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12 funders with a record of paying for “enviromental”
Where the money went Oberndorf Family Foundation → Enviromental Defense Fund: $3.7M across 5 grants, latest 2025 Rosemann Family Foundation → Ridges Sanctuary: $306K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Harder Foundation → Western Enviromental Law Center: $160K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The John A & Mary Clare Ward Family → Enviromental Learning Center Inc: $153K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc → North Carolina State University: $135K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Wadhams Family Foundation → Student Conservation Assoc: $95K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Clark Family Foundation Inc → Piedmont Enviromental Council: $90K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The C Richard and Olive J Brose Hie → Enviromental Defense Fund: $60K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Grace Us → Friends of Lost Coast: $49K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Wilderness Society → Northern Alaska Enviromental Center: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2022 A Cydog Charitable Trust → Friend of Heron Haven: $6K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc → Local Futures Isec: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Harder Foundation → Washington Enviromental Council: $135K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc → Community Foundation of Wnc: $115K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Rosemann Family Foundation → Six Mile Cyress Slough Preserve: $101K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Grace Us → The Sanctuary: $43K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Wadhams Family Foundation → Huron River Water Shed Council: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Wilderness Society → Southern Enviromental Law Center: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc → Oceana: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2022 A Cydog Charitable Trust → Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Harder Foundation → Oregon Enviromental Council: $115K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc → North Carolina State Univerity: $96K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Rosemann Family Foundation → Charles River Conservancy: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc → Natural Resources Defense Council: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022 A Cydog Charitable Trust → Earthjustice Legal Defence Fund: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc → Mainstring Conservation Trust: $78K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Harder Foundation → Oregon Enviromental Center: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc → Riverlink Inc: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc → Mainspring Conservation Trust: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc → Western Carolina University: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc → Haywood Waterways Association: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc → Sierra Club: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc → Ocean Conservancy: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc → Americn Rivers: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc → Rainforest Action Network: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc → The Climate Reality Project: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc → The Union of Concerned Scientists: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc → Union of Concerned Scientists: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc → Earthjustice: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc → Earth Justice Inttiative: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc → Bikes for the World: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc → 350org: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc → Teatown Lake Reservation: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc → Teatown: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc → Glen Helen Ecology Institute: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc → Wildlife Conservation Network: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Oberndorf Family Foundation: $3.7M on this topic. Open the funder. Oberndorf Family Foundation $3.7M Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc: $474K on this topic. Open the funder. Cherokee Preservation Foundat… $474K Harder Foundation: $448K on this topic. Open the funder. Harder Foundation $448K Rosemann Family Foundation: $412K on this topic. Open the funder. Rosemann Family Foundation $412K The John A & Mary Clare Ward Family: $153K on this topic. Open the funder. The John A & Mary Clare Ward… $153K The Wadhams Family Foundation: $121K on this topic. Open the funder. The Wadhams Family Foundation $121K Grace Us: $92K on this topic. Open the funder. Grace Us $92K Clark Family Foundation Inc: $90K on this topic. Open the funder. Clark Family Foundation Inc $90K The Wilderness Society: $61K on this topic. Open the funder. The Wilderness Society $61K The C Richard and Olive J Brose Hie: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. The C Richard and Olive J Bro… $60K Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc: $36K on this topic. Open the funder. Frank Pace Jr Foundation Inc $36K A Cydog Charitable Trust: $12K on this topic. Open the funder. A Cydog Charitable Trust $12K Enviromental Defense Fund: received $3.8M on this topic Enviromental Defense Fund $3.8M Ridges Sanctuary: received $306K on this topic Ridges Sanctuary $306K Western Enviromental Law Center: received $160K on this topic Western Enviromental Law Center $160K Enviromental Learning Center Inc: received $153K on this topic Enviromental Learning Center Inc $153K North Carolina State University: received $135K on this topic North Carolina State University $135K Washington Enviromental Council: received $135K on this topic Washington Enviromental Council $135K Oregon Enviromental Council: received $115K on this topic Oregon Enviromental Council $115K Community Foundation of Wnc: received $115K on this topic Community Foundation of Wnc $115K Six Mile Cyress Slough Preserve: received $101K on this topic Six Mile Cyress Slough Preserve $101K North Carolina State Univerity: received $96K on this topic North Carolina State Univerity $96K Student Conservation Assoc: received $95K on this topic Student Conservation Assoc $95K Piedmont Enviromental Council: received $90K on this topic Piedmont Enviromental Council $90K Mainstring Conservation Trust: received $78K on this topic Mainstring Conservation Trust $78K Friends of Lost Coast: received $49K on this topic Friends of Lost Coast $49K The Sanctuary: received $43K on this topic The Sanctuary $43K Northern Alaska Enviromental Center: received $40K on this topic Northern Alaska Enviromental Ce… $40K Oregon Enviromental Center: received $38K on this topic Oregon Enviromental Center $38K Huron River Water Shed Council: received $26K on this topic Huron River Water Shed Council $26K Southern Enviromental Law Center: received $21K on this topic Southern Enviromental Law Center $21K Riverlink Inc: received $21K on this topic Riverlink Inc $21K Mainspring Conservation Trust: received $14K on this topic Mainspring Conservation Trust $14K Western Carolina University: received $11K on this topic Western Carolina University $11K Friend of Heron Haven: received $6K on this topic Friend of Heron Haven $6K Local Futures Isec: received $5K on this topic Local Futures Isec $5K Charles River Conservancy: received $5K on this topic Charles River Conservancy $5K Haywood Waterways Association: received $4K on this topic Haywood Waterways Association $4K Oceana: received $4K on this topic Oceana $4K Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund: received $3K on this topic Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund $3K Natural Resources Defense Council: received $3K on this topic Natural Resources Defense Counc… $3K Earthjustice Legal Defence Fund: received $3K on this topic Earthjustice Legal Defence Fund $3K Sierra Club: received $3K on this topic Sierra Club $3K Ocean Conservancy: received $3K on this topic Ocean Conservancy $3K Americn Rivers: received $2K on this topic Americn Rivers $2K Rainforest Action Network: received $2K on this topic Rainforest Action Network $2K The Climate Reality Project: received $2K on this topic The Climate Reality Project $2K The Union of Concerned Scientists: received $2K on this topic The Union of Concerned Scientis… $2K Union of Concerned Scientists: received $2K on this topic Union of Concerned Scientists $2K Earthjustice: received $2K on this topic Earthjustice $2K Earth Justice Inttiative: received $2K on this topic Earth Justice Inttiative $2K Bikes for the World: received $2K on this topic Bikes for the World $2K 350org: received $2K on this topic 350org $2K Teatown Lake Reservation: received $1K on this topic Teatown Lake Reservation $1K Teatown: received $1K on this topic Teatown $1K Glen Helen Ecology Institute: received $1K on this topic Glen Helen Ecology Institute $1K Wildlife Conservation Network: received $1K on this topic Wildlife Conservation Network $1K 12 funders, 45 recipients, grants matching “enviromental” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $5,000 to LOCAL FUTURES ISEC — enviromental services
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Largest: $135,089 to NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY — enviromental preservation
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Largest: $155,277 to RIDGES SANCTUARY — operating enviromental grant capital purchase
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Largest: $1.2M to ENVIROMENTAL DEFENSE FUND — general charity
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Largest: $1,500 to FRIEND OF HERON HAVEN — enviromental protection
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Largest: $40,000 to WESTERN ENVIROMENTAL LAW CENTER — project support
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Largest: $21,000 to SOUTHERN ENVIROMENTAL LAW CENTER — conservation projects
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Largest: $43,000 to ENVIROMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC — general grant
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Largest: $25,000 to PIEDMONT ENVIROMENTAL COUNCIL — general expenses
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Largest: $35,000 to STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOC — enviromental support
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Largest: $43,000 to THE SANCTUARY — enviromental quality protection
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Largest: $15,000 to ENVIROMENTAL DEFENSE FUND — to support their mission
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