Funding search · Builders Initiative Foundation · grants
Builders Initiative Foundation: all 1,052 grants
Largest first · $266.3M across 2022–2024 · back to the overview
- $49,789
Sunrise County Economic Council · Machias, ME · 2024
to support environmental restoration projects at Half Moon Cove
- $48,180
University of California at Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To analyze how financial tools can be used to better manage fisheries under climate change.
- $47,250
The Perry Institute for Marine Science · Waitsfield, VT · 2022
To provide support for legal consultation conerning all research science, conservation, and blue economy-based innovations in The Bahamas.
- $45,000
South Side Community Arts Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
to provide general operating support
- $45,000
California Seaweed Festival · Valencia, CA · 2023
To support the growth of the California Seaweed Festival
- $45,000
Dakota Resource Council · Bismarck, ND · 2023
To support community-based air quality monitoring in North Dakota.
- $44,296
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · New York, NY · 2022
To support Environmental Defense Fund's Mexico Tech Summit
- $43,680
Regents of the University of California at San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2022
To support Building Resilient and Sustainable Aquaculture in the San Diego Region
- $42,768
Shedd Aquarium Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
To formalize collaborative partnerships with Bahamian academic institutions and non-governmental environmental organizations to help address the biodiversity conservation management needs.
- $40,000
Healing To Action Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support general operations
- $40,000
Relief Foundation · Gladwyne, PA · 2023
To support emerging natural food and product companies in the Chicago region
- $40,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2023
To support the 4th Annual Strategic Convening on Energy Democracy
- $40,000
Institute of the Americas · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Sponsorship of the Pacific Climate Forum of the Americas
- $37,740
Indy Hunger Network · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
To support the Community Compass Coordinator position.
- $35,000
California Seaweed Festival · Valencia, CA · 2024
to provide general operating support
- $33,750
Chicago Art Department · Chicago, IL · 2024
to provide general operating support
- $30,000
Illinois Stewardship Alliance · Springfield, IL · 2024
to support a community-building initiative for livestock farmers in Illinois
- $30,000
Crossroads Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support general operations
- $30,000
Food Empowerment Project · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2023
To help F.E.P. with the expense of transitioning from a hierarchical organization to one with distributed leadership.
- $30,000
Latitude Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
to support the 2023-2024 Intentional Printmaking Fellowship
- $30,000
Minorities in Agriculture Natural Resources & Related Sci (Manrrs) · Roswell, GA · 2023
To support general operations
- $30,000
Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation · Oak Park, IL · 2023
To support general operations
- $30,000
Racing Magpie · Rapid City, SD · 2023
To support the convening of Waterers Assembly Members, Giftees, and possible future funders
- $30,000
Water Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
To support the Health, Climate, and Equity Convening costs
- $30,000
Chicago Artists Coalition · Chicago, IL · 2022
Fund ten grants at $2,500 each for ALAANA, underrepresented, informally trained, and emerging/early career artists in Chicago.
- $30,000
Latitude Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support capacity building for LATITUDE Chicago, particularly increasing its staff capacity and funding its fellowship program, all of which are roles occupied by artists.
- $30,000
Minorities in Agriculture Natural Resources & Related Sci (Manrrs) · Roswell, GA · 2022
To provide support for 2022 operations.
- $30,000
Theatre Y · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support their capital campaign to acquire and renovate a space in North Lawndale
- $29,000
United Nations Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
to support general operations for UN Foundation to continue to align its efforts around the nexus of ocean health, climate change, and sustainable development
- $28,500
Comfort Station Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support general operations
- $25,000
6018north Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
to provide general operating support
- $25,000
Brown Faces Green Spaces · Gary, IN · 2024
to support outdoor educational opportunities and community engagement in Northwest Indiana
- $25,000
Definition Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2024
to provide general operating support
- $25,000
Enrich Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
to provide general operating support
- $25,000
Food for Climate League · Evanston, IL · 2024
to provide general operating support
- $25,000
Friends of the Chicago River · Chicago, IL · 2024
to provide general operating support
- $25,000
Illinois Humanities Council Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2024
to support a convening on mass incarceration for humanities councils and community partners across the United States
- $25,000
3arts · Chicago, IL · 2023
to support up to 192 Chicago-based artists to attend 3Arts annual award ceremony.
- $25,000
Chicago Humanities Festival · Chicago, IL · 2023
to support audience Engagement at the Epiphany Center Spring 2023
- $25,000
Earth Charter Indiana · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
To educate, engage, and mobilize the Spanish speaking population on climate and environmental justice in Indiana
- $25,000
Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support general operations
- $25,000
Friends of the Chicago River · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support general operations
- $25,000
Ymca of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support general operations
- $25,000
Catcade · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide support for 2022 operations.
- $25,000
Chicago Adventure Therapy · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide support for 2022 operations.
- $25,000
Chicago Blend Group · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide support for 2022 operations.
- $25,000
Chicago Fund for Aging & Disability Dba Meals On Wheels Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support Meals On Wheels Chicago general operations programming.
- $25,000
Enrich Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide support for 2022 operations.
- $25,000
Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operations Support to Chicago African Americans in Philantropy
- $25,000
Justice Cream Shoppe · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support Justice Cream's consulting, feasibility study towards their brick and mortar, and bookkeeping and accounting services.
- $25,000
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide support for 2022 operations.
- $25,000
Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation · Oak Park, IL · 2022
to support general operations for Chicago Latinos In Philanthropy
- $25,000
Operation Warm · Chadds Ford, PA · 2022
To support Operation Warm's general operations Chicago programming
- $25,000
P33 · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide a $25,000 non-dilutive prize to the winner of the TechRise pitch competition for pre-seed stage, Chicago-based, BIPOC/Woman-founded businesses in the Food Industry
- $25,000
The Kurt Grinnell Aquaculture Scholarship Foundation · Gig Harbor, WA · 2022
To support the first year of scholarships for indigenous youth studying aquaculture
- $20,000
Crate Free Illinois · Huntley, IL · 2024
to provide general operating support
- $20,000
A Well-Fed World · Washington, DC · 2022
Regranting to under-resourced grassroots animal advocacy groups led by women, trans and nonbinary, and BIPOC leadership.
- $20,000
Art Council Inc Aka Artadia · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
to support artist specific production costs for Skin in the Game, a non-commercial group exhibition kicking-off during EXPO Chicago that amplifies diverse voices from different cultures to harness the multiplicity of in… read allto support artist specific production costs for Skin in the Game, a non-commercial group exhibition kicking-off during EXPO Chicago that amplifies diverse voices from different cultures to harness the multiplicity of interpretations around skin. less
- $20,000
Friends of the Chicago River · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide support for 2022 operations.
- $17,400
Coastal Quest · Berkeley, CA · 2024
to support educational opportunities for Bahamian individuals concerned about rising sea levels' effects on coastal communities
- $16,000
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To Support AARC's 2022 retreat
- $15,912
Ecotrust · Portland, OR · 2023
Support Coastal Aquaculture Collaboration Retreat
- $15,000
Advocates for Urban Agriculture Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
to support a farmed animal initiative
- $15,000
Food for Climate League · Evanston, IL · 2024
to support training and learning opportunities
- $15,000
Latitude Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
to provide general operating support
- $15,000
New England Young Fishermen'S Alliance · Portsmouth, NH · 2024
to support training and learning opportunities
- $15,000
Partnership for a Healthier America · Washington, DC · 2024
to support training and learning opportunities
- $15,000
Rogue Climate · Phoenix, OR · 2024
to support staff training and learning opportunities
- $15,000
San Diego Bird Alliance · San Diego, CA · 2024
to support training and learning opportunities
- $15,000
San Diego Food System Alliance · San Diego, CA · 2024
to support staff training and learning opportunities
- $15,000
California Ocean Science Trust · Sacramento, CA · 2023
To support OST's internal JEDI efforts.
- $15,000
Chicago Adventure Therapy Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support their current JEDI Learnings
- $15,000
Ecotrust · Portland, OR · 2023
to support Ecotrust's internal JEDI efforts
- $15,000
Faunalytics · San Diego, CA · 2023
Support JEDI work throughout the organization
- $15,000
Food Empowerment Project · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2023
To support their JEDI learning efforts
- $15,000
Guided Discoveries · San Juan Capistrano, CA · 2023
To support CIMI's internal JEDI efforts.
- $15,000
Marine Protected Area Collaborative Network · San Juan Capistrano, CA · 2023
To support Marine Protected Area Collaborative Network's internal JEDI efforts.
- $15,000
Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition · Coos Bay, OR · 2023
To support Oregon Shores' internal JEDI efforts.
- $15,000
Socially Responsible Agricultural Project · Salem, OR · 2023
To support JEDL learning for their Training of Trainers (ToT) model
- $15,000
Southeast Environmental Task Force · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support general operations
- $15,000
U S Green Building Council-Illinois Chapter Dba Illinois Green Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support JEDI learnings for IGA's EDI-focused mentorship program.
- $15,000
Comfort Station Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support artist-driven and designed outdoor public programming adjacent to Comfort Station's exhibition space, including its fall Dia De Los Muertos event in October 2022.
- $15,000
Florida Atlantic University Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
To support a Scoping trip to explore the opportunity for a queen conch aquaculture restoration project in The Bahamas.
- $15,000
The Minneapolis Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
to support RE-AMP's justice, equity, diversity, and equity workshops work with Service Never Sleeps
- $14,250
Comfort Station Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
to provide general operating support
- $14,090
Become · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support Become and their JEDI Learnings program.
- $13,750
Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange · Chicago, IL · 2024
to provide general operating support
- $10,000
Chicago United for Equity · Chicago, IL · 2024
to provide general operating support
- $10,000
Culturemath · Chicago, IL · 2024
to provide general operating support
- $10,000
The University of Georgia Foundation · Athens, GA · 2024
to support a conference discussing advancements in shellfish restoration
- $10,000
Artists' Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
to support ACRE's Summer Annual Fund Campaign.
- $10,000
Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange's work to make art materials available and reduce waste.
- $6,000
People for Community Recovery · Riverdale, IL · 2023
To support general operations
- $6,000
The Chicago Scholars Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support the Emerge Summer Career & Leadership Program
- $5,000
Africa Bridge · Marylhurst, OR · 2024
to provide general operating support
- $5,000
Alliance for the Great Lakes · Chicago, IL · 2024
to provide general operating support
- $5,000
Beyond Hunger · Oak Park, IL · 2024
to provide general operating support
- $5,000
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
to support a project on socio-emotional learning and the outdoors
- $5,000
Crossroads Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
to provide general operating support
- $5,000
Gerberhart Library and Archives · Chicago, IL · 2024
to provide general operating support

