Funding search · EIN 941153307 · Oakland, CA
Sierra Club
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 139
- grants reported
- $2.4M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $10,050
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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
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2 grants matching “gerson” · $19,500
- $12,000
Sophie Gerson Healthy Youth · New York, NY · 2024
Environmental protection
- $7,500
Sophie Gerson Healthy Youth · New York, NY · 2023
Environmental protection
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Rise To Thrive1 grant · $225,000
- Texas Conservation Alliance1 grant · $100,000
- Women'S March1 grant · $100,000
- Southern Sector Rising1 grant · $76,765
- Natural Resources Defense Council1 grant · $51,000
- Jesus People Against Pollution1 grant · $50,000
- Noto2org1 grant · $50,000
- West Marion Community Forum1 grant · $48,500
- Wv Environmental Council3 grants · $46,000
- Rainforest Action Network3 grants · $45,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 139 grants.
- $225,000
Rise To Thrive · Hyattsville, MD · 2022
Environmental support
- $100,000
Women'S March · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Environmental protection
- $100,000
Texas Conservation Alliance · Dallas, TX · 2024
Environmental protection
- $76,765
Southern Sector Rising · Dallas, TX · 2024
Environmental protection
- $51,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023
Environmental protection
- $50,000
Jesus People Against Pollution · Columbia, MS · 2025
Environmental protection
- $50,000
Noto2org · Debary, FL · 2024
Environmental protection
- $48,500
West Marion Community Forum · Marion, NC · 2023
Environmental protection
- $37,000
Healthy Gulf · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Environmental support
- $35,029
Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Environmental support
- $35,000
Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund · Takoma Park, MD · 2025
Environmental protection
- $35,000
South River Watershed Alliance · Decatur, GA · 2023
Environmental protection
- $30,000
Oregon Wild · Portland, OR · 2023
Environmental protection
- $30,000
Black To the Land Coalition · Detroit, MI · 2022
Environmental support
- $30,000
Cambio Pr · San Juan, PR · 2022
Environmental support
- $29,500
Micah 68 Mission · Sulphur, LA · 2022
Environmental support
- $28,000
Arkansas Advanced Energy Association · Little Rock, AR · 2025
Environmental protection
- $25,000
Interfaith Power & Light · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental protection
- $24,329
Rotary Reach Foundation · Huntington, NY · 2024
Environmental protection
- $24,000
Pathos Labs · Littleton, CO · 2023
Environmental protection
- $24,000
The Good Energy Project · Perdido Beach, AL · 2023
Environmental protection
- $24,000
West Virginia Citizens Action Education Fund · Charleston, WV · 2023
Environmental protection
- $23,000
Sierra Nevada Alliance · South Lake Tahoe, CA · 2023
Environmental protection
- $21,500
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2022
Environmental support
- $21,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Environmental support
- $21,000
Green Building United · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Environmental support
- $20,000
Green Latinos · Boulder, CO · 2024
Environmental protection
- $20,000
Sierra Nevada Alliance · South Lake Tahoe, CA · 2024
Environmental protection
- $20,000
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental protection
- $20,000
Florida Rising Together · Orlando, FL · 2022
Environmental support
- $20,000
Lawyer'S Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · Washington, DC · 2022
Environmental support
- $20,000
Rainforest Action Network · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Environmental support
- $20,000
Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund · Austin, TX · 2022
Environmental support
- $18,571
Mountain Watershed Association · Melcroft, PA · 2024
Environmental protection
- $18,000
Wv Environmental Council · Charleston, WV · 2023
Environmental protection
- $18,000
Wv Environmental Council · Charleston, WV · 2022
Environmental support
- $17,500
Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas · Floresville, TX · 2022
Environmental support
- $15,000
Lewis & Clark College · Portland, OR · 2024
Environmental protection
- $15,000
Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Environmental protection
- $15,000
Earthjustice Action · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental protection
- $15,000
Greenlatinos · Boulder, CO · 2023
Environmental protection
- $15,000
Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental protection
- $15,000
Rainforest Action Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Environmental protection
- $15,000
The People'S Port Authority · Providence, RI · 2023
Environmental protection
- $15,000
Alaska Wilderness League · Washington, DC · 2022
Environmental support
- $15,000
Breath Is Lyfe · Desoto, TX · 2022
Environmental support
- $15,000
Coming Clean · Brattleboro, VT · 2022
Environmental support
- $15,000
Emerald Cities Collaborative · Washington, DC · 2022
Environmental support
- $15,000
Guardian Revival · Stormville, NY · 2022
Environmental support
- $15,000
Operation Better Block · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Environmental support
- $15,000
Se'Si'Le · Bellingham, WA · 2022
Environmental support
- $14,625
Pennsylvania Bat Rescue · Mertztown, PA · 2024
Environmental protection
- $14,407
Allegheny Land Trust · Sewickley, PA · 2023
Environmental protection
- $14,386
The Merrill W Linn Land & Waterways Conservancy · Lewisburg, PA · 2024
Environmental protection
- $14,138
Three Rivers Waterkeeper · Homestead, PA · 2024
Environmental protection
- $13,000
Person County Community Action Network · Rougemont, NC · 2024
Environmental protection
- $13,000
Sequoia Forestkeeper · Kernville, CA · 2024
Environmental protection
- $13,000
Alaska'S Healing Hearts · Wasilla, AK · 2023
Environmental protection
- $12,983
Grant To Evolve Ky · Louisville, KY · 2023
Environmental protection
- $12,500
No On Measure C · Fresno, CA · 2022
Environmental support
- $12,050
Kentucky Conservation Committee · Frankfort, KY · 2023
Environmental protection
- $12,000
Sophie Gerson Healthy Youth · New York, NY · 2024
Environmental protection
- $12,000
Rapid Creek Watershed Action · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Environmental protection
- $12,000
Paradise Ridge Defense Coalition · Moscow, ID · 2022
Environmental support
- $11,932
Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance · Kulpmont, PA · 2023
Environmental protection
- $11,100
Indigenous Environmental Network of Turtle Island · Bemidji, MN · 2023
Environmental protection
- $11,000
Environmental Council of Rhode Island Education Fund · Providence, RI · 2023
Environmental protection
- $11,000
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2022
Environmental support
- $10,050
Kentucky Resources Council · Frankfurt, KY · 2024
Environmental protection
- $10,050
Kentucky Resources Council · Frankfort, KY · 2023
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Wv Environmental Council · Charleston, WV · 2025
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Delta Wind Birds · Oxford, MS · 2024
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Friends of Auwahi Forest Restoration Project · Makawao, HI · 2024
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Groundwork Northeast Revitalization Group · Kansas City, KS · 2024
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Indigenous Environmental Network · Bemidji, MN · 2024
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Isaac W Bernheim Foundation · Clermont, KY · 2024
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Kentucky Heartwood · Frankfort, KY · 2024
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Malama Learning Center · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Moloka'I Land Trust · Makawao, HI · 2024
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Rainforest Action Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Save Our Forest Association · Rim Forest, CA · 2024
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Shiloh Community Center · Elba, AL · 2024
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Sweet Jane Productions · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Environmental protection
- $10,000
The Sanders Institute · Burlington, VT · 2024
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Wildlands Conservancy · Emmaus, PA · 2024
Environmental protection
- $10,000
American Indian Council of Mariposa County · Mariposa, CA · 2023
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Community Initiativeslatinos Outdoors · Oakland, CA · 2023
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Everyone'S Harvest · Monterey, CA · 2023
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Housing Development Consortium of Seattle-King County · Seattle, WA · 2023
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Micah 68 Mission · Sulphur, LA · 2023
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Mississippi Sierra Club Pac · Ridgeland, MS · 2023
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Tri City Cdc · Detroit, MI · 2023
Environmental protection
- $10,000
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Environmental support
- $10,000
Children of the Setting Sun Productions · Bellingham, WA · 2022
Environmental support
- $10,000
Eastie Farms · East Boston, MA · 2022
Environmental support
- $10,000
Ecologic · Charles, IL · 2022
Environmental support
- $10,000
Idaho Conservation League · Boise, ID · 2022
Environmental support
- $10,000
Louisiana Bucket Brigade · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Environmental support
- $10,000
Outdoor Afro · Oakland, CA · 2022
Environmental support
- $10,000
Port Arthur Community Action Network · Port Arthur, TX · 2022
Environmental support
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