Grants awarded
Who does The Christensen Fund fund?
The Christensen Fund has awarded $61 million across 628 grants to 305 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $70,000, with most between $14,000 and $150,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $80,000 versus $50,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$60.7M
Typical grant
$70K
Grantees
305
Grants
628
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.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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$2.3M | 9 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| I Instituto Mexicano De Desarrollo Comunitario Ac | $1.4M | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Native American Rights Fund
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$1.4M | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
| I International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs | $1.2M | 7 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Servicios Integrales Emuri (sine) Ac | $1.1M | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$1.0M | 6 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Land Is Life INC
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$1.0M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$1.0M | 5 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| S Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples INC | $976K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $970K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$931K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| N National Congress of American Indians Fund | $915K | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R Rudolf Steiner Foundation DBA Rsf Social Finance | $900K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $890K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$882K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| S Samburu Women Trust | $825K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Indigenous Peoples Rights INC
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$765K | 5 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
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$750K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| I International Land and Forest Tenure Facility | $750K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Allied Media Projects INC
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$750K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
| P Pastoralist Women for Health and Education | $735K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$700K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $675K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Sogorea Te Land Trust
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$620K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $610K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Center for Research and Development in Drylands | $600K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Redes Por La Diversidad Equidad Y Sustentabilidad Ac | $600K | 5 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
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$579K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| T Tebtebba Foundation INC | $578K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $570K | 5 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Law College Association of the University of Arizona | $562K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Indigenous Movement for Peace Advancement and Conflict Transformation (impa | $550K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
New Venture Fund
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$550K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
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$545K | 6 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| T The Vanuatu Indigenous Land Defense Desk Committee INC | $510K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $505K | 6 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Illuminative INC
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$500K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| D Drylands Learning and Capacity Building Initiative | $480K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I International Indigenous Women's Forum Fimi | $470K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A Association-Federation of Organic Development Bio-Kg | $460K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation
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$450K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | HI | |
| I Indigenous Strategy and Institution for Development | $450K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| O Ogiek Peoples' Development Program | $426K | 7 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $420K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Centro Mexicano De Derecho Ambiental Ac | $410K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $400K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| P Pacific Network on Globalisation | $395K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Indigenous Movement for Peace Advancement and Conflict Transformation | $390K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$375K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$375K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | SD | |
Native Conservancy
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$375K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | AK | |
Ndn Collective INC
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$375K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | SD | |
| I Individual recipient | $370K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Centro De Capacitacion Y Defensa De Los Derechos Humanos E Indigenas Ac | $365K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Center for Environmental Law and Community Rights INC | $360K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| R Resource Conflict Institute (reconcile) | $350K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$330K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| A Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation | $330K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Mountain Societies Development Support Program | $325K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Impact Charitable
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$322K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| I Institute for Sustainable Development Strategy | $310K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S Strategies for Northern Development | $310K | 5 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| D Drylands Learning and Capacity Building Initiatives (dlci) | $310K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Indian Science and Engineering Society | $305K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$300K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
| R Resource Conflict Institute | $300K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$300K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
Denver Art Museum INC
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$300K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
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$300K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| T The Cultural Conservancy | $285K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Indian Law Resource Center
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$285K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
| D Drylands Learning and Capacity Building Initiatives | $280K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Rewild | $270K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
University of Colorado Foundation
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$260K | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $260K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| O Organizacion Nacional Indigena De Colombia (onic) | $250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F Front Line USA Foundation | $250K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| B Bismarck Ramu Group Ltd | $250K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| F Federacion Indigena Empresarial Y Comunidades Locales De Mexico A C | $250K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I International Indigenous Women's Forum | $250K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $240K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| F Foro Para El Desarrollo Sustentable Ac | $235K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| F Friends of Lake Turkana Trust | $235K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Bioversity International
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$230K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | |
| T The Pastoralists Indigenous Non Governmental Organization's Forum (pingo's) | $220K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Podaali - Fundo Indigena Da Amazonia Brasileira | $210K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N National Association of Pasture Users of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Jaiyty | $210K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| P Peace Building Center | $210K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
If Not US Then Who
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$208K | 6 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| A Agency for Development Initiatives | $205K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| L Legal Advice Centre | $200K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Tribal Government of St Paul Island | $200K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R Reseau Des Populations Autochtones Et Locales Pour La Gestion Durable Des E | $200K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$200K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MT | |
| F Fundacion Pro Defensa De La Naturaleza Y Sus Derechos | $187K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $185K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
President and Fellows of Harvard College
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$180K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| I Individual recipient | $175K | 2 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A Acuavita Foundation INC | $170K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA |
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