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Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in Maryland

Imperigo has identified 344 funders that made 2,519 grants totaling $248.8M to 199 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 $248.8M
Funders 344
Grants 2,519
Organizations funded 199

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2024
$850K
27. The Bancroft Foundation Inc
15 grants to 4 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$157K
28. Rf Catalytic Capital Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $730K · through 2024
$1.3M
29. Redwood Creek Action
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023 · 7.1% of their giving
$100K
30. Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2023
$2.5M
31. The Manor Foundation Inc C/O Albert Ja Young
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2025 · 60.0% of their giving
$30K
32. Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$172K
33. Global Impact Investing Network Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $45K · through 2022 · 9.9% of their giving
$45K
34. Greater Washington Community Foundation
58 grants to 16 organizations · largest $91K · through 2024
$1.6M
35. United Way of Kent County Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $13K · through 2024 · 7.3% of their giving
$54K
36. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
15 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.8M · through 2025
$3.0M
37. Earthshare New Jersey Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $18K · through 2019 · 37.4% of their giving
$18K
38. Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund Inc
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$173K
39. Howard Hughes Medical Institute
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024
$920K
40. The Funders Network Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $56K · through 2022 · 2.2% of their giving
$146K
41. The Ward Oaks Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2022 · 5.9% of their giving
$50K
42. Community Foundation of the Eastern Shor
14 grants to 5 organizations · largest $92K · through 2024
$287K
43. The Chicago Community Trust
13 grants to 6 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024
$4.6M
44. Crescent Cities Charities Inc
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $10K · through 2022 · 3.3% of their giving
$70K
45. California Community Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$2.2M
48. Rockefeller Family Fund Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $175K · through 2024
$445K
50. The Community Foundation Inc
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $142K · through 2024
$608K
54. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
6 grants to 5 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024
$1.2M
60. Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $289K · through 2024
$289K
65. Hampton Roads Community Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2025
$246K

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. 16 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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