New York · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in New York

Imperigo has identified 775 funders that made 8,335 grants totaling $1.5B to 623 environment & conservation organizations in New York, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Environment & Conservation Funding in New York

Total granted $1.5B
Funders 775
Grants 8,335
Organizations funded 623

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Luesther T Mertz Charitable Trust
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $13.7M · through 2021 · 37.6% of their giving
$26.8M
2. The Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc
16 grants to 10 organizations · largest $8.8M · through 2024 · 96.8% of their giving
$24.1M
3. The Bessemer Giving Fund C/O Bessemer Trust Company Trustee
86 grants to 34 organizations · largest $11.7M · through 2024 · 5.5% of their giving
$32.2M
4. Pacific Environmental Coalition
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $6.7M · through 2024 · 33.1% of their giving
$6.8M
5. Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc
21 grants to 9 organizations · largest $7.5M · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$41.2M
6. United States Energy Foundation
69 grants to 25 organizations · largest $2.6M · through 2024 · 4.8% of their giving
$25.7M
7. Birdlife International
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.8M · through 2024 · 53.4% of their giving
$5.2M
8. Foundation for the Carolinas
20 grants to 7 organizations · largest $9.0M · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$44.4M
9. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
76 grants to 31 organizations · largest $6.6M · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$27.4M
10. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
85 grants to 35 organizations · largest $7.1M · through 2023 · 1.9% of their giving
$32.2M
11. The New York Community Trust
141 grants to 67 organizations · largest $5.8M · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$22.0M
12. Watershed Agricultural Council of the New York City Watersheds Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $608K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.8M
13. The Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 4.0% of their giving
$9.1M
14. Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc
42 grants to 17 organizations · largest $1.9M · through 2024 · 7.1% of their giving
$4.5M
15. Luesther T Mertz Legacy Trust for the New York Botanical Garden
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $750K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.4M
16. Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc
37 grants to 12 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 6.3% of their giving
$3.6M
17. Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc
18 grants to 6 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 7.0% of their giving
$3.1M
18. Clean Future Action Fund Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2020 · 8.1% of their giving
$2.3M
19. The American Association for Justice Robert L Habush Endowment
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $168K · through 2023 · 20.4% of their giving
$816K
20. Avaaz Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $682K · through 2024 · 11.9% of their giving
$1.1M
21. Fiduciary Charitable Foundation DBA Fiduciary Trust Charitable
15 grants to 7 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$4.0M
22. Adirondack Foundation
84 grants to 10 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 6.7% of their giving
$1.7M
23. Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc
22 grants to 4 organizations · largest $275K · through 2024 · 7.4% of their giving
$1.4M
24. Impactassetsinc
62 grants to 27 organizations · largest $5.3M · through 2024
$11.2M
25. Breakthrough Energy Action Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$2.8M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to environment & conservation work in New York, 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. 19 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 New York. 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 New York, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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