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Funding search · EIN 530242652 · Grantmaking charity · Arlington, VA

The Nature Conservancy

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$306.1M
in grants paid
2,825
grants
1,477
recipients
2020–2024
filing years

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Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

  • $2.1M

    American Forest Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $1.9M

    The Conservation Fund · Caspar, CA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $1.5M

    Mongolian Natures Legacy Foundation · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $1.5M

    Commodity Credit Corporation · Washington, DC · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $1.5M

    Polk County · Bartow, FL · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $1.5M

    No On 2117 Committee · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $1.3M

    The Pew Charitable Trusts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $1.3M

    National Audubon Society · Fargo, ND · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $1.3M

    Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $1.1M

    Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $990,077

    Audubon New York · New York, NY · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $948,355

    Panthera Corporation · New York, NY · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $885,391

    University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $862,966

    The Watershed Research and Training Center · Hayfork, CA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $847,869

    University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $789,070

    Tule Basin Land and Water Conservation Trust · Visalia, CA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $686,139

    Technoserve · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $670,200

    Yavapai-Apache Nation · Camp Verde, AZ · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $660,000

    Michigan Department of Natural Resources · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $641,000

    Hudson Taconic Lands · Averill Park, NY · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $638,707

    Usda Forest Service · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $600,000

    Town of Mendon · Mendon, MA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $596,783

    The Holden Arboretum · Kirtland, OH · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $564,525

    Ducks Unlimited · Hanahan, SC · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $550,540

    Lake George Land Conservancy · Bolton Landing, NY · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $550,000

    State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $534,775

    Bird Alliance of Oregon · Portland, OR · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $524,000

    Eden People Planet · Murrieta, CA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $515,209

    Point Reyes Bird Observatory · Petaluma, CA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $503,500

    Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians · Littleton, ME · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $500,000

    Passamaquoddy Tribe - Motahmikuk · Perry, ME · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $479,608

    Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University · Blacksburg, VA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $468,617

    Cardinal Land Conservancy · Milford, OH · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $441,423

    Feather River Land Trust · Quincy, CA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $412,963

    National Forest Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $410,534

    Truckee Donner Land Trust · Truckee, CA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $400,000

    Earthwatch Institute · Newton, MA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $394,335

    University of South Alabama · Mobile, AL · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $377,524

    City of Harvey · Harvey, IL · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $356,129

    Wildlife Mississippi · Leland, MS · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $347,123

    US Army Corps of Engineers · Wilmington, DE · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $337,158

    Curators of the University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $330,300

    Virginia Outdoors Foundation · Warrenton, VA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $324,947

    The Forest Stewards Guild · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $314,887

    Placer County Executive Office · Auburn, CA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $303,407

    University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $302,726

    Hatchineha Ranch Mitigation Bank Trust · Orlando, FL · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $293,319

    Ecosystems Connections Institute Llc · Denver, IN · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $285,336

    Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes · Pablo, MT · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $285,000

    Colorado Cattlemens Agricultural Land Trust · Lakewood, CO · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $284,719

    Savanna Institute · Madison, WI · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $268,067

    Sublette County Conservation District · Pinedale, WY · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $267,500

    Indiana State Department of Agriculture · Indianapolis, IN · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $263,588

    Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $260,000

    Verde Natural Resource Conservation District · Camp Verde, AZ · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $257,500

    Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $250,691

    Ho Ala Kealakekua Nui · Captain Cook, HI · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $248,000

    Town of Brownville · Brownville, ME · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $245,971

    California Trout · Mount Shasta, CA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $242,127

    California Sea Urchin Commission · Folsom, CA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $240,000

    University of Virginia · Charlotesville, VA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $236,097

    City of Miami · Miami, FL · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $235,000

    Intertribal Buffalo Council · Rapid City, SD · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $229,784

    Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium · Dauphin Island, AL · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $228,000

    Perry Institute for Marine Science · Waitsfield, VT · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $225,370

    Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon · Siletz, OR · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $217,939

    The Corps Network · Washington, DC · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $215,001

    Maliasili Initatives · Essex Junction, VT · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $213,982

    University of Tennessee · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $213,682

    Stevens Institute of Technology · Hoboken, NJ · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $210,615

    Oregon State University · Corvallis, OR · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $210,608

    The Ember Alliance · Ft Collins, CO · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $210,000

    Oregon Desert Land Trust · Bend, OR · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $210,000

    Esf College Foundation · Syracuse, NY · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $203,829

    Aquarium of the Pacific · Long Beach, CA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $203,254

    Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $200,000

    Laramie County Conservation District · Cheyenne, WY · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $199,169

    Regents of the University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $188,204

    Kakoo Oiwi · Kaneohe, HI · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $187,703

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $186,489

    Santa Clara River Conservancy · Santa Paula, CA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $185,000

    New York Fund for Conservation · East Hampton, NY · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $184,613

    University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $179,946

    Indian Land Tenure Foundation · Little Canada, MN · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $175,434

    American Farmland Trust · Washington, DC · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $175,000

    Clean and Prosperous America · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $168,868

    University of Connecticut · Groton, CT · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $168,065

    The Blueprint Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $165,521

    Sunflower Star Laboratory · Moss Landing, CA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $165,161

    Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians · Harbor Springs, MI · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $163,383

    Stewardship Partners · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $162,172

    Clemson University · Clemson, SC · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $157,000

    Tenngreen Land Conservancy · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $155,000

    Maine Environmental Education Association · Brunswick, ME · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $155,000

    Skutik River Restoration Trust · Portland, ME · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $154,600

    Friends of Verde River Greenway · Cottonwood, AZ · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $151,958

    Mississippi Soil and Water Conservation Commission · Jackson, MS · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $151,408

    Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $150,000

    Jicarilla Apache Nation · Dulce, NM · 2024

    Conservation activities

  • $150,000

    Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy · Traverse City, MI · 2024

    Conservation activities

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Unlike private foundations, grantmaking charities and associations often run formal grant programs with real application cycles — check their website for current opportunities. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.