Funding search · EIN 521786332 · Missoula, MT

National Forest Foundation

Name: National Forest Foundation grants, 2021–2023
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.

349
grants reported: $28.4M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $34,639
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. 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

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Top recipients

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Conservation Legacy3 grants · $3.2M
Wetland Initiatives2 grants · $1.3M
Ecoculture3 grants · $995,518
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps - Co3 grants · $932,327
Southern Highlands Reserve2 grants · $738,207
Rio Grande Return3 grants · $606,721
City of Greeley1 grant · $589,153
Tree People3 grants · $583,049
Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes3 grants · $570,908
Vail Valley Mountain Bike Association3 grants · $542,779

Giving over time

$6.5M

2021

$8.6M

2022

$13.3M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 349 grants.

$1.9M
Conservation Legacy · Durango, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$1.1M
Conservation Legacy · Durango, CO · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$673,731
Wetland Initiatives · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$602,943
Ecoculture · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$589,153
City of Greeley · Greeley, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$585,648
Wetland Initiatives · Chicago, IL · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$529,405
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$512,434
Truckee River Watershed Council · Truckee, CA · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$418,207
Southern Highlands Reserve · Lake Toxaway, NC · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$379,950
Ecoculture · Flagstaff, AZ · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$365,688
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps - Co · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$346,325
Boise State University · Boise, ID · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$342,500
American Conservation Experience · Flagstaff, AZ · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$320,000
Southern Highlands Reserve · Lake Toxaway, NC · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$315,055
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps - Co · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$307,191
Rio Grande Return · Santa Fe, NM · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$284,414
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$283,180
Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council · Idyllwide, CA · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$281,883
Rio Grande Return · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$281,481
Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes · Pablo, MT · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$269,215
Washoe Tribe of Nv and Ca · Gardenerville, NV · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$268,630
Tree People · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$261,399
Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes · Pablo, MT · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$251,584
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps - Co · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$250,000
Big Thompson Watershed Coalition · Loveland, CO · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$249,604
The Longleaf Alliance · Andalusia, AL · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$244,000
Friends of Dillon Ranger District · Silverthorne, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$240,240
The Ember Alliance · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$234,988
Big Thompson Watershed Coalition · Loveland, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$227,320
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers · Longmont, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$224,888
Vail Valley Mountain Bike Association · Avon, CO · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$216,665
Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$209,000
West Region Fire Council · Ridgeway, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$201,903
La Conservation Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$201,059
Tree People · Beverly Hills, CA · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$199,991
Lefthand Watershed Oversight Group · Niwot, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$199,973
Coalitions and Collaboratives · Golden, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$199,728
Mile High Youth Corps · Denver, CO · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$199,482
San Diego State University Research Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$197,991
Vail Valley Mountain Bike Association · Avon, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$190,000
Boulder Watershed Collective · Boulder, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$185,813
Conservation Corps of Long Beach · Long Beach, CA · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$181,109
Conservation Legacy · Durango, CO · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$180,000
Overland Mountain Bike Association · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$170,896
Colorado Firecamp · Salida, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$170,000
State of Wyoming · Cheynne, WY · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$165,688
University of Wyoming · Laramie, WY · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$163,686
New Mexico Highlands University · Las Vegas, NM · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$161,289
National Wild Turkey Federation · Edgefield, SC · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$160,813
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$160,000
Friends of Dillon Ranger District · Silverthorne, CO · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$155,294
Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition · Haines, AK · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$152,059
Friends of Verde River Greenway · Cottonwood, AZ · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$150,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$147,555
The Longleaf Alliance · Andalusia, AL · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$146,162
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers · Longmont, CO · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$138,658
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$136,128
American Conservation Experience · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$131,534
Natural Curiosity · Hillsboro, NM · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$119,900
Vail Valley Mountain Bike Association · Avon, CO · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$116,858
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative · Golden, CO · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$115,566
Southern California Mountains Foundation · San Bernardino, CA · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$113,360
Tree People · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$109,298
Technical Assistance Partnership of Az · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$106,949
Arizona Wilderness Coalition · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$104,395
Rocky Mountain Field Institute · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$101,946
Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$101,500
Friends of Dillon Ranger District · Silverthorne, CO · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$101,250
Northern Arizona Univerity Foundation · Flagstaff, AZ · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$100,000
California Wildlife Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$98,512
The University of Montana · Missoula, MT · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$97,830
California Botanic Garden · Claremont, CA · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$95,063
Vm West Lp · Hotchkiss, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$94,315
Student Conservation Association · Arlington, VA · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$93,901
Conservation Corps of Long Beach · Long Beach, CA · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$90,000
Cottonwood Canyons Foundation · Cottonwood Heights, UT · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$90,000
Larimer Conservation District · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$88,815
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps - Nm · Ranchos De Taos, NM · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$88,500
Friends of Co Avalanche Info Center · Evergreen, CO · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$87,867
Cottonwood Canyons Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$86,783
Student Conservation Association · Arlington, VA · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$86,520
Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council · Idyllwide, CA · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$85,000
Salmon Valley Stewardship · Salmon, ID · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$82,446
The Wildlands Conservancy · Oak Glen, CA · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$80,793
Boulder Valley Conservation District · Longmont, CO · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$80,000
Walking Mountains · Avon, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$79,277
Child & Family Services Nw Michigan · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$78,000
Western Landowners Alliance · Denver, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$77,000
University of Wyoming · Laramie, WY · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$76,290
Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Ak · Juneau, AK · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$72,500
Irvine Ranch Conservancy · Irvine, CA · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$70,000
Cottonwood Canyons Foundation · Cottonwood Heights, UT · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$69,278
Seeds · Traverse City, MI · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$65,676
Friends of the Inyo · Bishop, CA · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$65,199
Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council · Idyllwide, CA · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$65,000
Walking Mountains Science Center · Avon, CO · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$64,558
Mesa County Public Health · Grand Junction, CO · 2021
Support us national forests and grasslands
$64,450
University of Montana · Missoula, MT · 2022
Support us national forests and grasslands
$62,937
Kenai Watershed Forum · Soldotna, AK · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands
$62,280
Friends of Colorado Avalanche Information Center · Evergreen, CO · 2023
Support us national forests and grasslands

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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.