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Waverley Street Foundation

Name: Waverley Street Foundation 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.

309
grants reported: $635.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $1.0M
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

climate hubs center learning partnership food coalition

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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

Regranting intermediaries and pooled climate funds (Tides, Windward, Greengrants)
Regenerative agriculture, agroecology, and farm-to-school food systems
Community-led energy transition: tribal solar, building decarbonization, clean energy jobs
Environmental justice and climate legal defense, US South and Global South
Climate communications, public narrative, and civic engagement
Indigenous land tenure, stewardship, and university-based Indigenous resilience work

Typical grant

The median grant is exactly $1,000,000 and the middle half runs $500,000 to $2,000,000, with a large cluster of clean $1M checks. The eight-figure awards go almost entirely to regranting intermediaries and fiscal sponsors (Thousand Currents $20M, Climate Imperative $18M, Tides $10M, European Climate Foundation $10M) rather than to direct implementers. With 309 grants to 179 recipients, repeat funding is the norm; Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Windward Fund, Tides, Earth Island, Global Greengrants, and Sustainable Markets Foundation each appear more than once, sometimes twice in the same year.

Their words

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

“General Operating Support”
“Climate Hubs Learning Partnership”
“FARM TO School programs”
“Connecting people to nature”
“Communications support”

Positioning adjacent work

Map your work onto the Climate Hubs Learning Partnership: UCLA, CUNY, and College of Menominee Nation each took $1M.
Ask $1,000,000 for a first grant. Anything above $4M has gone to intermediaries, not universities.
Lead with community partnership and health co-benefits, echoing 'Healthy Building, Healthy Communities' framing.
If you are small or unincorporated, route through a fiscal sponsor like Tides, Windward, or Earth Island.

Worth knowing: Money is concentrated in California, DC, and New York, but a real share goes abroad to the Netherlands, Australia, South Africa, Chile, Indonesia, India, and Brazil, so international collaborators help rather than hurt. Giving scaled up sharply in 2024 and flows heavily through a small set of trusted intermediaries and repeat grantees, which signals relationship-driven decisions rather than open competition.

Top recipients

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

Climate Imperative Foundation3 grants · $72.0M
Thousand Currents2 grants · $30.0M
Windward Fund5 grants · $26.0M
Conservation International Foundation4 grants · $23.5M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors10 grants · $23.5M
Tides Foundation4 grants · $23.0M
Clean Future Forum3 grants · $20.0M
Stichting European Climate Foundation2 grants · $20.0M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation6 grants · $18.0M
Selco Foundation3 grants · $12.0M

Giving over time

$164.1M

2022

$207.5M

2023

$264.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 309 grants.

$36.0M
Climate Imperative Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General charitable purpose
$20.0M
Thousand Currents · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$18.0M
Climate Imperative Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$18.0M
Climate Imperative Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General charitable purpose
$10.0M
Stichting European Climate Foundation · 2024
ReNew 2030 Project
$10.0M
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
California ambitions program
$10.0M
Stichting European Climate Foundation · 2023
Renew2030 Project
$10.0M
Thousand Currents · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General charitable purpose
$10.0M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Communities First Fund
$10.0M
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Waverley Street Foundation Fund (DAF)
$8.3M
Stichting Foundation for International Law · 2024
Capacity strengthening
$8.0M
Grid Alternatives · Oakland, CA · 2024
Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund
$8.0M
Clean Future Forum · Washington, DC · 2023
General charitable purpose
$8.0M
Grid Alternatives · Oakland, CA · 2023
Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund
$8.0M
Clean Future Forum · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable purpose
$8.0M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Rural Climate Partnership
$7.5M
Conservation International Foundation · Alrlington, VA · 2024
Broadleaf Initiative
$7.5M
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023
Broadleaf Initiative
$7.5M
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022
Broadleaf Initiative
$7.0M
Potential Energy Coalition · New York, NY · 2024
Communications support
$7.0M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Potential Energy Coalition
$6.0M
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Fossil FUEL Nonproliferation Treaty Initiative
$6.0M
Global Greengrants Fund · Boulder, CO · 2023
Agroecology Fund
$5.0M
California Volunteers Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Climate Corps expansion
$5.0M
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General Operating Support
$5.0M
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative
$5.0M
Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense · Novato, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$5.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation (PACT)
$5.0M
Vereniging Milieudefensie · 2024
General Operating Support
$5.0M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Hive fund
$5.0M
African American Alliance of Cdfi Ceos · Orlando, FL · 2023
Community Builders of Color Coalition
$5.0M
Elemental Excelerator · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General charitable purpose
$5.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
To Support the Equation Campaign
$5.0M
Vereniging Milieudefensie · 2023
General charitable purpose
$5.0M
California Volunteers Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Climate Action Corps Scaling
$4.8M
Climate Jobs National Resource Center · New York, NY · 2024
General Operating Support
$4.8M
Climate Jobs National Resource Center · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purpose
$4.5M
Building Decarbonization Coalition · Petaluma, CA · 2024
Healthy Building, Healthy Communities Project
$4.5M
Building Decarbonization Coalition · Petaluma, CA · 2023
Healthy Building, Healthy Communities Project
$4.3M
Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General Operating Support
$4.3M
Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General charitable purpose
$4.0M
Clean Future Forum · Washington, DC · 2024
General Operating Support
$4.0M
Regents of the University of California Berkeley · Berkely, CA · 2024
Innovative Genomics Institute
$4.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation (PACT)
$4.0M
Selco Foundation · 2024
General Operating Support
$4.0M
Taproot Earth · Tulsa, OK · 2024
General Operating Support
$4.0M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Rural Climate Partnership
$4.0M
Fuse Corps · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Project building climate communities
$4.0M
Selco Foundation · 2023
General charitable purpose
$4.0M
Taproot Earth · Tulsa, OK · 2023
General charitable purpose
$4.0M
Transparency International Ev · 2023
Climate Governance Integrity Programme
$4.0M
Fuse Corps · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Project building climate communities
$4.0M
Selco Foundation · 2022
General charitable purpose
$4.0M
Transparency International Ev · 2022
Climate Governance Integrity Programme
$3.5M
Girl Scouts of the USA · New York, NY · 2024
Connecting people to nature
$3.5M
The New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Sustainable Cities: Local Infrastructure Hub
$3.5M
The New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Sustainable Cities: Local Infrastructure Hub
$3.3M
Cultural Survival · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Securing Indigenous Peoples Right in the Green Economy Coalition
$3.3M
Cultural Survival · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Securing Indigenous Peoples Right in the Green Economy Coalition
$3.0M
Global Greengrants Fund · Boulder, CO · 2024
Agroecology Fund
$3.0M
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Years Project
$3.0M
The Earth Species Project · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General Operating Support
$3.0M
The Years Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General charitable purpose
$3.0M
Intertribal Agriculture Council · Billings, MT · 2022
General charitable purpose
$2.8M
National League of Cities Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Ecotrust - Climate Hubs Learning Partner
$2.8M
Texas Southern University Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Bullard Center Climate Hubs Learning Partnership
$2.5M
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2024
Regenerative agriculture and conservation
$2.5M
Fuse Corps · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Fellowship program
$2.5M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Climate project support
$2.5M
The Sunrise Project Australia Ltd · 2024
General Operating Support
$2.5M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
Climate Nexus Gas Leaks Campaign
$2.5M
The Sunrise Project Australia Ltd · 2023
General charitable purpose
$2.4M
The New School · New York, NY · 2024
General Operating Support
$2.2M
Texas Southern University Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Bullard Center Climate Hubs Learning Partnership
$2.0M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
The Fund for Equitable Good Food Procurement
$2.0M
Avina Americas · Washington, DC · 2024
MapBiomas
$2.0M
Global Greengrants Fund · Boulder, CO · 2024
Safety training & support
$2.0M
Intertribal Agriculture Council · Billings, MT · 2024
General Operating Support
$2.0M
National League of Cities Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Smart Surfaces Coalition
$2.0M
Transparency International Ev · 2024
Climate Governance Integrity Programme
$2.0M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
The Fund for Equitable Good Food Procurement
$2.0M
Comit Civico Del Valle · Brawley, CA · 2023
General charitable purpose
$2.0M
Elemental Excelerator · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Elevating Climate Storytelling through Strategic Communications
$2.0M
Institute for Market Transformation · Washington, DC · 2023
Community Climate Shift
$2.0M
National League of Cities Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Smart Surfaces Coalition
$2.0M
Partnership for Southern Equity · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Project justice 40 accelerator
$2.0M
The Chisholm Legacy Project · Burtonville, MD · 2023
The Chisholm Legacy Project: A Resource Hub for Black Frontline Climate Justice Leadership
$2.0M
The New School · New York, NY · 2023
Tishman environment and design center
$2.0M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Equitable Good Food Procurement
$2.0M
Comit Civico Del Valle · Brawley, CA · 2022
General charitable purpose
$2.0M
Partnership for Southern Equity · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Project justice 40 accelerator
$2.0M
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Agricultural policy grassroots capacity support
$2.0M
Results for America · Washington, DC · 2022
Local Infrastructure Hubs
$2.0M
The New School · New York, NY · 2022
Tishman environment and design center
$2.0M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Farm to fork initiative
$1.7M
Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance · Seattle, WA · 2024
General Operating Support
$1.7M
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance
$1.7M
Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance · Seattle, WA · 2023
Responsible Raw Materials for Energy Transition
$1.5M
Foodcorps · Portland, OR · 2024
FARM TO School programs
$1.5M
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Civic engagement

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