Funding search · EIN 876830653 · Oxford, MA

Better Natures Foundation

Name: Better Natures Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

68
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $19,000
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.

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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.

Top recipients

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

Founders Pledge2 grants · $140,000
Wildaid3 grants · $106,000
Rock Hill Country Day School2 grants · $100,000
Ocean Conservancy2 grants · $90,000
Empowers Africia3 grants · $56,500
Nature Conservancy (Global)2 grants · $55,000
Defenders of Wildlife3 grants · $55,000
Africian Wildlife Foundation2 grants · $50,000
Coral Reef Alliance2 grants · $50,000
Oceana2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$40,000

2022

$655,000

2023

$688,000

2024

Grant history

All 68 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
Founders Pledge · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
Rock Hill Country Day School · East Greenwich, RI · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Wildaid · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
Rock Hill Country Day School · East Greenwich, RI · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
Wildaid · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purpose
$40,000
Empowers Africia · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$40,000
Founders Pledge · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$40,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$30,000
Nature Conservancy (Global) · Arlington, VA · 2024
General purpose
$30,000
Nature Conservancy (Rhode Island) · Arlington, VA · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Africian Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Animal Legal Defense Fund · Cotati, CA · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Coral Reef Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Reef Enviromental Education Foundation · Key Largo, FL · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
The Climate Reality Project · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Africian Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Center for International Enviromental Law · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Coral Reef Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Nature Conservancy (Global) · Arlington, VA · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Nature Conservancy Ri · Providence, RI · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
The Climate Reality Project · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Childrens Friend · Providence, RI · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
One Goal · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Ri Community Food Bank · Providence, RI · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2023
General purpose
$18,000
Creature Conserve · Barrington, RI · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Freedom From Religion Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (Pcrm) · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Animal Legal Defense Fund · Cotati, CA · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
Ri Community Food Bank · Providence, RI · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Amici Cannis · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Heterodox Academy · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Inn0cence Project · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
My Stuff Bags Foundation · Westlake Village, CA · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Pets in Need Veterinary Clinic · Riverside, RI · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Providence Children'S Museum · Providence, RI · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Amici Cannis · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Empowers Africia · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Freedom From Religion Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Inn0cence Project · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Marine Conservation Institute · Seattle, WA · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
My Stuff Bags Foundation · Westlake Village, CA · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
One Goal · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Pets in Need Veterinary Clinic · Riverside, RI · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (Pcrm) · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Providence Animal Rescue League · Providence, RI · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Providence Children'S Museum · Providence, RI · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Rivma Companion Animal Foundation · Providence, RI · 2023
General purpose
$6,500
Empowers Africia · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$6,000
Wildaid · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
Great Plains Foundation · Jupiter, FL · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
Ri Community Food Bank · Providence, RI · 2022
General purpose
$2,500
Freedom From Religious Foundation · Oviedo, FL · 2022
General purpose
$2,500
My Stuff · Westlake Village, CA · 2022
General purpose
$1,500
City Arts Providence · Providence, RI · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Earth Conservation Corp · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose

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