Funding search · EIN 530204616 · Reston, VA

National Wildlife Federation

Name: National Wildlife Federation 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.

367
grants reported: $37.2M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $22,845
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.

What they fund

conservation grazing permit

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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

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

Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority1 grant · $9.8M
Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority2 grants · $8.6M
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians3 grants · $1.6M
National Audubon Society3 grants · $1.5M
Town of Oxford1 grant · $1.2M
Etchart Sheep Ranch Llc1 grant · $800,000
National Wildlife Federation Action Fund1 grant · $612,000
Santa Monica Mountains Fund3 grants · $430,979
University of Wisconsin1 grant · $360,000
Citizens for Pennsylvania2 grants · $347,826

Giving over time

$6.3M

2021

$11.4M

2022

$19.6M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 367 grants.

$9.8M
Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Conservation assistance
$6.3M
Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Conservation assistance
$2.3M
Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Conservation assistance
$1.2M
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians · Odanah, WI · 2023
Conservation assistance
$1.2M
Town of Oxford · Oxford, MD · 2023
Conservation assistance
$800,000
Etchart Sheep Ranch Llc · Montrose, CO · 2023
Conservation assistance
$623,692
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2023
Conservation assistance
$612,000
National Wildlife Federation Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Conservation assistance
$558,727
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2022
Conservation assistance
$360,000
University of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2022
Conservation assistance
$312,454
Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative · Kinnear, WY · 2023
Conservation assistance
$290,574
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2021
Conservation assistance
$249,076
Citizens for Pennsylvania · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
Conservation assistance
$210,000
Academy of Natural Sciences · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Conservation assistance
$200,000
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023
Conservation assistance
$196,858
Citizens for Pennsylvania'S Future · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Conservation assistance
$180,000
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians · Odanah, WI · 2021
Conservation assistance
$178,869
The Center for Aquatic Sciences · Camden, NJ · 2023
Conservation assistance
$178,622
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians · Odanah, WI · 2022
Conservation assistance
$174,533
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2023
Conservation assistance
$169,959
Santa Monica Mountains Fund · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2023
Conservation assistance
$163,205
Santa Monica Mountains Fund · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2021
Conservation assistance
$150,407
Centro De Apoyo Familiar · Riverdale, MD · 2023
Conservation assistance
$146,225
New Jersey Audubon Society · Bernardsville, NJ · 2022
Conservation assistance
$144,632
Center for Aquatic Sciences · Camden, NJ · 2021
Conservation assistance
$129,416
Minnesota Conservation Federation · Duluth, MN · 2023
Conservation assistance
$121,509
Wildlife Information Center Dba Lehigh Gap Nature Center · Slatington, PA · 2023
Conservation assistance
$117,249
Louisiana Wildlife Federation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2023
Conservation assistance
$114,896
Tennessee Wildlife Federation · Nashville, TN · 2023
Conservation assistance
$114,292
Delaware Nature Society · Hockessin, DE · 2023
Conservation assistance
$112,467
South Baltimore Community Land Trust · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Conservation assistance
$110,000
Wild Salmon Center · Portland, OR · 2022
Conservation assistance
$105,776
Conservation Council for Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Conservation assistance
$105,739
Sussex Health & Environmental Network · Selbyville, DE · 2023
Conservation assistance
$104,715
Lehigh Gap Nature Center Wildlife Information Center · Slatington, PA · 2022
Conservation assistance
$104,631
Colorado Wildlife Federation · Denver, CO · 2023
Conservation assistance
$102,036
Prairie Rivers Network · Champaign, IL · 2023
Conservation assistance
$98,750
Citizens for Pennsylvania · Harrisburg, PA · 2021
Conservation assistance
$98,493
Delaware Nature Society · Hockessin, DE · 2021
Conservation assistance
$97,815
Santa Monica Mountains Fund · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2022
Conservation assistance
$95,700
Gap Inc Community Child Development Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Conservation assistance
$94,396
Arkansas Wildlife Federation · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Conservation assistance
$94,316
Arkansas Wildlife Federation · Little Rock, AR · 2023
Conservation assistance
$92,263
West Virginia Rivers Coalition · Charleston, WV · 2023
Conservation assistance
$89,990
Delaware Nature Society · Hockessin, DE · 2022
Conservation assistance
$89,156
Indiana Wildlife Federation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Conservation assistance
$87,778
District of Columbia Grassroots Empowerment Project Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2023
Conservation assistance
$87,203
Tookanytacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Conservation assistance
$85,326
West Virginia Rivers Coalition · Charleston, WV · 2022
Conservation assistance
$85,300
New Jersey Audubon Society · Bernardsville, NJ · 2021
Conservation assistance
$85,000
Community College Partners Program · Locust Grove, GA · 2022
Conservation assistance
$78,528
Prairie Rivers Network · Champaign, IL · 2022
Conservation assistance
$77,644
New Mexico Wildlife Fed · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Conservation assistance
$77,154
Mississippi Wildlife Federation · Jackson, MS · 2023
Conservation assistance
$76,413
Mississippi Wildlife Fed · Jackson, MS · 2022
Conservation assistance
$75,000
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Conservation assistance
$75,000
West Harlem Environmental Action · New York, NY · 2022
Conservation assistance
$75,000
Milwaukee Water Commons · Milwaukee, WI · 2021
Conservation assistance
$73,691
Arizona Wildlife Federation · Mesa, AZ · 2023
Conservation assistance
$72,000
Freshwater Future · Petoskey, MI · 2022
Conservation assistance
$71,000
Natural Resources Council · Augusta, ME · 2021
Conservation assistance
$69,360
Louisiana Wildlife Federation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2021
Conservation assistance
$68,550
Mississippi Wildlife Fed · Jackson, MS · 2021
Conservation assistance
$67,363
Pcl Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Conservation assistance
$66,736
National Park Service Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2022
Conservation assistance
$66,688
John Bartram Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Conservation assistance
$66,665
Watershed Institute · Pennington, NJ · 2023
Conservation assistance
$66,466
Wyoming Wildlife Federation · Lander, WY · 2023
Conservation assistance
$66,275
National Park Service · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2021
Conservation assistance
$64,750
West Virginia Rivers Coalition · Charleston, WV · 2021
Conservation assistance
$64,619
Rangeland Wild Dba Working Circle · San Clemente, CA · 2023
Conservation assistance
$63,431
Montana Wildlife Federation · Helena, MT · 2022
Conservation assistance
$62,776
Natural Resources Council of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2022
Conservation assistance
$61,600
Watershed Institute · Pennington, NJ · 2021
Conservation assistance
$61,249
The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Conservation assistance
$60,000
Data for Social Good Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Conservation assistance
$58,584
John Bartram Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Conservation assistance
$58,508
Virginia Conservation Network · Richmond, VA · 2023
Conservation assistance
$57,841
Montana Wildlife Federation · Helena, MT · 2023
Conservation assistance
$57,302
New Jersey Audubon Society · Bernardsville, NJ · 2023
Conservation assistance
$56,298
Pocono Environmental Education Center · Dingmans Ferry, PA · 2023
Conservation assistance
$55,000
The Partnership Project Action Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Conservation assistance
$54,669
Arizona Wildlife Federation · Mesa, AZ · 2022
Conservation assistance
$54,516
Utah Wildlife Federation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Conservation assistance
$53,850
Arkansas Wildlife Federation · Little Rock, AR · 2021
Conservation assistance
$53,763
Virginia Conservation Network · Richmond, VA · 2022
Conservation assistance
$53,500
Utah Wildlife Federation · Murray, UT · 2021
Conservation assistance
$52,791
Louisiana Wildlife Federation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022
Conservation assistance
$50,262
The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Conservation assistance
$50,035
Southeast Alaska Conservation · Juneau, AK · 2021
Conservation assistance
$50,000
Healthy Gulf · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Conservation assistance
$50,000
Jastech Development Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Conservation assistance
$48,750
Milwaukee Water Commons · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Conservation assistance
$48,682
Environmental League of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2022
Conservation assistance
$47,580
Heritage Conservancy · Doylestown, PA · 2023
Conservation assistance
$47,500
Ohio Environmental Council · Columbus, OH · 2022
Conservation assistance
$47,476
Wyoming Wildlife Federation · Lander, WY · 2022
Conservation assistance
$47,047
John Bartram Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Conservation assistance
$47,008
Idaho Wildlife Federation · Boise, ID · 2023
Conservation assistance
$46,508
Environmental Advocates of New York · Albany, NY · 2023
Conservation assistance

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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.