Funding search · EIN 134071318 · New York, NY
Waterkeeper Alliance
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 55
- grants reported
- $1.3M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $15,572
- 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
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Funding pattern
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21 grants matching “waterkeeper” · $446,749
- $42,000
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2024
Waterkeeper organizing
- $34,000
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Waterkeeper organizing
- $24,000
Baykeeper · Oakland, CA · 2024
Waterkeeper organizing
- $15,000
Los Angeles Waterkeeper · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Waterkeeper organizing
- $15,000
Miami Waterkeeper · Coral Gables, FL · 2024
Waterkeeper organizing
- $13,327
Patuxent Riverkeeper · Upper Marlboro, MD · 2024
Waterkeeper organizing
- $30,200
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2023
Waterkeeper organizing
- $30,000
Baykeeper · Oakland, CA · 2023
Waterkeeper organizing
- $25,000
Miami Waterkeeper · Coral Gables, FL · 2023
Waterkeeper organizing
- $24,000
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Waterkeeper organizing
- $12,219
Patuxent Riverkeeper · Upper Marlboro, MD · 2023
Waterkeeper organizing
- $5,600
Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Pure farms pure waters & waterkeeper organizing
- $36,703
Los Angeles Waterkeeper · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Waterkeeper organizing
- $29,500
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2022
Waterkeeper organizing
- $25,000
Miami Waterkeeper · Coral Gables, FL · 2022
Waterkeeper organizing
- $15,000
San Francisco Baykeeper · Oakland, CA · 2022
Waterkeeper organizing
- $12,628
Patuxent Riverkeeper · Upper Marlboro, MD · 2022
Waterkeeper organizing
- $21,500
Lake Erie Waterkeeper · Toledo, OH · 2021
Grant
- $15,572
Los Angeles Waterkeeper · Santa Monica, CA · 2021
Grant
- $14,000
Waterkeepers Chesapeake · Takoma Park, MD · 2021
Grant
- $6,500
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper · Bozeman, MT · 2021
Grant
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Sound Rivers2 grants · $92,173
- Winyah Rivers Alliance3 grants · $81,869
- Cape Fear River Watch3 grants · $79,455
- Cook Inletkeeper1 grant · $75,000
- Riverkeeper2 grants · $72,200
- Riverkeeper2 grants · $71,500
- Los Angeles Waterkeeper3 grants · $67,275
- Miami Waterkeeper3 grants · $65,000
- Coastal Carolina Riverwatch3 grants · $59,947
- Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper2 grants · $58,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 55 reported grants, largest first.
- $84,825
Sound Rivers · Washington, NC · 2021
Grant
- $75,000
Cook Inletkeeper · Homer, AK · 2023
Other program
- $56,672
Cape Fear River Watch · Wilmington, NC · 2021
Grant
- $55,628
Winyah Rivers Alliance · Conway, SC · 2021
Grant
- $50,000
Coalition for Susitna Dam Alternatives · Talkeetna, AK · 2023
Other program
- $42,000
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2024
Waterkeeper organizing
- $42,000
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2021
Grant
- $38,120
Coastal Carolina Riverwatch · Morehead City, NC · 2023
Pure farms pure waters
- $37,500
Captain Planet Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Grant
- $36,703
Los Angeles Waterkeeper · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Waterkeeper organizing
- $34,000
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Waterkeeper organizing
- $30,727
Mountaintrue · Asheville, NC · 2021
Grant
- $30,200
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2023
Waterkeeper organizing
- $30,000
Baykeeper · Oakland, CA · 2023
Waterkeeper organizing
- $29,500
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2022
Waterkeeper organizing
- $25,000
Miami Waterkeeper · Coral Gables, FL · 2023
Waterkeeper organizing
- $25,000
Miami Waterkeeper · Coral Gables, FL · 2022
Waterkeeper organizing
- $24,000
Baykeeper · Oakland, CA · 2024
Waterkeeper organizing
- $24,000
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Waterkeeper organizing
- $23,888
White Oak-New Riverkeeper Alliance · Jacksonville, NC · 2021
Grant
- $22,464
Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2021
Grant
- $21,884
Yadkin Riverkeeper · Winstonsalem, NC · 2021
Grant
- $21,500
Lake Erie Waterkeeper · Toledo, OH · 2021
Grant
- $20,000
San Francisco Baykeeper · Oakland, CA · 2021
Grant
- $18,246
Tennessee Riverkeeper · Decatur, AL · 2021
Grant
- $15,841
Haw River Assembly · Bynum, NC · 2021
Grant
- $15,706
Winyah Rivers Alliance · Conway, SC · 2022
Pure farms pure waters
- $15,572
Los Angeles Waterkeeper · Santa Monica, CA · 2021
Grant
- $15,139
Cape Fear River Watch · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Pure farms pure waters
- $15,000
Los Angeles Waterkeeper · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Waterkeeper organizing
- $15,000
Miami Waterkeeper · Coral Gables, FL · 2024
Waterkeeper organizing
- $15,000
San Francisco Baykeeper · Oakland, CA · 2022
Waterkeeper organizing
- $14,856
Coastal Carolina Riverwatch · Morehead City, NC · 2022
Pure farms pure waters
- $14,810
Mountaintrue · Asheville, NC · 2022
Pure farms pure waters
- $14,000
Waterkeepers Chesapeake · Takoma Park, MD · 2021
Grant
- $13,975
Good Stewards of Rockingham - Dan Riverkeeper · Stoneville, NC · 2024
Pure farms pure waters
- $13,327
Patuxent Riverkeeper · Upper Marlboro, MD · 2024
Waterkeeper organizing
- $12,628
Patuxent Riverkeeper · Upper Marlboro, MD · 2022
Waterkeeper organizing
- $12,219
Patuxent Riverkeeper · Upper Marlboro, MD · 2023
Waterkeeper organizing
- $12,208
White Oak-New Riverkeeper Alliance · Jacksonville, NC · 2022
Pure farms pure waters
- $11,882
Patuxent Riverkeeper · Upper, MD · 2021
Grant
- $11,429
Good Stewards of Rockingham Dan Riverkeeper · Stoneville, NC · 2021
Grant
- $10,723
Yadkin Riverkeeper · Winstonsalem, NC · 2022
Pure farms pure waters
- $10,600
Yadkin Riverkeeper · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
Pure farms pure waters
- $10,535
Winyah Rivers Alliance · Conway, SC · 2023
Pure farms pure waters
- $10,449
Good Stewards of Rockingham Dan Riverkeeper · Stoneville, NC · 2023
Pure farms pure waters
- $10,365
Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Pure farms pure waters
- $10,275
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2021
Grant
- $9,500
Potomac Riverkeeper Network · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Grant
- $7,644
Cape Fear River Watch · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Pure farms pure waters
- $7,348
Sound Rivers · Washington, NC · 2022
Pure farms pure waters
- $6,971
Coastal Carolina Riverwatch · Morehead City, NC · 2021
Grant
- $6,538
Mountain True · Asheville, NC · 2023
Pure farms pure waters
- $6,500
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper · Bozeman, MT · 2021
Grant
- $5,600
Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Pure farms pure waters & waterkeeper organizing
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