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Grants awarded

Who does National Forest Foundation fund?

National Forest Foundation has awarded $41 million across 544 grants to 261 organizations between 2019 and 2023. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $31,830, with most between $19,282 and $65,199. Repeat grantees receive a median $34,274 versus $28,776 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$40.6M
Typical grant
$32K
Grantees
261
Grants
544
Years
2019–2023

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 261 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
Conservation Legacy $3.7M52019–20232023CO
W Wetland Initiatives $2.6M42019–20222022IL —
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps $1.5M52019–20232023CO
American Conservation Experience $1.2M52019–20232023AZ
E Ecoculture $996K32021–20232023AZ
Northern Arizona University Foundation $854K42019–20212021AZ
Friends of the Dillon Ranger District a Co Nonprofit Corp $799K52019–20232023CO
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative $763K42019–20222022CO
Trout Unlimited INC $748K42019–20232023VA
Southern Highlands Reserve INC $738K22022–20232023NC
Vail Valley Mountain Bike Association $724K52019–20232023CO
Rio Grande Return $671K42019–20232023NM
T Tree People $669K52019–20232023CA —
C Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes $595K42020–20232023— —
M Mile High Youth Corps $593K42019–20222022CO —
C City of Greeley $589K120232023— —
Truckee River Watershed Council $566K22019–20232023CA
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers $563K52019–20232023CO
The Longleaf Alliance INC $558K42019–20222022AL
C Colorado State University $553K52019–20232023— —
Big Thompson Watershed Coalition $485K22021–20232023CO
Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council $435K32021–20232023CA
Rocky Mountain Field Institute INC $415K42019–20222022CO
White Mountain Trail Collective $384K22019–20202020NH
Cottonwood Canyons Foundation $384K52019–20232023UT
Conservation Corps of Long Beach $375K42019–20232023CA
S Southern California Mountains Foundation $371K52019–20232023CA
B Boise State University $346K120222022— —
Los Angeles Conservation Corps $336K22019–20232023CA
Walking Mountains $331K52019–20232023CO
Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed $319K22022–20232023CO
Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association $270K52019–20232023CO
W Washoe Tribe of Nv and Ca $269K120222022— —
Friends of the Verde River $246K42019–20232023AZ
Student Conservation Association INC $244K42019–20222022VA
U University of Wyoming $243K22022–20232023WY
The Ember Alliance $240K120232023CO
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Trustees of Rancho Santa Ana Botan $210K32019–20212021CA
West Region Wildfire Council $209K120232023CO
Sitka Conservation Society $202K42019–20232023AK
Lefthand Watershed Oversight Group $200K120232023CO
Coalitions and Collaboratives INC $200K120232023CO
San Diego State University Foundation $199K120232023CA
Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition $199K32019–20232023AK
Boulder Watershed Collective $190K120232023CO
C California Tahoe Conservancy $189K120192019— —
Gunnison Trails INC $185K52019–20232023CO
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum $184K22020–20212021AZ
Colorado Firecamp INC $181K22022–20232023CO
Overland Mountain Bike Association $180K120232023CO
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado INC $180K42019–20222022CO
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps $179K32019–20232023NM
S State of Wyoming $170K120232023— —
Friends of the Inyo $167K32020–20232023CA
Spruce Root INC $164K22019–20202020AK
N New Mexico Highlands University $164K120222022— —
Child and Family Services of Northwestern Michigan INC $164K42020–20232023MI
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
Glacier Peak Institute $154K52019–20232023WA
Great Burn Study Group $154K52019–20232023MT
The Forest Stewards Guild $153K42019–20232023NM
Friends of Colorado Avalanche Information Center $151K22022–20232023CO
Rocky Mountain Institute $150K120232023CO
Trailkeepers of Oregon $147K42019–20232023OR
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education INC $146K42019–20222022UT
Wild Arizona (formerly Arizona Wilderness Coalition Et Al - See Sch O) $137K22021–20222022AZ
Athens County Foundation $135K120192019OH
Natural Curiosity INC $132K120232023NM
Selway-Bitterroot Foundation INC $129K42019–20222022ID
Pacoima Beautiful $127K42019–20222022CA
Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers $125K22019–20202020CO
Seeds $119K22021–20222022MI
Eagle Summit Wilderness Alliance $118K42019–20222022CO
Salmon Valley Stewardship INC $116K32021–20232023ID
Mountain Studies Institute INC $114K42019–20222022CO
C Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska $114K22022–20232023— —
Green Forests Work INC $112K22021–20222022KY
The Wildlands Conservancy $112K22021–20232023CA
Lomakatsi Restoration Project $110K42019–20232023OR
Technical Assistance Partnership of Arizona $109K120232023AZ
Earthcorps $106K42019–20232023WA
Kenai Watershed Forum $105K32020–20232023AK
C County of Sierra $103K120192019— —
C Chatham School District $101K22019–20202020— —
California State Wildlife Foundation $100K120232023CA
Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation INC $99K42019–20232023MT
Sierra Institute for Community & Environment $99K32020–20232023CA
Salish Kootenai College INC $97K42020–20232023MT
Wild South $96K32020–20222022NC
V Vm West LP $95K120232023— —
Natural Restorations $95K32021–20232023AZ
O Oregon Natural Desert Association INC $92K32020–20232023OR
L Larimer Conservation District $90K120222022— —
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness $89K32019–20222022MN
Teens INC $87K32019–20222022CO

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