Virginia · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in Virginia

Imperigo has identified 440 funders that made 2,669 grants totaling $549.4M to 270 environment & conservation organizations in Virginia, with a median grant of $23K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Environment & Conservation Funding in Virginia

Total granted $549.4M
Funders 440
Grants 2,669
Organizations funded 270

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $9.5M · through 2024 · 10.5% of their giving
$23.9M
2. Sustainable Conservation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8.0M · through 2023 · 99.4% of their giving
$8.0M
3. The Piedmont Foundation
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.8M · through 2025 · 96.9% of their giving
$7.9M
4. Natures Capital Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.4M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$7.8M
5. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.8M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$7.1M
6. Virginia Environmental Endowment
74 grants to 30 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 52.8% of their giving
$6.7M
7. Delaware Community Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10.8M · through 2023 · 7.5% of their giving
$11.9M
8. Norfolk Botanical Garden Foundation
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $928K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.8M
9. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
50 grants to 16 organizations · largest $6.7M · through 2023 · 2.1% of their giving
$35.6M
10. Holdfast Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.4M · through 2023 · 8.3% of their giving
$6.5M
11. The Pew Charitable Trusts
18 grants to 4 organizations · largest $6.4M · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$20.4M
12. Hampton Roads Community Foundation
97 grants to 9 organizations · largest $2.1M · through 2024 · 6.2% of their giving
$7.3M
13. Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10.3M · through 2023 · 4.4% of their giving
$10.3M
14. Plant-for-the-Planet US
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2023 · 19.6% of their giving
$1.2M
15. Kohler Trust for Clean Water
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 10.1% of their giving
$1.0M
16. Foundations of Success Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $165K · through 2023 · 52.2% of their giving
$468K
17. Foundation for the Carolinas
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.9M · through 2024
$13.5M
18. United States Energy Foundation
40 grants to 17 organizations · largest $700K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$6.0M
19. Heart of the Rockies Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024 · 11.6% of their giving
$575K
20. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
17 grants to 5 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2024
$9.1M
21. Jewish Communal Fund
23 grants to 7 organizations · largest $5.3M · through 2024
$16.4M
22. Open Space Cncl for the St Louis Region
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2021 · 50.0% of their giving
$300K
23. The Community Foundation Inc
62 grants to 23 organizations · largest $373K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$4.0M
24. American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $125K · through 2020 · 59.7% of their giving
$250K
25. Greater Houston Community Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $7.0M · through 2024
$7.1M

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

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