Arizona · Public charity
Center for Biological Diversity Inc
The CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC, works to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction. We do so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and climate that species need to survive.
- $2.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,460,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $64M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Center for Biological Diversity Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $142k 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 | 7 | $2.7M | 71% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $212k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $310k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $142k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $160k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $134k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $160k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $170k | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wildlands Conservancy | $2,590,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Center Action Fund | $335,000 | 3 | 100% |
| Apache Stronghold | $282,000 | 4 | 32% |
| Black Belt Citizens Fighting for Health and Justice | $160,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gaan Bike Gozaa | $150,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Clearwater Wildlife Sanctuary | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Partners | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Federation of Taino People Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Preserve Our Rural Communities | $48,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Wolf Action Fund | $35,675 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wildlands Conservancy | $2,590,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Center Action Fund | $335,000 | 3 | 100% |
| Apache Stronghold | $282,000 | 4 | 32% |
| Black Belt Citizens Fighting for Health and Justice | $160,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gaan Bike Gozaa | $150,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Clearwater Wildlife Sanctuary | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Partners | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Federation of Taino People Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Preserve Our Rural Communities | $48,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Wolf Action Fund | $35,675 | 2 | 2% |
| Lower San Pedro Watershed Alliance | $30,000 | 1 | 52% |
| University of California Davis | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $23,497 | 1 | n/a |
| Oil & Gas Action Network | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Clean Up the River Environment | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Copal-Education Fund Communidades Organizando El Poder y la A | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pittsburgh United | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Howgood Inc | $11,900 | 1 | n/a |
| GreenLatinos | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Heyday | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wolf Conservation Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Endangered Species Coalition | $6,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Louisiana Bucket Brigade | $5,200 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Center for Biological Diversity Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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.
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How this is measured
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About Center for Biological Diversity Inc
- How much does Center for Biological Diversity Inc give?
- Center for Biological Diversity Inc reported 8 grants totaling $2,750,216 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Center for Biological Diversity Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (42%), Civil Rights (16%), Religion (15%).
- Who are Center for Biological Diversity Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Wildlands Conservancy ($2.6M), Center Action Fund ($335k), Apache Stronghold ($282k).
- Does Center for Biological Diversity Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Center for Biological Diversity Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sierra Club, Patagoniaorg, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Center for Biological Diversity Inc based?
- Center for Biological Diversity Inc is based in AZ.
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