Funding search · EIN 900080500 · New York, NY

Environmental Defense Action Fund

Name: Environmental Defense Action Fund grants, 2021–2024
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.

85
grants reported: $28.9M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $20,000
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

affairs political advocacy methane public government climate state

Funder website ↗Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

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.

Top recipients

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

Edf Action Votes2 grants · $13.1M
Edf Action Votes1 grant · $7.3M
League of Conservation Voters1 grant · $3.5M
Nextgen Climate Action1 grant · $1.0M
Keep the Lights On1 grant · $450,000
Western Conservation Action2 grants · $425,000
Conserve and Protect Our Water1 grant · $280,000
Partnership Project Action Fund2 grants · $262,000
Climate Reality Action Fund1 grant · $250,000
Clean Energy for America1 grant · $250,000

Giving over time

$2.5M

2021

$5.2M

2022

$11.9M

2023

$9.4M

2024

Grant history

All 85 reported grants, largest first.

$9.0M
Edf Action Votes · Washington, DC · 2024
Public & government affairs
$7.3M
Edf Action Votes · Washington, DC · 2023
$4.1M
Edf Action Votes · Washington, DC · 2022
Political affairs
$3.5M
League of Conservation Voters · Washington, DC · 2023
$1.0M
Nextgen Climate Action · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Political affairs
$450,000
Keep the Lights On · Washington, DC · 2022
Political affairs
$400,000
Western Conservation Action · Denver, CO · 2021
State climate policy
$280,000
Conserve and Protect Our Water · Louisville, CO · 2023
$250,000
Clean Energy for America · Novato, CA · 2021
Political affairs
$250,000
Climate Reality Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Political affairs
$200,000
Partnership Project Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
$200,000
Partnership Project Inc (the) · Washington, DC · 2022
Political affairs
$150,000
Future Freedoms · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
$150,000
Third Way · Washington, DC · 2021
Political affairs
$110,000
Clean Energy for America · Washington, DC · 2024
Public & government affairs
$100,000
The Partnership Project Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Public & government affairs
$100,000
American Independent Media · Washington, DC · 2023
$90,000
Western Conservation Action · Denver, CO · 2022
Decarb. Us power,
$80,000
Pennsylvania Environmental Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
State climate
$62,000
Partnership Project Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Political affairs
$60,000
Western Citizens Protect Our Constitution · Greenwood Village, CO · 2021
Political Affairs
$50,000
Progressnow New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
$40,000
Sierra Club Dba Colorado Sierra Club · Denver, CO · 2023
$36,000
Clean Energy Business Network Llc · Washington, DC · 2022
Political affairs
$35,542
Climate Changemakers · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Political affairs
$30,000
Een Action · Noblesville, IN · 2023
$30,000
Clean Air Action Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Methane advocacy
$30,000
Hold Politicians Accountable · Portland, OR · 2021
State climate policy
$30,000
Vote Yes On 113 · Portland, OR · 2021
State climate policy
$29,000
Business Council for Sustainable Energy Fdn · Washington, DC · 2021
Political Affairs
$25,500
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Educational & Charita · Denver, CO · 2023
$25,000
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action · Washington, DC · 2024
Public & government affairs
$25,000
Western Conservation Action · Denver, CO · 2023
$25,000
California Environmental Voters Edu Fund · Oakland, CA · 2021
Transportation
$25,000
Conservation Voters New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2021
Methane advocacy
$23,485
Clean Energy Business Network Llc · Washington, DC · 2024
Public & government affairs
$22,500
Federation of Southern Cooperatives · East Point, GA · 2021
Climate smart agriculture
$21,700
Pennsylvania Environmental Councilinc · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
$20,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
Public & government affairs
$20,000
No On 2117 Committee · Seattle, WA · 2024
Public & government affairs
$20,000
Texas Campaign for the Environment · Austin, TX · 2024
Public & government affairs
$20,000
Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund · Austin, TX · 2023
$20,000
Pennsylvania Environmental Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Us methane advocacy
$20,000
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action · Washington, DC · 2022
Us methane advocacy
$17,500
Elect Katie Hobbs Inaugural Account · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Political affairs
$17,500
League of Conservation Voters - Dc · Washington, DC · 2022
Political affairs
$16,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine Act Fd · Augusta, ME · 2022
Political affairs
$15,275
America Votes · Washington, DC · 2022
Public and
$15,000
Nm Native Vote · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Methane advocacy support
$15,000
Clean Air Action Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
$15,000
Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship · Oakton, VA · 2023
$15,000
Sara Ashley Stevens Dba All Together Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
Political affairs
$15,000
Seafood Harvesters of America · Washington, DC · 2022
Aquaculture
$12,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2023
$12,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2021
Political affairs
$10,000
Arizona Technology Council · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Public & government affairs
$10,000
Een Action · Noblesville, IN · 2024
Methane Advocacy
$10,000
Earthworks · Washington, DC · 2023
$10,000
Farmers Educational & Co-Op Union of America · Denver, CO · 2023
$10,000
Hispanic Access Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
$10,000
Nm Native Votes · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
$10,000
Project for Clean Energy and Innovation · Washington, DC · 2023
$10,000
Taxpayers for Common Sense Action · Washington, DC · 2023
$10,000
Western Environmental Law Center · Eugene, OR · 2023
$10,000
Een Action · Washington, DC · 2022
Methane advocacy
$10,000
Emily'S List · Washington, DC · 2022
Political affairs
$10,000
Environment America Inc Dba Environ Texas · Denver, CO · 2022
Methane advocacy
$10,000
Ground Game Texas · Washington, DC · 2022
Political affairs
$10,000
Latino Victory Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Political affairs
$10,000
Nm Native Votes · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Us methane advocacy
$10,000
Pennenvironment · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Us methane advocacy
$10,000
West Virginia Rivers Coalition · Charleston, WV · 2022
Us methane advocacy
$10,000
Western Leaders Network · Durango, CO · 2022
Us methane advocacy
$10,000
Wyoming Outdoor Council · Lander, WY · 2022
Us methane advocacy
$10,000
Bluegreen Alliance · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Political Affairs
$10,000
Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship · Oakton, VA · 2021
Oceans
$10,000
Nava Education Project · Albuquerque, NM · 2021
Methane advocacy
$9,000
Clean Energy Business Network Llc · Washington, DC · 2023
$9,000
Rio Grande International Study Center · Laredo, TX · 2022
Us methane advocacy
$7,500
Minorities in Aquaculture · Easton, MD · 2023
$7,500
Minorities in Aquaculture · Easton, MD · 2022
Oceans
$7,500
Evangelical Environmental Network · Westfield, IN · 2021
Political affairs
$7,000
League of Conservation Voters · Washington, DC · 2024
Public & government affairs
$6,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2024
Public & government affairs
$6,000
Nevada Conservation League · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
Public & government affairs

Who else funds this kind of work

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.