Funding search · EIN 611714573 · Washington, DC

Bhp 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.

152
grants reported
$175.9M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$808,949
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

indigenousthroughchileconservationdevelopmentgovernancecommunitiesresilience

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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

  • Indigenous-led land, water and governance programs in Australia and Canada
  • Landscape and marine conservation in Chile, Peru, Great Barrier Reef
  • Natural resource transparency: EITI, beneficial ownership, open contracting
  • Education systems and evidence use, heavily concentrated in Chile
  • Water data, water equity and natural infrastructure in North America
  • Youth mental health and STEM participation in Australia

Typical grant

Median grant is about $809,000, with the middle half between $197,500 and $1.53 million. The largest checks ($2.5M to $11.5M) go to multi-year flagship partnerships with a single anchor organization per landscape or theme, such as TNC's Valdivian Coastal Reserve, Great Barrier Reef Foundation and Indigenous Desert Alliance, while sub-$300K awards are design grants, conferences and small grants that test a relationship. Giving repeats heavily: 152 grants went to only 71 recipients over three years, and most large grantees appear in both 2023 and 2024, often with the same project renamed "Phase 2".

Their words

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

  • Phase 2
  • resilience
  • self-determined governance
  • evidence base
  • consultation and consent
  • IPLC
  • design grant
  • scaling

Positioning adjacent work

  • Anchor to a named live portfolio: Alto Mayo, Boreal, Valdivian, Resilient Reefs, or Internet of Water.
  • Propose a design grant at $200K to $250K before pitching a multi-year build.
  • Lead with Indigenous leadership and community consent, not just scientific outputs, in any land or water proposal.
  • Set the ask in BHP operating geographies: Australia, Chile, Canada, Peru. US-only work is rare here.

Worth knowing: This is a corporate-linked funder and the map follows mining country footprints, with Virginia, New York and DC addresses mostly belonging to global NGO headquarters running programs in Australia, Chile and Canada. A small set of repeat partners absorbs most of the money, and 2024 language like "sustainable exit grant" and "strategy refresh" suggests some portfolios are being wound down rather than expanded.

4 grants matching “disruption · $2.8M

  • $1.3M

    Australian Indigenous Governance Institute (Aigi) · 2023

    Supporting self-determined governance for indigenous development outcomes through a new practice set that builds and disseminates best practice tools, research and training, and disrupts systems to establish a strength- read all
  • $480,483

    Reconciliation Australia · 2023

    The indigenous governance program supports a new practice set that builds and disseminates best practice tools, research and training, and disrupts systems to establish a strength-based policy framework for indigenous l read all
  • $807,177

    Australian Indigenous Governance Institute · 2022

    Supporting self-determined governance for indigenous development outcomes through a new practice set that builds and disseminates best practice tools, research and training, and disrupts systems to establish a strength- read all
  • $203,298

    Reconciliation Australia · 2022

    The indigenous governance program supports a new practice set that builds and disseminates best practice tools, research and training, and disrupts systems to establish a strength-based policy framework for indigenous l read all

Top recipients

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

  • Conservation International Foundation7 grants · $16.9M
  • The Nature Conservancy (Tnc)6 grants · $14.9M
  • Great Barrier Reef Foundation4 grants · $12.3M
  • Makeway Foundation2 grants · $6.6M
  • Reconciliation Australia6 grants · $6.3M
  • Indigenous Desert Alliance (Ida)2 grants · $6.2M
  • University of Sydney Brain and Mind Centre (Bmc)2 grants · $5.5M
  • Brookings Institution5 grants · $5.0M
  • Rural Development Institute Dba Landesa2 grants · $4.8M
  • Results for Development Institute3 grants · $4.7M

Giving over time

$44.3M
2022
$55.9M
2023
$75.6M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 152 grants.

  • $11.5M

    The Nature Conservancy (Tnc) · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Valdivian coastal reserve - annual disbursement and travel reimbursement

  • $7.1M

    Great Barrier Reef Foundation · 2024

    Resilient reefs initiative - phase 2 scaling

  • $6.5M

    Makeway Foundation · 2024

    Nwt on the land youth collaborative (donor collaborative fund)

  • $5.5M

    Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Alto mayo project seeks to promote a sustainable landscape model where livelihoods are improved through simultaneously promoting conservation and sustainable production, resilient to climate change.

  • $4.8M

    Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Alto mayo project seeks to promote a sustainable landscape model where livelihoods are improved through simultaneously promoting conservation and sustainable production, resilient to climate change.

  • $3.7M

    Csiro · 2024

    Stem champions project (2022 - 2026)

  • $3.6M

    University of Sydney Brain and Mind Centre (Bmc) · 2024

    Right care, first time, where you live youth mental health

  • $3.4M

    Indigenous Desert Alliance (Ida) · 2024

    Keeping the deserts connected - phase 2

  • $3.1M

    University of Sydney (the Matilda Centre) · 2024

    Mentally healthy future

  • $2.8M

    Teach for All · New York, NY · 2022

    Growing the impact of locally rooted, globally informed community leaders who are catalyzing community and system-level change in the education sector. Increasing participation and pace by which they are able to support read all
  • $2.8M

    Great Barrier Reef Foundation · 2023

    Improve outcomes for the worlds coral reefs dependent communities by building resilience to climate change through local action and climate resilience plans.

  • $2.8M

    Indigenous Desert Alliance (Ida) · 2023

    Project aims to sustain the health and resilience of australias iconic desert country and its people.

  • $2.7M

    University of Alberta (Uofa) Cilldi · 2023

    Strengthen the vitality of indigenous languages through greater participation and safekeeping - including (1) increasing number speakers, learners, qualified teachers, community language influencers; and (2) building ca read all
  • $2.5M

    Rural Development Institute Dba Landesa · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Strengthen inclusive and effective natural resource governance. Develop, test, and amplify tools, resources, and communities of practice to scale understanding, capacity, and good consultation and consent practices that read all
  • $2.5M

    Smartice Sea Monitoring & Information · 2024

    Ice navigation, economic self determination and culture preservation for inuit youth and communities

  • $2.5M

    Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Alto mayo project seeks to promote a sustainable landscape model where livelihoods are improved through simultaneously promoting conservation and sustainable production, resilient to climate change.

  • $2.4M

    Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2024

    Global collaboration to advance anti-corruption

  • $2.3M

    Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Alto mayo project seeks to promote a sustainable landscape model where livelihoods are improved through simultaneously promoting conservation and sustainable production, resilient to climate change.

  • $2.3M

    Rural Development Institute Dba Landesa · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Strengthen inclusive and effective natural resource governance. Develop, test, and amplify tools, resources, and communities of practice to scale understanding, capacity, and good consultation and consent practices that read all
  • $2.3M

    Education Endowment Foundation · 2023

    Developing the teaching and learning toolkit. Which identifies across countries what works, for which students, in which circumstances. Building evidence hubs with local education jurisdictions to support innovation in read all
  • $2.3M

    Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (Eiti) · 2024

    Eiti: opening ownership in the extractive industries

  • $2.2M

    Fundacion Para El Impluso De La Educacion Y Cultura Reimagina · 2023

    Consortium for teaching and learning in the 21st century aims to bring together public and private participants in chile's education sector to collaborate on identifying and implementing effective and innovative educati read all
  • $2.0M

    Landesa · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Community smart consultation and consent + alto mayo - carbon project

  • $2.0M

    Fundacion Tierra Austral (Fta) · 2024

    Conservation corridor chile - phase 2 sustainable exit grant

  • $2.0M

    Rainforest Alliance (Ra) · New York, NY · 2024

    Landscale (ra)

  • $2.0M

    Open Contracting Partnership (Ocp) · New York, NY · 2023

    Promoting social inclusion and environmental sustainability by delivering impactful procurement reforms at partner country level, and building global public goods, norms and guidance.

  • $2.0M

    Australian Red Cross · 2022

    Supporting emergency relief and longer-term humanitarian support to people and communities affected by the conflict in ukraine.

  • $2.0M

    University of Sydney Brain and Mind Centre (Bmc) · 2023

    To establish a novel youth mental health decision-support ecosystem by strengthening and coordinating delivery of mental health care through tools and technology.

  • $2.0M

    Brookings Instituion · Washington, DC · 2023

    Improving education outcomes for children and youth by systematic use of existing evidence by educators and policymakers on decisions of innovation.

  • $1.9M

    United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women · New York, NY · 2022

    Breaking barriers and negative social norms preventing girls and young women from equal access to learning opportunities and improved livelihoods. Leveraging innovative solutions to provide education, employment and ent read all
  • $1.8M

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022

    Advance the transformation and modernization of water data infrastructure in the us through integrated and shared information and decision-making.

  • $1.8M

    Reconciliation Australia · 2022

    The narragunnawali program supports australian schools and early learning services to foster a higher level of knowledge and pride in aboriginal and torres strait islander histories, cultures and contributions.

  • $1.8M

    Results for Development Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Governance action hub

  • $1.7M

    Reconciliation Australia · 2023

    The narragunnawali program supports australian schools and early learning services to foster a higher level of knowledge and pride in aboriginal and torres strait islander histories, cultures and contributions.

  • $1.7M

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Csiro) · 2023

    Support and increase the diversity of young participants in stem across australia, particularly from under-represented groups (e.g aboriginal and torres-strait islander, female-identifying, regional and low socio-econom read all
  • $1.6M

    University of Sydney (Brain and Mind Centre) · 2022

    To establish a novel youth mental health decision-support ecosystem by strengthening and coordinating delivery of mental health care through tools and technology.

  • $1.6M

    Fundacion Re-Imagina · 2024

    Digital education knowledge - consortium 21st century education chile)

  • $1.5M

    Reconciliation Australia · 2024

    Narragunnawali: reconciliation in schools and early learning - phase 2

  • $1.5M

    Results for Development Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    Supporting local stakeholders (public sector, private sector, and civil society) to pursue common objectives through more effective collective action; and facilitate coordination and collaboration between those stakehol read all
  • $1.5M

    The Nature Conservancy (Tnc) · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Boreal - forest conservation

  • $1.5M

    Open Contracting Partnership · New York, NY · 2022

    Promoting social inclusion and environmental sustainability by delivering impactful procurement reforms at partner country level, and building global public goods, norms and guidance.

  • $1.5M

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Boreal forest project aims to create a model for sustainable forestry (long-term economic benefits, local and indigenous community well-being, protection of intact forest ecosystems) and using this model to improve the read all
  • $1.5M

    Fundacion Para La Inclusion Tecnologica Kodea · 2022

    To integrate computational thinking and programming skills into chile's school curriculum as a necessary tool for the development of 21st century skills.

  • $1.4M

    Results for Development Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    Supporting local stakeholders (public sector, private sector, and civil society) to pursue common objectives through more effective collective action; and facilitate coordination and collaboration between those stakehol read all
  • $1.4M

    Australian Indigenous Governance Institute (Aigi) · 2024

    Supporting self-determined governance for indigenous development outcomes - phase 2

  • $1.4M

    University of Alberta (Uofa) Cilldi · 2024

    Indigenous youth through education

  • $1.3M

    Pacific Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Advancing water equity and resilience

  • $1.3M

    Pacific Institute · Oakland, CA · 2022

    The pacific institute has played a lead role in analyzing and communicating the connections between water, energy, and climate change - this project focuses on enhancing water resilience and equity across the united sta read all
  • $1.3M

    Australian Indigenous Governance Institute (Aigi) · 2023

    Supporting self-determined governance for indigenous development outcomes through a new practice set that builds and disseminates best practice tools, research and training, and disrupts systems to establish a strength- read all
  • $1.3M

    International Finance Corporation · Washington, DC · 2022

    Enhance the effectiveness of disclosure of key sector information, such a contractual data, revenues and allocations of those revenues, in support of achieving clear development outcomes from extractive investments.

  • $1.3M

    Great Barrier Reef Foundation · 2022

    Improve outcomes for the worlds coral reefs dependent communities by building resilience to climate change through local action. Establish demonstration sites (significant coral reefs) develop a climate resilience plan, read all
  • $1.2M

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023

    Advance the transformation and modernization of water data infrastructure in the us through integrated and shared information and decision-making.

  • $1.2M

    Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Alto mayo project seeks to promote a sustainable landscape model where livelihoods are improved through simultaneously promoting conservation and sustainable production, resilient to climate change.

  • $1.2M

    Indigenous Desert Alliance Ltd · 2022

    Project aims to sustain the health and resilience of australias iconic desert country and its people.

  • $1.2M

    Fundacion Para La Inclusion Tecnolgica Kodea · 2023

    To integrate computational thinking and programming skills into chile's school curriculum as a necessary tool for the development of 21st century skills.

  • $1.2M

    Fundacion Tierra Austral (Fta) · 2023

    Advance the transformational land conservation of the mediterranean vegetation habitat implementing chile's landmark conservation, the derecho real de conservacion at 5 sites to permanently protect them.

  • $1.2M

    Great Barrier Reef Foundation · 2023

    Improve outcomes for the worlds coral reefs dependent communities by building resilience to climate change through local action and climate resilience plans.

  • $1.2M

    Pacific Institute · Oakland, CA · 2023

    The pacific institute has played a lead role in analyzing and communicating the connections between water, energy, and climate change - this project focuses on enhancing water resilience and equity across the united sta read all
  • $1.1M

    United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women - Un · New York, NY · 2023

    Breaking barriers and negative social norms preventing girls and young women from equal access to learning opportunities and improved livelihoods. Leveraging innovative solutions to provide education, employment and ent read all
  • $1.1M

    Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (Cier) · 2024

    Consent-based water governance

  • $1.1M

    International Institute for Sustainable Development (Iisd) · 2023

    Enhance understanding and use of natural infrastructure in the canadian prairies to meet long-term water needs and build long-term resilience by piloting, testing and scaling (if successful) the mainstream use.

  • $1.0M

    Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2022

    Transparency to reduce corruption: build evidence base of natural resource governance interventions, effective in reducing corruption and achieving sustainable development outcomes - collaborate to build this capacity i read all
  • $1.0M

    Global Impact for Open Ownership · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    Amplifying bot impact project - open ownership

  • $1.0M

    Open Contracting Partnership (Ocp) · New York, NY · 2024

    Promoting social inclusion & environmental sustainability in resource-rich countries - phase 2

  • $1.0M

    Teach for All (Tfa) · New York, NY · 2023

    Growing the impact of locally rooted, globally informed community leaders who are catalyzing community and system-level change in the education sector.

  • $1.0M

    Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2022

    Supporting global collaboration to advance anti-corruption

  • $1.0M

    Extractive Industries Transperncy Initiative (Eiti) · 2022

    Address gap between eiti standard requirements and countries capacity to implement. Build evidence base to demonstrate effective publishing and use of beneficial ownership data - provide technical support to those imple read all
  • $962,322

    Rainforest Alliance (Ra) · New York, NY · 2023

    Enhancing sustainability outcomes and linking finance to landscape performance by using field testing at pilot sites and promotion and scaling up demand and testing models for long-term funding of the landscape standard.

  • $946,478

    Fundacion Para El Impluso De La Educacion Y Cultura Reimagina · 2023

    Consortium for teaching and learning in the 21st century aims to bring together public and private participants in chile's education sector to collaborate on identifying and implementing effective and innovative educati read all
  • $943,854

    Fundacion Capital Azul · 2023

    Strengthening the socio-ecological resilience of marine refuges managed by artisanal fishers in central chile

  • $938,325

    Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (Cier) · 2023

    Supporting consent based water governance for local and indigenous communities

  • $926,909

    Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (Eiti) · 2023

    Address gap between eiti standard requirements and countries capacity to implement. Build evidence base to demonstrate effective publishing and use of beneficial ownership data - provide technical support to those imple read all
  • $906,507

    The Nature Conservancy (Tnc) · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Boreal forest project aims to create a model for sustainable forestry (long-term economic benefits, local and indigenous community well-being, protection of intact forest ecosystems) and using this model to improve the read all
  • $900,000

    Fundacion Chile · 2023

    Strengthening the socio-ecological resilience of marine refuges managed by artisanal fishers in central chile

  • $847,209

    Extractive Industries Transperncy Initiative (Eiti) · 2022

    Address gap between eiti standard requirements and countries capacity to implement. Build evidence base to demonstrate effective publishing and use of beneficial ownership data - provide technical support to those imple read all
  • $810,721

    International Institute for Sustainable Development · 2022

    Enhance understanding and use of natural infrastructure in the canadian prairies to meet long-term water needs and build long-term resilience by piloting, testing and scaling (if successful) the mainstream use.

  • $807,177

    Australian Indigenous Governance Institute · 2022

    Supporting self-determined governance for indigenous development outcomes through a new practice set that builds and disseminates best practice tools, research and training, and disrupts systems to establish a strength- read all
  • $785,539

    Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (Eiti) · 2024

    Eiti: opening ownership in the extractive industries

  • $782,978

    Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources · 2022

    Supporting consent based water governance for local and indigenous communities

  • $731,872

    Global Business Coalition for Education · New York, NY · 2023

    Enhancing sustainable participation and effective collaboration between the private sector and the global education community - leading to systematic outcomes in improving education and achieving sdg4.

  • $671,382

    University of Sydney (the Matilda Centre) · 2023

    To bring together australia's leading mental health experts and others to develop sound research and generate an evidence base that advises, informs and influences development of national policy on mental health.

  • $669,784

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024

    Internet of water (iow)

  • $622,631

    Education Endowment Foundation · 2024

    Building a global evidence ecosystem for learning

  • $600,000

    Fundacion Tierra Austral (Fta) · 2024

    Conservation corridor chile - phase 2

  • $600,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Conservation effort to protect and manage the valdivian coastal reserve in the los rios region in south central chile.

  • $570,000

    The Nature Conservancy (Tnc) · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Conservation effort to protect and manage the valdivian coastal reserve in the los rios region in south central chile.

  • $570,000

    Fundacion De Conservacion Tierra Austral · 2022

    Advance the transformational land conservation of the mediterranean vegetation habitat implementing chile's landmark conservation, the derecho real de conservacion at 5 sites to permanently protect them.

  • $552,921

    Fundacion De Conservacion Tierra Austral · 2022

    Advance the transformational land conservation of the mediterranean vegetation habitat implementing chile's landmark conservation, the derecho real de conservacion at 5 sites to permanently protect them.

  • $549,082

    Fundacion Para La Inclusion Tecnolgica Kodea · 2024

    Digital skills for the xxi century

  • $540,881

    Fundacion Capital Azul · 2024

    Coastal communities program - resilience network

  • $519,072

    Reconciliation Australia · 2024

    Indigenous governance program - phase 2

  • $500,000

    Ecoagriculture International · Oakton, VA · 2024

    Integration of iplc values and voice in landscape finance

  • $495,588

    International Institute for Sustainable Development (Iisd) · 2024

    Mainstreaming natural infrastructure on the canadian prairies

  • $480,483

    Reconciliation Australia · 2023

    The indigenous governance program supports a new practice set that builds and disseminates best practice tools, research and training, and disrupts systems to establish a strength-based policy framework for indigenous l read all
  • $478,000

    Transparency International · 2022

    Rise ukraine supports ukraine's leading good governance and open public data civic, government and business institutions to embed good governance and open data principles into ukraine's reconstruction

  • $460,000

    Fundacion Encuentros Del Futuro · 2024

    2025 fundacion encuentros del futuro - small grant

  • $459,665

    Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2023

    Supporting global collaboration to advance anti-corruption

  • $400,000

    Fundacion Chile · 2024

    Coastal communities program - resilience network

  • $400,000

    Rainforest Alliance · New York, NY · 2022

    Enhancing sustainability outcomes and linking finance to landscape performance by using field testing at pilot sites (peru and mexico) and promotion and scaling up demand and testing models for long-term funding of the read all
  • $272,000

    Open Contracting Partnership · New York, NY · 2022

    Rise ukraine supports ukraine's leading good governance and open public data civic, government and business institutions to embed good governance and open data principles into ukraine's reconstruction

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