Washington, D.C. · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in Washington, D.C.

Imperigo has identified 930 funders that made 7,688 grants totaling $4.3B to 292 environment & conservation organizations in Washington, D.C., with a median grant of $49K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Environment & Conservation Funding in Washington, D.C.

Total granted $4.3B
Funders 930
Grants 7,688
Organizations funded 292

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

71. Greater Washington Community Foundation
85 grants to 26 organizations · largest $450K · through 2024
$4.6M
79. California Community Foundation
30 grants to 14 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024
$7.2M
94. The Oregon Community Foundation
22 grants to 7 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024
$3.6M
111. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
61 grants to 23 organizations · largest $854K · through 2024
$4.3M
124. Charities Aid Foundation America
55 grants to 19 organizations · largest $406K · through 2024
$3.5M
430. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
444 grants to 124 organizations · largest $110.9M · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$1.0B
431. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
201 grants to 61 organizations · largest $82.1M · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$447.0M
432. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncDonor-advised
76 grants to 25 organizations · largest $20.0M · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$104.5M
433. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
294 grants to 87 organizations · largest $12.8M · through 2024
$157.1M
434. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
193 grants to 59 organizations · largest $5.6M · through 2024
$76.8M
435. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
201 grants to 59 organizations · largest $3.9M · through 2024
$41.5M
436. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
109 grants to 31 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2024
$21.2M
437. Network for GoodDonor-advised
112 grants to 37 organizations · largest $2.6M · through 2024
$6.4M
438. The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
53 grants to 15 organizations · largest $600K · through 2024
$3.8M
439. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
102 grants to 37 organizations · largest $646K · through 2024
$6.3M
448. New Venture FundRegrantor
56 grants to 28 organizations · largest $86.2M · through 2024 · 15.7% of their giving
$313.2M
449. The Uli FoundationRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $10.4M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$54.5M
450. Climate Imperative FoundationRegrantor
56 grants to 23 organizations · largest $4.8M · through 2024 · 11.8% of their giving
$63.5M
451. Clean Future Forum IncRegrantor
14 grants to 8 organizations · largest $5.2M · through 2024 · 38.6% of their giving
$28.3M
452. Fund for a Better Future IncRegrantor
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $21.3M · through 2024 · 23.3% of their giving
$24.5M
453. Climateworks FoundationRegrantor
77 grants to 33 organizations · largest $8.8M · through 2024 · 10.8% of their giving
$42.7M
454. North FundRegrantor
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $5.7M · through 2024 · 17.7% of their giving
$26.0M
455. Climate Power Education FundRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $18.0M · through 2024 · 99.1% of their giving
$21.0M
456. Open Society Action Fund IncRegrantor
30 grants to 3 organizations · largest $9.7M · through 2024 · 7.5% of their giving
$45.4M
457. Alliance for Open Society Int'l IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $11.0M · through 2024 · 49.0% of their giving
$11.8M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to environment & conservation work in Washington, D.C., not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 18 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering environment & conservation work, with an address in Washington, D.C.. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable environment & conservation funding in Washington, D.C., not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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