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Who does Natural Resources Defense Council INC fund?

Natural Resources Defense Council INC has awarded $60 million across 833 grants to 476 grantees between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $20,000, with most between $10,000 and $43,560. Repeat grantees receive a median $20,000 versus $15,100 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$60.4M
Typical grant
$20K
Grantees
476
Grants
833
Years
2019–2024

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Organizations this funder supports

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

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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
Movement Strategy Center $11.9M32021–20242024CA
NRDC Action Fund INC $6.5M62019–20242024NY
The Partnership Project INC $3.8M62019–20242024DC
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs INC $3.1M82019–20242024CA
Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment $2.4M22021–20222022CA
Coming Clean INC $2.3M52020–20242024VT
National Association of City Transportation Officials INC $1.0M22020–20212021NY
Elevate Energy $715K42019–20222022IL
P Peoria County Health Dept $657K22019–20202020— —
S Standearth $505K42019–20222022CA —
Partnership for Southern Equity $500K120212021GA
Solutions Project INC $500K120222022CA
B Boe City of Peoriapeoria Pub School Dist $469K120192019— —
Bluegreen Alliance Foundation $415K42019–20222022MN
G Greater Peoria Mass Transit District $410K120212021— —
U United Tribes of Bristol Bay $337K62019–20242024— —
Tides Foundation $327K62019–20242024CA
Blueprint North Carolina $325K22019–20202020NC
Fair Districts Fund $324K42020–20242024DC
W Williamsfield Cusd #210 $294K120192019— —
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $278K22021–20232023NY
Tides Center $274K22020–20222022CA
Western Resource Advocates $260K42021–20242024CO
A America Works USA $250K42021–20242024DC
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated $250K120222022NY
West Harlem Environmental Action INC $248K52020–20242024NY
Nw Energy Coalition $246K52020–20242024WA
Green Light New York INC $238K52019–20242024NY
Environmental Health Coalition $230K22021–20222022CA
Alliance for a Just Society $228K32021–20232023WA
P Peoples Water Board Coalition $223K42020–20232023MI
Community Food Advocates INC $218K32019–20232023NY
Metec $217K120202020IL
Southwest Energy Efficiency Project LLC $215K32019–20232023CO
Institute for Market Transformation INC $215K120192019DC
Center for Neighborhood Technology $200K120222022IL
A Appalachian Mountain Advocates INC $200K120232023WV
Black Sustainability INC $200K120222022GA
Appalachian Voices $200K120232023NC
Dogwood Alliance INC $197K32022–20242024NC
Center for Applied Environmental Law and Policy $185K120222022DC
Farm Training Collective Nyc INC $185K42020–20232023NY
T The Regents of the Univ of California Davis $182K32019–20232023— —
New Mexico Voices for Children $181K120222022NM
F Frack Action Fund $180K22021–20222022NY
New England Aquarium Corporation $176K52019–20232023MA
North Carolina Black Alliance INC $175K22020–20212021NC
Heavens View Community Development Corporation $167K32020–20222022IL
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation INC $165K52019–20242024DC
Resources Legacy Fund $157K32021–20232023CA
Orion Society $150K32021–20232023MA
E Economic Advancement Research Institute $150K22019–20202020— —
Western Organization of Resource Councils $150K120232023MT
The Energy Foundation $150K22019–20202020CA
Citizens Utility Board of Michigan $150K120222022MI
Greenlatinos $145K52019–20232023DC
U Upper Manhattan Together INC $144K62019–20242024NY
Atlantic Council of the United States $142K42019–20232023DC
S Southern Poverty Law Center INC $140K22022–20242024AL
Environmental Law Institute INC $140K52020–20242024DC
La Cosecha Community Supported Agriculture $134K52019–20242024NM
R Regents Univ of California $134K120212021CA
Beneficial Electrification League $131K22019–20222022VA
Communities for a Better Environment $130K32019–20242024CA
Virginia Organizing INC $130K22022–20232023VA
National Wildlife Federation $128K22020–20222022VA
The George Washington University $126K120222022VA
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute INC $125K42020–20232023DC
Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services $123K52019–20242024TX
National Housing Trust $122K22019–20202020DC
Maine Peoples Alliance $120K22020–20222022ME
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy $118K22021–20222022CA
Green Building United $115K120222022PA
S Strategic Actions for a Just Economy $115K42021–20242024CA —
Environmental Investigation Agency $115K32022–20242024DC
Research Foundation for the State University of New York $114K22020–20222022NY
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization $112K120222022IL
P People for Community Recovery $112K52019–20232023IL
Center for Science in Public Participation $106K32019–20212021MT
Green 2 0 $105K52020–20242024DC
Bay Area Community Health $105K120202020CA
Tri-County Urban League INC $100K120192019IL
Association for Energy Affordability INC $100K32020–20232023NY
Fresh Energy $100K120222022MN
Lawyers for Good Government INC $100K120222022DC
Energy Coordinating Agency of Philadelphia INC $100K120222022PA
American Saltwater Guides Association INC $100K42020–20242024NY
Center for Earth Energy and Democracy $100K120242024—
D Division of Homeland Ministry $97K52020–20242024IN
Philadelphia City Fund INC $95K22019–20202020PA
N National Pfas Contamination Coalition Co Slingshot $95K52022–20242024MA —
Earth Island Institute INC $94K22022–20242024CA
C Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy $93K22019–20202020CA —
University of Delaware $92K52020–20242024DE
A Artists Reenvisioning Tomorrow INC $92K120192019IL
U University of Maine System INC $92K120202020ME
C Ceert $91K32019–20222022CA —
Anthropocene Alliance $90K42021–20242024FL
The International Center for Dialogue & Peacebuilding $90K22022–20242024MN
We Want Green Too $90K120222022MI

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