Maryland · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in Maryland

Imperigo has identified 336 funders that made 2,394 grants totaling $226.5M to 194 environment & conservation organizations in Maryland, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Environment & Conservation Funding in Maryland

Total granted $226.5M
Funders 336
Grants 2,394
Organizations funded 194

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
105 grants to 33 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2023 · 1.4% of their giving
$24.1M
2. Earthshare Chapters Inc
16 grants to 8 organizations · largest $638K · through 2024 · 37.9% of their giving
$842K
3. Trust Ua with H C Green Fbo Chesapeake
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $287K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$546K
4. Network for Civic Action
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $556K · through 2024 · 9.5% of their giving
$556K
5. Give Back Foundation
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2025 · 1.0% of their giving
$3.1M
6. Baltimore Community Foundation Inc
61 grants to 22 organizations · largest $242K · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$1.9M
7. Izaak Walton League of America Endowment
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2024 · 30.1% of their giving
$151K
8. Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co
32 grants to 8 organizations · largest $111K · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$688K
9. Maryland Agricultural Resource Council Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $106K · through 2023 · 67.6% of their giving
$107K
10. United States Energy Foundation
26 grants to 8 organizations · largest $320K · through 2024
$3.2M
11. Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $425K · through 2022 · 1.2% of their giving
$1.4M
12. The American Board of Radiology Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $81K · through 2019 · 29.2% of their giving
$81K
13. Foundation for the Carolinas
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $2.1M · through 2024
$5.5M
14. The Community Trust Foundation Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $110K · through 2024 · 10.4% of their giving
$138K
15. Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma
16 grants to 5 organizations · largest $2.1M · through 2023
$2.8M
16. United States Endowment for Forestry
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $257K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$745K
17. Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc
24 grants to 8 organizations · largest $63K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$636K
18. Iowa Division of the Izaak Walton League of America Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $27K · through 2023 · 60.2% of their giving
$64K
19. Richman Family Foundation Inc
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $200K · through 2023 · 2.9% of their giving
$440K
20. T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
57 grants to 25 organizations · largest $599K · through 2024
$2.4M
21. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $11.8M · through 2023
$11.9M
22. The Brick Companies Foundation Inc
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $56K · through 2024 · 12.2% of their giving
$79K
23. Woodard & Curran Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023 · 7.9% of their giving
$110K
24. Wellness Advocacy Fund
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$350K
25. Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2024
$850K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to environment & conservation work in Maryland, 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. 15 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 Maryland. 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 Maryland, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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