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Grants awarded

Who does Water Foundation fund?

Water Foundation has awarded $42 million across 431 grants to 191 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $50,000, with most between $25,000 and $119,000.

Total awarded
$42.5M
Typical grant
$50K
Grantees
191
Grants
431
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.

100 of 191 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
Trout Unlimited INC $1.8M52020–20242024VA
Community Water Center $1.7M62020–20242024CA
Anthropocene Alliance $1.3M42020–20232023FL
Community Alliance with Family Farmers Foundation $1.2M42020–20242024CA
Policylink $1.1M32020–20222022CA
American Rivers INC $981K52020–20242024DC
Clean Water Fund $860K52020–20242024DC
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership INC $840K42020–20242024DC
National Audubon Society INC $766K92020–20242024NY
National Wildlife Federation $761K22023–20242024VA
California Water Data Consortium $760K32020–20232023CA
Headwaters Economics INC $705K32022–20242024MT
U S Water Alliance $661K42020–20242024DC
C Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission $635K32020–20242024— —
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC $635K22021–20222022NY
Self-Help Enterprises $605K52020–20242024CA
American Flood Coalition INC $600K120232023DC
Water Wise Gulf South $575K120232023LA
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated $570K52020–20242024NY
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability $565K52020–20242024CA
River Partners $534K42020–20242024CA
River Network $530K42020–20242024CO
Tides Advocacy $520K52020–20242024CA
Water Finance Exchange INC $520K22023–20242024DC
Bayou City Waterkeeper INC $515K22023–20242024TX
Sustainable Conservation $506K42020–20232023CA
Native Americans in Philanthropy $500K120242024DC
The Nature Conservancy $486K42020–20242024VA
California Trout INC $455K52020–20242024CA
Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated $450K22021–20222022DC
Natural Resources Defense Council INC $450K32020–20222022NY
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians $425K22020–20232023OR
We the People of Detroit $400K32021–20232023MI
N Nez Perce Tribe $395K32021–20242024— —
Amigos Bravos INC $378K52020–20242024NM
California Environmental Voters $375K52020–20242024CA
Hill Country Alliance $348K22023–20242024TX
L Local Government Commission $334K52020–20242024CA —
Communities Unlimited INC $315K120232023AR
B Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education $308K120232023NV
W Western States Water Council $305K120232023— —
Bluegreen Alliance Foundation $300K120232023MN
Groundwork Ohio River Valley INC $300K120232023OH
Sand County Foundation INC $300K120232023WI
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice $295K42020–20232023CA
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy $294K52020–20242024CA
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance $290K52020–20242024NM
Nature for All $288K42020–20242024CA
W Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans $275K22023–20242024LA
Friends of the Chicago River $263K120232023IL
The Union of Concerned Scientists INC $260K52020–20242024MA
W Western States Water Council $255K120222022— —
Washington Conservation Action $251K52020–20242024WA
Environmental Protection Network $250K22023–20242024DC
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy $250K120242024AZ
Los Angeles Waterkeeper $246K52020–20242024CA
C Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation $235K120222022— —
Physicians for Social Responsibility $226K42020–20232023CA
The Freshwater Trust $225K22020–20212021OR
Pacific Institute for Studies in Development Environment and Securi $223K22020–20212021CA
Texas Water Foundation INC $219K22023–20242024TX
Heal the Bay $218K52020–20242024CA
Ag Innovations Network $212K52020–20242024CA
Western Resource Advocates $210K42020–20232023CO
Great Basin Water Network INC $210K22023–20242024NV
Community Water Center Action Fund $210K32020–20242024CA
Treepeople INC $201K52020–20242024CA
R Rio Grande International Study Center $200K120242024TX —
M Mississippi River Network $200K120232023NE —
Urban Sustainability Directors Network $200K120232023NC
Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network INC $200K120232023KY
W Waterkeepers Carolina $200K120232023NC —
Wisconsin Wetlands Association INC $196K120232023WI
Cahaba Riverkeeper $195K120232023AL
Elevate Energy $176K22023–20242024IL
Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management $176K42021–20242024CA
Alianza Coachella Valley $170K32020–20232023CA
Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education $170K42020–20232023CA
Conservation Voters New Mexico $165K42021–20242024NM
Western Environmental Law Center $165K52020–20242024OR
Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition $165K42020–20242024WA
Columbia Riverkeeper $162K52020–20242024OR
Council for Watershed Health $153K42020–20232023CA
Appalachian Citizens Law Center INC $151K22023–20242024KY
Lowcountry Alliance for Modelcommunities $150K120232023SC
Association of State Wetland Managers INC $150K120242024ME
Native American Rights Fund $150K120242024CO
N New Mexico Tech Foundation $150K22023–20242024NM
T Texas Water Development Board $150K120232023— —
Nw Energy Coalition $145K52020–20242024WA
Center for Neighborhood Technology $145K120232023IL
New Mexico Acequia Association $140K32020–20232023NM
Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association $140K52020–20242024OR
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund $130K32021–20232023MI
C Comite Civico Del Valle INC $130K22020–20212021CA
Children of the Setting Sun Productions $125K42021–20242024WA
Se Si Le $120K32022–20242024WA
Communities for a Better Environment $112K32020–20232023CA
Tuolumne River Preservation Trust $108K32020–20242024CA
Public Policy Institute of California $102K52020–20242024CA

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