Funding search · EIN 923159543 · New York, NY

Milkweed Foundation

Name: Milkweed Foundation grants, 2023–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

14
grants reported: $1.3M
total given: 2023–2024
filing years: $100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

Grant history

All 14 reported grants, largest first.

$200,000
Climate Cabinet Education · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable donation aimed at conserving biodiversity and limiting global climate change.
$200,000
Spring Street Climate Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Charitable donation aimed at conserving biodiversity and limiting global climate change.
$150,000
Island Conservation · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Charitable donation aimed at conserving biodiversity and limiting global climate change.
$100,000
American Friends of Blue Vent · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Charitable donation aimed at conserving biodiversity and limiting global climate change.
$100,000
Legado · Jackson, NH · 2024
Charitable donation aimed at conserving biodiversity and limiting global climate change.
$100,000
Maliasili · Essex Junction, VT · 2024
Charitable donation aimed at conserving biodiversity and limiting global climate change.
$100,000
American Friends of Blue Vent · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Charitable donation aimed at conserving biodiversity and limiting global climate change.
$100,000
Island Conservation · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Charitable donation aimed at conserving biodiversity and limiting global climate change.
$100,000
Legado · Jackson, NH · 2023
Charitable donation aimed at conserving biodiversity and limiting global climate change.
$100,000
Masliasili · Essex Junction, VT · 2023
Charitable donation aimed at conserving biodiversity and limiting global climate change.
$25,000
Nextgen Climate America · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable donation aimed at conserving biodiversity and limiting global climate change.
$10,000
Canary Media · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable donation aimed at conserving biodiversity and limiting global climate change.
$10,000
Inside Climate News · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Charitable donation aimed at conserving biodiversity and limiting global climate change.
$10,000
Mongabay · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
Charitable donation aimed at conserving biodiversity and limiting global climate change.

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.