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Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated

Name: Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

734
grants reported: $71.8M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

climate methane affairs public government advocacy justice resilient

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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

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Environmental Defense Action Fund2 grants · $13.2M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors2 grants · $5.8M
Tides Foundation3 grants · $4.1M
Emergent Forest Finance Accelerator3 grants · $1.9M
Openet2 grants · $1.8M
Cornell University2 grants · $1.3M
Ceres3 grants · $1.1M
Colorado State University3 grants · $1.0M
Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health3 grants · $993,604
Cornell University1 grant · $931,793

Giving over time

$26.7M

2021

$23.2M

2022

$14.1M

2023

$7.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 734 grants.

$7.9M
Environmental Defense Action Fund · New York, NY · 2022
public & government
$5.7M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2021
$5.4M
Environmental Defense Action Fund · New York, NY · 2023
$3.3M
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021
$1.5M
Openet · Carson City, NV · 2021
$931,793
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
Methane
$918,604
Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health · Boston, MA · 2021
$784,700
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2021
$762,400
Emergent Forest Finance Accelerator · New York, NY · 2021
$754,000
Emergent Forest Finance Accelerator · New York, NY · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions-Tropical Forests,Global TA & Fin
$711,619
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
$700,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Justice and Equity
$655,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2021
$612,286
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2021
$588,017
Bonneville Environmental Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022
Climate Resilient Water Systems : Colorado River Water
$585,000
Regents of the Uni of Ca Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
$414,685
West Virginia University Research Corp · Morgantown, WV · 2023
$407,800
Emergent Forest Finance Accelerator · New York, NY · 2023
$400,096
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies · Millbrook, NY · 2021
$400,000
Western Conservation Action · Denver, CO · 2021
$394,274
Regents of the Univ of Ca Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Economic Capacity,Natural Climate Solutions : Agricultural Soils
$391,313
The Regents of the University of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2021
$358,099
Regents of the Univeristy of Michigan (the) · Ann Arbor, MI · 2021
$352,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions-Tropical Forests,Int Policy & Part
$351,908
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2021
$336,333
Partnership Project Inc (the) · Washington, DC · 2021
$315,000
Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Public and Government Affairs (US)
$311,229
Resources for the Future · Washington, DC · 2021
$302,995
Openet · Carson City, NV · 2022
Climate Resilient Water Systems
$300,000
Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Partnerships
$299,644
Woods Hole Research Center · Falmouth, MA · 2021
$295,000
African American Mayors Association · Washington, DC · 2022
US Community Engagement,USCE Partnerships,USCE Implementation,Global Transportation/Trucks
$294,354
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2021
$292,356
University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions,Agricultural Soils
$275,000
Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Global Clean Air : Clean Air Science
$266,613
Kansas State University · Manhattan, KS · 2021
$265,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
$250,000
Five Nature Llc · Miami, FL · 2023
$250,000
Mendocino County Resource Conservation District · Ukiah, CA · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions-Tropical Forests
$250,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions,Agricultural Soils
$250,000
African American Mayors Association · Washington, DC · 2021
$250,000
Center for Applied Environ Law & Policy · Boulder, CO · 2021
$250,000
Pennsylvania State University (the) · University Park, PA · 2021
$247,500
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2023
$245,000
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions-Tropical Forests,Int Policy & Part
$245,000
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions-Tropical Forests,Int Policy & Part,Global TA & Fin
$243,750
Convergent Research · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions,Blue Carbon
$241,089
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Carrboro, NC · 2023
$240,000
Community College Partners Program · Locust Grove, GA · 2023
$240,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2022
Methane : Global Methane Advocacy,Investor Engagement,Investor Engagement : Financial Products
$240,000
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Found · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Public and Government Affairs (US),Decarbonizing US Power,Public and Government Affairs (US),State Affairs
$240,000
Woods Hole Research Center · Falmouth, MA · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions,Agricultural Soils
$240,000
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Found · San Francisco, CA · 2021
$235,501
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior Un · Redwood City, CA · 2021
$225,000
The Deep S Ctr for Environmental Justice · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Justice and Equity,Transform Petrochemicals
$220,000
Emerging Markets Investors Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
Corporate engagement
$215,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022
Climate Resilient Fisheries & Oceans
$212,500
Ihs Global · Englewood, CO · 2023
$210,000
Interfaith Center On Corp Responsibility · New York, NY · 2022
Investor Engagement,Methane : US Methane : US Methane Advocacy
$205,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2024
Methane
$200,000
Planet Reimagined · New York, NY · 2024
Communications
$200,000
Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2023
$192,500
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2024
Corporate engagement
$192,223
University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI · 2024
Hydrogen
$190,000
African American Mayors Association · Washington, DC · 2023
$189,368
Trustees of Columbia Univ in the City of Ny · New York, NY · 2023
$170,000
Ground Water Research & Education Found · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
$170,000
Community College Partners Program · Locust Grove, GA · 2022
Justice and Equity
$168,839
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Fisheries & oceans
$167,523
Elevate Energy · Chicago, IL · 2021
$167,513
Greenbiz Group · Oakland, CA · 2021
$167,500
Interfaith Center On Corp Responsibility · New York, NY · 2023
$160,000
Winrock Int'L Institute for Agricultural Dev · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions-Tropical Forests,Global TA & Fin
$158,971
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
Fisheries & oceans
$157,500
Pennsylvania Environmental Councilinc · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
$155,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
$152,543
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Science and innovation
$152,009
Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2021
$150,000
Karuk Tribe · Happy Camp, CA · 2022
Natural Climate Solutions-Tropical Forests
$150,000
Pennsylvania Environmental Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Build to Zero-Decarbonizing US Power&State Climate Policy,Public and Government Affairs (US)
$150,000
Third Way · Washington, DC · 2021
$150,000
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2021
$145,675
Pennsylvania State University (the) · University Park, PA · 2024
Orphan wells
$142,145
West Virginia University Research Corporation · Morgantown, WV · 2024
Hydrogen
$140,000
Pennsylvania Environmental Councilinc · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
$139,357
Texas a&M University · College Station, TX · 2021
$137,721
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York · Albany, NY · 2024
Science and innovation
$136,000
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Climate Smart Agriculture : Ag Finance,Methane : US Methane : US Methane Legal & Reg; Transform Petrochemicals
$132,500
African American Mayors Assoc · Washington, DC · 2024
Build to zero
$130,000
Wetlands Watch · Norfolk, VA · 2023
$130,000
Environment America Research & Policy Center · Denver, CO · 2022
Climate & Health,One Breath Partnership,Methane,US Methane&US Methane Advocacy
$129,000
Trustees of Columbia Univ in the City of Ny · New York, NY · 2022
Caribbean Clean Energy Access & Climate Adaptation,Investor Engagement-Financial Regulation
$125,000
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Clean air
$125,000
Ocean Outcomes · Portland, OR · 2022
Climate Resilient Fisheries & Oceans
$125,000
Acumen Fund Inc Dba Acumen · New York, NY · 2021
$124,226
University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI · 2023
$124,226
University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI · 2022
Hydrogen
$120,904
Texas a&M University · College Station, TX · 2022
Transform Petrochemicals,Climate & Health,Gulf Research
$120,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
$118,770
St Vincents Hill Neighborhood Coalition · Vallejo, CA · 2021

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.