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Who funds climate research work in New York
15 funders have a record of paying for climate research work by New York recipients: 41 grants totaling $8.9M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Grantham Foundation for the Protection ($6.2M), The Common Sense Fund ($170,000) and The Kaplen Brothers Fund ($150,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to New York recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $200,000 to CLIMATE SCIENCE AWARENESS SOLUTIONS (PART OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY) — climate science & policy research
Largest: $60,000 to CLIMATE SCIENCE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND — to support the climate science legal defense fund's (csldf)mission to protect the scientific endeavor by providing support and resources to scientists who are threatened, harassed …
Largest: $75,000 to CLIMATE SCIENCE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND — for general operating support
Largest: $20,000 to CLIMATE SCIENCE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND — general operations
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
3 matching grants · $440,955 · through 2024Largest: $146,985 to RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK — rural turkish farmers: challenges in the age of industrialized farming and climate change
Largest: $75,000 to CLIMATE SCIENCE AWARENESS AND — c s, awareness and
Largest: $1,000 to CLIMATE SCIENCE DEFENCE FUND — to provide free elgal aid to researchers and scientists
Largest: $30,000 to CORNELL UNIVERSITY — trout phenology & climate change research
Largest: $5,000 to CLIMATE SCIENCE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND — general operating support
Make Something WorkshopBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $173,609 · through 2023Largest: $115,000 to Illustrious Entertainment — climate science fair 2023
Largest: $25,000 to CLIMATE SCIENCE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND — general operating
Largest: $90,000 to Modern Tibetan Studies Program Columbia University — expanding tibetan studies: indigenous knowledge & climate change research
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