Funding search · EIN 841549065 · Boulder, CO

The Outdoor Foundation

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

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

40
grants reported: $2.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $75,525
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

outdoor youth

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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.

0 grants matching “water resources”

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Top recipients

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

Seattle Parks Foundation3 grants · $302,000
Chesapeake Bay Trust3 grants · $300,000
The Nature Conservancy3 grants · $300,000
National Wildlife Federation3 grants · $250,600
Thorne Nature Experience2 grants · $231,114
River City Outdoors Mound City Fdn2 grants · $226,000
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance3 grants · $214,410
Wilderness Inquiry2 grants · $199,750
City of Grand Rapids3 grants · $145,500
Ymca of Metropolitan Detroit1 grant · $101,000

Giving over time

$1.3M

2022

$824,372

2023

$657,212

2024

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$164,410
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Youth outdoor part.
$150,000
Chesapeake Bay Trust · Annapolis, MD · 2022
Youth outdoor part.
$131,114
Thorne Nature Experience · Boulder, CO · 2023
Youth outdoor part.
$126,000
River City Outdoors Mound City Fdn · St Louis, MO · 2022
Youth outdoor part.
$117,758
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2023
Youth outdoor part.
$115,400
Wilderness Inquiry · St Paul, MN · 2024
Youth outdoor part.
$107,842
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2022
Youth outdoor part.
$101,000
Seattle Parks Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
Youth outdoor part.
$101,000
Seattle Parks Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
Youth outdoor part.
$101,000
Ymca of Metropolitan Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022
Youth outdoor part.
$100,000
Detroit Parks Coalition · Detroit, MI · 2024
$100,000
Seattle Parks Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
Youth outdoor part.
$100,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Youth outdoor part.
$100,000
Chesapeake Bay Trust · Annapolis, MD · 2023
Youth outdoor part.
$100,000
River City Outdoors Mound City Fdn · St Louis, MO · 2023
Youth outdoor part.
$100,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Youth outdoor part.
$100,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
Youth outdoor part.
$100,000
Thorne Nature Experience · Boulder, CO · 2022
Youth outdoor part.
$95,500
City of Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Youth outdoor part.
$84,350
Wilderness Inquiry · St Paul, MN · 2022
Youth outdoor part.
$66,700
Main Audubon · Falmouth, ME · 2022
Youth outdoor part.
$58,500
Maine Audubon · Falmouth, ME · 2023
Youth outdoor part.
$55,667
The Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Youth outdoor part.
$50,000
Chesapeake Bay Trust · Annapolis, MD · 2024
Youth outdoor part.
$31,000
Riversport Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Youth outdoor part.
$26,000
Riversport Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Youth outdoor part.
$25,000
City of Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Youth outdoor part.
$25,000
Maine Audubon · Falmouth, ME · 2024
Youth outdoor part.
$25,000
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2024
Youth outdoor part.
$25,000
River City Outdoors · St Louis, MO · 2024
Youth outdoor part.
$25,000
Riversport Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Youth outdoor part.
$25,000
The San Diego Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2024
Youth outdoor part.
$25,000
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Youth outdoor part.
$25,000
City of Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Youth outdoor part.
$25,000
The San Diego Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2023
Youth outdoor part.
$25,000
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Youth outdoor part.
$25,000
The San Diego Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2022
Youth outdoor part.
$16,812
Children and Nature Network · St Paul, MN · 2024
$10,000
Quimby Family Fd · Portland, ME · 2023
Youth outdoor part.
$10,000
Quimby Family Fd · Portland, ME · 2022
Youth outdoor part.

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