Funding search · environmental justice · Virginia
Who funds environmental justice work in Virginia
12 funders have a record of paying for environmental justice work by Virginia recipients: 31 grants totaling $4.6M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are The JPB Foundation ($4.0M), Sharing the Power Foundation ($60,000) and Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust ($140,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Virginia recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $850,000 to VIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC — advancing environmental justice
Largest: $7,500 to BRIDGING THE GAP — environmental justice
Largest: $35,000 to Virginia New Majority Education Fund — community power builing around environmental justice issues
Largest: $5,000 to VIRGINIA ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COLLABORATIVE — general charitable purposes
Largest: $150,000 to CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE — environmental
Wend IiBentonville, AR
1 matching grant · $100,000 · through 2022Largest: $100,000 to United Parents Against Lead & Other Environmental Hazards — to support virginia environmental justice collaborative (vejc) to participate in towards equitable electric mobility
National Park TrustRockville, MDCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $19,000 · through 2024Largest: $19,000 to THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC — grant in support of national park trust's partnership with the national park foundation's every kid outdoors initiative at anacostia high school, connecting students in anacostia t…
Largest: $25,000 to GEORGE MASON U — 78544 partnering medical societies and environmental justice groups to address climate and health injustices in the southeast
Environmental Defense Fund IncorporatedNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $21,000 · through 2022Largest: $21,000 to Virginia Environmental Justice Collab — climate resilient coasts & watersheds,coastal resilience
NamatiWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $7,600 · through 2023Largest: $7,600 to BROWN GROVE PRESERVATION GROUP — environmental justice
Institute for Sustainable CommunitiesMontpelier, VTCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2022Largest: $25,000 to VIRGINIA ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COLLABORATIVE — capacity building
US Climate Action NetworkWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2021Largest: $20,000 to UNITED PARENTS AGAINST LEAD — building capacity through environmental justice leadership in se
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