Maryland · Grantmakers

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 4 of 4

187. Safe Streets Safe CommunitiesRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 15.3% of their giving
$1.5M
188. Casey TreesRegrantor
11 grants to 5 organizations · largest $119K · through 2024 · 44.1% of their giving
$651K
189. Chesapeake Bay Foundation IncRegrantor
14 grants to 6 organizations · largest $231K · through 2024 · 21.0% of their giving
$562K
190. Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2024 · 87.2% of their giving
$550K
191. Humane World for Animals InternationalRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024 · 36.1% of their giving
$383K
192. International Fund for Animal Welfare IncRegrantor
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $88K · through 2024 · 21.8% of their giving
$340K
193. Earth Day Network IncRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $104K · through 2023 · 89.4% of their giving
$295K
194. Center for Climate IntegrityRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 18.2% of their giving
$290K
195. The Sunrise Project IncRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 3.6% of their giving
$1.2M
196. Environmental Integrity ProjectRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $52K · through 2024 · 37.3% of their giving
$203K
197. Chesapeake Audubon SocietyRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $72K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$199K
198. Earthshare WashingtonRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $62K · through 2021 · 21.4% of their giving
$151K
199. Environmental Federation of North Carolina Inc DBA Earthshare NCRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $49K · through 2022 · 41.2% of their giving
$132K
200. Federation of American ScientistsRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $66K · through 2024 · 54.5% of their giving
$125K
201. Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $121K · through 2024 · 26.1% of their giving
$121K
202. Comprehensive Housing Assistance IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2022 · 8.4% of their giving
$250K
203. National Park FoundationRegrantor
22 grants to 5 organizations · largest $371K · through 2024
$2.7M
204. Forever Maryland IncRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $45K · through 2022 · 32.4% of their giving
$87K
205. Rock Creek Conservancy IncRegrantor
6 grants to 5 organizations · largest $22K · through 2021 · 33.2% of their giving
$83K
206. Conservation Innovation FundRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $135K · through 2024 · 7.6% of their giving
$215K
207. Move UnitedRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $93K · through 2024 · 3.9% of their giving
$412K
208. Waterkeepers Chesapeake IncRegrantor
7 grants to 5 organizations · largest $18K · through 2025 · 44.3% of their giving
$81K
209. Institute of Food TechnologistsRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2021 · 10.1% of their giving
$150K
210. Institute for Governance and Sustainable DevelopmentRegrantor
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $180K · through 2020 · 5.8% of their giving
$230K
211. Western Pennsylvania ConservancyRegrantor
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $84K · through 2021 · 6.7% of their giving
$194K

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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