· Private foundation
Betty Lewis Environmental Charitable Trust
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FRIENDS OF WINDOM WETLAND DISTRICT | $5,908 |
| MARTIN CTY PHEASANTS FOREVER | $5,908 |
| MINNESOTA MASTER NATURALIST END FD | $5,908 |
| CONSERVATION CORPS | $5,908 |
| MARTIN CTY CONSERVATION CLUB | $5,908 |
| FOX LAKE CONSERVATION LEAGUE INC | $5,907 |
| COMMON FIELD INC | $5,064 |
| FINGER LAKES LAND TRUST | $5,064 |
| CORNELL BOTANIC GARDENS | $5,064 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,064 |
| FINGER LAKES TRAIL CONFERENCE | $5,063 |
| NORTH COUNTRY TRAIL ASSOC | $5,063 |
| ITHACA CHILDREN'S GARDEN INC | $5,063 |
| AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION | $3,939 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL | $3,939 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
35 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCCONSERVATION CORPS8× · 2018–2025 · $48k · revenue +33%
- FLFOX LAKE CONSERVATION LEAGUE INC8× · 2018–2025 · $48k · revenue ×15
- TFThe Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc8× · 2018–2025 · $41k · revenue +172%
Funded once
- UOUniversity of Cornellone grant, 2018 · $10k
- MCMartin County Pheasants Foreverone grant, 2018 · $6k
- MCMartin County Conservation Club Inc.one grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue -83%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.
We bring science, policy, and proven solutions directly to communities working to restore the integrity and natural connectivity of the landscapes in which they live. (see schedule o)
Wild landscapes, inc. (wli) is dedicated to conserving large and connected landscapes globally significant to wildlife and crucial to local communities. our environmental conservation strategy is to empower communities, conservationists,…
Recognizing that a healthy environment is critical to the well-being and survival of all living things, new jersey conservation foundation is devoted to preserving land and protecting natural resources throughout new jersey's (continued on…
Unite all americans to ensure wildlife thrives in a rapidly changing world.
Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.
Nature collective's mission is to drive a passion for nature for all. we think inclusively and diversely when serving those devoid of nature those who remember nature and want to connect back to it and those who have an affinity with…
Mission is to seek protection of land and water resources through restoration and conservation; and conducting education and outreach on the ecological and economic importance of natural lands. we protect land from development and protect…
The pacific crest trail association's mission is to advocate for the pacific crest trail as an inspirational outdoor experience, to connect people to the pct, and to conserve the trail.
We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).
How this is measured
28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 44 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CONSERVATION CORPS ↗
- Who funds FOX LAKE CONSERVATION LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc ↗
- Who funds NORTH COUNTRY TRAIL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds Finger Lakes Trail Conference Inc ↗
- Who funds Ithaca Childrens Garden Inc ↗
- Who funds CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds RAINFOREST ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
- Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Greater Hells Canyon Council ↗
- Who funds SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds HARTLEY NATURE CENTER ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance ↗
- Who funds RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds Martin County Conservation Club Inc. ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Betty Lewis Environmental Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Betty Lewis Environmental Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- National Park Trust Inc: 51% of income from government
How this is measured
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