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Who funds water resources work in Virginia
15 funders have a record of paying for water resources work by Virginia recipients: 51 grants totaling $19.2M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are The William Penn Foundation ($8.6M), Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation ($83,000) and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ($416,981).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Virginia recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $2.1M to NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION — alliance for watershed education
Largest: $4,000 to WILLIAMSBURG JAMES CITY COUNTY SCHOOLS — wjcc watershed exploration - 5th grade students investigating the natural world!
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $416,981 · through 2023Largest: $195,229 to THE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL — watershed restoration
Largest: $950,000 to Trout Unlimited Inc — colorado river collaborative - sustainable management and watershed health for the colorado river basin.
Virginia Environmental EndowmentRichmond, VACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $185,317 · through 2024Largest: $89,517 to SUSTAINABLE CHESAPEAKE — implementation of manure injection in the james river watershed.
Largest: $1.1M to Global Water Challenge — watershed protection for the kruger to canyons biosphere in northern south africa
Environmental Defense Fund IncorporatedNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $91,449 · through 2022Largest: $50,653 to Wetlands Watch Inc — public and government affairs (us),climate resilient coasts & watersheds,coastal resilience
Largest: $125,000 to The Conservation Fund — to support projects that protect the saginaw bay watershed and offer environmental, economic and social benefits to the region.
Largest: $528,152 to US Water Partnership — to support the hydrogeological and ecological study for los planes watershed
Open Space Institute Land TrustNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2023Largest: $1.5M to THE NATURE CONSERVANCY — delaware river watershed and appalachian landscape protection
Largest: $10,000 to TROUT UNLIMITED — to conserve, protect, and restore north america's cold water fisheries and their watersheds.
Largest: $351,511 to TROUT UNLIMITED — watershed health - support process-based restoration in the upper klamath basin to address native fish habitat losses and bootleg fire impacts.
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