Funding search · EIN 116107128 · New York, NY

Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated

Name: Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

734
grants reported: $71.8M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

climate methane affairs public government advocacy justice resilient

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

81 grants matching “methane” · $4.5M

$931,793
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
Methane
$205,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2024
Methane
$115,000
Progressnow Colorado Education · Denver, CO · 2024
Methane
$90,000
Taxpayers for Common Sense · Washington, DC · 2024
Methane
$80,000
University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences · Austin, TX · 2024
Methane
$70,000
Western Environmental Law Center · Eugene, OR · 2024
Methane
$48,200
Evangelical Environmental Network · Noblesville, IN · 2024
Methane
$47,500
Project for Clean Energy and Innovation · Arlington, VA · 2024
Methane
$45,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Methane
$42,500
Interfaith Center On Corporate Responsibility · New York, NY · 2024
Us methane
$40,600
Sustainable Food Laboratory · Hartland, VT · 2024
Methane
$40,000
Western Leaders Network · Durango, CO · 2024
Methane
$39,865
Mormon Environmental Stewardship Alliance · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Methane
$37,500
Louisiana Chamber of Commerce Dba David St Etienne President Commerce · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Methane
$35,000
Naeva · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Methane
$32,500
Pennsylvania Environmental Councilinc · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Methane
$30,000
Together Louisiana · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Methane
$30,000
Public Land Solutions · Moab, UT · 2024
Methane
$27,500
Clean Air Council · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Methane
$25,000
Rgisc · Laredo, TX · 2024
Methane
$25,000
Invest in Louisiana · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024
Methane
$25,000
Dairy Center for Strategic Innovation and Collaboration Dba Innovation Cent · Rosemont, IL · 2024
Methane
$25,000
The Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America Rocky Mountain Div · Denver, CO · 2024
Methane
$25,000
Michigan Enviromental Council Dba Michigan Climate Action Network (Mican) · Lansing, MI · 2024
Methane
$22,500
Hispanic Access Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Methane
$22,500
Oil Region Alliance of Business Industry & Tourism · Oil City, PA · 2024
Methane
$15,532
Rep Environmental Education Foundation · Oakton, VA · 2024
Methane
$15,000
Wyoming Outdoor Council · Lander, WY · 2024
Methane
$15,000
Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment · Window Rock, AZ · 2024
Methane
$15,000
Environment America Research and Policy Center · Denver, CO · 2024
Methane
$15,000
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Methane
$15,000
Pennenvironment Research & Policy Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Methane
$15,000
Vet Voice Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Methane
$15,000
Breathe Utah · Sandy, UT · 2024
Methane
$11,861
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
Methane
$10,000
Center for Civic Policy · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Methane
$10,000
Texas Impact Education Fund · Austin, TX · 2024
Methane
$10,000
New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Methane
$240,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2022
Methane : Global Methane Advocacy,Investor Engagement,Investor Engagement : Financial Products
$210,000
Interfaith Center On Corp Responsibility · New York, NY · 2022
Investor Engagement,Methane : US Methane : US Methane Advocacy
$136,000
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Climate Smart Agriculture : Ag Finance,Methane : US Methane : US Methane Legal & Reg; Transform Petrochemicals
$130,000
Environment America Research & Policy Center · Denver, CO · 2022
Climate & Health,One Breath Partnership,Methane,US Methane&US Methane Advocacy
$108,000
Western Leaders Network · Durango, CO · 2022
US Community Engagement, US Methane&US Methane Advocacy
$85,000
Clean Air Council · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy,Decarbonizing US Power,Public and Government Affairs (US)
$80,000
Taxpayers 4 Common Sense · Washington, DC · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$77,500
Public Citizen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Climate & Health,One Breath Partnership,Transform Petrochemicals,Climate & Health,US Methane&S Methane Advocacy
$75,000
Rocky Mountain Institute- Po · Boulder, CO · 2022
Methane : Global Methane Advocacy
$66,188
Sustainable Food Laboratory · Hartland, VT · 2022
Climate Smart Agriculture : Methane, Livestock, and Poultry
$65,000
Naeva · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$60,000
Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship · Oakton, VA · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy,Public and Government Affairs (US),Build to Zero : Decarbonizing US Power
$50,000
Green Latinos · Washington, DC · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy,Justice and Equity
$45,000
Pennenvironment Research & Policy Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$45,000
Hispanic Access Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$43,750
Texas Impact Education Fund · Asutin, TX · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$40,000
Wyoming Outdoor Council · Lander, WV · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$40,000
West Virginia Rivers Coalition · Charleston, WV · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$35,000
Farmers Edu & Co-Operative Union of America · Denver, GA · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$35,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$34,750
Rio Grande International Study Center · Laredo, TX · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$30,000
Vet Voice Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$25,800
Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Science
$25,000
Environmental Council of the States · Washington, DC · 2022
Global Clean Air,Methane : US Methane : Subsurface Operations,US Methane Advocacy
$25,000
American Conservation Coalition · Appleton, WI · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$25,000
Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment · Durango, CO · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$25,000
Evangelical Environmental Network · Westfield, GA · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$25,000
Healthy Gulf · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Methane-US Methane,Subsurface Operations
$25,000
The Louisiana Chamber of Commerce Found · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Methane-US Methane,Subsurface Operations
$25,000
Together Louisiana · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$25,000
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$25,000
Western Environmental Law Center · Eugene, OR · 2022
Methane-US Methane,Subsurface Operations
$25,000
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$20,000
Breathe Utah · Sandy, UT · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$20,000
Mormon Environmental Stewardship Alliance · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$20,000
Center for Civic Policy · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$20,000
Santa Fe Green Chamber of Commerce · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$20,000
Public Land Solutions · Moab, UT · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$20,000
New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light · Albuquergue, NM · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$10,000
Innovation Center for US Dairy · Rosemont, IL · 2022
Climate Smart Agriculture : Methane, Livestock, and Poultry
$10,000
Ohio Conservative Energy Forum · Columbus, OH · 2022
Methane-US Methane,US Methane Advocacy
$10,000
American Assoc for the Advancement of Science · Washington, DC · 2022
Methane-US Methane,Subsurface Operations
$59,595
Center for Civic Policy · Albuquerque, NM · 2021
Methane : US Methane : US Methane Advocacy Climate Resilient Fisheries & Oceans : FSC : Capac US Climate & Health : One Breath Partnership US Advocacy & Political Engagement : Campaigns and Safer Chemicals : Toxics US A… read allMethane : US Methane : US Methane Advocacy Climate Resilient Fisheries & Oceans : FSC : Capac US Climate & Health : One Breath Partnership US Advocacy & Political Engagement : Campaigns and Safer Chemicals : Toxics US Advocacy & Political Engagement : State Affairs Natural Climate Solutions : Agricultural Soils Beyond Gas : Energy Markets & Utility Regulation Methane : US Methane : US Methane Advocacy US Advocacy & Political Engagement : State Affairs US Advocacy & Political Engagement : Campaigns and Climate Resilient Fisheries & Oceans : FSC : Rec F US Advocacy & Political Engagement Beyond Gas : Energy Markets & Utility Regulation MethaneSAT : Infrastructure Mapping Methane : US Methane : US Methane Advocacy US Advocacy & Political Engagement : State Affairs Economic Capacity Natural Climate Solutions : Temperate Forests US Advocacy & Political Engagement : State Affairs Economy Wide Limits : State Climate Policy Investor Engagement : 401 Climate Healthy Communities : Safer Chemical less

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Environmental Defense Action Fund2 grants · $13.2M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors2 grants · $5.8M
Tides Foundation3 grants · $4.1M
Emergent Forest Finance Accelerator3 grants · $1.9M
Openet2 grants · $1.8M
Cornell University2 grants · $1.3M
Ceres3 grants · $1.1M
Colorado State University3 grants · $1.0M
Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health3 grants · $993,604
Cornell University1 grant · $931,793

Giving over time

$26.7M

2021

$23.2M

2022

$14.1M

2023

$7.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 734 grants.

$7.9M
Environmental Defense Action Fund · New York, NY · 2022
public & government
$5.7M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2021
$5.4M
Environmental Defense Action Fund · New York, NY · 2023
$3.3M
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021
$1.5M
Openet · Carson City, NV · 2021
$931,793
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
Methane
$918,604
Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health · Boston, MA · 2021
$784,700
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2021
$762,400
Emergent Forest Finance Accelerator · New York, NY · 2021
$754,000
Emergent Forest Finance Accelerator · New York, NY · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions-Tropical Forests,Global TA & Fin
$711,619
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
$700,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Justice and Equity
$655,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2021
$612,286
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2021
$588,017
Bonneville Environmental Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022
Climate Resilient Water Systems : Colorado River Water
$585,000
Regents of the Uni of Ca Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
$414,685
West Virginia University Research Corp · Morgantown, WV · 2023
$407,800
Emergent Forest Finance Accelerator · New York, NY · 2023
$400,096
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies · Millbrook, NY · 2021
$400,000
Western Conservation Action · Denver, CO · 2021
$394,274
Regents of the Univ of Ca Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Economic Capacity,Natural Climate Solutions : Agricultural Soils
$391,313
The Regents of the University of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2021
$358,099
Regents of the Univeristy of Michigan (the) · Ann Arbor, MI · 2021
$352,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions-Tropical Forests,Int Policy & Part
$351,908
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2021
$336,333
Partnership Project Inc (the) · Washington, DC · 2021
$315,000
Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Public and Government Affairs (US)
$311,229
Resources for the Future · Washington, DC · 2021
$302,995
Openet · Carson City, NV · 2022
Climate Resilient Water Systems
$300,000
Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Partnerships
$299,644
Woods Hole Research Center · Falmouth, MA · 2021
$295,000
African American Mayors Association · Washington, DC · 2022
US Community Engagement,USCE Partnerships,USCE Implementation,Global Transportation/Trucks
$294,354
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2021
$292,356
University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions,Agricultural Soils
$275,000
Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Global Clean Air : Clean Air Science
$266,613
Kansas State University · Manhattan, KS · 2021
$265,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
$250,000
Five Nature Llc · Miami, FL · 2023
$250,000
Mendocino County Resource Conservation District · Ukiah, CA · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions-Tropical Forests
$250,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions,Agricultural Soils
$250,000
African American Mayors Association · Washington, DC · 2021
$250,000
Center for Applied Environ Law & Policy · Boulder, CO · 2021
$250,000
Pennsylvania State University (the) · University Park, PA · 2021
$247,500
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2023
$245,000
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions-Tropical Forests,Int Policy & Part
$245,000
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions-Tropical Forests,Int Policy & Part,Global TA & Fin
$243,750
Convergent Research · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions,Blue Carbon
$241,089
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Carrboro, NC · 2023
$240,000
Community College Partners Program · Locust Grove, GA · 2023
$240,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2022
Methane : Global Methane Advocacy,Investor Engagement,Investor Engagement : Financial Products
$240,000
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Found · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Public and Government Affairs (US),Decarbonizing US Power,Public and Government Affairs (US),State Affairs
$240,000
Woods Hole Research Center · Falmouth, MA · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions,Agricultural Soils
$240,000
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Found · San Francisco, CA · 2021
$235,501
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior Un · Redwood City, CA · 2021
$225,000
The Deep S Ctr for Environmental Justice · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Justice and Equity,Transform Petrochemicals
$220,000
Emerging Markets Investors Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
Corporate engagement
$215,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022
Climate Resilient Fisheries & Oceans
$212,500
Ihs Global · Englewood, CO · 2023
$210,000
Interfaith Center On Corp Responsibility · New York, NY · 2022
Investor Engagement,Methane : US Methane : US Methane Advocacy
$205,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2024
Methane
$200,000
Planet Reimagined · New York, NY · 2024
Communications
$200,000
Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2023
$192,500
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2024
Corporate engagement
$192,223
University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI · 2024
Hydrogen
$190,000
African American Mayors Association · Washington, DC · 2023
$189,368
Trustees of Columbia Univ in the City of Ny · New York, NY · 2023
$170,000
Ground Water Research & Education Found · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
$170,000
Community College Partners Program · Locust Grove, GA · 2022
Justice and Equity
$168,839
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Fisheries & oceans
$167,523
Elevate Energy · Chicago, IL · 2021
$167,513
Greenbiz Group · Oakland, CA · 2021
$167,500
Interfaith Center On Corp Responsibility · New York, NY · 2023
$160,000
Winrock Int'L Institute for Agricultural Dev · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions-Tropical Forests,Global TA & Fin
$158,971
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
Fisheries & oceans
$157,500
Pennsylvania Environmental Councilinc · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
$155,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
$152,543
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Science and innovation
$152,009
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2021
$150,000
Karuk Tribe · Happy Camp, CA · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions-Tropical Forests
$150,000
Pennsylvania Environmental Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Build to Zero-Decarbonizing US Power&State Climate Policy,Public and Government Affairs (US)
$150,000
Third Way · Washington, DC · 2021
$150,000
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2021
$145,675
Pennsylvania State University (the) · University Park, PA · 2024
Orphan wells
$142,145
West Virginia University Research Corporation · Morgantown, WV · 2024
Hydrogen
$140,000
Pennsylvania Environmental Councilinc · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
$139,357
Texas a&M University · College Station, TX · 2021
$137,721
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York · Albany, NY · 2024
Science and innovation
$136,000
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Climate Smart Agriculture : Ag Finance,Methane : US Methane : US Methane Legal & Reg; Transform Petrochemicals
$132,500
African American Mayors Assoc · Washington, DC · 2024
Build to zero
$130,000
Wetlands Watch · Norfolk, VA · 2023
$130,000
Environment America Research & Policy Center · Denver, CO · 2022
Climate & Health,One Breath Partnership,Methane,US Methane&US Methane Advocacy
$129,000
Trustees of Columbia Univ in the City of Ny · New York, NY · 2022
Caribbean Clean Energy Access & Climate Adaptation,Investor Engagement-Financial Regulation
$125,000
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Clean air
$125,000
Ocean Outcomes · Portland, OR · 2022
Climate Resilient Fisheries & Oceans
$125,000
Acumen Fund Inc Dba Acumen · New York, NY · 2021
$124,226
University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI · 2023
$124,226
University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI · 2022
Hydrogen
$120,904
Texas a&M University · College Station, TX · 2022
Transform Petrochemicals,Climate & Health,Gulf Research
$120,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
$118,770
St Vincents Hill Neighborhood Coalition · Vallejo, CA · 2021

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