Grants awarded
Who does Robertson Foundation fund?
Robertson Foundation has awarded $454 million across 1,072 grants to 497 organizations between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $15,000, with most between $5,000 and $75,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $20,000 versus $10,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$453.9M
Typical grant
$15K
Grantees
497
Grants
1,072
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.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
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$49.0M | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
New York Stem Cell Foundation INC
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$48.5M | 11 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Success Academy Charter Schools INC
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$47.8M | 9 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| R Robertson Scholars Leadership Program | $47.0M | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Rockefeller University
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$25.3M | 12 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
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$21.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| M Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $15.1M | 23 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
United States Energy Foundation
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$14.0M | 4 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
Earthjustice
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$13.2M | 9 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Cancer Research Institute INC
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$11.4M | 6 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Harlem Children's Zone INC
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$8.9M | 10 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$8.3M | 16 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$6.8M | 4 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | MA | |
The Wilderness Society
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$6.8M | 6 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
The Nature Conservancy
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$6.3M | 13 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
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$6.0M | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | CO | |
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC
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$5.9M | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Ocean Conservancy INC
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$5.3M | 5 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
Wildlife Conservation Society
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$4.8M | 9 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Regulatory Assistance Project
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$4.1M | 6 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | VT | |
Oceana INC
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$4.0M | 7 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
Classical Charter Schools
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$3.8M | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$3.8M | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | VA | |
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$3.5M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Instituto Clima E Sociedade | $3.4M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Imentor Incorporated
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$3.1M | 8 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Panthera Corporation
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$3.0M | 4 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| F Foundation for International Law for the Environment (file) | $3.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$3.0M | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | MA | |
| E Episcopal High School | $3.0M | 3 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | TX | |
| S Saint Bartholomew's Church | $2.5M | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Windward Fund
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$2.5M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| P Purpose Built Communities | $2.1M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M Mary's Meals USA | $2.0M | 6 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | $2.0M | 6 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$2.0M | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| M Methane Sat LLC | $2.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Methanesat LLC | $2.0M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Teach for All INC
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$2.0M | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| A Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Association INC | $2.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Saint Mary's School | $1.6M | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T Transforma | $1.5M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Refed INC
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$1.3M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$1.3M | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$1.2M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$1.2M | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | CO | |
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$1.0M | 2 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| I International Council on Clean Transportation INC | $1.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$1.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | PA | |
Climateworks Foundation
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$1.0M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| B Boys and Girls Club of America | $995K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IN | |
| T The Rector & Visitors of the Univerisity of Virginia | $900K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Hollins University Corporation
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$839K | 9 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| M Movilizatorio LLC | $750K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$750K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CO | |
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$750K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| A Asociacion Interamericana | $750K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Meliore Foundation | $750K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| K Kent School Corporation | $720K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $700K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | VA | |
| G Gilder Lehrman Institution of American History | $675K | 4 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Communities in Schools INC | $660K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| P Protestant Episcopal High School in Va | $622K | 6 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Fishtank Learning INC
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$600K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| E Educators 4 Excellence | $600K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Rector and Visitors of the Uva | $600K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| Q Quillorg | $600K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$586K | 7 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Natural Resource Governance Institute
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$500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Instruction Partners
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$500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| I Instituto Internacional Arayara De Educacao E Cultura | $500K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T Transcend INC | $500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$490K | 6 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| P Pie Network | $450K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| O Open Imagery Network - DBA Radiant Earth | $416K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| L Leading Education | $400K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| M Mayo Clinic | $350K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Movement Strategy Center
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$334K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| S Sustainability Accounting Standards Board | $333K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
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$328K | 2 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust INC
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$325K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | FL | |
Teaching Matters INC
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$300K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$282K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Fund for the City of New York INC
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$275K | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| W Weill Medical College of Cornell University | $251K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Pave Schools INC
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$250K | 4 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | NY | |
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$250K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | NY | |
Teach Plus Incorporated
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$250K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| A Associacao Arayara De Educacao E Cultura | $250K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Florida Keys Healthy Start Coalition INC
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$240K | 6 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | FL | |
| U University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $240K | 8 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| M Mayo Clinic Rochester | $239K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S Starship Foundation | $200K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Saint Edward's School INC
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$200K | 7 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | FL | |
Central Park Conservancy INC
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$197K | 7 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| A American Museum of Natural History | $175K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S St Luke's Wood River Foundation | $175K | 7 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Portland Community Squash
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$175K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | ME |
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