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Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment: 83 grants to organizations, $67 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, a private foundation in Boston, MA, paid 83 grants to organizations totaling $66,961,311 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $4,500,000 to Conservation International in Arlington, VA for natural resource conservation and protection.
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- EIN
- 046856456
- Based in
- Boston, MA
- Assets
- $782,067,903
- Grants paid
- $66,961,311
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202513219349105041. It reported $66,961,311 in grants paid; 83 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservation International | Arlington, VA | Natural resource conservation and protection | $4,500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stichting Foundation for International Law for the Environment | Amsterdam, NL | Natural resource conservation and protection | $4,100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| London School of Economics and Political Science | London, UK | Support for the grantham institute | $3,250,948 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stichting Sed Fund | CJ Den Haag, NL | Climate education | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | Climate science & policy research | Environment | $2,750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carbon Gap LTD | Covent Garden, UK | Climate science & policy research | $2,723,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Meliore Fup | Brussels, BE | Climate communications | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | Climate science & policy research | Environment | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine | South Kensington, UK | Support for the grantham institute | $2,458,300 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Project Innerspace | Marshfield, MA | Climate science & policy research | $2,400,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Linden Trust for Conservation | New York, NY | Climate science & policy research | $2,100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Potsdam Institut Fur Klimafolgenforschung Ev | Potsdam, GM | Climate science & policy research | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cascade Climate | Somerville, MA | Climate science & policy research | Environment | $1,825,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carbon Mapper | Pasadena, CA | Climate science & policy research | Environment | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rockefeller Family Fund (daf) | New York, NY | Natural resource conservation and protection | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Climateworks Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Climate science & policy research | Science and technology | $1,287,890 | apps.irs.gov |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | New York, NY | Climate science & policy research | Environment | $1,200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rmi | Boulder, CO | Climate science & policy research | $1,200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Carbon Removal Foundation | Amsterdam, NL | Climate science & policy research | $1,130,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research | Washington, DC | Food and agriculture research | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Sheffield | Sheffield, UK | Support for the grantham centre | $982,233 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of California Davis | Davis, CA | Food and agriculture research | Animal-related | $900,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Indian Institute of Science | Mountain View, IN | Climate science & policy research | $762,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | Climate science & policy research | Education | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne | Lausanne, SZ | Climate science & policy research | $731,440 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | Food and agriculture research | Education | $728,696 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | Food and agriculture research | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $700,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | Boulder, CO | Climate science & policy research | $647,133 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | Food and agriculture research | Education | $613,488 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of California Riverside | Riverside, CA | Climate science & policy research | $544,756 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Convergent Research | Cambridge, MA | Marine sciene & policy research | Science and technology | $527,732 | apps.irs.gov |
| Royal Roads University Foundation | Victoria, CA | Climate science & policy research | $523,559 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cambridge in America | New York, NY | Climate science & policy research | International, foreign affairs and national security | $504,633 | apps.irs.gov |
| 350org | Brooklyn, NY | Environmental education | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Better Climate Fund | Washington, DC | Climate science & policy research | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Carbon Tracker Initiative | New York, NY | Climate finance | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ceec International | Ballarat, AS | Critical minerals research | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Colorado State University | Fort Collins, CO | Food and agriculture research | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dartmouth University | Hanover, NH | Climate science & policy research | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ecdysis Foundation | Estelline, SD | Food and agriculture research | Medical research | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Heartland Health Research Alliance | Brookfield, WI | Environmental health science & policy research | Medical research | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Internationella Kemikaliesekretariatet | Goteborg, SW | Environmental health science & policy research | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | Natural resource conservation and protection | Science and technology | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology | Melbourne, AS | Food and agriculture research | $497,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Universit de Versailles St Quentin En Yvelines | Versailles, FR | Climate science & policy research | $462,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | Climate science & policy research | $460,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United States Department of Agriculture Agriculture Research Service | College Station, TX | Food and agriculture research | $409,364 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of British Columbia | Vancouver, CA | Critical minerals research | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | Climate science & policy research | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Altaseads | San Pedro, CA | Marine sciene & policy research | $340,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | Climate science & policy research | $330,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Data Foundation | Washington, DC | Climate science & policy research | Public and societal benefit | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | Cambridge, MA | Food and agriculture research | International, foreign affairs and national security | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Alberta | Edmonton, CA | Natural resource conservation and protection | $275,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Conservation Collective | Mary Bourne, UK | Conservation programs | $253,497 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Clean Air Task Force Inc | Boston, MA | Climate science & policy research | Environment | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Potential Energy Coalition | New York, NY | Climate communications | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rodale Institute | Kutztown, PA | Food and agriculture research | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Alliance for Just Deliberation On Solar Geoengineering | Washington, DC | Climate science & policy research | Environment | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ceres Inc | Boston, MA | Climate finance | Environment | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | Food and agriculture research | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Homeworld Collective | Somerville, MA | Climate science & policy research | Environment | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pembine Institute for Appropriate Development | Calgary, CA | Climate science & policy research | $164,525 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alliance for Sustainable Energy LLC | Golden, CO | Climate science & policy research | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Iowa State University | Ames, IA | Climate science & policy research | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mighty Earth | Washington, DC | Climate science & policy research | Environment | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development Inc | Washington, DC | Climate science & policy research | International, foreign affairs and national security | $148,450 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sorbonne University | Paris, FR | Climate science & policy research | $144,667 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Colorado School of Mines Foundation | Golden, CO | Climate science & policy research | Education | $140,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Center for Appropriate Technology | Butte, MT | Food and agriculture research | Environment | $130,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tides Center | Los Angeles, CA | Environmental education | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | Environmental health science & policy research | Education | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Environmental League of Massachusetts Inc | Boston, MA | Environmental education | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rare | Arlington, VA | Climate science & policy research | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wildaid | San Francisco, CA | Natural resource conservation and protection | Animal-related | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Shandong University | Jinan, CH | Climate science & policy research | $92,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Carbon Removal Dba Carbon180 | Washington, DC | Climate science & policy research | $82,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mars Discovery District | Toronto, CA | Climate science & policy research | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stitching Soil Heroes Foundation | Mijnsheerenland, NL | Food and agriculture research | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Innovation Network | Tamworth, NH | Climate science & policy research | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Climate Emergency Fund | West Hollywood, CA | Environmental education | Environment | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Growald Climate Fund Inc | Brookline, MA | Climate science & policy research | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Creo Family Office Syndicate | New York, NY | Climate finance | Environment | $11,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $11,186,000 |
| Education | $2,357,184 |
| Science and technology | $2,315,622 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $1,250,000 |
| Animal-related | $1,000,000 |
| Medical research | $1,000,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $953,083 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $720,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| District of Columbia | $8,180,950 |
| New York | $8,079,121 |
| Massachusetts | $7,301,428 |
| California | $5,402,646 |
| Virginia | $4,600,000 |
| Colorado | $2,637,133 |
| New Hampshire | $550,000 |
| South Dakota | $500,000 |
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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.