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Grants awarded

Who does Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated fund?

Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated has awarded $117 million across 1,094 grants to 508 organizations between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $30,000, with most between $15,000 and $68,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $35,000 versus $20,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$116.6M
Typical grant
$30K
Grantees
508
Grants
1,094
Years
2019–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 508 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
Environmental Defense Action Fund $28.6M42019–20232023NY
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC $7.9M32020–20222022NY
Emergent Forest Finance Accelerator INC $6.2M52019–20232023NY
Tides Foundation $4.2M62019–20242024CA
Cornell University $2.3M32021–20242024NY
President and Fellows of Harvard College $2.1M82019–20242024MA
The Partnership Project INC $2.0M72019–20242024DC
Openet INC $1.8M22021–20222022NV
Ceres INC $1.6M62019–20242024MA
Resources for the Future INC $1.6M52019–20242024DC
U University of California Santa Barbara $1.5M62019–20242024CA
C Colorado State University $1.4M52019–20242024— —
P Pennsylvania State University (the) $1.1M42019–20242024— —
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $922K52020–20242024NY
African American Mayors Association INC $868K42021–20242024DC
I Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility $865K62019–20242024NY
Woodwell Climate Research Center $844K52019–20242024MA
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Foundation $830K42019–20222022CA
Carbon Mapper INC $804K120202020CA
U University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $756K62019–20242024NC
The Nature Conservancy $731K62019–20242024VA
Bonneville Environmental Foundation $670K32019–20222022OR
Community College Partners Program INC $654K42020–20242024GA
Pennsylvania Environmental Council INC $642K62019–20242024PA
T Texas A&m University $624K52020–20242024— —
Clean Air Council $608K62019–20242024PA
West Virginia University Research Corporation $575K32022–20242024WV
R Regents of the University of Michigan $571K22020–20212021MI
Houston Health Foundation $570K120192019TX
Conservation International Foundation $560K62019–20242024VA
Yale University $544K22021–20222022CT
D Deep South Center for Environmental Justice $495K52019–20242024LA
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University $478K32019–20232023CA
M Michigan State University $460K22021–20242024MI
U University of Rhode Island $441K32022–20242024— —
U University of Texas at Austin (the) $431K62019–20242024— —
Wildlife Conservation Society $431K62019–20242024NY
American Security Project $425K52019–20232023DC
A Arizona Department of Water Resources $412K120202020— —
T The Regents of the University of New Mexico $411K22020–20212021— —
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies INC $400K120212021NY
W Western Conservation Action $400K120212021CO
Natural Resources Council INC $398K62019–20242024ME
Climate Advisers Trust $387K120192019DC
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund $386K42019–20242024LA
Citizens Utility Board $384K52019–20232023IL
Research Foundation for the State University of New York $377K42020–20242024NY
Natural Resources Defense Council INC $374K22022–20242024NY
G Ground Water Research & Education Foundation INC $351K42019–20232023OK
Wetlands Watch INC $346K42020–20242024VA
Western Leaders Network $340K62019–20242024CO
Center for Applied Environmental Law and Policy $312K22021–20222022DC
Taxpayers for Common Sense $310K42021–20242024DC
New York University $310K22019–20202020NY
Rocky Mountain Institute $305K32022–20242024CO
R Regents of the University of Colorado $304K32020–20222022CO
Young Gifted & Green $299K62019–20242024TN
T Texas Southern University Foundation $298K52019–20242024TX
N Native American Voters Alliance Edu Proj $295K62019–20242024NM —
U University of Wisconsin-Madison $292K120222022— —
C Central Florida Jobs with Justice Corp $280K22020–20232023FL
Catholic Climate Covenant $280K42019–20222022DC
R Regents of the University of California at Berkeley $275K120222022CA
T The Council on Strategic Risks $275K32020–20222022— —
Openaq INC $274K22019–20202020DC
Kansas State University Foundation $267K120212021KS
G Greenbiz Group INC $265K32021–20232023— —
William Marsh Rice University $261K52019–20242024TX
World Resources Institute $257K52019–20232023DC
Public Citizen Foundation INC $255K42019–20222022DC
Air Alliance Houston $254K42019–20222022TX
M Mendocino County Resource Conservation District $250K120222022— —
Emerging Markets Investors Alliance INC $250K22023–20242024NY
Environment Texas Research and Policy Center INC $250K32019–20212021TX
F Five Nature LLC $250K120232023— —
Acumen Fund INC $250K22020–20212021NY
Farmers Educational & Cooperative Union of America Rocky Mtn Div $247K62019–20242024CO
Convergent Research INC $244K120222022MA
Sierra Club Foundation $235K72019–20242024CA
Windward Fund $235K22020–20222022DC
Carnegie Mellon University $225K22019–20212021PA
Trout Unlimited INC $215K32019–20212021VA
Evangelical Environmental Network $213K62019–20242024IN
I Ihs Global INC $212K120232023— —
Ocean Outcomes $211K22022–20242024OR
K Karuk Tribe $210K22022–20242024CA
World Wildlife Fund INC $210K42020–20232023DC
National Center for Healthy Housing INC $209K32020–20232023MD
Arizona Forward Association $208K62019–20242024AZ
Western Conservation Foundation $208K32019–20232023CO
Center for Civic Policy $205K62019–20242024NM
West Harlem Environmental Action INC $205K52019–20232023NY
Planet Reimagined INC $200K120242024—
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation $200K32020–20222022CA
Association of Defense Communities $200K32019–20222022DC
Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development $200K22022–20242024AR
M Mujeres De Islas INC $199K52019–20242024PR
U University of Maryland College Park $198K32020–20232023— —
B Business Council for Sustainable Energy Foundation $194K32020–20222022— —
Regional Plan Association INC $190K42021–20242024NY

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