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Who does Emmett Foundation fund?

Emmett Foundation has awarded $14 million across 528 grants to 227 organizations between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $5,000, with most between $2,000 and $13,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $5,000 versus $2,500 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$14.3M
Typical grant
$5K
Grantees
227
Grants
528
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 227 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
Cate School $2.6M32021–20232023CA
The UCLA Foundation $1.7M42020–20232023CA
S Stanford University $1.5M32022–20242024— —
C Cate School $1.1M120242024— —
U UCLA Foundation $1.0M120242024— —
Y Yale University $584K32021–20232023— —
Santa Barbara Foundation $300K120202020CA
O One Percent for the Planet $300K62019–20242024— —
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated $250K42019–20232023NY
T The Trust for Public Land $250K120242024— —
U Union Rescue Mission $233K32019–20222022— —
S Sustainable Conservation $226K52019–20242024— —
The Nature Conservancy $200K42019–20232023VA
Natural Resources Defense Council INC $160K32019–20232023NY
Tompkins Conservation $150K32021–20232023CA
T The Fund for the People in Parks $150K62019–20242024— —
S South Fork Natural History Museum $150K62019–20242024— —
A Altasea $135K52019–20242024— —
S Saint John's Health Center Foundation $122K42019–20242024— —
C Columbia Law School $120K52019–20242024— —
Environmental Defense Center $111K52019–20232023CA
Green Science Policy Institute $105K32019–20232023CA
Ecoamerica $100K42019–20232023DC
The Union of Concerned Scientists INC $100K32019–20222022MA
The Center for Public Integrity $91K42019–20222022DC
Conservation Lands Foundation $80K42019–20222022CO
Seventh Generation Advisors $80K32019–20232023CA
E Energy Independence Now $80K42019–20232023— —
Heal the Ocean INC $78K52019–20232023CA
University of New Hampshire Foundation Incorporated $75K22021–20222022NH
The Riviera Ridge School $60K42020–20232023CA
C Conservacion Patagonica $50K120192019— —
The Trust for Public Land $50K52019–20232023CA
E Environmental Defense Fund $50K120242024— —
N Natural Resources Defense Council $50K120242024— —
Island Press $50K42019–20232023DC
American Common Ground Council INC $50K120202020DC
T The Roosevelt Conservation Foundation $50K120192019— —
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County $50K52019–20232023CA
D Dartmouth College $50K32019–20222022— —
Claremont McKenna College $50K42019–20222022CA
H Harvard $40K42019–20222022— —
M Marymount School Santa Barbara $35K22019–20202020— —
S St Matthew's Parish School $33K42019–20242024— —
California State Parks Foundation $33K32019–20222022CA
Los Angeles Waterkeeper $31K52019–20232023CA
Wildlife Conservation Society $30K42019–20232023NY
Center for Biological Diversity INC $30K32021–20232023AZ
E Environmental Defense Center $30K120242024— —
R Riviera Ridge School $30K120242024— —
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper INC $28K52019–20232023CA
U Union of Concerned Scientists $25K120242024— —
Y Yosemite Conservancy $25K52019–20232023— —
Sound Body Sound Mind Foundation $25K120192019CA
World Wildlife Fund INC $25K52019–20232023DC
Coalition for Clean Air $25K42019–20232023CA
M Mare $25K22022–20242024— —
R Rewild $25K120242024— —
Tidelines Institute $25K120222022AK
Restore Hetch Hetchy $25K42019–20232023CA
U Unh Foundation $25K120192019— —
T The University of New Hampshire Foundation $25K120242024— —
Environmental Law Institute INC $20K42020–20232023DC
C Conservation Lands Foundation $20K120242024— —
The Surfrider Foundation $20K42019–20232023CA
American Alpine Club $20K42019–20222022CO
Marine Applied Research and Exploration $20K120202020CA
G Green Science Policy Institute $20K120242024— —
E Ecoamerica $20K120242024— —
National Park Foundation $20K42019–20232023DC
C Clean Coalition $20K22021–20232023— —
Channel Islands Restoration $20K42019–20222022CA
W Wild Earth Guardians $20K32019–20222022— —
National Parks Conservation Association $20K32020–20232023DC
National Wildlife Federation $18K42019–20232023VA
S Santa Barbara City College Foundation $15K32020–20222022— —
First Descents $15K32019–20212021CO
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History $12K42019–20232023CA
Rainforest Trust $12K42019–20232023VA
Pacific Crest Trail Association $12K42019–20232023CA
L Los Padres Forest Watch $12K52019–20232023— —
C California Wilderness Coalition (calwild) $12K52019–20232023— —
S Santa Babara Cottage Hospital Foundation $12K32022–20242024— —
Gwendolyn Strong Foundation $12K22021–20222022CA
American Rivers INC $12K52019–20232023DC
Coastal Ranches Conservancy $12K42019–20232023CA
Heal the Bay $12K32019–20222022CA
Endangered Species Coalition $12K42020–20232023DC
Gaviota Coast Conservancy $12K52019–20232023CA
Santa Cruz Island Foundation $11K32019–20222022CA
S Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute $10K120242024— —
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital Foundation $10K42020–20232023CA
The Montana Land Reliance $10K42020–20232023MT
The Amazon Biodiversity Center $10K22019–20212021VA
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum $10K42019–20222022CA
S Seventh Generation Advisors $10K120242024— —
T The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County $10K120242024— —
Crossroads School $10K120222022CO
C Center for Biological Diversity $10K120242024— —
C California Ocean Science Trust $10K42020–20232023— —

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