Grants awarded
Who does Ruth H Brown Foundation fund?
Ruth H Brown Foundation has awarded $2.5 million across 331 grants to 160 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $5,000, with most between $2,500 and $10,000.
Total awarded
$2.5M
Typical grant
$5K
Grantees
160
Grants
331
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tides Foundation
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$255K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
Conservation Colorado
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$120K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | CO | |
| N Natural Resource Defense Council | $120K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $107K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Center for Biological Diversity INC
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$69K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
Citizens Climate Education Corp
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$55K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
Western Resource Advocates
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$48K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | CO | |
| V Vermont Public Interest Research Ed | $45K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $45K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$44K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | DC | |
The Grand Canyon Trust INC
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$43K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
| C Creede Repertory Theater | $40K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
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$40K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
San Juan Mountains Association
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$39K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | CO | |
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$35K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | CO | |
| C Community Office - Resource Effic | $35K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $32K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$32K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
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$30K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | OR | |
| A Aspen Ctr for Environmental Studies | $30K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$28K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| N Nature Conservancy of Hawaii | $27K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Rfv Habitat for Humanity | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Protect Our Winters
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$23K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | CO | |
| E Environment Foundation | $20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| F Fort Lewis College | $20K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| V VT Public Interest Research Ed | $20K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| L Land Trust of Santa Barbara | $20K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$20K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| C Community Environmental Council | $20K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Oceana INC
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$20K | 3 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | DC | |
| S Southern Utah Wilderness Assn | $18K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$17K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | UT | |
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$17K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CO | |
Population Connection
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$16K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| S Signal Tec Coalition | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$15K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | CO | |
American Rivers INC
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$15K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | DC | |
| G Growing Empowerment | $15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CO | |
| S San Juan Mnt Assn | $15K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$15K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Vote Solar
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$15K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
The Union of Concerned Scientists INC
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$14K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| I Individual recipient | $14K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Creede Historic Society | $14K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $13K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$12K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $12K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Community Rebuilds
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$12K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | UT | |
Conservation Law Foundation INC
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$12K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MA | |
Canyonlands Field Institute INC
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$12K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | UT | |
Living Rivers
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$11K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | UT | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Aspen Valley Land Trust
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Vermont Natural Resources Council INC
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$10K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | VT | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| V Vermont Natural Resource Council | $10K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Climate Economy Action of VT | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$10K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
| M Moab Health Care Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C City of Moab Sustainability | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$10K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| V VT Natural Resource Council | $10K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| C Colorado Cattleman's Ag Land Trust | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Climate Economy Action Center | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Friends of the Earth
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$10K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Mountain Roots INC
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$10K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
High Country News
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$9K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$8K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $8K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $8K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Sustainable Crested Butte INC | $8K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
| W We Act | $7K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| 3 350org | $7K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $7K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $6K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $6K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $6K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $6K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Planned Parenthood
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| C Community Foundationgunnison | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Institute for Sustainable Communiti | $5K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Direct Relief
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$5K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| P Planned Parenthood Utah | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| R Re-Wilding Institute | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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