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While many of the foundations listed on this page address climate change and/or biodiversity in some way, those with a core institutional focus on one or the other are highlighted. Please note that this is a work-in-progress: many foundations are yet to be classified, and keep in mind that there are no straightforward criteria and widely accepted criteria for determining whether a foundation is “climate-focused” or “biodiversity-focused.”
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11th Hour Project
444S Foundation
A
AACT Fund
Abell Foundation
Agua Fund
Alaska Conservation Foundation
Alliance for Justice
Altman Foundation, Jenifer
Amalgamated Bank Charitable Foundation
American Jewish World Service
American Wildlife Conservation Foundation
· "In 1970, the American Game Protective and Propagation Association joined with the New York
State Conservation Council Foundation and American Game Association Foundation, renamed
in 1978 as the American Wildlife Research Foundation. In 2003, the name was finally changed
to American Wildlife Conservation Foundation to more accurately reflect its broader mission
and program."*
Americana Foundation
An Environmental Trust, Inc.
Andes Amazon Fund (New Ventures Fund)
Andrew Currie Fund
Andrew Norman Foundation
Animal Welfare Trust
Annenberg Foundation
Anthropocene Institute
Appalachian Stewardship Foundation
Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors
Arcadia Fund
Arcus Foundation
Argosy Foundation
Arkay Foundation
Arntz Family Foundation
As You Sow
As You Sow Foundation
Atlantis Blue Project Foundation
Aveda Corporation
Avery Dennison Foundation
B
Barbara Delano Foundation
Barr Foundation
Baxa Family Foundation
Beagle Charitable Foundation
Beatrice R. & Joseph A. Coleman Foundation
Bella Vista Foundation
Ben & Jerry's Foundation
Benwood Foundation
· does not have a "public-facing web site," according to linked story.
Blue Foundation
Blue Moon Fund
Blumenthal Foundation
Bonwood Foundation
Bonwood Social Investments
Boston Foundation
Both Ends Foundation
Botkin Foundation
Boulder Community Foundation
Bradshaw-Knight Foundation
Brainerd Foundation
Brico Foundation
Brookby Foundation
Bullitt Foundation
C
C.S Fund
Caldera Foundation
California Wellness Foundation
Campion Foundation
CASA - Center for Socio-Environmental Support
Casey and Family Foundation
Cedar Tree Foundation
Central Valley Community Foundation (formerly Fresno Regional Foundation)
Changing Horizons Fund
Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Children's Investment Fund Foundation
Chino Cienega Foundation
Chorus Foundation
Christensen Fund
Christina Heroy Foundation
Circle of Service Foundation
Claneil Foundation
Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation
Cleveland Foundation
Climate Advocacy Lab (formerly Skoll Global Threats Fund)
Climate and Land Use Alliance
Climate Cent Foundation [Switzerland]
· “...mobilizes resources to support resilience and sustainability outcomes in communities across the U.S.
and for the natural systems on which they depend. Together with our partners, we aim to expand our
collective capacity to create a more adaptive, sustainable, climate-resilient society.”
Colorado Plateau Foundation (Arizona Community Foundation)
Columbia Foundation
Common Counsel Foundation
Common Sense Fund
Community Foundation Boulder County
Community Foundation Serving Riverside and San Bernardino Counties
Compton Foundation
Cornerstone Campaign
CrossCurrents Foundation
Crown Family Philanthropies
CRUSA Foundation
Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation
Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation
D
Dalio Foundation
Dan and Sheryl Tishman Family Foundation
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
David Rockefeller Fund
David Suzuki Foundation
Davis Foundation
Deep Search Foundation
Dietel Partners
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Dyer-Ives Foundation/John Hunting
E
E4TheFuture
Earth Friends
EarthShare
EcoViva
Edgerton Foundation
Educational Foundation of America
Edwards Mother Earth Foundation
Eileen Fisher, Inc.
Elizabeth B. and Arthur E. Roswell Foundation
Elizabeth Haub Foundations for Environmental Law and Policy
Emerson Collective Foundation
Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
Endurance Fund
Energy Innovation
Enlyst Fund
Environmental Funders Network
Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation
European Climate Foundation
European Foundation Centre
Eyes on the Future Fund
F
Farm Aid
Fidelity Foundation
Fink Family Foundation
Fledgling Fund
Flora Family Foundation
FMCN
Ford
Ford Foundation
Foundation for the Carolinas
Franciscan Sisters of Mary
Fred Gellert Family Foundation
Fresh Water Protection
Fund for Lake Michigan
Fund for New Jersey
G
Gaea Foundation
Gaia Fund
Garfield Foundation
Gates Family Foundation
Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelly Foundation
General Service Foundation
George B. Storer Foundation
George Gund Foundation
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Germeshausen Foundation
Global Greengrants Fund
Global Partnership for Sharks and Rays
Goldman Environmental Foundation
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Grace Communications Foundation
GRACE Communications Foundation
Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
Grassroots International
Great Lakes Fishery Trust
Great Lakes Protection Fund
Greater New Orleans Foundation
Grove Foundation
Growald Family Fund
Gund Foundation
H
Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation
Hanley Foundation
Harder Foundation
Harold K. L. Castle Foundation
Harold M. and Adeline S. Morrison Family Foundation
Harris and Frances Block Foundation
Harte Charitable Foundation
Hawaii Community Foundation
Heather Henson
Heinrich Boell Foundation
Heinz Endowment, Vira I.
Heinz Endowments
Heising-Simons Foundation
Helmsley Charitable Trust, Leona M. and Harry B.
Henry M. Jackson Foundation
Herbert W. Hoover Foundation
Hewlett Foundation, William and Flora
High Tide Foundation
Hildreth Faily Fund of The Maine Community Foundation
Hildreth Family Fund
Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice
HKH Foundation
Houston Endowment
Hudson River Foundation
I
Ikea Foundation
Illinois Science and Energy Innovation Foundation
Independent Council for Safe Energy Fund
Innovo Foundation
Institute for Climate and Society [Brazil]
Institute for Global Communications
Inter-American Development Bank
International Community Foundation
International Community Foundation (Kinninger)
Island Foundation
Istituto Clima e Sociedade
Ittleson Foundation
Ivey Foundation
J
J.M. Kaplan Fund
Jacob & Terese Hershey Foundation
Janelia Foundation
Jenifer Altman Foundation
Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
Jiji Foundation
JMG Foundation
John Merck Fund
Johnson Family Foundation
Johnson Foundation
Joyce Foundation
JPB Foundation
JRS Biodiversity Foundation
Jubelirer Family Fund
Julian Grace Foundation
Julian Price Family Foundation
K
Kann Rasmussen Foundation, V.
Kaplan Fund, J. M.
KEEN Footwear (KEEN Effect)
Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment
Kelley Family Foundation
Kendeda Fund
Kindle Project
Kingfisher Foundation
Kirkpatrick Foundation
Kohlberg Foundation
Kongsgaard-Goldman Foundation
KR Foundation
Kresge Foundation
L
LaGuntza Foundation
Laird Norton Family Foundation
Lambi Fund of Haiti
Lampert Byrd Foundation
Lawrence Foundation
Lawson Valentine Foundation
Lazar Foundation
Leighty Foundation
Lemmon Foundation
Leon Lowenstein Foundation
Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
Liberty Hill Foundation
Liberty Prairie Foundation
LifeWorks
Light Family Foundation
Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust
Lily Auchincloss Foundation
Linden Family Foundation
Linden Trust for Conservation
Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund
Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg Foundation
Loewy Family Foundation
Lounsbery Foundation
Lumpkin Family Foundation
Lyndhurst Foundation
M
MacArthur Foundation, John D. and Catherine T.
Magnolia Charitable Trust
Maine Climate Funders Network
Marcus Foundation
Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
Marin Community Foundation
Marine Ventures Foundation
Marisla Foundation
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
Matthews-Multedo Family Fund
MAVA Foundation
Maverick Lloyd Foundation
Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation
McCune Charitable Foundation
McGovern Foundation
McIntosh Foundation
McKinney Family Foundation
McKnight Foundation
Merck Family Fund
Merrill G. and Emita E. Hastings Foundation
Mertz Gilmore Foundation
Meyer Memorial Trust
Michael Haas
Milner Family Foundation
Mitchell Foundation
Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas
Mize Family Foundation
Moore Foundation, Gordon and Betty
Morton and Jane Blaustein Foundation
Mott Foundation, Charles Stewart
Moxie Foundation
MSC Foundation
Mulago Foundation
Munson Foundation, Curtis and Edith
N
Nathan Cummings Foundation
National Environmental Education Foundation
National Fish Wildlife Foundation
· A private conservation grant-maker that works "with both the public and private sectors to protext and
restore our nation's fish, wildlife, plants and habitats."
National Geographic Society
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
National Park Foundation
Needmor Fund
New Cycle Foundation
New England Biolabs Foundation
New England Grassroots Environment Fund
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
New Place Fund
New Priorities Foundation
New Venture Fund
New Venture Fund
New York Community Trust
Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
Nooru Foundation
Norcross Wildlife Foundation
Northwest Fund for the Environment
NRG Systems, Inc.
O
Oak Foundation
Ocean Foundation
Orchard Foundation
Orton Family Foundation
Ottinger Founation
Outrider Foundation
Overbrook Foundation
Overlook International Foundation
P
Packard Foundation, David and Lucile
Panta Rhea Foundation
Park Foundation
Partners for a New Economy
Passport Foundation
Patagonia Inc
Patrick & Aimee Butler Family Foundation
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
Penney Family Fund
Philip Stephenson Foundation
Pierce Family Foundation
Pisces Foundation
Planet Heritage Foundation
Planet Pledge/LDF
Porter Family Foundation
Porter Foundation
Porticus
Prince Charitable Trusts
Pritzker Innovation Fund
Prospect Hill Foundation
Pulliam Trust
Putnam Foundation
Q
Quixote Foundation
R
R.A. Hunt Foundation
Ralph E. Ogden Foundation Inc.
RE-AMP
Recycling Partnership
Regina B. Frankenberg Foundation
REI Coop
Renstrom-Perkowitz Social Investing & Bonwood Foundation
Resources Legacy Fund / Resources Law Group
Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation
Robertson Foundation
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Rockefeller Family Fund
Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Roddenberry Foundation
Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment
Roy A. Hunt Foundation
Russell Family Foundation
S
S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
Sacharuna Foundation
San Diego Foundation
San Francisco Foundation
Sandler Foundation
Sapelo Foundation
Scherman Foundation
Schmidt Family Foundation (11th Hour Racing)
Seal Bay Fund
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples
Sidney E. Frank Foundation
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Sills Family Foundation
Singing Field Foundation
Skoll Foundation
Solidago Foundation
Spitzer Charitable Trust
Springcreek Foundation
Stanley Foundation
Stellar Blue Fund
Stewardship Council
Stiftung Mercator
Stranahan Foundation
Sudbury Foundation
Summer Fund II
Summit Charitable Foundation, Inc
SunLight Time Foundation
Surdna Foundation
Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders
Swift Foundation
Switzer Foundation
T
Tellus Mater Foundation
Tempest Advisors
Ten Strands
The George B. Storer Foundation
The Ida and Robert Gordon Family Foundation, Inc.
The Lia Fund
The Mullum Trust
The Philanthropic Intiative
The Redford Center
The Solutions Project
The Vermont Community Foundation
Thomas W. Haas Foundation
Thousand Currents (Formerly International Development Exchange, IDEX)
Threshold Foundation
Tides Canada
Tides Foundation
Tiffany & Co. Foundation
Tikva Grassroots Empowerment Fund
Tomberg Family Philanthropies
TomKat Charitable Trust
Toronto Atmospheric Fund
Tortuga Foundation
Town Creek Foundation
True North Foundation
Tundra Glacier Fund
Turner Foundation
U
U.S Fish & Wildlife Service
U.S. Agency For International Development
Ulupono Initiative
UN Foundation
Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock
United Nations Foundation
Unity Avenue Foundation
V
V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation
Vermont Community Foundation
Vervane Foundation
Volgenau Foundation
Volo Foundation
W
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Waitt Foundation
Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation
Wallace Genetic Foundation
Wallace Global Fund
Walton Family Foundation
Water Foundation
Weeden Foundation
Wege Foundation
Weissman Family Foundation
WestWind Foundation
Whole Systems Foundation
Wiancko Charitable Foundation
Wilburforce Foundation
Will Parish
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
William C. Kenney Foundation
William Penn Foundation
Windward Fund
Winslow Foundation
Wolfensohn Family Foundation
Women's Foundation of California
Z
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Zennstrom Philanthropies
Zoom Foundation
Zumiez, Inc.
Environmental funders ~ A>Z listing
This page consists of an alphabetical listing of charitable institutions (mostly
foundations but also some corporations) that provide funding for environmental,
conservation, and sustainability purposes and activities.
The listing was originally compiled in June 2019 from (1) the Membership Directory
of the Environmental Grantmakers Association and (2) the
Members & program participants of the Biodiversity Funders Group.
Additional grantmakers and foundations have been added since, but it is important to
keep in mind that there are many more grantmakers working in the environmental
arena that are not listed here.
Links to each funder are being added on an ad hoc incremental basis; the vast majority
are not yet in place, but most funders will be easily found through a web search.
For other directories and general information, see the
