Funding search · EIN 133441466 · Bentonville, AR

Walton Family Foundation

Name: Walton Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

3,288
grants reported: $1.65B
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $200,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education arkansas community river water policy colorado school

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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.

Where the money goes

K-12 education policy, charter schools, and curriculum reform nationally
Northwest Arkansas civic life: parks, trails, arts, transit in Bentonville
Education R&D: literacy, math acceleration, tutoring, learner records
Colorado River and Mississippi River Basin water and agriculture
Career pathways, apprenticeships, and community college redesign
Ocean and fisheries sustainability, including international tuna work

Typical grant

Median grant is $200,000, with the middle half between $75,000 and about $432,000. The eight-figure checks go to intermediaries and re-granting vehicles (Charter Fund, 50CAN's State Implementation Fund, New Venture Fund, NewSchools) plus Bentonville capital projects; the small ones are single-site programs and Arkansas nonprofits. Repeat giving is the norm, with organizations like Cambiar Education, Environmental Defense Fund, and TNTP each holding several concurrent grants.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“"improve student outcomes"”
“"high-quality instructional materials"”
“"high-impact tutoring"”
“"learning loss"”
“"To support general operations"”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie research to a named state implementation partner; they fund studies of policy rollout, not standalone inquiry.
Ask $1M to $3M for multi-year research; Harvard CEPR and ASU CRPE landed in that band.
Name Arkansas as a study site or first state. LEARNS Act implementation work is actively funded.
For water or agriculture work, anchor to the Colorado River Basin or Mississippi River Basin explicitly.

Worth knowing: Arkansas takes 888 of 3,288 grants and Bentonville itself absorbs large capital gifts, so a non-Arkansas applicant is competing in the national education portfolio, where a few intermediaries and fiscal sponsors (New Venture Fund, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Cambiar, NewSchools) recycle much of the money to subgrantees. Getting funded through one of those vehicles is often more realistic than a direct grant.

192 grants matching “fisheries” · $62.5M

$1.9M
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
To support sustainability in 10 focus fisheries, build sustainable seafood demand, rebuild depleted fish stocks, and address social issues.
$1.4M
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
To build climate resilience and sustainability for fisheries and the communities that depend on them.
$950,000
Sociedad De Historia Natural Niparaja Ac · 2024
To empower and strengthen the collective capacities of small-scale fishers to champion sustainable fisheries solutions that benefit people and nature.
$830,000
Comunidad Y Biodiversidad · 2024
To improve the sustainable management and climate resilience of several focus fisheries in Mexico and Peru through the scaling of community-based solutions.
$775,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024
To support climate-ready fisheries in the United States.
$700,000
Hispanic Access Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To engage local communities in actively shaping equitable policy and stewardship of clean water and natural resources, focusing on the Colorado River, Mississippi River, and U.S. Ocean fisheries.
$650,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
To improve the sustainable management of blue swimming crab in the Indonesian provinces of Lampung and West Java, and to help secure long-term funding for fisheries management bodies at the national level.
$600,000
Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2024
To support the Mexico Sustainable Fisheries Collective Impact Initiative in engaging multiple stakeholders in coordinated actions that will lead to the sustainable management of Mexican fisheries.
$550,000
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
To support the sustainability of jumbo flying squid and mahi-mahi in Peru by aligning supply chains in support of fishery improvements and improved governance.
$550,000
Sustainable Fishery Advocates · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
To increase ambition and action of US retailers in seafood sustainability, and to increase the reach and effectiveness of import control rules to reduce illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing entering the US.
$540,000
Pronatura Noroeste Ac · 2024
To support well-functioning and sustainable fisheries that support the economic prosperity and social well-being of coastal communities in Northwest Mexico.
$525,000
Sociedad Peruana De Derecho Ambiental · 2024
To support a lasting platform for responsible and sustainable management of focus fisheries- jumbo flying squid, mahi-mahi and octopus-- by improving fisheries regulations and building the capacity of key fishery stakeh… read allTo support a lasting platform for responsible and sustainable management of focus fisheries- jumbo flying squid, mahi-mahi and octopus-- by improving fisheries regulations and building the capacity of key fishery stakeholders. less
$500,000
Blue Ventures Conservation · 2024
To advance and scale community-centered sustainable management models for octopus fisheries.
$440,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
To support climate resilience in US fisheries.
$415,000
Consejo Mexicano De Promocion De Los Productos Pesqueros Y Acuicolas Ac · 2024
To support building domestic demand for sustainable Mexican seafood, with the ultimate goal of creating market incentive for improving Mexico's priority fisheries.
$400,000
Seafood Legacy Co Ltd · 2024
To improve the health of fisheries by engaging Japanese seafood companies on sustainable sourcing and due diligence.
$387,500
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support development of a National Fisheries Trust.
$355,000
Emmana Social Ac · 2024
To strengthen the organizational capacity of two women-led grassroots groups to promote sustainable fisheries in Mexico.
$350,000
Sustainable Fishery Advocates · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
To support ongoing efforts to ensure the seafood industry has the tools needed to engage in human rights due diligence and to enable human and labor rights improvements in the seafood sector.
$330,990
Stichting Global Tuna Alliance · 2024
To improve how seafood businesses understand and advocate for sustainable tuna fisheries management.
$303,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
To advance the sustainable management of focus fisheries in Peru - octopus, jumbo flying squid, and mahi-mahi.
$300,000
International Conservation Caucus Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To support a functioning nonpartisan Indonesian Parliamentary Oceans Caucus that provides education on marine conservation and fisheries issues.
$300,000
Sureste Sostenible Ac · 2024
To support a collaborative initiative to engage fishing communities in the Yucatan Peninsula to secure the sustainability of their fisheries by adopting fishing refugia.
$287,500
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
To participate in the Data Modernization Working Group to improve management of national data for fisheries management.
$287,500
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support the Data Modernization Working Group to improve management of national data for fisheries management.
$287,500
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the Data Modernization Working Group to improve management of national data for fisheries management.
$280,000
Centro Pesca Sustentable · 2024
To advance the sustainability of two Chilean octopus fishery stocks and the jumbo flying squid fishery.
$275,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2024
To support sustainable fisheries management in Mexico.
$255,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
To leverage technology and data to enable more efficient and sustainable management of key focus fisheries in Mexico.
$250,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2024
To enhance the sustainability of the anchoveta/sardine and Southern hake fisheries by focusing on implementing traceability technology and improving scientific data collection to protect and enable the long-term sustain… read allTo enhance the sustainability of the anchoveta/sardine and Southern hake fisheries by focusing on implementing traceability technology and improving scientific data collection to protect and enable the long-term sustainability of the fisheries. less
$250,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
To identify and pursue opportunities to protect waters and fisheries through the courts and regulatory processes.
$230,000
Advanced Conservation Strategies · Williamsburg, VA · 2024
To create a systems map of key focus fisheries to include all key stakeholders across the supply chain that will identify intervention opportunities to improve the sustainability of the fisheries.
$200,000
Causa Natura Ac · 2024
To elevate local voices and engage markets in reducing illegal fishing and promoting sustainable fisheries management in Mexico.
$200,000
The Associated Press · New York, NY · 2024
To support investigative reporting oncorruption, labor abuses and environmental impacts within fisheries supply chains.
$200,000
Ocean Strategies · Seattle, WA · 2024
To build capacity of fishing sector and seafood supply chains to engage in more thoughtful decision making on sustainable fisheries management.
$180,000
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation · 2024
To increase the Indonesian government's capacity to manage tuna fisheries.
$175,000
Redes - Sostenibilidad Pesquera · 2024
To support groundwork for long-term sustainability of Peru's octopus fishery by advancing a fisher-led fisheries improvement project, strengthening science-based management, and supporting authorities & fishers implemen… read allTo support groundwork for long-term sustainability of Peru's octopus fishery by advancing a fisher-led fisheries improvement project, strengthening science-based management, and supporting authorities & fishers implement rights-based management schemes. less
$170,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
To pilot a program to strengthen the ability of small-scale fishing organizations in Mexico to actively participate in the development and implementation of sustainable fisheries management solutions.
$165,500
Blueyou Consulting Ltd · 2024
To help the Yucatan octopus fishery, one of Foundation's focus fisheries in Mexico, improve management and advance toward sustainability.
$165,000
Legacy Philanthropy Works · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To support community-driven initiatives through collaborative processes to restore and sustainably manage fisheries in Mexico.
$160,000
Kawerak · Nome, AK · 2024
To support Kawerak's participation in federal fisheries decision making.
$160,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
To support preventing the importation of seafood caught with forced labor or from Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fisheries into the US market.
$150,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024
To research a suite of approaches to manage fisheries and increase fishing community resilience during a climate-driven crisis with a special focus on selecting which approach is best suited to which challenge.
$150,000
Rare · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support a Managed Access/Reserve to benefit biodiversity, fisheries management, and community livelihoods.
$130,000
Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders Alliance · Galveston, TX · 2024
To support legal efforts to protect conservation gains in US fisheries.
$100,000
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support the Fisheries Governance Project.
$100,000
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2024
To supportthe Ocean Defense Initiative which supports inclusion of fisheries in larger conversations around U.S.
$100,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
To develop and oversee an analysis of how to incorporate rights-based management into the Peruvian jumbo flying squid (JFS) fishery, while also supporting public policy work to reduce IUU fishing across JFS, mahi-mahi, … read allTo develop and oversee an analysis of how to incorporate rights-based management into the Peruvian jumbo flying squid (JFS) fishery, while also supporting public policy work to reduce IUU fishing across JFS, mahi-mahi, and octopus fisheries. less
$100,000
Mongabayorg Corporation · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
To provide support to publish news reports on the Foundation's focus fisheries in Chile, Peru, Mexico, and Indonesia.
$100,000
Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust · Sitka, AK · 2024
To support work advancing conservation and socio-economic resilience for fishermen and fishing communities in Alaska.
$88,000
Comunidad Y Biodiversidad · 2024
To improve the sustainable management and climate resilience of the snapper and octopus fisheries in Mexico.
$87,500
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024
To advance efforts to integrate Native Hawaiian culture and knowledge into fisheries decision-making.
$85,000
Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2024
To provide support to both the Indonesia Marine Funders Collaboration and the Small-Scale Fisheries Funders Network.
$75,000
Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders Alliance · Galveston, TX · 2024
To support a convening to discuss threats to fisheries and climate resilience.
$75,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2024
To increase the use of satellite-tracking systems for vessels in the jumbo-flying squid and mahi-mahi artisanal fisheries in Peru.
$50,000
Sustainable Fishery Advocates · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
To support work with the Fishery Improvement Project implementers and its supply chain partners to identify how to verify if products were sourced from an FIP.
$50,000
Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers · Seattle, WA · 2024
To build a more climate-resilient approach to fisheries management.
$50,000
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2024
To support the operations of the federal fisheries policy coalition.
$1.4M
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
To support sustainability in 10 focus fisheries, build sustainable seafood demand, rebuild depleted fish stocks, and address social issues.
$1.3M
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
To support sustainability in nine seafood sectors (octopus, tuna, shrimp, jumbo flying squid, mahi-mahi, whitefish, reduction fisheries, warm water crab, and snapper-grouper) comprising 14 of WFF's focus fisheries ident… read allTo support sustainability in nine seafood sectors (octopus, tuna, shrimp, jumbo flying squid, mahi-mahi, whitefish, reduction fisheries, warm water crab, and snapper-grouper) comprising 14 of WFF's focus fisheries identified as part of WFF's Strat25. less
$1.3M
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023
To build climate resilience and sustainability for fisheries and the communities that depend on them.
$1.1M
Ssg Advisors Llc Dba Resonance · Burlington, VT · 2023
To align key stakeholders across sectors and breaking down silos to co-create a coordinated approach to sustainable tuna fisheries management in Indonesia's archipelagic waters.
$975,000
Comunidad Y Biodiversidad · 2023
To improve the sustainable management and climate resilience of several WFF's focus fisheries in Mexico and Peru through the scaling of community-based solutions.
$675,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023
To support climate resilience in US fisheries.
$625,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023
To support climate-ready fisheries in the United States.
$600,000
Mongabayorg Corporation · Menlo Park, CA · 2023
To provide support to publish news reports on focus fisheries in Chile, Peru, Mexico, and Indonesia.
$600,000
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
To support the sustainability of jumbo flying squid and mahi-mahi in Peru by aligning supply chains in support of fishery improvements and improved governance.
$540,000
Sociedad De Historia Natural Niparaja Ac · 2023
To empower and strengthen the collective capacities of small-scale fishers to champion sustainable fisheries solutions that benefit people and nature.
$525,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2023
To support responsible fisheries management in the US, especially around bycatch.
$520,000
Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2023
To support the Mexico Sustainable Fisheries Collective Impact Initiative in engaging multiple stakeholders in coordinated actions that will lead to the sustainable management of Mexican fisheries.
$500,000
Blue Ventures Conservation · 2023
To advance and scale community-centered sustainable management models for octopus fisheries.
$485,000
Consejo Mexicano De Promocion De Los Productos Pesqueros Y Acuicolas Ac · 2023
To continue building domestic demand for sustainable Mexican seafood, with the ultimate goal of creating market incentive for improving Mexico's priority fisheries.
$475,000
Sociedad Peruana De Derecho Ambiental · 2023
To create a lasting platform for responsible and sustainable management of the Foundation's focus fisheries- jumbo flying squid, mahi-mahi and octopus-- by improving fisheries regulations and building the capacity of ke… read allTo create a lasting platform for responsible and sustainable management of the Foundation's focus fisheries- jumbo flying squid, mahi-mahi and octopus-- by improving fisheries regulations and building the capacity of key fishery stakeholders. less
$400,000
Sustainable Fishery Advocates · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
To increase ambition and action of US retailers in seafood sustainability, and to increase the reach and effectiveness of import control rules to reduce illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing entering the US.
$350,000
Centro Pesca Sustentable · 2023
To advance the sustainability of two Chilean octopus fishery stocks and the jumbo flying squid fishery-both Foundation strategy 25 focus fisheries.
$304,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
To advance the sustainable management of WFF's focus fisheries in Peru- octopus, jumbo flying squid, and mahi-mahi.
$300,000
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support the Fisheries Governance Project.
$300,000
Sustainable Fishery Advocates · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
To increase the understanding of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program.
$300,000
Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2023
To support Mexico Sustainable Fisheries Collective Impact Initiative's backbone team to expand the impact and collective actions of multiple stakeholders in promoting sustainable fisheries management in Mexico.
$300,000
Rare · Arlington, VA · 2023
Tosupportsustainable fisheries managementintheIndonesian provinceofSoutheast Sulawesi andreplicate itinNorth Sulawesi.
$283,000
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
To support improvements toward sustainability in WFF's exit fisheries in Chile, Peru, and Indonesia.
$250,000
Sustainable Fishery Advocates · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
To support ongoing efforts to ensure the seafood industry has the tools needed to engage in human rights due diligence and to enable human and labor rights improvements in the seafood sector.
$250,000
The Associated Press · New York, NY · 2023
To support a small investigative oceans and fisheries team that has the required expertise in supply chains, data analysis, investigative skills, global reporting capacity, and budgets for travel, data purchases, and te… read allTo support a small investigative oceans and fisheries team that has the required expertise in supply chains, data analysis, investigative skills, global reporting capacity, and budgets for travel, data purchases, and technology. less
$250,000
Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers · Seattle, WA · 2023
To support grantees' work to build a more climate-resilient approach to fisheries management.
$250,000
Radio Bilingue · Fresno, CA · 2023
To support a new Spanish-language radio series about water issues and the impact of climate change on water, including the Colorado River, west coast fisheries, and agriculture.
$225,000
Redes - Sostenibilidad Pesquera · 2023
To support management framework and fishery improvement project of octopus and conduct final activities needed to establish a national domestic buyer program supporting Peru's marine science institute to improve their s… read allTo support management framework and fishery improvement project of octopus and conduct final activities needed to establish a national domestic buyer program supporting Peru's marine science institute to improve their stock assessment methodology. less
$220,000
Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders Alliance · Galveston, TX · 2023
To support legal efforts to protect conservation gains in US fisheries.
$217,000
Pronatura Noroeste Ac · 2023
To continue advancing the sustainable management of economically and socially important fisheries in Mexico's northwestern region.
$210,500
Sociedad Peruana De Derecho Ambiental · 2023
To create a lasting platform for responsible Peruvian fisheries and build strong capacities for main stakeholders and knowledge sharing.
$200,000
Conservation Strategy Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To conduct policy relevant economics training, research and analysis to encourage the application of economics in marine and fisheries management in Indonesia.
$200,000
California Ocean Science Trust · Sacramento, CA · 2023
To research options for providing flexibility and adaptability to communities and fisheries in the context of climate change.
$200,000
Clientearth · 2023
To develop a precompetitive platform of retailers in the EU in order to build demand for sustainable fisheries, modeled after the Sustainable Seafood Coalition in the UK.
$200,000
Comunidad Y Biodiversidad · 2023
To improve the ecological and socio-economic performance of WFF's focus fisheries in Mexico through sustainable management.
$200,000
Hispanic Access Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
To engage the Latino community in an active role in stewardship and equitable policy formation for clean water and natural resources for the Colorado River, Mississippi River, and for U.S. Ocean fisheries.
$200,000
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023
To support province wide management of target fisheries including snapper/grouper, small pelagics and sharks and rays in West Nusa Tenggara and North Sulawesi Provinces in Indonesia.
$200,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To prepare Fishery Improvement Projects to receive investment from the Fishery Investment Fund through capacity building.
$180,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2023
To support SFSJ's effort to build public awareness of sustainable seafood to in turn compel leaders to act on traceability, illegal fishing, and fisheries sustainability.
$170,000
Advanced Conservation Strategies · Williamsburg, VA · 2023
To develop systemic solutions to reduce illegal activity in Chilean fisheries while advancing long-term sustainability.
$160,000
Sustainable Ocean Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support the Leadership for Climate-Resilient Fisheries fellowship.
$150,000
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2023
To support the operations of the federal fisheries policy coalition.
$150,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023
To ensure the sustainable management of US fisheries by incorporating climate change in management decisions, defending the Magnuson Stevens Act and ensuring that the data used to manage fisheries is timely, accurate, a… read allTo ensure the sustainable management of US fisheries by incorporating climate change in management decisions, defending the Magnuson Stevens Act and ensuring that the data used to manage fisheries is timely, accurate, and digitized. less
$150,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
To support a program to strengthen the ability of small-scale fishing organizations in Mexico to actively participate in the development and implementation of sustainable fisheries management solutions.
$150,000
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023
To support sustainable management of the king crab and scallop fisheries in the Magallanes region of Chile.
$145,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023
To support the preventing the importation of seafood caught with forced labor or from Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fisheries into the US market.
$140,000
Advanced Conservation Strategies · Williamsburg, VA · 2023
To build the capacity of Chilean fisheries management and coastal marine conservation organizations.
$140,000
Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust · Sitka, AK · 2023
To support grantee's work advancing conservation and socio-economic resilience for fishermen and fishing communities in Alaska.
$125,000
Blueyou Consulting Ltd · 2023
To attract private investment to fund the transition of three Mexican fisheries to sustainability.
$120,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2023
To reduce illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing of four priority fisheries in Chile - northern anchoveta, sardines, common hake and kelp.
$102,400
Marine Stewardship Council · 2023
To support priority fisheries in Mexico in improving management and achieving sustainability goals.
$102,000
Chefs for the Blue · 2023
To activate prominent chefs in Japan to support sustainable fisheries.
$100,000
Yayasan Ekosistim Nusantara Berkelanjutan · 2023
To support improvement in fisheries management in Indonesia.
$90,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023
To support effective fisheries management in the US by ensuring that climate impacts are considered, fish stocks are rebuilding, and that conservation minded commercial and recreational fishing communities have a platfo… read allTo support effective fisheries management in the US by ensuring that climate impacts are considered, fish stocks are rebuilding, and that conservation minded commercial and recreational fishing communities have a platform. less
$80,000
Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2023
To support the Indonesia Marine Funders Collaboration and the Small-Scale Fisheries Funders Network.
$76,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
To advance key recommendations to transform the New England groundfish fishery to a successful, sustainable catch share fishery.
$75,000
Costa Humboldt · 2023
To strengthen fisheries management in indigenous communities in Chile, with a particular focus on building fishery climate resilience.
$70,000
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth · Dartmouth, MA · 2023
To support research and share findings on the economic benefits of multispecies fisheries management.
$70,000
Stichting Global Tuna Alliance · 2023
To test the viability of an industry-led precompetitive platform seeking to improve fisheries management.
$53,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
To improve management of key focus fisheries in the Gulf of California, Mexico, through technology and science-based tools.
$50,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2023
To support two key science-based management functions needed to help manage Chile's mixed Anchoveta/sardine fishery.
$43,595
Advanced Conservation Strategies · Williamsburg, VA · 2023
To conduct systems analyses for four Humboldt Current fisheries to identify the key threats, actors, and leverage points for change across the entire supply chain.
$40,000
Emmana Social Ac · 2023
To empower the leadership of women's groups to advance gender equality in fisheries in Mexico.
$21,000
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University · Tempe, AZ · 2023
To support research into the economic and equity impacts of catch shares on communities in comparison to other fisheries management tools on fisheries in the United States.
$20,000
Sociedad Peruana De Derecho Ambiental · 2023
To support the side event Por la Pesca: How Cross-sector Collaboration Is Helping to Drive Legal and Responsible Artisanal Fisheries in Peru and Ecuador as part of the 2023 Our Ocean Conference in Panama.
$2.7M
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2022
To advance sustainability in nine seafood sectors (octopus, tuna, shrimp, jumbo flying squid, mahi-mahi, whitefish, reduction fisheries, warm water crab, and snapper-grouper) comprising 14 of WFF's focus fisheries ident… read allTo advance sustainability in nine seafood sectors (octopus, tuna, shrimp, jumbo flying squid, mahi-mahi, whitefish, reduction fisheries, warm water crab, and snapper-grouper) comprising 14 of WFF's focus fisheries identified as part of WFF's Strat25. less
$1.8M
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022
To continue building the enabling conditions for achieving sustainable management of four WFF priority fisheries in Mexico.
$1.3M
Ssg Advisors Llc Dba Resonance · Burlington, VT · 2022
To align key stakeholders across sectors and breaking down silos to co-create a coordinated approach to sustainable tuna fisheries management in Indonesia's archipelagic waters.
$950,000
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the Fisheries Innovation Fund that supports pilots, implementation, and evaluation of electronic monitoring and reporting systems for fishermen and fishing communities in the United States.
$790,000
Comunidad Y Biodiversidad Ac · 2022
To improve the ecological and socio-economic performance of WFF's focus fisheries in Mexico through sustainable management.
$700,000
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support development for mahi-mahi and jumbo flying squid fishers and provide technical support to improve electronic monitoring of the anchoveta fishery.
$634,000
Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2022
To support Mexico Sustainable Fisheries Collective Impact Initiative's backbone team to expand the impact and collective actions of multiple stakeholders in promoting sustainable fisheries management in Mexico.
$600,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2022
To support effective fisheries management in the US by ensuring that climate impacts are considered, fish stocks are rebuilding, and that conservation minded commercial and recreational fishing communities have a platfo… read allTo support effective fisheries management in the US by ensuring that climate impacts are considered, fish stocks are rebuilding, and that conservation minded commercial and recreational fishing communities have a platform. less
$516,000
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2022
To help increase public support for agriculture, fisheries and groundwater management policies in key geographies for the Environment Team's Colorado, Mississippi and Oceans programs.
$510,000
Sociedad De Historia Natural Niparaja Ac · 2022
To empower and strengthen the collective capacities of small-scale fishers to champion sustainable fisheries solutions that benefit people and nature.
$500,000
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2022
To advance improvements toward sustainability in WFF's exit fisheries in Chile, Peru, and Indonesia.
$500,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022
To ensure the sustainable management of US fisheries by incorporating climate change in management decisions, defending the Magnuson Stevens Act and ensuring that the data used to manage fisheries is timely, accurate, a… read allTo ensure the sustainable management of US fisheries by incorporating climate change in management decisions, defending the Magnuson Stevens Act and ensuring that the data used to manage fisheries is timely, accurate, and digitized. less
$450,000
Clientearth · 2022
To develop a precompetitive platform of retailers in the EU in order to build demand for sustainable fisheries, modeled after the Sustainable Seafood Coalition in the UK.
$450,000
Sociedad Peruana De Derecho Ambiental · 2022
To create a lasting platform for responsible Peruvian fisheries and build strong capacities for main stakeholders and knowledge sharing.
$400,000
Sustainable Fishery Advocates Dba Fishwise · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
To increase the understanding of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program.
$395,000
Pronatura Noroeste Ac · 2022
To continue advancing the sustainable management of economically and socially important fisheries in Mexico's northwestern region.
$390,350
Sociedad Peruana De Derecho Ambiental · 2022
To reduce illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing by promoting the formalization of the fishing fleets and small scale fishers directly related to WFF's focus fisheries.
$363,000
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support the Net Gains Alliance to further the modernization of U.S. fisheries data management systems for broader environmental, social, and economic benefits.
$350,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022
To demonstrate effective Blue Swimming Crab fishery management in two key provinces, which will inform how government and stakeholders can expand reforms to other provinces and nationwide.
$330,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2022
To reduce illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing of four priority fisheries in Chile - northern anchoveta, sardines, common hake and kelp.
$300,000
Rare · Arlington, VA · 2022
Tosecuresustainable fisheries managementintheIndonesian provinceofSoutheast Sulawesi andreplicate itinNorth Sulawesi.
$300,000
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022
To establish province wide management of target fisheries including snapper/grouper, small pelagics and sharks and rays in West Nusa Tenggara and North Sulawesi Provinces in Indonesia.
$300,000
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University · Tempe, AZ · 2022
To support research into the economic and equity impacts of catch shares on communities in comparison to other fisheries management tools on fisheries in the United States.
$250,000
Radio Bilingue · Fresno, CA · 2022
To develop and broadcast a new Spanish-language radio series about water issues and the impact of climate change on water, including the Colorado River, west coast fisheries, and agriculture.
$250,000
Pulitzer Center On Crisis Reporting · Washington, DC · 2022
To raise awareness of underreported global sustainability issues related to fisheries through support for quality multimedia journalism and education and public outreach programs.
$250,000
Costa Humboldt · 2022
To strengthen fisheries management in indigenous communities in Chile, with a particular focus on building fishery climate resilience.
$250,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
To pilot a program to strengthen the ability of small-scale fishing organizations (cooperatives) in Mexico to actively participate in the development and implementation of sustainable fisheries management solutions.
$250,000
Redes - Sostenibilidad Pesquera · 2022
To support management framework and fishery improvement project of octopus and conduct final activities needed to establish a national domestic buyer program supporting Peru's marine science institute to improve their s… read allTo support management framework and fishery improvement project of octopus and conduct final activities needed to establish a national domestic buyer program supporting Peru's marine science institute to improve their stock assessment methodology. less
$250,000
California Ocean Science Trust · Sacramento, CA · 2022
To research options for providing flexibility and adaptability to communities and fisheries in the context of climate change.
$248,000
The Associated Press · New York, NY · 2022
To create a small investigative oceans and fisheries team that has the required expertise in supply chains, data analysis, investigative skills, global reporting capacity, and budgets for travel, data purchases, and tec… read allTo create a small investigative oceans and fisheries team that has the required expertise in supply chains, data analysis, investigative skills, global reporting capacity, and budgets for travel, data purchases, and technology. less
$240,000
The Center for Advanced Defense Studies · Washington, DC · 2022
To conduct due diligence and develop a roadmap to understand beneficial ownership networks for jumbo flying squid, a strategy-25 focus fishery.
$225,000
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022
To support grantee's work to meaningfully incorporate Native Hawaiian co-management and Indigenous knowledge in management of fishery resources in the Western Pacific.
$225,000
Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance · Galveston, TX · 2022
To support work educating commercial fishermen about the importance of catch shares and science-based climate-resilient fisheries and to develop a program to educate and train the next generation of conservation-minded … read allTo support work educating commercial fishermen about the importance of catch shares and science-based climate-resilient fisheries and to develop a program to educate and train the next generation of conservation-minded commercial fishermen. less
$225,000
Sociedad De Historia Natural Niparaja Ac · 2022
To build the collective capacity of Mexico's fishing organizations to self-govern and adopt responsible fishing practices, as a way to ensure a scalable and durable solution to sustainable fisheries management.
$200,000
Blueyou Consulting Ltd · 2022
To attract private investment to fund the transition of three Mexican fisheries to sustainability.
$200,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
To ensure that Peruvian fisheries agencies have the capacity to effectively manage its fisheries in the long-term.
$200,000
Conservation Strategy Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To conduct policy relevant economics training, research and analysis to encourage the application of economics in marine and fisheries management in Indonesia.
$200,000
Hispanic Access Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
To engage the Latino community in an active role in stewardship and equitable policy formation for clean water and natural resources for the Colorado River, Mississippi River, and for U.S. Ocean fisheries.
$200,000
Marine Stewardship Council · 2022
To support priority fisheries in Mexico in improving management and achieving sustainability goals.
$200,000
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To establish a revolving loan fund that will support sustainable fisheries management objectives tied to Oceans Strategy goals by enabling tech companies to promote wider uptake of electronic monitoring solutions among … read allTo establish a revolving loan fund that will support sustainable fisheries management objectives tied to Oceans Strategy goals by enabling tech companies to promote wider uptake of electronic monitoring solutions among fishers. less
$200,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2022
To ensure responsible fisheries management in the US, especially around bycatch, and to build a diverse base of support for conservation-minded fisheries management.
$195,000
Advanced Conservation Strategies · Williamsburg, VA · 2022
To develop systemic solutions to reduce illegal activity in Chilean fisheries while advancing long-term sustainability.
$188,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2022
To support SFSJ's effort to build public awareness of sustainable seafood to in turn compel political and market leaders to act on traceability, illegal fishing, and fisheries sustainability.
$187,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
To support grantee's work to create and share a tool for financial planning for fishermen and fishing communities for improved fishery performance.
$178,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
To improve management of key focus fisheries in the Gulf of California, Mexico, through technology and science-based tools.
$160,000
Sustainable Ocean Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To activate a diverse set of young leaders to advance climate resilience in US fisheries.
$150,000
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022
To establish sustainable management of the king crab and scallop fisheries in the Magallanes region of Chile.
$150,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2022
To implement two key science-based management functions needed to help manage Chile's mixed Anchoveta/sardine fishery.
$150,000
Fundacion Chile · 2022
To share and scale sustainability solutions for small scale fisheries in Chile.
$150,000
Stichting Global Tuna Alliance · 2022
To test the ability of an industry-led precompetitive platform to leverage its members' collective buying power to improve fisheries management and transition the platform to self-funding.
$145,000
Emmana Social Ac · 2022
To empower the leadership of women's groups to advance gender equality in fisheries in Mexico.
$134,900
Fondo Mexicano Para La Conservacion De La Naturaleza Ac · 2022
To promote sustainable management and recovery of key focus fisheries in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico by expanding fishery refuges.
$134,000
Ocean Strategies · Seattle, WA · 2022
To increase understanding in US seafood supply chains of how key fisheries management and import rules affect the supply chain.
$105,000
Maine Coast Fishermen'S Association · Brunswick, ME · 2022
To support the Fishing Community Coalition (FCC) to promote good fisheries management.
$104,300
Kawerak · Nome, AK · 2022
To support engagement with the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and associated work on federal fisheries management.
$100,000
Yayasan Ekosistim Nusantara Berkelanjutan Dba Econusa Foundation · 2022
To achieve improvement in fisheries management in Indonesia.
$100,000
Advanced Conservation Strategies · Williamsburg, VA · 2022
To conduct systems analyses for four Humboldt Current fisheries to identify the key threats, actors, and leverage points for change across the entire supply chain.
$98,000
Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen'S Alliance · Chatham, MA · 2022
To incorporate climate resiliency into fisheries management through ecosystem based fisheries management (EBFM) in New England and to build national support for EBFM and climate resiliency.
$97,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
To advance key recommendations to transform the New England groundfish fishery to a successful, sustainable catch share fishery.
$91,750
International Conservation Caucus Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the Ocean Caucus Foundation in educating its members around the importance of sustainable fisheries management and efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
$86,600
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022
To participate in the US fisheries Data Modernization-ENGO Working Group.
$80,000
Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2022
To support the Indonesia Marine Funders Collaboration and the Small-Scale Fisheries Funders Network.
$80,000
Tansa · 2022
To produce reporting on connections of seafood produced with forced labor or from illegal, unreported, or unregulated (IUU) fisheries to the Japanese market.
$65,000
Comunidad Y Biodiversidad Ac · 2022
To serve as a fiscal sponsor and support the Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados to organize the 4th World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress series for the Latin American and the Caribbean region.
$60,000
Advanced Conservation Strategies · Williamsburg, VA · 2022
To build the capacity of Chilean fisheries management and coastal marine conservation organizations.
$55,000
American Saltwater Guides Association · Oceanside, NY · 2022
To unite the conservation-minded recreational fishing community around forward-looking fishery management solutions that can secure and maintain the long-term health of fisheries and coastal communities.
$50,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022
To develop and oversee an analysis of how to incorporate rights-based management into the Peruvian jumbo flying squid (JFS) fishery, while also supporting public policy work to reduce IUU fishing across JFS, mahi-mahi, … read allTo develop and oversee an analysis of how to incorporate rights-based management into the Peruvian jumbo flying squid (JFS) fishery, while also supporting public policy work to reduce IUU fishing across JFS, mahi-mahi, and octopus fisheries. less
$30,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
To secure the gains made toward improved management of coastal fisheries and data collected to support the establishment of a National Plan for Climate Adaptation for Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture in Chile.
$20,000
Sustainable Fishery Advocates Dba Fishwise · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
To support FishWise's organization-wide retreat to be held in July 2022.

Top recipients

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

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors21 grants · $61.4M
City Fund3 grants · $49.0M
Teach for America7 grants · $43.5M
New Venture Fund24 grants · $38.8M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund6 grants · $37.9M
Charter Fund Inc Dba Charter School Growth Fund4 grants · $36.0M
City of Bentonville39 grants · $35.1M
Newschools Venture Fund5 grants · $26.6M
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation41 grants · $26.2M
Cambiar Education14 grants · $26.1M

Giving over time

$541.9M

2022

$587.4M

2023

$521.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 3,288 grants.

$39.7M
Builders Initiative Foundation · Bentonville, AR · 2023
to support charitable grantmaking and related operational expenses.
$35.6M
Town Branch Foundation · Bentonville, AR · 2024
To support the improvement and advancement of K-12 education.
$33.0M
City Fund · Falls Church, VA · 2023
To support general operations.
$26.0M
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2022
To recruit, train and support diverse, high-quality teachers and increase the number of alumni in school or system leadership roles nationally.
$21.6M
Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony · Eureka Springs, AR · 2023
To support the construction of a new opera theater building and faculty housing units and supporting infrastructure on the campus of Opera in the Ozarks.
$19.4M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
To support special charitable projects.
$15.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
To provide support for the Learning Engineer Virtual Institute, a new model for Education R&D designed to create technology-enabled solutions that can double the rate of low-income, middle school students' math learning.
$15.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
To support the Learning Engineer Virtual Institute, a new model for Education R&D designed to create technology-enabled solutions that can double the rate of low-income, middle school students' math learning.
$15.0M
City Fund · Falls Church, VA · 2022
To support a local education reform agenda across mature cities nationally, including six where WFF has long made direct investments (Atlanta, Denver, Indianapolis, New Orleans, San Antonio, Washington, DC).
$13.3M
50can · Washington, DC · 2024
To Launch the State Implementation Fund, a project that will help governors and state education chiefs in 5 to 8 states implement education policy solutions required to address learning loss and improve student outcomes… read allTo Launch the State Implementation Fund, a project that will help governors and state education chiefs in 5 to 8 states implement education policy solutions required to address learning loss and improve student outcomes at scale within 2 to 3 years. less
$13.0M
Charter Fund · Denver, CO · 2024
to support the creation and expansion of high-quality charter schools and charter management organizations nationally
$13.0M
Federation of American Scientists · Washington, DC · 2024
To Expand and evaluate the Community Funding Accelerator.
$13.0M
Charter Fund Inc Dba Charter School Growth Fund · Denver, CO · 2023
to support the creation and expansion of high-quality charter schools and charter management organizations nationally
$13.0M
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2023
to recruit, train and support diverse, high-quality teachers and increase the number of alumni in school or system leadership roles nationally.
$13.0M
Charter Fund Inc Dba Charter School Growth Fund · Broomfield, CO · 2022
To support the creation and expansion of high-quality charter schools and charter management organizations (CMOs) nationally.
$12.5M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To support a financing and technical assistance program that will allow high-quality nonprofit curriculum developers in literacy and science to enhance and scale their existing product lines.
$12.0M
Advanced Education Research and Development Fund · Oakland, CA · 2022
To serve as a R&D engine for the education sector.
$11.3M
Opera in the Ozarks · Eureka Springs, AR · 2024
To support the construction of a new opera theater building and faculty housing units and supporting infrastructure on the campus of Opera in the Ozarks.
$10.7M
Khan Academy · Mountain View, CA · 2023
To support a five-year goal to accelerate math learning by 50 percent for 10 percent of students in the U.S.
$10.4M
Kipp Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
to support the KIPP 2025 campaign.
$10.1M
Grand River Dam Authority · Tulsa, OK · 2022
To construct a whitewater park on the Illinois River located at the Lake Frances spillway in Adair County, Oklahoma.
$10.0M
Newschools Venture Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024
To serve as an intermediary for K-12 education leadership development organizations.
$10.0M
The Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education Group · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support historically underrepresented entrepreneurs solving complex and urgent K-12 education challenges inhibiting the social and economic mobility and excellence of America's highest-need youth
$10.0M
Arkansas Department of Parks Heritage and Tourism · Little Rock, AR · 2022
To support the completion of The Delta Heritage Trail as more fully described in the Delta Heritage Trail Master Plan dated April 2019 and in the updated Extension Budget dated October 16, 2019.
$10.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
To launch and manage the Learning Engineer Virtual Institute (LEVI), a new model for Education R&D designed to create technology-enabled solutions that can double the rate of low-income, middle school students' math lea… read allTo launch and manage the Learning Engineer Virtual Institute (LEVI), a new model for Education R&D designed to create technology-enabled solutions that can double the rate of low-income, middle school students' math learning. less
$9.8M
Arkansas Department of Parks Heritage and Tourism · Little Rock, AR · 2024
to support the completion of The Delta Heritage Trail.
$9.7M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024
To support special charitable projects.
$9.1M
Regents of the University of California · Merced, CA · 2023
To fund scholarships for Gateway Scholars.
$8.4M
Advanced Education Research and Development Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024
To serve as an R&D engine for the education sector.
$7.4M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
To support special charitable projects.
$7.0M
Cambiar Education · San Diego, CA · 2024
To support Eradicating Illiteracy Through Evidence-based Phonics Instruction.
$6.8M
Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation · Springdale, AR · 2023
To support a partnership with the nonprofit Community Development Corporation (CDC) and the "Big Emma" development team to acquire in downtown Springdale and develop a mixed-income workforce housing.
$6.5M
Newschools Venture Fund · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support the launch of new, innovative schools, grants for early-stage ventures that will help increase the proportion of Black and Latino leaders in education, a Teacher Diversity Request for Proposals, and greater c… read allTo support the launch of new, innovative schools, grants for early-stage ventures that will help increase the proportion of Black and Latino leaders in education, a Teacher Diversity Request for Proposals, and greater communications capacity. less
$6.1M
University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2023
to provide funding to help DU establish an endowed scholarship fund
$6.1M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
To support the Snacks Family Donor-Advised Fund.
$6.0M
Vela Education Fund · Arlington, VA · 2022
To invest in education innovation occurring outside the bounds of traditional school, reaching millions of underserved students and families.
$5.7M
Newschools Venture Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024
To support general operations.
$5.5M
Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs · North Little Rock, AR · 2022
To support the in-kind land transfer of the Rainbow Road Veteran's Home property.
$5.0M
City of Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2024
To support the construction of the 8th Street Gateway Park in Bentonville.
$5.0M
Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education Group · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support The 1954 Project.
$5.0M
Bentonville Library Foundation · Bentonville, AR · 2023
to support the expansion efforts of the Bentonville Public Library.
$5.0M
Charter Fund Inc Dba Charter School Growth Fund · Denver, CO · 2023
To support the Growth and Early Launch of the Next Generation of Great Charter Networks.
$5.0M
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art · Bentonville, AR · 2023
To create an endowed fund for the long-term sustainability of the museum's Community Engagement program.
$5.0M
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools · Washington, DC · 2023
To support general operations.
$5.0M
Vela Education Fund · Arlington, VA · 2023
To invest in education innovation occurring outside the bounds of traditional school, reaching millions of underserved students and families.
$5.0M
Charter Fund Inc Dba Charter School Growth Fund · Broomfield, CO · 2022
To seed the launch or expansion of up to 120 new or emerging charter management organizations to open a total of 50,000 new charter seats nationally.
$5.0M
Educational Resources Impact Fund Lp · New York, NY · 2022
To support the provision of loans to nonprofit organizations that are developing high-quality instructional materials for K-12 students and/or providing aligned supports to teachers and school districts to effectively i… read allTo support the provision of loans to nonprofit organizations that are developing high-quality instructional materials for K-12 students and/or providing aligned supports to teachers and school districts to effectively implement curricula and other educational resources in order to improve student outcome. less
$5.0M
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support general operations in 2022.
$4.9M
Grand River Dam Authority · Tulsa, OK · 2023
to construct a whitewater park on the Illinois River located at the Lake Frances spillway in Adair County, Oklahoma.
$4.5M
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools · Washington, DC · 2024
To support general operations.
$4.1M
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art · Bentonville, AR · 2023
To support capital improvements at the Momentary
$4.0M
The Children'S Scholarship Fund · New York, NY · 2024
to provide tuition assistance to students in grades K-8 to attend alternatives to faltering conventional schools and provide administrative support for the organization.
$4.0M
Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning · Nashville, TN · 2023
To support subgrants to promising tutoring providers, researchers, and state departments of education to support successful implementation of high-impact tutoring in schools.
$4.0M
Advanced Education Research and Development Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
To serve as a R&D engine for the education sector.
$4.0M
The Children'S Scholarship Fund · New York, NY · 2023
to provide tuition assistance to students in grades K-8 to attend alternatives to faltering conventional schools and provide administrative support for the organization.
$4.0M
The Children'S Scholarship Fund · New York, NY · 2022
To provide tuition assistance for students in grades K-8 for alternatives to faltering conventional schools and provide administrative support for the organization.
$4.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
To support research on how K-12 schools can increase social and economic mobility for children across the US.
$3.9M
Newschools Venture Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
to support the launch of new, innovative schools, grants for early-stage ventures that will help increase the proportion of Black and Latino leaders in education, a Teacher Diversity Request for Proposals, and greater c… read allto support the launch of new, innovative schools, grants for early-stage ventures that will help increase the proportion of Black and Latino leaders in education, a Teacher Diversity Request for Proposals, and greater communications capacity. less
$3.9M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To increase the number of career-connected learning models and approaches for historically disadvantaged students in grades six through 14.
$3.8M
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools · Washington, DC · 2022
To Support NAPCS programming, including federal and state-specific policy and coalitions work, sector-wide communications efforts, a Legal Action Fund, and a variety of research and support strategies.
$3.8M
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching · Stanford, CA · 2023
To support Carnegie in leading a field-wide shift from time and credit-based schooling (the Carnegie unit) to mastery-based models of attainment and learning that demonstrably improve young people's success in school, c… read allTo support Carnegie in leading a field-wide shift from time and credit-based schooling (the Carnegie unit) to mastery-based models of attainment and learning that demonstrably improve young people's success in school, career, and life. less
$3.8M
Theatresquared · Fayetteville, AR · 2023
To provide support for TheatreSquared's programming and operations in NW Arkansas.
$3.6M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the Colorado River Sustainability Campaign in providing coordination and leadership to Foundation grantees in the Colorado River Basin.
$3.5M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
To support the Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation project,which will allow coordinated donors to have a bigger impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving water outcomes in American agricu… read allTo support the Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation project,which will allow coordinated donors to have a bigger impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving water outcomes in American agriculture. less
$3.5M
Water Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024
To leverage public funds for on-the-ground water solutions in the face of climate change by supporting the Water Solutions Fund to develop projects, change policy, and build power; & to develop and begin implementation … read allTo leverage public funds for on-the-ground water solutions in the face of climate change by supporting the Water Solutions Fund to develop projects, change policy, and build power; & to develop and begin implementation of a Clean Water Campaign Plan. less
$3.5M
Education Reform Now · New York, NY · 2022
To support general operations in 2022.
$3.5M
Education Reform Now · New York, NY · 2024
To support general operations.
$3.5M
Education Reform Now · New York, NY · 2023
To support general operations.
$3.3M
Cambiar Education · San Diego, CA · 2024
To support the launch of LearnerStudio to build and scale new solutions to reimagine high school.
$3.3M
City of Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2023
To support the final phase of the reconstruction of 8th Street in Bentonville, including new bicycle and pedestrian facilities, enhanced intersections for safety and improved traffic flow for all modes of transportation… read allTo support the final phase of the reconstruction of 8th Street in Bentonville, including new bicycle and pedestrian facilities, enhanced intersections for safety and improved traffic flow for all modes of transportation including public transit. less
$3.3M
Bes · Boston, MA · 2022
To increase the supply of high-quality charter schools by recruiting and training leaders for the BES Fellowship and supporting them to launch new schools.
$3.3M
City of Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2022
To support the final phase of the reconstruction of 8th Street in Bentonville, including new bicycle and pedestrian facilities, enhanced intersections for safety and improved traffic flow for all modes of transportation… read allTo support the final phase of the reconstruction of 8th Street in Bentonville, including new bicycle and pedestrian facilities, enhanced intersections for safety and improved traffic flow for all modes of transportation including public transit. less
$3.3M
Bes · Boston, MA · 2023
To increase the supply of high-quality charter schools by recruiting and training leaders for the BES Fellowship and supporting them to launch new schools.
$3.2M
California Charter Schools Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To advocate, protect, and defend public charter schools in California and to accelerate the rate of closing the opportunity gap for historically underserved students.
$3.2M
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching · Stanford, CA · 2024
To support Carnegie in leading a field-wide shift from time and credit-based schooling (the Carnegie unit) to mastery-based models of attainment and learning that demonstrably improve young people's success in school, c… read allTo support Carnegie in leading a field-wide shift from time and credit-based schooling (the Carnegie unit) to mastery-based models of attainment and learning that demonstrably improve young people's success in school, career, and life. less
$3.2M
Denver Health Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
To support the Workforce Development Center, Office of Health Equity, and Equitable Procurement Initiative.
$3.1M
Cambiar Education · San Diego, CA · 2024
To support Cambiar's Thrive grant program, a subgranting program that supports products and programs that are focused on improving how parents and caregivers get information and data about their child's education journe… read allTo support Cambiar's Thrive grant program, a subgranting program that supports products and programs that are focused on improving how parents and caregivers get information and data about their child's education journey. less
$3.1M
City of Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2023
To support the construction of the new A Street Promenade as part of the City of Bentonville's Quilt of Parks Plan.
$3.1M
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools · Washington, DC · 2023
To Support NAPCS programming, including federal and state-specific policy and coalitions work, sector-wide communications efforts, a Legal Action Fund, and a variety of research and support strategies
$3.1M
Learning Economy · Nashville, TN · 2024
To develop "portable learner records" to help parents, educators, and students understand and make decisions about students' learning trajectories.
$3.0M
Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning · Nashville, TN · 2024
To provide subgrants to promising tutoring providers, researchers, and state departments of education to support successful implementation of high-impact tutoring in schools.
$3.0M
Baton Rouge Area Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024
To Support statewide implementation of education policy solutions to address learning loss and improve student outcomes at scale in at least four states, including Arkansas.
$3.0M
Foundation for Excellence in Education · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
To support general operations.
$3.0M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To Support the work of Opportunity Insights.
$3.0M
Foundation for Excellence in Education · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
To support general operations.
$3.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
To provide support for the Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation project, which will allow coordinated donors to have a bigger impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving water outcomes in Am… read allTo provide support for the Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation project, which will allow coordinated donors to have a bigger impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving water outcomes in American agriculture. less
$3.0M
Water Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
To leverage public funds for on-the-ground water solutions for people and the environment in the face of climate change.
$3.0M
Foundation for Excellence in Education · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
To support general operations in 2022.
$3.0M
Greatschools · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support improvements on its technology platform.
$3.0M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the Colorado River Sustainability Campaign in implementing environmental priorities in the Colorado River Basin.
$3.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
To serve as the fiscal sponsor for the Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation project, which will allow coordinated donors to have a bigger impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving water ou… read allTo serve as the fiscal sponsor for the Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation project, which will allow coordinated donors to have a bigger impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving water outcomes in American agriculture. less
$3.0M
Water Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022
To leverage public funds for on-the-ground water solutions for people and the environment in the face of climate change.
$2.9M
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023
To support the work of the Restore the Mississippi River Delta coalition.
$2.8M
City of Bentonville · Bentonville, AR · 2024
To support the construction of the new A Street Promenade as part of the City of Bentonville's Quilt of Parks Plan.
$2.8M
California Charter Schools Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support, protect, and defend public charter schools in California and to accelerate the rate of closing the opportunity gap for historically underserved students.
$2.8M
Arkansas Department of Education · Little Rock, AR · 2022
To provide high quality STEM curriculum to middle schools.
$2.8M
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance · Hadley, MA · 2024
To establish a venture studio program that will support startup companies in the state of Arkansas.
$2.8M
Ffwd · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support the scaling of nonprofit organizations that create high-quality instructional materials.
$2.8M
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art · Bentonville, AR · 2022
Program and operating support for The Momentary, a multi-disciplinary space for visual and performing arts, culinary experiences, festivals, and artist residencies and a satellite facility to Crystal Bridges Museum of A… read allProgram and operating support for The Momentary, a multi-disciplinary space for visual and performing arts, culinary experiences, festivals, and artist residencies and a satellite facility to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. less
$2.7M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
To support the Runway Donor-Advised Fund.

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