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Grants awarded

Who does The Wilderness Society fund?

The Wilderness Society has awarded $21 million across 662 grants to 241 organizations between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $20,000, with most between $10,000 and $30,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $20,000 versus $15,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$21.1M
Typical grant
$20K
Grantees
241
Grants
662
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 241 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
Wilderness Society Action Fund $2.2M82019–20242024DC
Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions $854K62019–20222022NM
Appalachian Mountain Club $849K62019–20222022MA
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871) $686K62019–20222022WA
Native American Rights Fund $657K72020–20242024CO
Resources for the Future INC $536K62019–20222022DC
Greenlatinos $535K72019–20242024DC
International Sonoran Desert Alliance $479K62021–20242024AZ
National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers INC $471K52021–20232023DC
Keystone Center $465K62019–20222022CO
Youth Outdoor Experience $393K62019–20232023AZ
Western Environmental Law Center $340K42021–20222022OR
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership INC $336K42020–20232023DC
Resources Legacy Fund $318K62019–20242024CA
Virginia Wilderness Committee $312K62019–20222022VA
C Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Resrv $263K72019–20232023— —
Floodlight INC $250K52020–20222022DC
Nevada Conservation League Education Fund $250K32020–20222022NV
Wilderness Workshop $220K72019–20242024CO
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance $220K62021–20242024NM
High Country Conservation Advocates $215K82019–20242024CO
Dolores River Boating Advocates $207K62021–20242024CO
Outdoor Afro $205K62019–20242024CA
F Friends of Valle De Oro Nwr $180K72019–20232023NM
Center for Civic Policy $164K72019–20232023NM
R Rappahannock Tribe $150K62021–20242024— —
Green 2 0 $130K72020–20242024DC
The Sonoran Institute INC $129K72020–20242024AZ
Glacier Peak Institute $127K52020–20242024WA
N Ndponics $127K52020–20222022VA
Vet Voice Foundation INC $125K22023–20242024DC
Naca-Inspired Schools Network $125K52020–20222022NM
Wyoming Wilderness Association $120K62019–20222022WY
Alaska Wilderness League $120K32019–20242024DC
The Forest Stewards Guild $120K32022–20232023NM
N Native American Land Conservancy $120K32020–20212021— —
West Virginia Rivers Coalition INC $115K62019–20232023WV
Greater Yellowstone Coalition INC $115K52019–20232023MT
Nature for All $113K42020–20232023CA
Nfria-Wserc Conservation Center INC $113K22019–20242024CO
Calwild $107K52021–20232023CA
R Risingroutes LLC $107K42022–20242024— —
National Wildlife Federation $105K52019–20232023VA
Trout Unlimited INC $100K120232023VA
Nevada Wildlife Federation INC $100K220222022NV
Western Colorado Alliance $98K42019–20222022CO
S Sublette Conservation Advocates $92K42021–20222022WY
Montana Wilderness School $90K52020–20222022MT
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust INC $90K32021–20232023ME
Grist Magazine INC $88K220222022WA
Wyoming Wildlife Federation $86K52020–20222022WY
Montana Wilderness Association INC $85K32021–20232023MT
Silvix Resources $85K120232023OR
7 7g Foundation $84K42021–20222022CA
Heart of the Rockies Initiative $84K42021–20222022MT
Semilla Project $83K22023–20242024NM
Wabanaki Youth in Science INC $81K62019–20242024ME
Wild Earth Society Incorporated $80K32021–20242024UT
Project for Clean Energy and Innovation $80K22019–20202020VA
S Shivwits Band of Paiutes $80K220212021— —
The Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance $80K52021–20232023MT
Swan Valley Connections $80K42021–20222022MT
Conservation Legacy $78K42020–20242024CO
The University of Montana Foundation $78K32020–20212021MT
Rocky Mountain Wild Incorporated $77K52021–20232023CO
Environmental Learning for Kids $77K42021–20222022CO
Native Movement $75K42019–20212021AK
Salmon Valley Stewardship INC $72K42020–20242024ID
Spatial Informatics Group Natural Assets Laboratory Sig-Nal $70K220212021CA
Virginia Organizing INC $70K42021–20222022VA
D Division of Homeland Ministry $70K42019–20212021IN
Youth Experiential Training Institute (yeti) $70K62021–20242024WA
Pacoima Beautiful $70K52021–20232023CA
Alliance for a Just Society $67K32021–20232023WA
Eastern Woodland Lacrosse $65K62019–20232023NC
Proyecto Pastoral $65K32020–20212021CA
Blackfeet Eco Knowledge INC $60K220222022MT
Backcountry Hunters and Anglers $60K32022–20242024MT
Conservation Economics Institute INC $60K120242024—
Hispanic Access Foundation $60K220212021DC
Environmental Coalition of South Seattle $58K52019–20232023WA
Southwest Organizing Project $58K32019–20242024NM
Continental Divide Trail Coalition $58K32020–20212021CO
T The Center for Native Health INC $55K42022–20242024NC
Seattle Parks Foundation $52K32021–20232023WA
Friends of the Organ Mountains- Desert Peaks $51K42019–20212021NM
Sitka Conservation Society $51K32020–20212021AK
O Owens Valley Indian Water Commission $50K220222022— —
Volcan Mountain Foundation $50K220212021CA
Great Old Broads for Wilderness $50K32022–20232023CO
U Upper Valley Economic Corporation $50K120202020— —
Piikanii Lodge Health Institute $50K42021–20222022MT
Sky Island Alliance $50K220212021AZ
N Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness $50K120202020MN
Grand Staircase Escalante Partners INC $50K32020–20212021UT
Northern Alaska Environmental Center $50K52020–20222022AK
Opencollective Foundation $50K220222022CA
Chesapeake Conservancy INC $50K120192019MD
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center INC $50K220222022NM
U Upper Gila Watershed Alliance $50K42021–20222022NM

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