Funding search · EIN 946069890 · Grantmaking charity · Oakland, CA

Sierra Club Foundation

$325.6M
in grants paid: 77
grants: 57
recipients: 2022–2025
filing years

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.

Recent grants

The 77 grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$43.8M
Sierra Club · Oakland, CA · 2025
Promote environmental awareness and education.
$247,904
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Support for the charles e. And deborah frank family fund.
$50,000
For a Better Bayou · Lake Charles, LA · 2025
Provide info for southwest louisiana's energy transition and funding opportunities.
$50,000
Atmos Ltd · New York, NY · 2025
Podcast with experts to educate on a climate transformation.
$50,000
Center for Progressive Reform · Washington, DC · 2025
Public education on zero emission heating equipment standards.
$50,000
West Virginia Citizen Action Education Fund · Charleston, WV · 2025
Expand utility justice organizing in areas of low-wealth and communities of color.
$30,000
Confluence Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2025
Support a network of over 270 foundations for transformative investment.
$25,000
Blue Sky Institute · Salt Lake City, UT · 2025
Fund utah youth environmental solutions training for water justice leaders.
$25,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
Support native american youth participation in outdoors alliance for kids week.
$20,000
Tribal Link Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Support for resilience circles initiative to enhance well-being of indigenous communities.
$20,000
The Crane Institute of Sustainability · Andover, MA · 2025
Promote fiduciary duty case for climate justice through expert convenings and guidance.
$6,250
Audubon Society of New York State · Oyster Bay, NY · 2025
Support teen conservation ambassadors program for coastal habitat restoration.
$85.6M
Sierra Club · Oakland, CA · 2024
Promote environmental awareness and education.
$250,000
Michigan Environmental Council · Lansing, MI · 2024
Support organizing efforts against line 5 and dapl to protect water supplies and indigenous rights.
$250,000
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2024
Research and create networks to enhance climate justice organizations' capabilities.
$100,000
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Support research and analysis for a solar energy pilot project in brown county, texas.
$100,000
Greenlatinos · Boulder, CO · 2024
Provide operational support for coalition workgroups
$75,000
Of Salt and Sand · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Create multimedia projects that document community experiences amid climate crisis.
$75,000
Latino Community Fund of Washington State · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support initiatives for affordable, green housing solutions
$50,000
Appalachian Mountain Advocates · Lewisburg, WV · 2024
Use legal and scientific methods to combat fossil fuel infrastructure and promote clean energy.
$50,000
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2024
Support outdoor excursions and leadership aimed at diversifying outdoor access.
$50,000
Guardian Revival · Beacon, NY · 2024
Equip military and first responders with skills to safely engage with nature
$50,000
Nw Energy Coalition · Seattle, WA · 2024
Build a coordinated movement for equitable building decarbonization in washington state
$50,000
Conservation Voters of South Carolina Education Fund · Columbia, SC · 2024
Address sustainability and justice issues in energy and community well-being.
$33,600
Humanitarian Social Innovations · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Develop a framework for managing investments that aligns with the sierra club foundation's mission.
$25,000
Jesus People Against Pollution · Columbia, MS · 2024
Plan a statewide summit to establish an environmental climate justice resource center.
$20,000
Confluence Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
Support educational events and trainings for foundations and impact investors focused on sustainability and justice.
$20,000
Karuna Foundation · Niwot, CO · 2024
Back grassroots efforts to prioritize food systems in addressing climate change
$20,000
The Crane Institute of Sustainability · Andover, MA · 2024
Develop best practice papers for socially responsible investing focused on climate justice.
$13,077
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Fund outdoor programs for youth at camp chi
$10,000
University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Preserve oral histories from sierra club members for future reference and learning
$10,000
Bike Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Fund efforts to transform streets for better biking and walking accessibility.
$6,300
Audubon Society of New York State · Oyster Bay, NY · 2024
Aid the theodore roosevelt sanctuary's educational program at landing elementary school in glen cove, ny.
$95.9M
Sierra Club · Oakland, CA · 2023
Environmental education
$250,000
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2023
For just solutions collective to provide research, policy analysis, and strategic networks that build the capacity of climate and environmental justice organizations to create, replicate, and scale equitable climate sol… read allFor just solutions collective to provide research, policy analysis, and strategic networks that build the capacity of climate and environmental justice organizations to create, replicate, and scale equitable climate solutions less
$250,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support frontline community groups who are fighting for environmental and climate justice through legal advocacy
$200,000
The Solutions Project · Oakland, CA · 2023
For the fund for frontline power to support grassroots leaders' collective governance of capital to support grassroots-led climate solutions and strategies
$165,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2023
For general support of the mission of building equity and alignment for impact (bea) and for bea fund, a participatory grantmaking fund that distributes critical resources to the grasssroots environmental justice moveme… read allFor general support of the mission of building equity and alignment for impact (bea) and for bea fund, a participatory grantmaking fund that distributes critical resources to the grasssroots environmental justice movement less
$150,000
Verde · Portland, OR · 2023
Community outreach programs
$130,000
Latino Community Fund of Washington State · Seattle, WA · 2023
For "roadmap to healthy, green & affordable housing in washington state" project in which a multiracial base of working-class tenants, mobile home park residents, and low-income homeowners build statewide momentum for a… read allFor "roadmap to healthy, green & affordable housing in washington state" project in which a multiracial base of working-class tenants, mobile home park residents, and low-income homeowners build statewide momentum for affordable, green, energy efficient housing for all, engaging in inside/outside strategy to co-develop the state department of commerce's needs assessment, reimagining a statewide program for energy efficiency, weatherization, and healthy housing accessible to poor and working-class families of all races that also creates good green jobs in our communities. less
$100,000
Bluegreen Alliance Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
To support federal and state worker-centric climate action
$100,000
The Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Climate action campaign
$50,000
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Return grant
$46,516
Missouri State Parks Foundation · Columbia, MO · 2023
To construct five miles of trail in an undeveloped western portion of hawn state park, providing more trail options for visitors
$43,000
Inclusive Development International · Asheville, NC · 2023
To conserve tiger habitats in natural forests and protected areas through accountable financial investments in ecologically sensitive areas
$40,000
University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2023
To record the oral history from sierra club volunteers, staff, and members for preservation at bancroft library to serve as invaluable historical resources, offering wisdom for future leaders and documenting mistakes th… read allTo record the oral history from sierra club volunteers, staff, and members for preservation at bancroft library to serve as invaluable historical resources, offering wisdom for future leaders and documenting mistakes that should not be repeated less
$35,000
Friends of the Inyo · Bishop, CA · 2023
To support organizing efforts that advance tribal support in defense of and permanent protection for conglomerate mesa
$25,000
South River Watershed Alliance · Decatur, GA · 2023
Litigation to save south river forest
$25,000
Coalicion Pro Corredor Ecologico Del Noreste · Luquillo, PR · 2023
To showcase the northeast ecological corridor as a model for landscape management that integrates community involvement, cultural preservation, and just sustainability prinicples and to cultivate youth engagement, enhan… read allTo showcase the northeast ecological corridor as a model for landscape management that integrates community involvement, cultural preservation, and just sustainability prinicples and to cultivate youth engagement, enhance community access, advance equitable climate transition initiatives, and foster local economic prospects less
$20,000
Rio Grande Return · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Santa fe river planting project
$20,000
Confluence Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2023
For general support of mission to transform the practice of investing by aligning capital with our community's values of sustainability, equity, and justice
$16,496
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago · Northbrook, IL · 2023
To support camp chi's youth outdoor programming
$10,000
Good Food Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
For general support of mission to develop the roadmap for a sustainable, secure, and just protein supply
$8,000
Bike Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
For general support of bike pittsburgh's mission to transform streets to make biking and walking commonplace for all pittsburghers in order to improve quality of life and reduce the harmful effects of car dependence in … read allFor general support of bike pittsburgh's mission to transform streets to make biking and walking commonplace for all pittsburghers in order to improve quality of life and reduce the harmful effects of car dependence in communities less
$6,300
Audubon Society of New York State · Oyster Bay, NY · 2023
Landing elementary school for the birds!
$94.1M
Sierra Club · Oakland, CA · 2022
Environmental education
$939,274
Population Media Center · South Burlington, VT · 2022
General support of population media center's mission to use entertainment-education and mass media to promote social and cultural change by addressing the interconnected issues of the full rights of women and girls, pop… read allGeneral support of population media center's mission to use entertainment-education and mass media to promote social and cultural change by addressing the interconnected issues of the full rights of women and girls, population, and the environment less
$350,000
The Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2022
To bring national environmental groups and ej groups from across the country together to build trust, bridge historic divides, align around a core set of policy principles and commitments, and advocate for bold and equi… read allTo bring national environmental groups and ej groups from across the country together to build trust, bridge historic divides, align around a core set of policy principles and commitments, and advocate for bold and equitable climate policies less
$220,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2022
General support of the mission of building equity and alignment for impact (bea) and for bea fund, a participatory grantmaking fund that distributes critical resources to the grassroots environmental justice movement
$175,000
Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To support homes for all st. Louis, a black-led coalition of tenant associations, grassroots groups, and allied housing-justice adjacent nonprofits building power by catalyzing tenant associations, which serve as an acc… read allTo support homes for all st. Louis, a black-led coalition of tenant associations, grassroots groups, and allied housing-justice adjacent nonprofits building power by catalyzing tenant associations, which serve as an accountability mechanism to improve housing quality and launch public policy campaigns less
$100,000
Green Latinos · Boulder, CO · 2022
For the america the beautiful for all coalition's community support funding pot & operations fund to ensure the coalition is need-blind and that frontline and bipoc organizations interested in participating can do so, s… read allFor the america the beautiful for all coalition's community support funding pot & operations fund to ensure the coalition is need-blind and that frontline and bipoc organizations interested in participating can do so, so that the coalition reflects the diversity of america and centers the voices of people of color working to conserve 30 percent of u.s. Lands, water, and oceans by 2030 less
$100,000
Green Diversity Initiative Dba Green 20 · Washington, DC · 2022
For general support of mission to ensure that the environmental movement is committed to justice, equity, inclusion, and diversity and recognizes the leadership of people of color at every level of the movement
$100,000
Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
To advocate for increased programs that will reduce energy burden and energy burden disparities in milwaukee, wi through administrative advocacy and community organizing
$100,000
Nonprofit Legal Services of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
To build narrative power and narrative infrastructure to make a just transition from an extractive economy to a living economy politically possible in utah and foster a cultural transformation that uproots harmful stori… read allTo build narrative power and narrative infrastructure to make a just transition from an extractive economy to a living economy politically possible in utah and foster a cultural transformation that uproots harmful stories upholding the state's extractive economy, repairs harm, and births new stories for a living economy less
$95,000
Center for Investigative Journalism · San Juan, PR · 2022
To partner with sierra club puerto rico to develop capacities, skills and tools needed to do watchdog climate justice work through an emerging observatorio de accion climatica (oac) steering committee and to train and g… read allTo partner with sierra club puerto rico to develop capacities, skills and tools needed to do watchdog climate justice work through an emerging observatorio de accion climatica (oac) steering committee and to train and give reporting grants to local journalists that want to investigate pressing climate crises issue less
$95,000
Amaneser 2025 · San Juan, PR · 2022
To expand the creation of community-led emergency solar installation systems in puerto rico for increased resilience in the face of hurricanes, earthquakes, and unreliable electrical systems
$75,000
We Act for Environmental Justice · New York, NY · 2022
To foster connections and collaboration at the 27th conference of the parties (cop27) among climate justice advocates, government and business leaders, and mainstream environmental organizations
$75,000
Power Shift Network · Washington, DC · 2022
To fund part of the power shift convergence (april 5-8, 2023), which has been a critical part of youth movement building for over 10 years
$70,000
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
To support organizing efforts for a public transportation system that works for the people and workers and is fast, easy to navigate, and consistent
$40,000
University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2022
To record the oral history from sierra club volunteers, staff, and members for preservation at bancroft library to serve as invaluable historical resources, offering wisdom for future leaders and documenting mistakes th… read allTo record the oral history from sierra club volunteers, staff, and members for preservation at bancroft library to serve as invaluable historical resources, offering wisdom for future leaders and documenting mistakes that should not be repeated less
$35,000
Black Sustainability · Atlanta, GA · 2022
To directly support frontline partners in atlanta that are pursuing the city's transition to 100% clean energy
$30,000
Florida Rising Together · Miami, FL · 2022
To build power, especially in front-line communities, to support the movement to 100% clean and renewable energy for all
$20,000
Rio Grande Return · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
To replant native cottonwood and willow at one of the most heavily altered areas of the santa fe river used years ago as part of a gravel mining operation
$15,000
Confluence Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022
For general support of mission to transform the practice of investing by aligning capital with our community's values of sustainability, equity, and justice
$10,500
Sicangu Community Development Corporation · Mission, SD · 2022
For sponsorship of sicangu lakota oyate 7gen impact investing summit (in cooperation with the rosebud economic development corporation) to introduce investors, funders, and partners to the 7gen investing framework
$8,000
Bike Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
For general support of bike pittsburgh's mission to transform streets to make biking and walking commonplace for all pittsburghers in order to improve quality of life and reduce the harmful effects of car dependence in … read allFor general support of bike pittsburgh's mission to transform streets to make biking and walking commonplace for all pittsburghers in order to improve quality of life and reduce the harmful effects of car dependence in communities less
$6,300
Audubon Society of New York · Oyster Bay, NY · 2022
To support the theodore roosevelt sanctuary & audubon center's for the birds! Program at landing elementary school in glen cove, ny

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