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Who does National Forest Foundation fund?

National Forest Foundation has awarded $58 million across 712 grants to 324 grantees between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $35,155, with most between $19,651 and $79,277. Repeat grantees receive a median $38,240 versus $29,740 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$58.0M
Typical grant
$35K
Grantees
324
Grants
712
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.

100 of 324 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
Conservation Legacy $5.3M62019–20242024CO
W Wetland Initiatives $2.7M52019–20242024IL —
C City of Greeley $2.7M22023–20242024— —
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps $1.7M62019–20242024CO
American Conservation Experience $1.4M62019–20242024AZ
Truckee River Watershed Council $1.2M32019–20242024CA
E Ecoculture $1.2M42021–20242024AZ
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative $1.1M52019–20242024CO
Friends of the Dillon Ranger District a Co Nonprofit Corp $1.1M62019–20242024CO
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers $975K62019–20242024CO
Vail Valley Mountain Bike Association $909K62019–20242024CO
Northern Arizona University Foundation $854K42019–20212021AZ
Rio Grande Return $842K52019–20242024NM
Big Thompson Watershed Coalition $782K32021–20242024CO
C Colorado State University $773K62019–20242024— —
Trout Unlimited INC $748K42019–20232023VA
Southern Highlands Reserve INC $738K22022–20232023NC
T Tree People $731K62019–20242024CA —
The Longleaf Alliance INC $703K52019–20242024AL
C Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes $639K52020–20242024— —
Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed $599K32022–20242024CO
M Mile High Youth Corps $593K42019–20222022CO —
California State Wildlife Foundation $578K22023–20242024CA
Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council $557K42021–20242024CA
The Ember Alliance $545K22023–20242024CO
I Inland Empire Resource Conservation District $500K120242024— —
Cottonwood Canyons Foundation $456K62019–20242024UT
Rocky Mountain Field Institute INC $415K42019–20222022CO
S Southern California Mountains Foundation $411K62019–20242024CA
Hispanic Access Foundation $409K120242024—
Walking Mountains $406K62019–20242024CO
Colorado Firecamp INC $404K32022–20242024CO
Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition $399K42019–20242024AK
Friends of the Verde River $398K52019–20242024AZ
Conservation Corps of Long Beach $388K52019–20242024CA
White Mountain Trail Collective $384K22019–20202020NH
Los Angeles Conservation Corps $362K32019–20242024CA
Overland Mountain Bike Association $355K22023–20242024CO
C County of Larimer $349K120242024— —
B Boise State University $346K120222022— —
Sitka Conservation Society $341K52019–20242024AK
Coalitions and Collaboratives INC $325K22023–20242024CO
W Washoe Tribe of NV and Ca $318K22022–20242024— —
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps $303K42019–20242024NM
Lefthand Watershed Oversight Group $275K22023–20242024CO
N New Mexico Highlands University $274K22022–20242024— —
Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association $270K52019–20232023CO
Student Conservation Association INC $244K42019–20222022VA
U University of Wyoming $243K22022–20232023WY
Inter Tribal Council of Michigan INC $242K120242024—
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado INC $242K52019–20242024CO
Friends of the Inyo $237K42020–20242024CA
Lomakatsi Restoration Project $220K52019–20242024OR
Friends of Colorado Avalanche Information Center $218K32022–20242024CO
Trailkeepers of Oregon $211K52019–20242024OR
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Trustees of Rancho Santa Ana Botan $210K32019–20212021CA
West Region Wildfire Council $209K120232023CO
Seeds $207K32021–20242024MI
Great Burn Study Group $204K62019–20242024MT
The Forest Stewards Guild $204K52019–20242024NM
San Diego State University Foundation $199K120232023CA
Child and Family Services of Northwestern Michigan INC $198K52020–20242024MI
Glacier Peak Institute $194K62019–20242024WA
Natural Curiosity INC $191K22023–20242024NM
Western Landowners Alliance $190K22023–20242024NM
Boulder Watershed Collective $190K120232023CO
C California Tahoe Conservancy $189K120192019— —
C Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska $187K32022–20242024— —
Gunnison Trails INC $185K52019–20232023CO
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum $184K22020–20212021AZ
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory $180K22022–20242024CO
Wild South $176K42020–20242024NC
Northwest Youth Corps $171K32019–20242024OR
Selway-Bitterroot Foundation INC $170K52019–20242024ID
Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards $170K32019–20242024NC
S State of Wyoming $170K120232023— —
Yampa Valley Sustainability Council $169K22023–20242024CO
Sierra Institute for Community & Environment $167K42020–20242024CA
Spruce Root INC $164K22019–20202020AK
U University of Montana $163K22022–20232023— —
National Wild Turkey Federation INC $161K120222022SC
C County of Cass $160K120192019— —
Mid Klamath Watershed Council $158K42019–20222022CA
Eagle River Watershed Council INC $158K42019–20222022CO
Irvine Ranch Conservancy $156K32021–20232023CA
Mountain Studies Institute INC $155K52019–20242024CO
Fundacion Amigos De El Yunque INC $154K22019–20242024PR
Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers $152K32019–20242024CO
Great Basin Institute $150K120242024—
Arizona Elk Society $150K120242024—
Rocky Mountain Institute $150K120232023CO
J Jefferson Conservation District $150K120242024— —
The Wildlands Conservancy $148K32021–20242024CA
Technical Assistance Partnership of Arizona $147K22023–20242024AZ
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education INC $146K42019–20222022UT
Peaks to People Water Fund $144K22023–20242024CO
T The Regents of the University of Ca Merced $138K32022–20242024— —
Wild Arizona (formerly Arizona Wilderness Coalition Et Al - See Sch O) $137K22021–20222022AZ
Athens County Foundation $135K120192019OH
Eagle Summit Wilderness Alliance $130K52019–20242024CO

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