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Who does The Volgenau Foundation fund?

The Volgenau Foundation has awarded $60 million across 283 grants to 88 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $100,000, with most between $50,000 and $250,000.

Total awarded
$59.6M
Typical grant
$100K
Grantees
88
Grants
283
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.

88 of 88 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
T The Nature Conservancy in Virginia $5.1M22020–20222022— —
V Volgenau Climate Initiative $4.1M120242024— —
T The Nature Conservancy of California $3.0M92020–20242024CA
Y Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative $2.5M72020–20242024— —
N Naturebridge- West Coast $2.4M62020–20242024— —
S Sustainable Markets Foundation $2.4M32021–20232023NY
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC $2.2M32021–20232023NY
Greater Yellowstone Coalition INC $2.2M52020–20242024MT
C Center for Large Landscape Conservation $2.2M52020–20242024— —
National Parks Conservation Association $2.2M52020–20242024DC
R Re Wild $2.1M120232023— —
L Land Trust Alliancecbfn $1.9M62020–20242024— —
Defenders of Wildlife $1.8M72020–20242024DC
Appalachian Trail Conservancy $1.4M52020–20242024WV
Earthjustice $1.2M52020–20242024CA
Alaska Wilderness League $1.2M52020–20242024DC
A American Prairie Reserve $1.1M52020–20242024— —
W Wildlands Network $1.0M52020–20242024— —
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation $1.0M62020–20242024MD
From the Top INC $850K52020–20242024MA
Alaska Conservation Foundation $825K52020–20242024AK
Trustees for Alaska $800K52020–20242024AK
N National Symphony Orchestra $650K32021–20232023— —
New England Aquarium Corporation $560K52020–20242024MA
S Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute $505K52020–20232023— —
The Piedmont Environmental Council $500K52020–20242024VA
P Plastic Solutions Fund $500K120202020— —
L Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region $500K52020–20242024— —
P Plastic Solutions Fund a Sponsored Project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advi $500K120242024— —
Northern Chumash Tribal Council $500K32022–20242024CA
Wildlife Conservation Society $500K120202020NY
The Potomac Conservancy INC $500K52020–20242024MD
Levine Music INC $475K52020–20242024DC
River Partners $450K52020–20242024CA
P Point Blue Conservation Science $425K52020–20242024— —
P People and Carnivores INC $425K52020–20242024MT
Friends of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens $375K52020–20242024DC
W Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts $350K52020–20242024— —
T The Nature Conservancy of Virginia $350K32021–20242024— —
P Project Coyote $325K52020–20242024— —
A Audubon California a State Program of the National Audubon Society $325K52020–20242024— —
California Marine Sanctuary Foundation $310K52020–20242024CA
I Indigenous Led a Project of Wild Foundation $300K120242024— —
Endangered Species Coalition $290K52020–20242024DC
Smithsonian Institution $280K32021–20232023DC
W Wild Foundation $275K120232023WA
S Smithsonian Institute $275K220242024— —
B Bishop John T Walker School for Boys $275K52020–20242024— —
N National Marine Sanctuary Foundation- Sbnms $255K32020–20222022— —
Center for Biological Diversity INC $255K52020–20242024AZ
N Nso of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts $250K120202020— —
W Weta $250K120212021— —
The Wyldlife Fund $250K120242024WY
S Shark Conservation Fund $250K120202020— —
Mica Group INC $250K120222022MD
W Wildlife Conservation Societymica Group $250K120212021— —
S Shark Conservation Fund a Project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors $250K120242024— —
The Ocean Foundation $240K52020–20242024DC
Lighthawk $230K52020–20242024CO
Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust $220K52020–20242024VA
Building Bridges Across the River INC $200K120222022DC
O Oregon State University $175K52020–20242024— —
N National Symphony Orchestra (nso) of the John F Kennedy Center for the Perf $150K120242024— —
American Bird Conservancy $150K32020–20242024VA
C Capital Partners for Education $150K32020–20222022— —
Wolf Haven International $130K52020–20242024WA
S See $100K120232023— —
A Arc a Project of See (social and Environmental Entrepreneurs) $100K120242024— —
P Partnership for the National Trail System $100K22020–20212021— —
Chesapeake Bay Foundation INC $100K120202020MD
Ndn Collective INC $100K120202020SD
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs INC $100K120222022CA
Spark the Journey $100K22023–20242024DC
California Ocean Alliance $95K52020–20242024CA
A Arc (animal Road Crossing) $75K120212021— —
M Meadowlark Botanical Gardens $70K32020–20222022— —
G Greater Good Charities $65K120242024— —
The Climate Center $50K120242024CA
S Savannah Institute $50K120222022— —
C Conservation Northwest $50K120202020— —
World Wildlife Fund INC $50K120202020DC
Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards $50K120202020NC
The Clifton Institute INC $50K120242024VA
N Naturebridge- Mid-Atlantic $40K120202020— —
F For Love of Children $25K120202020— —
N Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority $25K120232023— —
Y Yellowstone Safe Passages (fiscal Sponsor the Common Ground Project) $25K120242024— —
Beneath the Waves INC $25K120202020VA

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