Funding search · EIN 200429029 · Los Angeles, CA

Emmett Foundation

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

284
grants reported
$8.5M
total given
2021–2023
filing years
$2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Cate School3 grants · $2.6M
  • UCLA Foundation3 grants · $1.7M
  • Stanford University2 grants · $1.0M
  • Yale University3 grants · $584,000
  • Sustainable Conservation3 grants · $151,000
  • Tompkins Conservation3 grants · $150,000
  • One Percent for the Planet3 grants · $150,000
  • Natural Resources Defense Council2 grants · $105,000
  • Environmental Defense Fund2 grants · $100,000
  • The Nature Conservancy2 grants · $100,000

Giving over time

$2.3M
2021
$3.3M
2022
$2.9M
2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 284 grants.

  • $1.6M

    Cate School · Carpinteria, CA · 2023

    To benefit education

  • $1.0M

    Cate School · Carpinteria, CA · 2022

    To benefit education

  • $900,000

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    To benefit education

  • $799,883

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    To benefit education

  • $500,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023

    To benefit education

  • $500,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022

    To benefit education

  • $384,000

    Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2021

    To benefit education

  • $100,000

    Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023

    To benefit education

  • $100,000

    Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022

    To benefit education

  • $77,777

    Union Rescue Mission · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    To benefit homeless shelters

  • $55,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · Santa Monica, CA · 2021

    To benefit public health and safeguard nature

  • $51,000

    Sustainable Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    To conserve california's land, air and water

  • $50,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    To preserve the land and wildlife

  • $50,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    To benefit wildlife

  • $50,000

    One Percent for the Planet · Burlington, VT · 2023

    To support an alliance of businesses for a healthy planet

  • $50,000

    Sustainable Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    To conserve california's land, air and water

  • $50,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    To benefit environment

  • $50,000

    Tompkins Conservation · Ventura, CA · 2023

    To benefit wildlife

  • $50,000

    One Percent for the Planet · Burlington, VT · 2022

    To support an alliance of businesses for a healthy planet

  • $50,000

    Sustainable Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To conserve california's land, air and water

  • $50,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    To benefit environment

  • $50,000

    Tompkins Conservation · Ventura, CA · 2022

    To benefit wildlife

  • $50,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2021

    To support solutions of carbon emissions globally

  • $50,000

    Nature Conservancy · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    To promote environmental conservation in all 50 states and 70 countries

  • $50,000

    One Percent for the Planet · Burlington, VT · 2021

    To support an alliance of businesses for a healthy planet

  • $50,000

    Tompkins Conservation · Ventura, CA · 2021

    To benefit the wildlife

  • $50,000

    Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2021

    To promote solutions for healthier democracy and science for environmental justice

  • $50,000

    University of New Hampshire Foundation · Durham, NH · 2021

    To benefit education

  • $45,000

    Green Science Policy Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2021

    To prevent and protect health from chemicals of concern

  • $40,000

    Saint John'S Health Center Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    Honoring doctor prudente and elson

  • $40,000

    Seventh Generation Advisors · Santa Monica, CA · 2021

    To protect environment and fight climate change

  • $38,500

    Environmental Defense Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    To benefit endeavors to protect the environment and promote environmental education

  • $30,000

    Altasea · San Pedro, CA · 2023

    To develop and scale up rapid solutions for some of the planet's most pressing challenges, such as climate change, energy supply, and global food security

  • $30,000

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    To benefit education

  • $30,000

    Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2022

    To benefit education

  • $30,000

    Altasea · San Pedro, CA · 2021

    To support innovative solutions to global challenges of human and environmental sustainabilty

  • $25,000

    South Fork Natural History Museum · Bridgehampton, NY · 2023

    To benefit endeavors to raise environmental awareness

  • $25,000

    The Fund for the People in Parks · Oakland, CA · 2023

    To benefit the parks' program required by law

  • $25,000

    South Fork Natural History Museum · Bridgehampton, NY · 2022

    To benefit endeavors to raise environmental awareness

  • $25,000

    The Fund for the People in Parks · Oakland, CA · 2022

    To benefit the parks' program required by law

  • $25,000

    Tidelines Institute · Gustavus, CA · 2022

    To benefit education

  • $25,000

    Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    To use science to develope solutions for healthy, safe and just future

  • $25,000

    University of New Hampshire Foundation · Durham, NH · 2022

    To benefit education

  • $25,000

    South Fork Natural History Museum · Bridgehampton, NY · 2021

    To benefit endeavors to raise environmental awareness

  • $25,000

    The Fund for the People in Parks · Oakland, CA · 2021

    To benefit the parks' program required by law

  • $20,000

    Columbia Law School · New York, NY · 2023

    To benefit education

  • $20,000

    Ecoamerica · Washington, DC · 2023

    To move society towards climate solutions

  • $20,000

    Energy Independence Now · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    To promote renewable hydrogen infrastructure for transportation

  • $20,000

    Green Science Policy Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    To facilitate safer use of chemicals to protect human and ecological health

  • $20,000

    Riviera Ridge School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    To benefit education

  • $20,000

    Seventh Generation Advisors · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    To empower indviduals and organizations to create and adopt solutions that protect our environment

  • $20,000

    Claremont McKenna College · Claremont, CA · 2022

    To benefit education

  • $20,000

    Columbia Law School · New York, NY · 2022

    To benefit education

  • $20,000

    Conservation Lands Foundation · Durango, CO · 2022

    To protect and restore the national conservation lands through education

  • $20,000

    Energy Independence Now · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    To promote renewable hydrogen infrastructure for transportation

  • $20,000

    Mare · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022

    To support resources for adoption

  • $20,000

    Riviera Ridge School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    To benefit education

  • $20,000

    Center for Public Integrity · Washington, DC · 2021

    To benefit the organization's operations

  • $20,000

    Columbia Law School · New York, NY · 2021

    To benefit education

  • $20,000

    Conservation Lands Foundation · Durango, CO · 2021

    To protect and restore the national conservation lands through education

  • $20,000

    Ecoamerica · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    To benefit the ecosystem

  • $20,000

    Energy Independence Now · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    To promote renewable hydrogen infrastructure for transportation

  • $17,500

    Clean Coalition · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    To support renewable energy

  • $15,000

    Environmental Defense Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    To benefit endeavors to protect the environment and promote environmental education

  • $15,000

    Heal the Ocean · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    To benefit endeavors to prevent ocean pollution

  • $15,000

    Heal the Ocean · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    To benefit endeavors to prevent ocean pollution

  • $15,000

    Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2021

    To benefit education

  • $15,000

    Heal the Ocean · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    To benefit endeavors to prevent ocean pollution

  • $13,000

    California State Parks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To protect and preserve the california state park system

  • $11,500

    Santa Barbara Channelkeeper · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    To benefit endeavors to protect and restore the santa barbara channel

  • $11,000

    St Matthew'S Parish School · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2022

    To benefit education

  • $10,000

    Center for Biological Diversity · Oakland, CA · 2023

    To benefit the wildlife

  • $10,000

    Island Press · Washington, DC · 2023

    To benefit endeavors to protect and sustain the environment

  • $10,000

    The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    To protect natural resources, agricultural land, and open spaces for present and future generations

  • $10,000

    The Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    To protect and create parks

  • $10,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023

    To save wildlife and wild place worldwide

  • $10,000

    Center for Biological Diversity · Oakland, CA · 2022

    To benefit the wildlife

  • $10,000

    Crossroads School · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    To benefit education

  • $10,000

    Harvard · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    To benefit education

  • $10,000

    Island Press · Washington, DC · 2022

    To benefit endeavors to protect and sustain the environment

  • $10,000

    Restore Hetch Hetchy · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    To support restoring the hetch hetchy valley to natural splendor

  • $10,000

    The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    To protect natural resources, agricultural land, and open spaces for present and future generations

  • $10,000

    The Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To protect and create parks

  • $10,000

    Wild Earth Guardians · Santa Fe, NM · 2022

    To protect and restore wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and the health of the american west

  • $10,000

    California State Parks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    To protect and preserve the california state park system

  • $10,000

    Cate School · Carpinteria, CA · 2021

    To benefit education

  • $10,000

    Center for Biological Diversity · Oakland, CA · 2021

    To benefit the wildlife

  • $10,000

    Claremont McKenna College · Claremont, CA · 2021

    To benefit education

  • $10,000

    Environmental Defense Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    To benefit endeavors to protect the environment and promote environmental education

  • $10,000

    Gwendolyn Strong Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    To promote inclusive future for those with disabilities

  • $10,000

    Harvard · Cambridge, MA · 2021

    To benefit education

  • $10,000

    National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DE · 2021

    To conserve the national parks

  • $10,000

    Riviera Ridge School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    To benefit education

  • $10,000

    St Matthew'S Parish School · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2021

    To benefit education

  • $10,000

    The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021

    To protect natural resources, agricultural land, and open spaces for present and future generations

  • $10,000

    Trust for Public Land · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    To protect the public land

  • $7,500

    Santa Barbara City College Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    To benefit education

  • $6,570

    International School of Florence · 2023

    To benefit education

  • $5,600

    Santa Cruz Island Foundation · Carpinteria, CA · 2022

    To benefit the nature conservancy of the california channel islands

  • $5,000

    Coalition for Clean Air · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    To protect public health, imporve air quality and prevent climate change

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