Grants awarded
Who does Environmental Defense Action Fund fund?
Environmental Defense Action Fund has awarded $32 million across 125 grants to 82 grantees between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $20,000, with most between $10,000 and $50,000.
Total awarded
$31.9M
Typical grant
$20K
Grantees
82
Grants
125
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.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| E Edf Action Votes INC | $20.4M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
League of Conservation Voters INC
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$3.5M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| S State of Arizona DBA Arizona Dept of Water | $1.3M | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Nextgen Climate Action
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$1.0M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | |
| W Western Conservation Action | $675K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
The Partnership Project Action Fund
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$472K | 5 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| K Keep the Lights on | $450K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Ocean Conservancy INC
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$364K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | DC | |
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$291K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | PA | |
| C Conserve and Protect Our Water | $280K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CO | |
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$250K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | DC | |
Clean Energy for America Education Fund
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$250K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | |
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The Partnership Project INC
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$200K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | DC | |
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$195K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | DC | |
| F Future Freedoms | $150K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$150K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | DC | |
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$110K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
Clean and Prosperous America
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$100K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | WA | |
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$100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
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$80K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | CA | |
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$78K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | IN | |
| C Clean Energy Business Network LLC | $68K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Western Citizens Protecting Our | $60K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CO | |
| T Taxpayers for Common Sense Action | $55K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
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$50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NM | |
| C Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship | $50K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA | — |
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$45K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | PA | |
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$43K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | ME | |
| E Een Action INC | $40K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$40K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
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$36K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NC | |
Farmers Educational & Cooperative Union of America Rocky Mtn Div
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$36K | 2 | 2023 | 2023 | CO | |
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$35K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NM | |
National Audubon Society INC
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$34K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | NY | |
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$33K | 2 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| B Business Council for Sustainable Energy Fdn | $32K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$30K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | NM | |
| V Vote Yes on 113 | $30K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | OR | |
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$30K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | DC | |
Mi Familia Vota Education Fund
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$30K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | AZ | |
| H Hold Politicians Accountable | $30K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | OR | — |
Natural Resources Council INC
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$30K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Business Council for Sustainable Energy Foundation
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$29K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | DC | |
| E Envrionment Texas | $25K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CO | — |
| P Progressive State Leaders | $25K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | DC | |
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$25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | |
Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund
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$25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NM | |
| P Politico LLC | $24K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
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$22K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | GA | |
Neo Philanthropy INC
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$20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
| N No on 2117 Committee | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
Pennenvironment INC
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$20K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | PA | |
| E Emily's List | $20K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
| F Friends of St Vrain and Left Hand Water | $20K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
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$20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
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$18K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| E Elect Katie Hobbs Inaugural Account | $18K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$16K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | OR | |
America Votes
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$15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | DC | |
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$15K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MD | |
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$15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| L Latino Victory Fund | $15K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| S Sara Ashley Stevens DBA All Together Colorado | $15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MN | |
Earthworks
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
The Nature Conservancy
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | VA | |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | UT | |
| N Nava Education Project | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NM | — |
Wyoming Outdoor Council
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | WY | |
| R Renew Oregon Action Fund | $10K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | OR | |
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | WV | |
Texas Tribune INC
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
Western Environmental Law Center
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | OR | |
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CO | |
Ground Game Texas
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| R Rio Grande International Study Center | $9K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | — |
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$6K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — |
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