Funding search · EIN 204170342 · Palo Alto, CA
The Schmidt Family Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 1,851
- grants reported
- $431.2M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $100,000
- 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
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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
- Just transition away from fossil fuels, litigation and organizing
- Resilient equitable food systems and regenerative agriculture
- Ocean stewardship and research, including university science
- Indigenous land stewardship, self-determination, cultural representation
- Human rights in Africa, Haiti, and the US
- Civic engagement, journalism capacity, youth leadership
Typical grant
Median grant is $100,000 with the middle half running $60,000 to $231,636, so a first ask in the low six figures matches the pattern. The eight-figure and seven-figure checks go to long-standing anchors like Monterey Bay Aquarium, Human Rights Watch, and large fiscal sponsors that regrant across several of the foundation's themes at once. With 1,851 grants to 925 recipients over three years, the average recipient shows up about twice, so repeat funding is the norm rather than the exception.
Their words
Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.
- “ENCOURAGING A JUST TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS”
- “WORKING TOWARDS A RESILIENT AND EQUITABLE FOOD SYSTEM”
- “OCEAN STEWARDSHIP AND RESEARCH”
- “CENTERING UNREPRESENTED VOICES IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT”
- “SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES' LAND STEWARDSHIP, SELF-DETERMINATION, AND CULTURAL REPRESENTATION”
- “CAPACITY BUILDING”
Positioning adjacent work
- Ocean researchers should look at the Haifa, Hawaii, Washington, Western Australia pattern: $450,000 to $1,000,000 university awards.
- Frame climate work as a just transition with named frontline communities, not as emissions modeling.
- Ask $100,000 to $250,000 for a first grant; reserve seven-figure asks for multi-theme regranting partners.
- Pair a technical proposal with an Indigenous or environmental justice partner who holds decision authority, not advisory status.
Worth knowing: California takes 510 of 1,851 grants and the Bay Area dominates within that, with New York and DC advocacy shops next; a large share of dollars flows through fiscal sponsors and intermediaries like Tides, Multiplier, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, and Amalgamated, which suggests relationship-driven regranting rather than open competition. University science shows up almost entirely under ocean stewardship, so academic applicants outside marine work have little precedent to point to.
200 grants matching “encouragement” · $75.4M
- $3.5M
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Capacity building, protecting human rights in africa, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, protecting human rights (us or general)
- $3.4M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, protecting human rights (us or general)
- $3.2M
Realize Impact · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $2.4M
Myriad USA · New York City, NY · 2024
Protecting human rights in africa, protecting human rights (us or general), encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $1.4M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Centering unrepresented voices in the environmental movement, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, fostering youth development and leadership, supporting humanitarian relief
- $1.4M
Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, working towards a resilient and equitable food system
- $1.2M
Center for Biological Diversity · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $1.2M
Food & Water Watch · Washington, DC · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $1.1M
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $857,500
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, centering unrepresented voices in the environmental movement, strengthening civic engagement, protecting human… read allWorking towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, centering unrepresented voices in the environmental movement, strengthening civic engagement, protecting human rights (us or general) less
- $850,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, strengthening civic engagement
- $800,000
Institute for Local Self Reliance · Washington, DC · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, ocean stewardship and research
- $750,000
Communities for a Better Environment · Huntington Park, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $735,000
Physicians for Social Responsibility · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, local community support in california
- $680,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $650,000
Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project · Billings, MT · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, strengthening civic engagement, working towards a resilient and equitable food system
- $596,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, ocean stewardship and research, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $500,000
Congressional Progressive Caucus Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $480,000
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center · Occidental, CA · 2024
Advancing sustainable materials, working towards a resilient and equitable food system, centering unrepresented voices in the environmental movement, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $475,500
Center for Coalfield Justice · Washington, PA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, advancing sustainable materials
- $450,000
Comite Civico Del Valle · Brawley, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $450,000
Physicians Scientists and Engineers for Sustainable and Healthy Energy · Oakland, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $433,000
North Side Learning Center of Syracuse · Syracuse, NY · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $430,000
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, working towards a resilient and equitable food system, ocean stewardship and research, capacity building
- $430,000
Stichting Deep Sea Conservation Coalition · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $427,241
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2024
Fostering youth development and leadership, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, working towards a resilient and equitable food system
- $405,000
California Environmental Justice Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, local community support in california
- $400,000
New Energy Economy · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $400,000
Native Movement · Fairbanks, AK · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $375,000
Asian Pacific Environmental Network · Oakland, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, local community support in california
- $360,000
Earthworks · Washington, DC · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $350,000
Clientearth USA · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $350,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, working towards a resilient and equitable food system
- $350,000
Community Foundation for the Alleghenies · Johnstown, PA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $350,000
Center for International Environmental Law · Washington, DC · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $325,000
Solon Center for Research and Publishing · Solon, ME · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $310,000
Oil Change International · Washington, DC · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $300,000
Cultural Survival · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $300,000
Consumer Watchdog · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $300,000
350vermont · Burlington, VT · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $300,000
Clean Energy Works · Washington, DC · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $300,000
Delaware Riverkeeper Network · Bristol, PA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $300,000
Center On Race Poverty & Environment · Delano, CA · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $300,000
Rogue Climate · Phoenix, OR · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $300,000
Jobs With Justice San Francisco Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $275,000
Black Women for Wellness · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, centering unrepresented voices in the environmental movement
- $275,000
Southwest Organizing Project · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, fostering youth development and leadership
- $270,037
South Africa Development Fund · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, advancing sustainable agriculture in africa
- $253,000
Wildearth Guardians · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $250,000
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $250,000
Mountain Watershed Association · Melcroft, PA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $250,000
Oil & Gas Action Network · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $250,000
Natural Capitalism Solutions · Longmont, CO · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $250,000
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre US Ltd · New York, NY · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $250,000
Power Coalition for Equity and Justice · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Supporting local communities, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $250,000
Labor Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $245,000
Californians Against Waste Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $240,000
Pacific Network On Globalisation · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $225,000
Forgotten Parks Asbl · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $205,000
Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund · Austin, TX · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $205,000
Fractracker Alliance · Johnstown, PA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $201,500
Inclusive Prosperity Capital · Hartford, CT · 2024
Centering unrepresented voices in the environmental movement, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $200,000
Building Decarbonization Coalition · Lewes, DE · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $200,000
Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $200,000
Breach Collective · Eugene, OR · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $200,000
Spark Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $200,000
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $200,000
Undauntedk12 · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $200,000
Solar One · Long Island City, NY · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $200,000
Rmi · Boulder, CO · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $200,000
Crag Law Center · Portland, OR · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $200,000
Black Owners of Solar Services · Bowling Green, VA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $200,000
The New World Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $182,000
Alliance for a Green Economy · Syracuse, NY · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $180,000
Greenfaith · New York, NY · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $180,000
Somos Un Pueblo Unido · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $180,000
Invest Appalachia · Asheville, NC · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $175,000
Fundacion Tanti · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $175,000
The Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point · Pleasant Point, ME · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $175,000
Clean Up the River Environment · Montevideo, MN · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $175,000
Floodlight · Washington, DC · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $173,594
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $170,000
Miningwatch Canada · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $165,000
Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $160,000
Tracker Group Limited · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $150,000
Zero Waste Europe · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $150,000
Great Basin Resource Watch · Reno, NV · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $150,000
Community Networking Resources · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $150,000
Columbia Riverkeeper · Hood River, OR · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $150,000
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $150,000
Sightline Institute · Seattle, WA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $150,000
Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services · Houston, TX · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $150,000
Venn Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $147,000
European Environmental Bureau · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $140,000
Louisiana Bucket Brigade · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $135,000
Friends of the Earth · Washington, DC · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $125,000
Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $125,000
Alaska Public Interest Research Group · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $125,000
Capital & Main · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $125,000
New York Communities Organizing Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $115,000
Nantucket Resource Partnership · Nantucket, MA · 2024
Nantucket: encouraging resilience and innovation
- $115,000
Science & Environmental Health Network · Ames, IA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $115,000
Carbon Tracker Initiative · New York, NY · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $110,000
Indigenous Life Ways · Gallup, NM · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $110,000
Society of Native Nations · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $110,000
Promote Pt · Harrison City, PA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $105,000
Feed the Hunger Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, working towards a resilient and equitable food system
- $105,000
Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, local community support in california
- $105,000
Foundation for Louisiana · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
Fundacion Ambiente Y Recursos Naturales · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
New Jersey Conservation Foundation · Far Hills, NJ · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
New Mexico Voices for Children · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
Lewis & Clark College · Portland, OR · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
Northern Plains Resource Council · Billings, MT · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
Just Transition Alliance · San Diego, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
Pacoima Beautiful (Pb) · Pacoima, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
Hack Foundation · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
Pit River Tribe · Burney, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
Saje · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
Sandiego350 · San Diego, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
Solar United Neighbors · Washington, DC · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
Esperanza Community Housing Corporation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
Climate Cabinet Education · Chicago, IL · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
Environmental Protection Network · Washington, DC · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
Flow - for Love of Water · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
Amazon Watch · Oakland, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
Acknow Community Initiatives · Nantucket, MA · 2024
Nantucket: encouraging resilience and innovation
- $100,000
Earth Care International · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
Third Act Education Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
Voices for a Sustainable Future · Takoma Park, MD · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $100,000
West Harlem Environmental Action Inc (We Act for Environmental Justice) · New York, NY · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $90,500
Town of Nantucket · Nantucket, MA · 2024
Supporting local communities, nantucket: encouraging resilience and innovation
- $85,000
Penobscot Nation · Indian Island, ME · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $75,000
Encuentro 5 · Chelsea, MA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $75,000
Eco-Justice Collaborative Nfp · Champaign, IL · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $75,000
Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living · Crum Lynne, PA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $75,000
Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment · Window Rock, AZ · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $75,000
Mothers Out Front · Boston, MA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $75,000
Black Appalachian Coalition · Ottawa Hills, OH · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $75,000
Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $62,500
Nantucket Preservation Trust · Nantucket, MA · 2024
Nantucket: encouraging resilience and innovation
- $60,000
Virginia Organizing · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, working towards a resilient and equitable food system
- $55,000
Institute for Enhanced Equity · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $53,750
Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Local community support in california, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $50,000
Institute for Local Government · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $50,000
Standearth · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $50,000
Latino Community Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $50,000
The Regeneration Project · Oakland, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $50,000
Climate First Replacing Oil & Gas - Cfrog · Ventura, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $50,000
Frack Action Fund · Highland, NY · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $50,000
Rural Roots Louisiana · Donaldsonville, LA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $50,000
Shared Spaces Foundation · Tukwila, WA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $50,000
Shelterwood Collective · Cazadero, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $50,000
Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $48,500
Nantucket Land & Water Council · Nantucket, MA · 2024
Nantucket: encouraging resilience and innovation
- $40,000
7g Foundation · Pauma Valley, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $30,000
Environmental Defense Center (Edc) · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $25,000
The Climate Center · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $25,000
Westwood Greenway · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $25,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $25,000
Netcentric Campaigns · Washington, DC · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $22,000
Nantucket Historical Association · Nantucket, MA · 2024
Nantucket: encouraging resilience and innovation
- $20,000
Nantucket Film Foundation Incorporation · New York, NY · 2024
Nantucket: encouraging resilience and innovation
- $3,000
Nantucket Sustainable Development Corporation · Nantucket, MA · 2024
Nantucket: encouraging resilience and innovation
- $400
South Portland Historical Society · South Portland, ME · 2024
Nantucket: encouraging resilience and innovation
- $3.1M
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Capacity building for partners, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, protecting human rights in africa
- $2.5M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, protecting human rights (us or general)
- $1.7M
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Strengthening civic engagement, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $1.4M
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Strengthening civic engagement, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $1.1M
Food & Water Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, working towards a resilient and equitable food system
- $1.0M
Center for Biological Diversity · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $820,000
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, ocean stewardship and research
- $812,500
Earthworks · Washington, DC · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, advancing diversity and equity in the environmental movement
- $715,000
Community Foundation for Nantucket · Nantucket, MA · 2023
Nantucket: encouraging resilience and innovation, supporting local communities
- $700,000
Center On Race Poverty & Environment · Delano, CA · 2023
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, general operating support
- $684,000
Comite Civico Del Valle · Brawley, CA · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $650,000
Communities for a Better Environment · Huntington Park, CA · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $585,000
Physicians for Social Responsibility · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, advancing sustainable materials
- $575,000
Center for International Environmental Law · Washington, DC · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, advancing sustainable materials
- $550,000
Columbia Riverkeeper · Hood River, OR · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $501,500
Institute for Local Self Reliance · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, ocean stewardship and research, advancing diversity and equity in the environmental movement, supporting local communities
- $500,000
Sustainable Economies Law Center · Oakland, CA · 2023
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $500,000
Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project · Billings, MT · 2023
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $465,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, working towards a resilient and equitable food system
- $450,000
Oil & Gas Action Network · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $450,000
Pse Healthy Energy · Oakland, CA · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $420,000
Amnesty International Limited · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, protecting human rights in africa, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $400,000
Children of the Setting Sun Productions · Bellingham, WA · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $385,000
Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, working towards a resilient and equitable food system
- $384,000
New Energy Economy · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $375,000
Earth Care International · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $360,000
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2023
Protecting human rights (us or general), working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, capacity building for partners
- $350,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $350,000
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, fostering youth development and leadership
- $340,000
Louisiana Bucket Brigade · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $300,000
Solon Center for Research and Publishing · Solon, ME · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $300,000
Delaware Riverkeeper Network · Bristol, PA · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $300,000
California Environmental Justice Alliance · Oakland, CA · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $300,000
Center for Coalfield Justice · Washington, PA · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $260,000
Central California Environmental Justice Network · Fresno, CA · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, working towards a resilient and equitable food system
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Human Rights Watch5 grants · $17.6M
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation3 grants · $14.0M
- Sustainable Markets Foundation15 grants · $12.3M
- Grist Magazine4 grants · $7.5M
- Rudolf Steiner Foundation Inc Dba Rsf Social Finance3 grants · $6.6M
- Climate Central3 grants · $6.5M
- Regenerative Agriculture Foundation4 grants · $6.1M
- Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors3 grants · $6.0M
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation2 grants · $5.5M
- Conservation X Labs5 grants · $5.4M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 1,851 grants.
- $8.5M
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2023
Protecting human rights in africa, capacity building for partners
- $8.0M
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
- $6.7M
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2024
Capacity building, fostering youth development and leadership, protecting human rights (us or general), protecting human rights in africa
- $5.0M
Ellen MacArthur Foundation · 2023
Advancing sustainable materials
- $5.0M
Alliance for Open Society International · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
- $3.9M
Rudolf Steiner Foundation Inc Dba Rsf Social Finance · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Protecting human rights in africa
- $3.5M
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Capacity building, protecting human rights in africa, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, protecting human rights (us or general)
- $3.5M
Climate Central · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Capacity building for partners
- $3.4M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, protecting human rights (us or general)
- $3.2M
Realize Impact · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $3.2M
Sogorea Te Land Trust · Oakland, CA · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation
- $3.1M
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Capacity building for partners, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, protecting human rights in africa
- $3.0M
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Strengthening civic engagement
- $3.0M
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2023
Ocean stewardship and research
- $3.0M
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2022
Ocean stewardship and research
- $2.7M
American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2023
Protecting human rights in africa, protecting human rights in haiti, building energy access in africa
- $2.7M
Rsf Social Finance · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Protecting human rights in africa
- $2.6M
Grist Magazine · Seattle, WA · 2023
Capacity building for partners
- $2.5M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, protecting human rights (us or general)
- $2.5M
Grist Magazine · Seattle, WA · 2024
Capacity building
- $2.5M
Rudolf Steiner Foundation Inc Dba Rsf Social Finance · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Protecting human rights in africa
- $2.4M
Myriad USA · New York City, NY · 2024
Protecting human rights in africa, protecting human rights (us or general), encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $2.1M
Conservation X Labs · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support, protecting human rights (us or general)
- $2.1M
Justice Outside · Oakland, CA · 2024
Fostering youth development and leadership
- $2.0M
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system
- $2.0M
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system
- $2.0M
Climate Central · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Capacity building for partners
- $2.0M
Apparel Impact Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
Advancing sustainable materials
- $2.0M
Conservation X Labs · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
- $2.0M
Grist Magazine · Seattle, WA · 2022
Capacity building for partners
- $2.0M
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2022
Capacity building for partners
- $2.0M
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system
- $1.9M
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $1.9M
California Farmlink · Aptos, CA · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system
- $1.8M
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2024
Capacity building
- $1.7M
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Strengthening civic engagement, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $1.7M
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2022
Capacity building for partners
- $1.5M
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Strengthening civic engagement
- $1.4M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Centering unrepresented voices in the environmental movement, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, fostering youth development and leadership, supporting humanitarian relief
- $1.4M
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Strengthening civic engagement, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $1.4M
Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, working towards a resilient and equitable food system
- $1.3M
Resource Matters · 2024
Protecting human rights in africa, centering unrepresented voices in the environmental movement
- $1.3M
Apparel Impact Institute · Oakland, CA · 2023
Advancing sustainable materials
- $1.2M
Center for Biological Diversity · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $1.2M
Food & Water Watch · Washington, DC · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $1.1M
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $1.1M
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2023
Ocean stewardship and research
- $1.1M
Food & Water Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, working towards a resilient and equitable food system
- $1.0M
Swaniti Initiative · Houston, TX · 2024
Capacity building
- $1.0M
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building for partners
- $1.0M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Advancing diversity and equity in the environmental movement
- $1.0M
Fisheye Collaborative · Arlington, VA · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
- $1.0M
Center for Biological Diversity · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $1.0M
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
Ocean stewardship and research
- $1.0M
American Independent Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Strengthening civic engagement
- $1.0M
The Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Strengthening civic engagement
- $1.0M
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capacity building
- $1.0M
Mother Jones · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating support
- $1.0M
Climate Central · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Capacity building for partners
- $1.0M
Conservation X Labs · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
- $1.0M
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Capacity building for partners
- $1.0M
Voteorg · Oakland, CA · 2022
Strengthening civic engagement
- $980,000
The University of Western Australia · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
- $949,200
University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Ocean stewardship and research
- $900,000
Ekvnv Yefolecvlke · Weogufka, AL · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation
- $884,000
Illuminative · Lafayette, CO · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation
- $865,000
Groundswell International · Washington, DC · 2024
Advancing sustainable agriculture in africa, working towards a resilient and equitable food system
- $857,500
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
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- $856,666
Oo Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
- $850,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, strengthening civic engagement
- $845,000
Fund for Global Human Rights · Washington, DC · 2023
Protecting human rights in africa, protecting human rights (us or general)
- $840,000
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation
- $820,000
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, ocean stewardship and research
- $812,500
Earthworks · Washington, DC · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, advancing diversity and equity in the environmental movement
- $800,000
Curators of the University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2024
Fostering education in journalism
- $800,000
Institute for Local Self Reliance · Washington, DC · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, ocean stewardship and research
- $800,000
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute · Moss Landing, CA · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
- $800,000
Voter Registration Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Strengthening civic engagement
- $785,000
American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2024
Protecting human rights in africa, protecting human rights in haiti
- $770,000
Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa · 2024
Advancing sustainable agriculture in africa
- $750,000
Communities for a Better Environment · Huntington Park, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $750,000
Center for Biological Diversity · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $745,000
University of Haifa · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
- $735,000
Physicians for Social Responsibility · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, local community support in california
- $717,000
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples · Eureka, CA · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation
- $715,000
Community Foundation for Nantucket · Nantucket, MA · 2023
Nantucket: encouraging resilience and innovation, supporting local communities
- $700,000
Fund for Global Human Rights · Washington, DC · 2024
Protecting human rights (us or general), protecting human rights in africa
- $700,000
Mother Jones · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Capacity building
- $700,000
National Black Food and Justice Alliance · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system
- $700,000
Center On Race Poverty & Environment · Delano, CA · 2023
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, general operating support
- $700,000
Virunga Foundation UK · 2023
Protecting human rights in africa
- $700,000
American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2022
Protecting human rights in africa
- $700,000
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation · Boston, MA · 2022
Supporting local communities
- $684,000
Comite Civico Del Valle · Brawley, CA · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $680,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $650,000
Advocates for Community Alternatives · New York, NY · 2024
Protecting human rights in africa
- $650,000
Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project · Billings, MT · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, strengthening civic engagement, working towards a resilient and equitable food system
- $650,000
Communities for a Better Environment · Huntington Park, CA · 2023
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
- $650,000
Apparel Impact Institute · Oakland, CA · 2022
General operating support
- $650,000
Food & Water Watch · Washington, DC · 2022
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- UCLA Foundation276 grants · $1.75B
Similar grant size
- The Ford Foundation10,731 grants · $2.35B
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation10,471 grants · $10.10B
- Tides Foundation9,402 grants · $1.86B
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