Grants awarded
Who does Cottonwood Spring fund?
Cottonwood Spring has awarded $2.1 million across 76 grants to 44 grantees between 2022 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $25,000 and $30,000.
Total awarded
$2.1M
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
44
Grants
76
Years
2022–2025
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 | Follow |
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| I Individual recipient | $100K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living
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$95K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Committee to Protect Journalists INC
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$95K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy | $85K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Animal Legal Defense Fund INC
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$85K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $85K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$80K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Ifex | $70K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County INC
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$65K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$65K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MD | |
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$65K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
United Way of Santa Cruz County
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$65K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$55K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Wikimedia Foundation INC
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$55K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Animal Outlook INC
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$55K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Institute for Policy Studies
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$55K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County
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$55K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$55K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| G Global Investigative Journalism Network | $50K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Building Decarbonization Coalition
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$45K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
National Trust for Local News
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$45K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
Center for Carbon Removal
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$45K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| C Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County INC | $35K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U United Way of Santa Cruz County | $35K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Animal Legal Defense Fund | $35K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Santa Cruz Welcoming Network | $35K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Housing Santa Cruz County | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wikimedia Foundation INC | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Amah Mutsun Land Trust | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Land Trust of Santa Cruz County | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Committee to Protect Journalists INC | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Institute for Policy Studies | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Humane League | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Building Decarbonization Coalition | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Policylink | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N National Trust for Local News | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Center for Carbon Removal | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Brennan Center for Justice | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Global Press Institute | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Leadership Conference Education Fund | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A ACLU Foundation | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy | $20K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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