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Western Conservation Foundation

Name: Western Conservation Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

299
grants reported: $20.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $47,000
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

conservation educati clean energy advised

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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.

Western Conservation Action3 grants · $1.0M
Vet Voice Foundation3 grants · $822,300
National Wildlife Federation3 grants · $793,716
Mountain Mamas3 grants · $451,500
Western Resource Advocates3 grants · $437,000
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance2 grants · $433,300
Hispanic Access Foundation3 grants · $423,000
Trout Unlimited3 grants · $400,500
Sierra Business Council3 grants · $386,400
League of Conservation Voters Educa3 grants · $386,111

Giving over time

$6.7M

2022

$6.6M

2023

$7.6M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 299 grants.

$362,500
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2022
Conservation edu.
$350,000
Western Conservation Action · Denver, CO · 2022
Conservation edu.
$345,000
Western Conservation Action · Denver, CO · 2023
Conservation educati
$325,300
Vet Voice Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022
Conservation edu.
$310,000
Western Conservation Action · Denver, CO · 2024
Conservation educati
$287,000
Vet Voice Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
Conservation educati
$282,300
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Conservation educati
$260,000
The Denver Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Donor advised fund
$229,000
Arizona Wildlife Federation · Mesa, AZ · 2024
Conservation educati
$225,000
Wild Mt (Mt Wilderness Association) · Helena, MT · 2023
Conservation educati
$225,000
Institute for a Progressive Nevada · Henderson, NV · 2022
Conservation edu.
$221,216
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2024
Conservation educati
$210,000
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2023
Conservation educati
$210,000
Vet Voice Foundation · Portland, OR · 2023
Conservation educati
$201,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Conservation educati
$195,000
Indigenous Voices of Nevada · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
Conservation edu.
$188,000
Nevada Conservation League Educatio · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
Conservation edu.
$187,500
Hispanic Access Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Conservation edu.
$185,000
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2024
Conservation educati
$178,440
League of Conservation Voters Educa · Washington, DC · 2024
Clean energy educati
$177,000
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2024
Conservation educati
$172,000
Conservation Co Education Fund · Denver, CO · 2023
Conservation educati
$168,500
Nm Wilderness Alliance · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
Conservation educati
$168,000
Az Wildlife Federation · Mesa, AZ · 2023
Conservation educati
$167,500
Mountain Mamas · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Clean energy educati
$162,000
Wild Montana (Montana Wilderness As · Helena, MT · 2022
Conservation edu.
$160,000
Arizona Interfaith Power & Light · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Clean energy edu.
$158,137
Indigenous Voices of Nevada · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
Conservation educati
$155,000
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2023
Conservation educati
$152,000
Arizona Wildlife Federation · Mesa, AZ · 2022
Conservation edu.
$151,000
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Conservation edu.
$150,000
California Environmental Voters Edu · Oakland, CA · 2024
Conservation educati
$147,150
Sierra Business Council · Truckee, CA · 2022
Conservation edu.
$145,500
Hispanic Access Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Conservation educati
$145,000
Nature for All · Monterey Park, CA · 2023
Conservation educati
$143,000
Nv Conservation League Education Fu · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
Conservation educati
$143,000
Continental Divide Trail Coalition · Golden, CO · 2022
Conservation edu.
$143,000
Mountain Mamas · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Conservation edu.
$141,000
Mountain Mamas · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Conservation educati
$140,000
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers · Missoula, MT · 2024
Conservation educati
$140,000
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Par · Washington, DC · 2024
Conservation educati
$137,500
Conservation Colorado Education Fun · Denver, CO · 2024
Conservation educati
$130,000
Wild Montana (Montana Wilderness As · Helena, MT · 2024
Conservation educati
$130,000
Institute for a Progressive Nv · Henderson, NV · 2023
Conservation educati
$130,000
Conservation Voters New Mexico Educ · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Conservation edu.
$129,500
Nm Wildlife Federation · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
Conservation educati
$127,671
League of Conservation Voters Educa · Washington, DC · 2023
Conservation educati
$125,000
New Mexico Wildlife Federation · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Conservation educati
$120,000
Montana Conservation Voters Educati · Helena, MT · 2024
Conservation educati
$120,000
Sierra Business Council · Truckee, CA · 2024
Conservation educati
$119,250
Sierra Business Council · Truckee, CA · 2023
Conservation educati
$118,500
Greenlatinos · Boulder, CO · 2024
Clean energy educati
$117,600
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers · Missoula, MT · 2023
Conservation educati
$116,500
Indigenous Voices of Nv · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
Conservation educati
$116,500
Conservation Colorado Education Fun · Denver, CO · 2022
Conservation edu.
$115,000
Coalition To Protect America'S Nati · Washington, DC · 2024
Conservation educati
$115,000
Local First Arizona Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Clean energy educati
$115,000
Nevada Conservation League Educatio · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
Conservation educati
$115,000
Continental Divide Trail Coalition · Golden, CO · 2023
Conservation educati
$113,200
The Frontera Land Alliance · El Paso, TX · 2022
Conservation edu.
$112,500
Montana Conservation Voters Educati · Helena, MT · 2022
Conservation edu.
$112,500
Montana Wildlife Federation · Helena, MT · 2022
Conservation edu.
$110,000
Coalition To Protect America'S Nati · Washington, DC · 2023
Conservation educati
$108,000
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2022
Conservation edu.
$107,500
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2023
Conservation educati
$106,000
New Mexico Wildlife Federation · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Conservation edu.
$105,050
First Presbyterian Church of Santa · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Conservation educati
$105,000
Co Farm & Food Alliance · Paonia, CO · 2023
Clean energy educati
$105,000
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2022
Conservation edu.
$102,500
Mt Conservation Voters Education Fu · Helena, MT · 2023
Conservation educati
$102,200
Az Faith Network · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Conservation educati
$101,000
Coalition To Protect America'S Nati · Washington, DC · 2022
Conservation edu.
$100,000
Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2023
Clean energy educati
$98,000
Calwild · Oakland, CA · 2024
Conservation educati
$97,000
Montana Wildlife Federation · Helena, MT · 2024
Conservation educati
$96,000
Mt Wildlife Federation · Helena, MT · 2023
Conservation educati
$95,000
Tuleyome · Woodland, CA · 2022
Conservation edu.
$92,000
El Movimiento Sigue · Pueblo, CO · 2024
Clean energy educati
$91,500
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Par · Washington, DC · 2023
Conservation educati
$90,500
National Religious Partnership for · Washington, DC · 2022
Conservation edu.
$90,000
Hispanic Access Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Conservation educati
$89,500
Or Natural Desert Association · Bend, OR · 2023
Conservation educati
$85,000
Arizona Faith Network · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Conservation educati
$85,000
Az Interfaith Power & Light · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Clean energy educati
$85,000
Mormon Women for Ethical Government · Riverton, UT · 2023
Conservation educati
$85,000
California Environmental Voters Edu · Oakland, CA · 2022
Conservation edu.
$80,000
California Native Plant Society · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Conservation educati
$80,000
Mormon Women for Ethical Government · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Clean energy educati
$80,000
Reno Sparks Chamber of Commerce · Reno, NV · 2024
Conservation educati
$80,000
Solar United Neighbors · Washington, DC · 2024
Clean energy educati
$80,000
The Semilla Project · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Clean energy educati
$80,000
Nv Wildlife Federation · Reno, NV · 2023
Conservation educati
$80,000
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers · Missoula, MT · 2022
Conservation edu.
$80,000
League of Conservation Voters Educa · Washington, DC · 2022
Conservation edu.
$79,000
Arizona Trail Association · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Conservation edu.
$77,000
The Frontera Land Alliance · El Paso, TX · 2023
Conservation educati
$77,000
Arizona Faith Network · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Conservation edu.
$75,750
First Presbyterian Church of Santa · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Conservation edu.
$75,000
Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2024
Clean energy educati
$75,000
Oregon League of Conservation Voter · Portland, OR · 2024
Conservation educati

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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.