Massachusetts · Private foundation
Better Natures Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $784k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 28
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Better Natures Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 31 | $754k | 16% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $648k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $555k | 82% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $40k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildaid Inc | $156,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Rocky Hill Country Day School | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ocean Conservancy | $130,000 | 3 | 0% |
| African Wildlife Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Empowers Africa Inc | $96,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Defenders of Wildlife | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Alliance for Climate Protection | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Oceana Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Coral Reef Alliance | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($263k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Better Natures Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About Better Natures Foundation
- How much does Better Natures Foundation give?
- Better Natures Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $783,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 28 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Better Natures Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (30%), Animals (24%), Education (10%).
- Who are Better Natures Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Wildaid Inc ($156k), Rocky Hill Country Day School ($150k), Ocean Conservancy ($130k).
- Does Better Natures Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Better Natures Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Better Natures Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is Better Natures Foundation based?
- Better Natures Foundation is based in MA.
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