OVERVIEW: The Turner Foundation supports land, water and wildlife conservation and initiatives to advance clean energy in the U.S. IP TAKE: The Turner Foundation, an ally of conservation and clean energy initiatives, works mainly with state-level … [Read more...] about Turner Foundation Inc
Grants for Marine Conservation
Sarah K. de Coizart Perpetual Charitable Trust
OVERVIEW: The Sarah K. de Coizart Perpetual Charitable Trust supports species conservation and programs serving people who are blind or visually impaired, including vision-related research. Grantmaking prioritizes the Northeastern United … [Read more...] about Sarah K. de Coizart Perpetual Charitable Trust
Cabot Corporation Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Cabot Corporation Foundation supports communities where Cabot Corporation, a global specialty chemicals and performance materials company, operates. The foundation prioritizes science and technology education, while also supporting … [Read more...] about Cabot Corporation Foundation
LOR Foundation
OVERVIEW: The LOR Foundation is a private foundation that works with rural communities in the Mountain West to improve quality of life. Founded by Amy Wyss and Edward Jaramillo, LOR takes a highly place-based approach, relying on locally based … [Read more...] about LOR Foundation
Ayrshire Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Ayrshire Foundation names youth opportunity, science and the environment, healthcare, services for elderly and disabled, and community culture as areas of grantmaking interest. Giving is concentrated in Southern California and the … [Read more...] about Ayrshire Foundation
Paul Angell Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Paul Angell Foundation supports marine conservation, the performing arts, education, racial equity, economic justice, youth programs, criminal justice reform, immigrants' rights and policy advocacy. This funder priorities Chicago and … [Read more...] about Paul Angell Foundation
Dalio Philanthropies
OVERVIEW: Dalio Philanthropies’ grantmaking and operating work spans education and youth opportunity, digital access, ocean exploration and conservation, economic empowerment, health and wellness, and arts and community. IP TAKE: With more than $7 … [Read more...] about Dalio Philanthropies
Trafigura Foundation
OVERVIEW: Based in Switzerland, the Trafigura Foundation is the philanthropic entity of the Singaporean commodity and logistics multinational Trafigura Group. It supports economic opportunity, conservation and disaster preparedness in developing … [Read more...] about Trafigura Foundation
The Barry S. Sternlicht Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Barry S. Sternlicht Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to poverty, Jewish causes, education, health, arts and culture and environment. New York City is a geographic priority. IP TAKE: The Barry S. Sternlicht Foundation … [Read more...] about The Barry S. Sternlicht Foundation
Oak Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Oak Foundation makes grants for the environment and climate, sustainable agriculture, clean energy, housing and homelessness, human rights, women’s causes, learning differences, violence prevention and child sexual abuse prevention. … [Read more...] about Oak Foundation
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
OVERVIEW: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is a major U.S. philanthropy supporting climate and conservation, reproductive health and rights, maternal and child health, democracy, racial justice, civil society, California communities, and … [Read more...] about David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation supports environmental, marine and wildlife conservation in targeted areas around the world. IP TAKE: The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation is a significant environmental funder to know for … [Read more...] about Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
Chase and Stephanie Coleman Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Chase and Stephanie Coleman Foundation, which operates publicly as Coleman Family Ventures (CFV), is a New York-based family foundation supporting children and early childhood, healthcare and wellbeing, climate and ocean-related work, … [Read more...] about Chase and Stephanie Coleman Foundation
Riverstyx Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Riverstyx Foundation supports psychedelic research and related work on spirituality and end-of-life care, drug policy and criminal justice reform, Indigenous-led plant medicine conservation, and niche environmental causes including … [Read more...] about Riverstyx Foundation
Bobolink Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Bobolink Foundation, created by Hank and Wendy Paulson, supports biodiversity conservation through the protection and stewardship of natural areas, conservation education and the development of local constituencies for nature. Its … [Read more...] about Bobolink Foundation
D.N. Batten Foundation
OVERVIEW: The D.N. Batten Foundation supports wildlife and environmental conservation, youth and community organizations in Central Virginia, and selected health, climate and economic mobility efforts. IP TAKE: Batten is a big name to know in the … [Read more...] about D.N. Batten Foundation
Caldera Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Caldera Foundation provides seed and catalytic funding for efforts addressing climate change, clean energy, natural resources, democracy and civic engagement, nuclear security and selected global challenges. Recent grantmaking has … [Read more...] about Caldera Foundation
The Heinz Endowments
OVERVIEW: The Heinz Endowments is a major Pittsburgh-based funder supporting arts and culture, civic participation, climate and environmental health, community and economic development, food systems, veterans and workforce development. Grantmaking is … [Read more...] about The Heinz Endowments
Lintilhac Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Lintilhac Foundation focuses mainly focuses on water quality, renewable energy, and conservation in the state of Vermont. It also provides some funding for civic democracy, food security, women’s reproductive health, and … [Read more...] about Lintilhac Foundation
Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust
OVERVIEW: The Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust supports conservation, preservation, culture, and education in Maine. IP TAKE: The Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust is a relatively modest funder with a narrow focus, both geographically and issue-wise. It … [Read more...] about Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust
SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund
OVERVIEW: The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund supports wildlife and habitat conservation worldwide through species research, habitat protection, conservation education, and animal rescue and rehabilitation. IP TAKE: The SeaWorld … [Read more...] about SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund
Laird Norton Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Laird Norton Foundation’s climate change grantmaking focuses on regenerative biological systems, reducing fossil fuel dependency, and promoting renewable energy. Other areas of interest include arts education, human services, … [Read more...] about Laird Norton Family Foundation
National Geographic Society
OVERVIEW: The National Geographic Society backs scientists, conservationists, educators, technologists and storytellers working to understand and protect the natural and human worlds. Its grants have supported everything from wildlife research and … [Read more...] about National Geographic Society
New Venture Fund
OVERVIEW: The New Venture Fund is a Washington, D.C.-based fiscal sponsor, nonprofit incubator and grantmaking intermediary. It houses more than 100 public-interest projects and donor collaboratives working across civil rights, democracy, climate, … [Read more...] about New Venture Fund
New World Foundation
OVERVIEW: The New World Foundation mainly supports workers’ rights and labor organizing initiatives, especially ones that seek to build connections and networks among workers and activists in a globalized economy. IP TAKE: Though it is … [Read more...] about New World Foundation
Wege Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Wege Foundation supports arts and culture, environmental protection, education, and community health and wellbeing, primarily in Greater Grand Rapids. Its environmental grantmaking may extend elsewhere in Michigan. IP TAKE: The Wege … [Read more...] about Wege Foundation
VoLo Foundation
OVERVIEW: The VoLo Foundation supports science-based climate solutions, environmental education, health and medical research, and humanitarian and community-building initiatives. Its grantmaking is national but strongly concentrated in Florida. IP … [Read more...] about VoLo Foundation
Addax & Oryx Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Addax & Oryx Foundation supports locally grounded projects addressing poverty in Africa and the Middle East. Its four overlapping funding areas are health, education, community development and the environment. It favors smaller … [Read more...] about Addax & Oryx Foundation
Dorrance Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Dorrance Family Foundation supports place-based education, natural-resource conservation and community initiatives in Central and Southern California and on the Island of Hawaiʻi. Its Marine Conservation Initiative prioritizes coral and … [Read more...] about Dorrance Family Foundation
Richard King Mellon Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Richard King Mellon Foundation is a major Pittsburgh-based funder that supports conservation across the United States and economic development, economic mobility, health and community vitality in Southwestern Pennsylvania. It also … [Read more...] about Richard King Mellon Foundation
