Grants awarded
Who does The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment fund?
The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment has awarded $213 million across 314 grants to 181 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $307,365, with most between $140,000 and $864,198. Repeat grantees receive a median $500,000 versus $150,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$212.8M
Typical grant
$307K
Grantees
181
Grants
314
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S Stichting Sed Fund | $14.3M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Windward Fund
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$10.1M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| S Stichting Foundation for International Law for the Environment | $10.0M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L London School of Economics and Political Science | $8.5M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine | $6.6M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U University of California Los Angeles | $5.4M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
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$5.2M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| C Conservation International | $5.0M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Rmi | $4.9M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Carbon Gap Ltd | $4.8M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Rockefeller Family Fund (daf) | $4.8M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L London School of Economics | $4.7M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $4.5M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
New Venture Fund
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$4.5M | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| I Imperial College | $4.2M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| U University of Sheffield | $4.2M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Project Innerspace INC
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$3.9M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| A Advocates for Climate Innovation | $3.7M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Carbon Mapper INC
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$3.5M | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| S Stichting Rewilding Europe Foundation | $3.4M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Indian Institute of Science | $3.2M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Spark Climate Solutions INC
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$3.0M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| S Stichting European Climate Foundation | $2.9M | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of Alberta Foundation USA INC | $2.5M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| C Carbon Removal Foundation | $2.3M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Colorado State University | $2.3M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Cornell University
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$2.2M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
California Institute of Technology
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$2.1M | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| C Columbia University | $2.1M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$2.0M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| W Wild Aid | $2.0M | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Union of Concerned Scientists INC
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$2.0M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| F Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research | $2.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Potsdam Institut Fur Klimafolgenforschung Ev | $2.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Regents of the University of Colorado | $2.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Cascade Climate INC
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$1.8M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| S Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne | $1.8M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC
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$1.7M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Climateworks Foundation
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$1.7M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$1.5M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| U University of California- Davis | $1.4M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Global Witness
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$1.4M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | |
Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation INC
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$1.2M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | AK | |
Ecdysis Foundation
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$1.2M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | SD | |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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$1.2M | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| R Rensselear Polytechnic Institute | $1.2M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U University of Thessaly | $1.2M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Convergent Research INC
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$1.1M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| I Individual recipient | $1.1M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Rodale Institute
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$1.1M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
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$1.1M | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| U Universit De Versailles St Quentin En Yvelines | $1.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| 3 350org | $1.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$1.0M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
Potential Energy Coalition INC
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$1.0M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Heartland Health Research Alliance Ltd
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$1.0M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
Elemental Excelerator INC
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$1.0M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | HI | |
| R Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology | $983K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$983K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
University of British Columbia
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$963K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | |
| A Altasea | $900K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Energy Foundation
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$864K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
Ceres INC
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$860K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
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$744K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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Northeastern University
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$729K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| L Lost Lights Projects INC | $700K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R Royal Roads University Foundation | $655K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U University of California Santa Barbara | $600K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
Bionutrient Food Association INC
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$600K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| O Ohio State University | $600K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| D Dartmouth University | $600K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| Y Yale University | $550K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N Northern Arizona University Foundation INC | $550K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
World Ocean Council
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$535K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | HI | |
| U University of Washington | $500K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | WA | |
D & R Greenway Land Trust INC
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$500K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NJ | |
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$500K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| B Better Climate Fund | $500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| L League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | $500K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N National Academy of Sciences | $500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Ceec International | $500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Center for Climate and Energy Solutions | $500K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Advanced Energy Economy INC
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$500K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| T The Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering | $500K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U University of Leeds | $478K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N National Center for Appropriate Technology | $465K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Stanford University | $460K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Clean Air Task Force INC
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$450K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development INC
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$448K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| U United States Department of Agriculture Agriculture Research Service | $409K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$400K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MA | |
| P Pse Healthy Energy (physicians Scientists and Engineers for Sustainable and | $400K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U University of Calgary | $375K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Colorado School of Mines Foundation | $340K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| A Altaseads | $340K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Trustees of Princeton University | $330K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Environmental League of Massachusetts INC | $325K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique | $302K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U University of Michigan House Officers Association | $300K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MI |
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