamama Alliance | San Francisco, CA | General support - garn | Environment | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pachamama Alliance | San Francisco, CA | Garn rights of antarctica initiative | Environment | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ridges To Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group | Eureka, CA | Indigenous conservation | Environment | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Oregon | Eugene, OR | Eco jurisprudence monitor phase 3 | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Conservation Congress | Great Falls, MT | Northern california national forest defense | Environment | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Earth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | Wild heritage: forest carbon and fire research/outreach | Environment | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of the River | Sacramento, CA | Fighting the triple threat to flows | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Diego Coastkeeper | San Diego, CA | Cross-border pollution & state bacteria standards | Environment | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Crag Law Center | Portland, OR | Northern spotted owl/south fork sacramento project | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Crag Law Center | Portland, OR | R5 mega project appeal | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Golden State Salmon Association | Santa Rosa, CA | General support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Institute for Fisheries Resources | San Francisco, CA | Habitat and river restoration for salmon | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nyu Law | New York, NY | More than human life project | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nyu Law | New York, NY | Climate litigation accelerator | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Russian Riverkeeper | Healdsburg, CA | Russian river water advocacy | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wild Law Institute | Newport Beach, CA | Advancing rights-based governance in antarctica | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International Community Foundation | National City, CA | General support - pfea | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $23,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Americans for Oxford | New York, NY | General support | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| California Indian Environmental Alliance | Berkeley, CA | Sites storage and delta conveyance projects | Health care | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Tucson, AZ | Flowing kern phase 2 | Animal-related | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Tucson, AZ | Offshore drilling in california | Animal-related | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Sustainable Economy | Port Townsend, WA | Forest carbon coalition communications | Environment | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Climate Emergency Fund | West Hollywood, CA | Climate incubator | Environment | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Earth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | Public lands media - fire policy outreach | Environment | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Firefighters United for Safety Ethics and Ecology | Eugene, OR | General support | Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Go Alliance | Portland, OR | General support | Environment | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Native American Land Conservancy | Banning, CA | Fenner basin landscape cultural study | Environment | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Russian Riverkeeper | Healdsburg, CA | Sonoma west stormwater (see rlf conditional grant) | Environment | $19,200 | apps.irs.gov |
| International Community Foundation | National City, CA | Water quality monitoring in baja california - waterkeepers | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $17,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| From the Heart Productions | Oxnard, CA | Forest biomass documentary outreach | Arts, culture and humanities | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Indian Cultural Organization | Redding, CA | Tribal, environmental, species protection and recovery | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Partnership for Policy Integrity | Pelham, MA | Debunking biomass and beccs myths | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| We Advocate Thorough Environmental Review | Mount Shasta, CA | South fork sacramento logging project nepa | Environment | $12,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of the Eel River | Arcata, CA | Public trust and flows | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of the River | Sacramento, CA | Bay-delta water quality control plan comments | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Inside Climate News | New York, NY | Oil and gas coverage | Social science | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | Arcata, CA | Northwest california forest advocacy | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Little Manila Rising | Stockton, CA | Gsnr case study | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Los Padres Forestwatch | Santa Barbara, CA | Forest & chaparral watch | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mt Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | Mount Shasta, CA | Forest and watershed watch program | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Bird Conservancy | The Plains, VA | Spotted owl conservation and fire | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Inside Climate News | New York, NY | Rights of nature coverage | Social science | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse | San Mateo, CA | General donation | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Etinascientist Rebellion | Marina Del Rey, CA | General donation | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Multiplier Maven's Notebook | San Francisco, CA | General donation | $1,200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Los Angeles Waterkeeper | Los Angeles, CA | Event sponsorship | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Los Padres Forestwatch | Santa Barbara, CA | Event sponsorship | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Orange County Coastkeeper | Costa Mesa, CA | Event sponsorship | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| SJV Water | Bakersfield, CA | General donation | $800 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fund for Wild Nature | Sebastopol, CA | General donation | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Monterey Waterkeeper | Seaside, CA | Event sponsorship | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $708,700 |
| Animal-related | $125,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $90,000 |
| Crime and legal-related | $45,000 |
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $40,000 |
| Education | $35,000 |
| Health care | $20,000 |
| Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief | $20,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $1,084,200 |
| New York | $135,000 |
| Arizona | $125,000 |
| Oregon | $125,000 |
| Montana | $30,000 |
| Washington | $20,000 |
| Massachusetts | $15,000 |
| Virginia | $5,000 |
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Updated November 17, 2025. 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.