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Who does Sierra Club Foundation fund?

Sierra Club Foundation has awarded $490 million across 114 grants to 78 organizations between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $46,872, with most between $20,000 and $100,000.

Total awarded
$489.6M
Typical grant
$47K
Grantees
78
Grants
114
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.

78 of 78 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
Sierra Club $481.9M62020–20252025CA
Population Media Center INC $939K120222022VT
The Partnership Project INC $650K32020–20232023DC
Community Initiatives $620K42020–20242024CA
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs INC $510K32020–20232023CA
Tides Foundation $250K120232023CA
Michigan Environmental Council $250K120242024MI
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago $248K120252025IL
Latino Community Fund of Washingtonstate $205K22023–20242024WA
Greenlatinos $200K22022–20242024DC
Solutions Project INC $200K120232023CA
University of California Berkeley Foundation $180K52020–20242024CA
Right to the City Alliance INC $175K120222022NY
Verde $150K120232023OR
Green 2 0 $110K22021–20222022DC
Confluence Philanthropy INC $100K52021–20252025NY
Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund INC $100K120222022WI
N Nonprofit Legal Services of Utah INC $100K120222022UT
Environmental Health Coalition $100K120202020CA
S Sustainable Markets Foundation $100K120242024NY
Bluegreen Alliance Foundation $100K120232023MN
C Center for Investigative Journalism $95K120222022PR —
A Amaneser 2025 $95K120222022— —
Florida Rising Together INC $94K22020–20222022FL
University of Southern California $89K120202020CA
Power Shift Network $75K120222022DC
Of Salt and Sand $75K120242024UT
West Harlem Environmental Action INC $75K120222022NY
Washington Interfaith Network INC $75K22020–20212021DC
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada $70K120222022NV
F Frack Action Fund $60K120202020NY
W West Virginia Citizen Action Education Fund INC $50K120252025WV
For a Better Bayou $50K120252025LA
United States Energy Foundation $50K120232023CA
Nw Energy Coalition $50K120242024WA
Center for Progressive Reform INC $50K120252025DC
Winyah Rivers Foundation INC $50K120212021SC
Partnership for Southern Equity $50K120202020GA
Rio Grande Return $50K32021–20232023NM
A Appalachian Mountain Advocates INC $50K120242024WV
Conservation Voters of South Carolina Education Fund $50K120242024SC
Guardian Revival INC $50K120242024NY
Sierra Foothills Audubon Society $50K120202020CA
Atmos Ltd $50K120252025NY
Allegheny Land Tr $47K120212021PA
Missouri State Parks Foundation INC $47K120232023MO
Inclusive Development International $43K120232023NC
Warehouse Workers Justice Center $40K120212021IL
The Crane Institute of Sustainability INC $40K22024–20252025MA
Physicians for Social Responsibility INC $40K120212021DC
Bike Pittsburgh INC $36K42021–20242024PA
Black Sustainability INC $35K120222022GA
Friends of the Inyo $35K120232023CA
T The Audubon Society of New York State INC $34K52021–20252025NY
Humanitarian Social Innovations $34K120242024PA
Alliance for a Just Society $30K120212021WA
Clean Up the River Environment $30K120202020MN
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago $30K22023–20242024IL
Turner Foundation INC $26K120202020GA
Blue Sky Institure $25K120252025UT
South River Watershed Alliance $25K120232023GA
The Aspen Institute INC $25K120252025DC
J Jesus People Against Pollution $25K120242024MS
C Coalicion Pro Corredor Ecologico Del Noreste INC $25K120232023PR
Tribal Link Foundation INC $20K120252025NY
K Karuna Foundation $20K120242024CO
Protectores De Cuencas INC $20K120202020PR
Climate Emergency Fund $15K120202020CA
Earth Island Institute INC $15K120202020CA
Earthjustice $15K120202020CA
Rainforest Trust $15K120202020VA
Clean Air Task Force INC $15K120202020MA
3 350org $15K120202020DC —
Coalition for Rainforest Nations Secretariat $15K120202020NY
Center for Carbon Removal $15K120202020DC
Sicangu Community Development Corporation $10K120222022SD
The Good Food Institute INC $10K120232023VA
Citizens Climate Education Corp $10K120202020CA

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