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Who funds World Resources Institute?

World Resources Institute has received $295 million across 672 grants from 207 funders between 2019 and 2025. Its largest funder is Conservation International Foundation.

Total received
$295.4M
Funders
207
Grants
672
Years
2019–2025

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Funders of this organization

Each funder's grants to this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 207 funders
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Funder Total givenGrantsYearsLatest Support
Conservation International Foundation $26.8M52020–20242024
Sequoia Climate Foundation $25.5M222021–20232023
B Bloomberg Family Foundation INC $20.4M92020–20242024
Rippleworks INC $20.0M120222022
G Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management INC $19.3M42021–20242024
Climateworks Foundation $12.4M52020–20242024
John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (consolidated) $11.2M162020–20242024
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $11.0M72019–20242024
T The Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation $9.5M22023–20242024
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation $9.2M362020–20242024
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation $8.6M152020–20242024
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC $8.3M52020–20242024
The Patrick J McGovern Foundation INC $7.0M72019–20242024
Pact INC $5.9M62019–20232023
Windward Fund $5.0M42020–20242024
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INC $5.0M42020–20242024
C Cerity Partners Foundation $4.0M42019–20232023
National Philanthropic Trust $3.2M72019–20242024
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INC $3.2M62019–20242024
Conrad N Hilton Foundation $3.0M32021–20232023
W Wal-Mart Foundation $2.9M52020–20232023
A Ares Charitable Foundation $2.7M32022–20242024
The Samueli Foundation $2.6M22023–20242024
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $2.6M52022–20242024
R Ruth McC Tankersley Charitable Fnd $2.6M52021–20242024
B Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Tr $2.5M52020–20242024
Sall Family Foundation INC $2.5M52020–20242024
Breakthrough Energy Foundation $2.4M52022–20242024
Greater Washington Community Foundation $2.3M42019–20232023
G G O Forward Charitable Tr $2.2M52020–20242024
Ford Foundation $2.2M112020–20242024
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $2.1M82020–20242024
Cdp North America INC $2.1M32021–20232023
New Venture Fund $2.0M42021–20242024
World Wildlife Fund INC $1.7M62019–20242024
The Oak Foundation USA $1.7M22020–20212021
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $1.7M32021–20242024
Mulago Foundation $1.6M52020–20242024
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $1.5M120232023
The Skoll Foundation $1.5M220232023
A Amalgamated Charitable Foundation INC $1.5M120232023
The Chicago Community Trust $1.3M22023–20242024
Climate Imperative Foundation $1.2M22023–20242024
The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation $1.2M120242024
A Advocates for Climate Innovation $1.2M122020–20242024
American Online Giving Foundation INC $1.1M62019–20242024
Growald Climate Fund INC $1.1M52020–20242024
I International Sustainable Energy Foundation $1.0M320232023
Bank of America Charitable Foundation INC $1.0M332020–20232023
T The Polsky Foundation $1.0M32021–20232023
The Heising-Simons Foundation $900K52020–20242024
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation $828K120242024
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group INC $808K32021–20242024
A Alexander Foundation INC $800K22022–20242024
United States Endowment Forforestry and Communities INC $785K52020–20242024
Rockefeller Foundation $768K42020–20242024
Robertson Foundation $750K120232023
Rocky Mountain Institute $725K22021–20222022
Shell Foundation $600K120212021
B Builders Initiative Foundation $600K32022–20242024
Dalberg Catalyst $581K22021–20222022
Wellspring Philantropic Fund INC $580K32019–20232023
World Green Building Council INC $566K22023–20242024
Multiplier $525K120242024
S Stadler Family Charitable Foundation INC $500K22023–20242024
F Femsa Foundation INC $500K120242024
United States Energy Foundation $500K42020–20242024
American Endowment Foundation $457K62020–20242024
M Moses Ginsberg Family Fdn INC $450K22019–20222022
L Leon Lowenstein Foundation INC $450K22020–20212021
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation INC $400K32020–20212021
The Kresge Foundation $350K22022–20232023
Tides Foundation $340K220222022
Wildlife Conservation Society $322K22019–20212021
T The Educational Foundation of America $300K32021–20242024
M Minerva Foundation INC $295K32020–20232023
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $295K52020–20242024
Prospect Hill Foundation INC $285K132019–20242024
Charities Aid Foundation America $263K22022–20242024
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated $257K52019–20232023
Rockefeller Brothers Fund INC $250K120202020
Sixteen Thirty Fund $250K120242024
The McKnight Foundation $250K22022–20232023
International City County Management Association $214K32022–20242024
Rainforest Alliance INC $203K120242024
The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation $200K32022–20242024
The Nathan Cummings Foundation INC $200K22020–20212021
Meyer Memorial Trust $199K120192019
S Sally Mead Hands Foundation $190K52020–20242024
American Forests $185K32019–20222022
Laura and John Arnold Foundation $177K120242024
T The Bessemer Giving Fund $175K120212021
F Flaherty Family Foundation $162K62019–20242024
Columbus Foundation $152K32022–20242024
The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment $150K120232023
Give Lively Foundation INC $125K42021–20242024
C Cox Family Fund $100K52020–20242024
The Sunrise Project INC $100K120242024
B Boger Family Foundation INC $100K42019–20232023
Watttime Corporation $100K120192019

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