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Waverley Street Foundation: 144 grants to organizations, $282.1 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Waverley Street Foundation, a private foundation in Palo Alto, CA, paid 144 grants to organizations totaling $282,093,983 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 13, 2025. The largest was $20,000,000 to Thousand Currents in San Francisco, CA for general operating support.
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- EIN
- 813242506
- Based in
- Palo Alto, CA
- Assets
- $3,338,124,885
- Grants paid
- $282,093,983
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 13, 2025, IRS object ID 202533179349104053. It reported $282,093,983 in grants paid; 144 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thousand Currents | San Francisco, CA | General Operating Support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $20,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Climate Imperative Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General Operating Support | Environment | $18,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Climate Imperative Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General Operating Support | Environment | $18,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stichting European Climate Foundation | The Hague, NL | ReNew 2030 Project | $10,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | California ambitions program | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stichting Foundation for International Law | Den Haag, NL | Capacity strengthening | $8,333,334 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Grid Alternatives Inc | Oakland, CA | Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund | Environment | $8,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Conservation International Foundation | Alrlington, VA | Broadleaf Initiative | Environment | $7,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Potential Energy Coalition Inc | New York, NY | Communications support | $7,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| California Volunteers Fund | Sacramento, CA | Climate Corps expansion | Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Deep South Center for Environmental Justice | New Orleans, LA | General Operating Support | Environment | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | Berkeley, CA | Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative | Environment | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense | Novato, CA | General Operating Support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation (PACT) | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Vereniging Milieudefensie | Amsterdam, NL | General Operating Support | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | Hive fund | Environment | $5,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Climate Jobs National Resource Center | New York, NY | General Operating Support | Environment | $4,750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Building Decarbonization Coalition | Petaluma, CA | Healthy Building, Healthy Communities Project | $4,500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund | Washington, DC | General Operating Support | Environment | $4,250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Clean Future Forum Inc | Washington, DC | General Operating Support | Environment | $4,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Regents of the University of California Berkeley | Berkely, CA | Innovative Genomics Institute | $4,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation (PACT) | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $4,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Selco Foundation | Bangalore, IN | General Operating Support | $4,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Taproot Earth | Tulsa, OK | General Operating Support | $4,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | Rural Climate Partnership | Environment | $4,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Girl Scouts of the USA | New York, NY | Connecting people to nature | $3,500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Global Greengrants Fund Inc | Boulder, CO | Agroecology Fund | Environment | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | New York, NY | Years Project | Environment | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Earth Species Project | Berkeley, CA | General Operating Support | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| First Nations Development Institute | Longmont, CO | Regenerative agriculture and conservation | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fuse Corps | San Francisco, CA | Fellowship program | Public and societal benefit | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | Climate project support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sunrise Project Australia LTD | Surry Hills, AS | General Operating Support | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The New School | New York, NY | General Operating Support | Education | $2,400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | The Fund for Equitable Good Food Procurement | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Avina Americas Inc | Washington, DC | MapBiomas | International, foreign affairs and national security | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Global Greengrants Fund Inc | Boulder, CO | Safety training & support | Environment | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Intertribal Agriculture Council Inc | Billings, MT | General Operating Support | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National League of Cities Institute | Washington, DC | Smart Surfaces Coalition | Education | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Transparency International Ev | Berlin, GM | Climate Governance Integrity Programme | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance | Seattle, WA | General Operating Support | Environment | $1,666,672 | apps.irs.gov |
| Foodcorps Inc | Portland, OR | FARM TO School programs | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Washington, DC | Civic engagement | Environment | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Regenerative Agriculture Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | Soil Health Opportunities & Tools (SHOT) Fund | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Poder Latinx Collective Fund | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa | San Francisco, CA | Energy transition | $1,422,494 | apps.irs.gov | |
| La Cosecha Community Supported Agriculture | Albuquerque, NM | Project Food Hub | Human services | $1,250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| People Powered Global Hub | Brooklyn, NY | Civic Engagement | $1,170,486 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Public Health Association Inc | Washington, DC | Project Smart Surfaces Coalition | Health care | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arizona Board of Regents University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | Indigenous Resilience Center | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Rural Affairs | Washington, DC | National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Central Valley Community Foundation | Fresno, CA | Regional planning support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chef Ann Foundation | Boulder, CO | Farm to school programs | Education | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Climate Museum | New York, NY | General Operating Support | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Climate Power Education Fund | Washington, DC | General Operating Support | Environment | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| College of Menominee Nation | Keshena, WI | Climate Hubs Learning Partnership | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Earthrights International Inc | Washington, DC | General Operating Support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide | Eugene, OR | General Operating Support | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of the Earth | Washington, DC | FARM TO School programs | Environment | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of the Earth International | Amsterdam, NL | Communications support | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Global Fairness Initiative | Washington, DC | SEWA support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Just Associates Inc | Washington, DC | General Operating Support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Malala Fund | Washington, DC | General Operating Support | Education | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Movement Strategy Center | Oakland, CA | Center for Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health | Community improvement and capacity building | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Natura Y Ecosistemas Mexicanos Ac | Alcaldia Alvaro Obregon, MX | General Operating Support | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York City Environmental Justice Alliance | Brooklyn, NY | Climate Hubs Learning Partnership | Environment | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nia Tero Foundation | Seattle, WA | General Operating Support | Environment | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Panorama Global | Seattle, WA | Community health support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Re-Earth Initiative Inc | Long Island City, NY | General Operating Support | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Regents of University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | Climate Hubs Learning Partnership | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Regents of the University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | Renewable energy solutions | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Resist Inc | Somerville, MA | LIFE (Liberating Investment in the Food and Farm system) Fund | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation (PACT) | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | Youth civic engagement | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Root Capital Inc | Cambridge, MA | General Operating Support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Spirit Rock Meditation Center | Woodcare, CA | Connecting people to nature | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | New York, NY | Working Power | Environment | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Center for Cultural Power | Oakland, CA | General Operating Support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Chisholm Legacy Project Inc | Burtonsville, MD | The Chisholm Legacy Project | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Graduate Center Foundation Inc | New York, NY | Climate Hubs Learning Partnership | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yayasan Solidaritas Dana Nusantara | Jakarta, ID | General Operating Support | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International Land and Forest Tenure Facility | Stockholm, SW | General Operating Support | $950,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United Nations Economic Commission | Vitacura, CI | Escazu Agreement implementation | $813,600 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Centre for Environmental Rights | Cape Town, SF | General Operating Support | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Earth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | Green Schoolyards America | Environment | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Environmental Defenders Office LTD | Sydney, AS | General Operating Support | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Groundwork Trust | Pietermaritzburg, SF | General Operating Support | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Corporacion Fiscalia Del Medio Ambiente (fima) | Santiago, CI | General Operating Support | $725,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Alliance With Family Farmers Foundation | Davis, CA | Family farming & sustainable agriculture | $700,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| LQ Foundation | Bayside, NY | COP30 public awareness | International, foreign affairs and national security | $700,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| World Media Foundation Inc Dba Living On Earth | Boston, MA | Climate Hubs Learning Partnership | $680,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Alliance With Family Farmers Foundation | Davis, CA | General Operating Support | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kitchen Table Advisors | Berkeley, CA | General Operating Support | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Movement Strategy Center | Oakland, CA | HEAL Food Alliance | Community improvement and capacity building | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Young Farmers Coalition | Albany, NY | General Operating Support | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Open Briefing LTD | Penzance, UK | General Operating Support | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Soul Fire Farm Institute Inc | Petersburg, NY | General Operating Support | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Business and Human Rights Resource Centre | London, UK | Energy transition | $550,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Movement Builders Inc | Clarkston, GA | EARTHseed Permaculture Center | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | Center for Good Food Purchasing | Community improvement and capacity building | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Future Generations University | Franklin, WV | Sharing community climate solutions | Education | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Inquiring Systems Inc | Santa Rosa, CA | Community access to nature | Community improvement and capacity building | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Liberty Hill Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | General Operating Support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Outdoor Afro | Oakland, CA | General Operating Support | Environment | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc | Newton, MA | Climate Hubs Learning Partnership | Education | $491,400 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cape Farewell (ocean) | Dorchester, UK | Our Life is Here charitable project | $425,997 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Earthworks | Washington, DC | General Operating Support | Public and societal benefit | $425,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ideagarden Institute Inc | Healdsburg, CA | Plant Futures Initiative | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Groundswell Charitable Foundation | El Segundo, CA | General Operating Support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $375,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amis Du Wellbeing Project | Paris, FR | Connecting people to nature | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development | Washington, DC | Energy transition | International, foreign affairs and national security | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Res Publica Us Inc | New York, NY | Event sponsorship | Human services | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wildcoast | Del Mar, CA | Environmental conservation | Environment | $270,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Croatan Institute | Durham, NC | Regenerative Agriculture Program | Environment | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Emerald Cities Collaborative Inc | Washington, DC | Culture & climate | Public and societal benefit | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Food System 6 Accelerator Inc | Redwood City, CA | General Operating Support | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Liberty Hill Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | General Operating Support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Wildlife Federation | Reston, VA | Great Lakes Regional Center support | Animal-related | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Second Nature Inc | Cambridge, MA | General Operating Support | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives | Berkeley, CA | General Operating Support | Environment | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| LQ Foundation | Bayside, NY | COP30 public awareness | International, foreign affairs and national security | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hopi Foundation Lomasuminagwtukwsiumani | Kykotsmovi, AZ | General Operating Support | Human services | $160,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Growald Climate Fund | Brookline, MA | Event sponsorship | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ideagarden Institute Inc | Healdsburg, CA | FARMpreneurs | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Great Gathering of Humanity Inc | Tucson, AZ | General Operating Support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | Event sponsorship | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Climate Registry | Los Angeles, CA | Event sponsorship | Environment | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Adsglobal | Falls Church, VA | Connecting music and the environment | International, foreign affairs and national security | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Albie Sachs Trust for Constitutionalism | Cape Town, SF | General Operating Support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Asociacion Civil Jovenes Por El Clima | Buenos Aires, AR | General Operating Support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Asociacion Civil Periodistas Por El Planeta | Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, AR | General Operating Support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Eco House Asociacion Civil | Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, AR | General Operating Support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales | Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, AR | General Operating Support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Foundation Earth | Washington, DC | General Operating Support | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fundacion Ambiente Y Recursos Naturales | Ciudad de Buenos Aires, AR | General Operating Support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture Institute Inc | Kykotsmovi, AZ | General Operating Support | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lof Newen Mapu | Neuquen Capital, AR | General Operating Support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pha Food and Farming Campaign | Cape Town, SF | General Operating Support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | New York, NY | Global Gas and Oil Network | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Angel Network | Johannesburg, SF | Community resilience | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Groundwork Trust | Pietermaritzburg, SF | General Operating Support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Tibet Fund | New York, NY | General Operating Support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fundar Centro de Analisis E Investigacion Ac | Villa Coyoacan Alcaldia Coyoacan, MX | General Operating Support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Meridian Institute | Dillon, CO | Global Alliance for the Future of Food | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $101,811,672 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $33,275,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $26,300,000 |
| Education | $7,391,400 |
| Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief | $5,000,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $4,950,000 |
| Public and societal benefit | $3,175,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $2,600,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $119,092,494 |
| New York | $42,820,486 |
| District of Columbia | $33,775,000 |
| Colorado | $8,505,000 |
| Virginia | $7,800,000 |
| Louisiana | $5,000,000 |
| Oklahoma | $4,000,000 |
| Washington | $3,666,672 |
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Updated November 13, 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.