Funding search · EIN 046856456 · Boston, MA

Grantham Foundation for the Protection

Name: Grantham Foundation for the Protection grants, 2022–2024
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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.

255
grants reported: $182.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $400,000
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.

What they fund

research climate policy science food agriculture education conservation

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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.

Where the money goes

Climate science and policy research, the bulk of all grants
Carbon removal, geothermal and climate tech field-building
Named Grantham institutes at LSE, Imperial, Sheffield
Food and agriculture research, mostly soil and regenerative systems
International environmental law and climate litigation support
Climate communications and climate education intermediaries

Typical grant

Median grant is $400,000, with the middle half running $170,000 to $980,000. The seven-figure checks go to intermediaries and regranters (Windward Fund, New Venture Fund, Stichting SED Fund, Meliore, Conservation International) and to the endowed Grantham institutes, which renew every year at $2.4M to $3.3M. University research awards cluster between $150,000 and $900,000, and repeat giving to the same names across 2022-2024 is the norm rather than the exception.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“CLIMATE SCIENCE & POLICY RESEARCH”
“NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION”
“FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH”
“CLIMATE COMMUNICATIONS”
“CRITICAL MINERALS RESEARCH”

Positioning adjacent work

Frame academic work as "CLIMATE SCIENCE & POLICY RESEARCH" with a named policy audience, not as basic science.
Ask $400,000 to $900,000 for a university project; seven figures goes to intermediaries and institutes.
Emerging niches show real openings: critical minerals, marine science, geothermal, carbon removal measurement.
Agriculture proposals should hit soil, regenerative practice, or food systems, following Ecdysis, Rodale, UC Davis.

Worth knowing: This is a global funder run from Boston: UK, Dutch, Belgian, Canadian and Australian institutions take some of the largest checks, and the Grantham Institutes at LSE, Imperial and Sheffield are permanent commitments rather than competitive awards. Giving looks strongly relationship-driven, with a small set of intermediaries and fiscal sponsors absorbing a large share, so a warm introduction through an existing grantee matters more than a cold approach.

Top recipients

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

Stichting Sed Fund3 grants · $10.3M
Stichting Foundation for International Law for the Environment3 grants · $10.0M
Windward Fund3 grants · $9.1M
London School of Economics and Political Science3 grants · $8.5M
Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine3 grants · $6.6M
University of California Los Angeles2 grants · $5.4M
Conservation International3 grants · $5.0M
Rmi3 grants · $4.9M
Carbon Gap Ltd3 grants · $4.8M
New Venture Fund2 grants · $4.5M

Giving over time

$54.6M

2022

$61.3M

2023

$67.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 255 grants.

$4.9M
Stichting Foundation for International Law for the Environment · 2023
Natural resource conservation and protection
$4.5M
Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2024
Natural resource conservation and protection
$4.1M
Stichting Foundation for International Law for the Environment · 2024
Natural resource conservation and protection
$4.0M
Stichting Sed Fund · 2023
Climate education
$3.7M
University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Cdr research
$3.7M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Climate science & policy research
$3.3M
Stichting Sed Fund · 2022
Climate education
$3.3M
London School of Economics and Political Science · 2024
Support for the grantham institute
$3.0M
Stichting Sed Fund · 2024
Climate education
$2.9M
London School of Economics and Political Science · 2023
Support for the grantham institute
$2.8M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$2.7M
Carbon Gap Ltd · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$2.6M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Methane and cdr research and education
$2.5M
Meliore Fup · 2024
Climate communications
$2.5M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$2.5M
Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine · 2024
Support for the grantham institute
$2.4M
Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine · 2023
Support for the grantham institute
$2.4M
Project Innerspace · Marshfield, MA · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$2.3M
London School of Economics and Political Science · 2022
Support for the grantham institute
$2.1M
Linden Trust for Conservation · New York, NY · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$2.0M
Potsdam Institut Fur Klimafolgenforschung Ev · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$2.0M
Meliore Fup · 2023
Climate communications
$2.0M
Spark Climate Solutions · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Climate science & policy research
$2.0M
Stichting Rewilding Europe Foundation · 2023
Natural resource conservation and protection
$2.0M
Carbon Mapper · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Methane emission detection
$2.0M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Geologic cdr in oceans
$2.0M
Rmi · Boulder, CO · 2022
Climatetech education
$2.0M
Stichting European Climate Foundation · 2022
Climate communications
$1.8M
Cascade Climate · Somerville, MA · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$1.8M
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Carbon mineralization project
$1.7M
Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine · 2022
Support for the grantham institute
$1.7M
University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Climate science & policy research
$1.7M
Rmi · Boulder, CO · 2023
Climate science & policy research
$1.5M
Carbon Gap Ltd · 2023
Climate science & policy research
$1.5M
Carbon Mapper · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$1.5M
Rockefeller Family Fund (Daf) · New York, NY · 2024
Natural resource conservation and protection
$1.5M
Project Innerspace · Marshfield, MA · 2023
Climate science & policy research
$1.5M
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · New York, NY · 2022
Hydrogen and climate litigation
$1.5M
Wild Aid · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Climate communications
$1.4M
Stichting Rewilding Europe Foundation · 2022
Peatlands restoration
$1.3M
Regents of the University of Colorado · Boulder, CO · 2023
Climate science & policy research
$1.3M
Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$1.3M
Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation · Juneau, AK · 2023
Mariculture research
$1.2M
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · New York, NY · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$1.2M
Rmi · Boulder, CO · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$1.2M
Carbon Removal Foundation · 2023
Climate science & policy research
$1.2M
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Food and agriculture research
$1.2M
University of Alberta · 2022
Sustainable mineral research
$1.1M
Carbon Removal Foundation · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$1.1M
University of Alberta · 2023
Natural resource conservation and protection
$1.0M
University of Sheffield · 2022
Support for the grantham center
$1.0M
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne · 2023
Climate science & policy research
$1.0M
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research · Washington, DC · 2024
Food and agriculture research
$1.0M
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Food and agriculture research
$1.0M
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · New York, NY · 2023
Climate science & policy research
$1.0M
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research · Washington, DC · 2023
Food and agriculture research
$1.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
Food and agriculture research
$1.0M
Ctrees · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Tree carbon research
$1.0M
Elemental Excelerator · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Responsible cdr
$1.0M
Global Witness · Washington, DC · 2022
Climate investigative research
$1.0M
Rockefeller Family Fund (Daf) · New York, NY · 2022
Climate litigation
$1.0M
Spark Climate Solutions · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Methane research
$1.0M
Stichting Foundation for International Law for the Environment · 2022
Climate litigation
$982,233
University of Sheffield · 2024
Support for the grantham centre
$977,014
University of Sheffield · 2023
Support for the grantham centre
$950,000
350 Org · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Investing in community driven solutions
$941,771
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Carbon removal on farmland research
$900,000
University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2024
Food and agriculture research
$900,000
Altasea · San Pedro, CA · 2022
Macroalgae seed bank
$762,000
Indian Institute of Science · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$750,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$750,000
Ecdysis Foundation · Estelline, SD · 2023
Food and agriculture research
$750,000
Rockefeller Family Fund (Daf) · New York, NY · 2023
Natural resource conservation and protection
$750,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Sustainable agriculture research
$731,440
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$728,696
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024
Food and agriculture research
$700,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Food and agriculture research
$647,133
Regents of the University of Colorado · Boulder, CO · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$613,488
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
Food and agriculture research
$600,000
Convergent Research · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Marine sciene & policy research
$600,000
Indian Institute of Science · 2023
Support for the divecha center
$600,000
Internationella Kemikaliesekretariatet · 2023
Environmental health science & policy research
$600,000
Carbon Gap Ltd · 2022
Carbon removal policy in europe
$600,000
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Soil carbon research
$600,000
Indian Institute of Science · Mountain View, CA · 2022
Support for the divecha center
$600,000
University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Cdr research
$597,235
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
Food and agriculture research
$583,000
University of Thessaly · 2023
Climate science & policy research
$583,000
University of Thessaly · 2022
Greenhouse gas research
$575,000
Universit De Versailles St Quentin En Yvelines · 2023
Climate science & policy research
$563,000
University of British Columbia · 2022
Sustainable mineral research
$544,756
University of California Riverside · Riverside, CA · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$541,164
University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2023
Food and agriculture research
$535,000
World Ocean Council · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Ocean cdr education
$527,732
Convergent Research · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Marine sciene & policy research
$523,559
Royal Roads University Foundation · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$504,633
Cambridge in America · New York, NY · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$500,000
350org · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Environmental education
$500,000
Better Climate Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Climate science & policy research
$500,000
Carbon Tracker Initiative · New York, NY · 2024
Climate finance

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