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World Resources Institute

Name: World Resources Institute grants, 2021–2023
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A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

216
grants reported: $42.5M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $65,131
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

envir degradation ecosystems rapid reverse climate emissions greenhouse

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

University of Maryland3 grants · $8.0M
One Tree Planted3 grants · $4.3M
Sdsn Association7 grants · $2.5M
Give Foundation2 grants · $2.2M
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group2 grants · $1.9M
Afef1 grant · $1.4M
United Nations3 grants · $1.2M
Environmental Defense Fund2 grants · $1.1M
Icct International Council On Clean Transportation2 grants · $1.1M
Environmental Investigation Agency1 grant · $875,285

Giving over time

$12.9M

2021

$14.6M

2022

$15.0M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 216 grants.

$4.2M
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2022
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$2.2M
One Tree Planted · Shelburne, VT · 2023
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$2.0M
One Tree Planted · Shelburne, VT · 2022
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$2.0M
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2021
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$2.0M
Give Foundation · San Ramon, CA · 2021
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$1.9M
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2023
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$1.6M
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group · New York, NY · 2023
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$1.4M
Afef · New York, NY · 2023
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$997,247
Sdsn Association · New York, NY · 2021
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$882,891
Sdsn Association · New York, NY · 2022
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$875,285
Environmental Investigation Agency · Washington, DC · 2023
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$806,371
Icct International Council On Clean Transportation · Washington, DC · 2021
Support envir and socially equitable decisions
$768,607
United Nations · New York, NY · 2022
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$710,525
C40 Cities Climate Leader · New York, NY · 2021
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$619,108
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$607,536
Environmental Defense · Washington, DC · 2021
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$544,615
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2022
Support envir and socially equitable decisions
$540,322
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$526,785
International Development Enterpri (Ide) · Denver, CO · 2022
Support envir and socially equitable decisions
$515,595
Realize Impact · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2023
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$512,664
Environmental Defense Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$387,775
Ab Inbev Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Support envir and socially equitable decisions
$381,264
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group · New York, NY · 2022
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$376,636
Allotrope Partners Llc · Oakland, CA · 2022
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$359,844
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$336,073
Millennium Water Alliance · Dc, DC · 2022
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$314,666
Vital Strategies · New York, NY · 2021
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$292,789
Sdsn Association · New York, NY · 2023
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$287,468
Internews Network · Arcata, CA · 2021
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$258,046
Icct International Council On Clean Transportation · Washington, DC · 2021
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$256,250
Give Foundation · San Ramon, CA · 2022
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$250,000
United Nations · New York, NY · 2021
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$247,611
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$246,207
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2021
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$243,676
Bonneville Environmental Foundation · Portland, OR · 2023
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$236,359
The Linux Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$229,764
United Nations · New York, NY · 2023
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$218,252
Allotrope Partners Llc · Oakland, CA · 2021
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$215,352
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$214,458
Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2023
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$209,542
Mongabay Org Corp · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$201,188
Mongabay Org Corp · Redwood City, CA · 2021
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$201,003
League of Conservation Voters Edu Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$196,050
Ab Inbev Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Support envir and socially equitable decisions
$187,051
American Lung Association · Washington, DC · 2021
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$174,698
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$173,994
Sdsn Association · New York, NY · 2023
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$173,760
People Powered · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$173,386
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$170,982
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2021
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$167,847
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$157,045
Institute for Sustainable Communities · Montpelier, VT · 2022
Support envir and socially equitable decisions
$153,990
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Program development
$147,149
Internews Network · Arcata, CA · 2023
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$145,135
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$138,240
Millennium Water Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$136,519
Huairou Commission · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$136,476
Vital Strategies Inter Union Aga Tuberco · New York, NY · 2022
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$135,397
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2023
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$135,001
Vital Strategies · New York, NY · 2023
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$132,526
Lomakatsi Restoration Project · Ashland, OR · 2023
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$127,879
Conservation Internation · Arlington, VA · 2021
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$124,461
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Support envir and socially equitable decisions
$122,951
Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2022
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$122,030
Calstart · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$116,532
Greenlatinos · Boulder, CO · 2022
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$115,693
University of Arkansas · Fayetteville, AR · 2021
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$115,446
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2021
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$115,341
Center for Transportation and the Environment · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$112,096
Calstart · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$112,000
Ny League Conservation Voters · New York, NY · 2021
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$111,932
Vermont Energy Investment Corporation · Winooski, VT · 2021
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$111,200
Openaq · Washington, DC · 2021
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$108,894
University of Arkansas- Fayetteville · Fayetteville, AR · 2022
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$108,787
League of Conservation Voters Education · Washington, DC · 2021
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$107,588
Millennium Water Alliance · Dc, DC · 2021
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$104,432
Center for Transportation and the Environment · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$103,635
Forum for the Future US · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$100,775
International Food Policy Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$97,128
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$94,581
Environment America Research & Policy Center · New Brunswick, NJ · 2021
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$94,500
Environmental Law & Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$94,500
Environmental Law & Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$93,834
Indigenous Peoples Rights · Yarmouth, ME · 2023
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$92,355
Electrification Coalition · Washington, DC · 2021
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$91,672
Md League Conservation Voter (Chispa Md) · Annapolis, MD · 2022
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$90,053
Partnership for Southern Equity · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$90,000
Triangle Land Conservancy · Durham, NC · 2022
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$89,701
University of Maryland Baltimore County · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$88,421
Bonneville Environmental Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$84,970
Imafine H20 · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support envir and socially equitable decisions
$81,150
Environment Law - Elaw · Eugene, OR · 2021
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$79,645
Climate Analytics · New York, NY · 2023
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$78,401
Ecotrust · Portland, OR · 2021
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$77,574
Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2021
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$76,243
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy · Knoxville, TN · 2023
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$75,376
Internews Network · Arcata, CA · 2022
Promote envir sustainable transport solutions
$75,000
Mothers Out Front · Boston, MA · 2021
Protect climate from greenhouse gas emissions
$75,000
One Tree Planted · Shelburne, VT · 2021
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems
$74,264
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems

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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.