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World Wildlife Fund

Name: World Wildlife Fund grants, 2021–2024
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.

262
grants reported: $32.3M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $48,885
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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

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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.

The Nature Conservancy4 grants · $2.7M
Center for Heirs Property Preservation2 grants · $2.4M
Windward Fund3 grants · $1.9M
Conservation International3 grants · $1.2M
Stanford University4 grants · $1.2M
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2es)3 grants · $1.1M
World Resources Institute4 grants · $979,684
The Conservation Fund1 grant · $930,755
Nonprofit Enterprise and Self-Sustainability Team3 grants · $812,853
Rosebud Economic Development Corporation2 grants · $705,924

Giving over time

$5.6M

2021

$8.0M

2022

$10.5M

2023

$8.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 262 grants.

$2.3M
Center for Heirs Property Preservation · Charleston, SC · 2023
Conservation
$2.2M
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Conservation
$993,742
Conservation International · Washington, DC · 2023
Conservation
$930,755
The Conservation Fund · Arlington, VA · 2022
Conservation
$697,549
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Conservation
$665,654
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Conservation
$656,256
Rosebud Economic Development Corporation · Mission, SD · 2021
Conservation
$619,537
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Conservation
$595,659
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Conservation
$442,795
East Carolina University · Greenville, NC · 2022
Conservation
$425,656
Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation · Porcupine, SD · 2024
Conservation
$414,547
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2es) · Arlington, VA · 2022
Conservation
$411,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Conservation
$393,435
Conservation Strategy Fund (Csf) · Arcata, CA · 2022
Conservation
$377,922
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2es) · Arlington, VA · 2023
Conservation
$366,840
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc (Care) · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Conservation
$364,179
Nonprofit Enterprise and Self-Sustainability Team · El Cerrito, CA · 2022
Conservation
$360,000
United Nations Foundation Climate Alliance · Washington, DC · 2021
Conservation
$357,604
Nonprofit Enterprise and Self-Sustainability Team · El Cerrito, CA · 2021
Conservation
$350,000
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences · East Boothbay, ME · 2024
Conservation
$330,735
Cdp North America · New York, NY · 2022
Conservation
$327,922
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2es) · Arlington, VA · 2021
Conservation
$300,000
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences · East Boothbay, ME · 2023
Conservation
$300,000
National Institute for Standards and Technology · Portland, OR · 2021
Conservation
$299,183
Rewild · Austin, TX · 2022
Conservation
$294,815
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Conservation
$275,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2022
Conservation
$274,578
Climate Conservation and Center for Large Landscape Conservation · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Conservation
$274,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors - Climate Nexus · New York, NY · 2021
Conservation
$266,517
Climate Conservation and Center for Large Landscape Conservation · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Conservation
$259,999
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Conservation
$247,191
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
Conservation
$239,205
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Conservation
$232,870
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Conservation
$225,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2021
Conservation
$212,206
Buffalo Nations Grasslands Alliance · Lower Brule, SD · 2022
Conservation
$209,174
University of New Hampshire · Durham, NH · 2024
Conservation
$207,605
C2es · Washington, DC · 2024
Conservation
$205,881
Rewild · Austin, TX · 2023
Conservation
$205,400
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2023
Conservation
$205,000
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Conservation
$204,609
Regents of the University of California Santa Barbara · Davis, CA · 2023
Conservation
$203,844
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Conservation
$202,385
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023
Conservation
$197,055
Rio Grande Return · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Conservation
$192,425
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Conservation
$192,000
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2021
Conservation
$190,000
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2023
Conservation
$188,913
Pacific Institute for Studies in Developmentenvironment and Security · Oakland, CA · 2022
Conservation
$188,000
The Pew Charitable Trusts · Washington, DC · 2023
Conservation
$185,560
The University of Maine · Bangor, ME · 2024
Conservation
$184,607
Rainforest Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
Conservation
$181,640
Western Sustainability Exchange · Livingston, MT · 2024
Conservation
$178,250
Care · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Conservation
$177,172
Island Institute · Rockland, ME · 2024
Conservation
$171,982
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Conservation
$164,700
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2021
Conservation
$162,930
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
Conservation
$161,816
Nebraska Community Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Conservation
$161,242
Conservation International · Washington, DC · 2022
Conservation
$157,235
American Bird Conservancy · The Plains, VA · 2023
Conservation
$156,766
Conservation Strategy Fund (Csf) · Arcata, CA · 2023
Conservation
$154,980
Women in Ranching · Cohagen, MT · 2024
Conservation
$150,000
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2024
Conservation
$150,000
Texas Southern University Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Conservation
$149,963
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
Conservation
$146,283
Winnett Aces · Winnett, MT · 2023
Conservation
$144,570
Island Institute · Rockland, ME · 2022
Conservation
$142,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
Conservation
$136,212
Center for Large Landscape Conservation · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Conservation
$135,210
Rancher Stewardship Alliance · Malta, MT · 2021
Conservation
$130,900
Winnett Aces · Winnett, MT · 2021
Conservation
$130,730
Pheasants Forever · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Conservation
$129,290
Aaniiih Nakoda College · Harlem, MT · 2023
Conservation
$125,000
Center for Heirs Property Preservation · Charleston, SC · 2022
Conservation
$125,000
Second Nature · Boston, MA · 2021
Conservation
$120,000
Alaska Sealife Center · Seward, AK · 2021
Conservation
$120,000
Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation · Porcupine, SD · 2021
Conservation
$115,000
Digital Green Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Conservation
$114,537
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College · Burlington, VA · 2023
Conservation
$112,685
Cdp North America · New York, NY · 2023
Conservation
$112,130
Rancher Stewardship Alliance · Malta, MT · 2022
Conservation
$112,098
Wildlife Conservation Society US · Bronx, NY · 2024
Conservation
$109,434
The Regents of the University of California Ucsb · Davis, CA · 2024
Conservation
$108,552
Maine Aquaculture Association · Gardiner, ME · 2023
Conservation
$105,243
Resolve · Washington, DC · 2023
Conservation
$99,000
Intertribal Buffalo Council · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Conservation
$99,000
Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative · St Louis, MO · 2022
Conservation
$97,328
Maliasili Initiatives · Chittenden County, VT · 2022
Conservation
$95,089
North Dakota Natural Resources Trust · Bismarck, ND · 2023
Conservation
$94,500
Pacific Institute for Studies in Developmentenvironment and Security · Oakland, CA · 2023
Conservation
$91,070
Nonprofit Enterprise and Self-Sustainability Team · El Cerrito, CA · 2023
Conservation
$90,086
Center for Large Landscape Conservation · Bozeman, MT · 2021
Conservation
$87,736
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022
Conservation
$87,350
Perpetual · Tampa, FL · 2024
Conservation
$85,000
The Regents of the University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2022
Conservation
$84,918
Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Conservation
$83,208
Pheasants Forever · Saint Paul, MN · 2021
Conservation
$80,000
Pacific Institute for Studies in Developmentenvironment and Security · Oakland, CA · 2024
Conservation
$73,600
American Council for An Energy-Efficient Economy · Washington, DC · 2024
Conservation

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