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Center for International Environmental Law Inc

To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to conduct case investigation and advocacy, including mediation, arbitration and litigation in matters…

$574k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
2
Itemized grants FY2025
3
Organizations funded FY2024
100%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$220k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$190,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$190,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 6
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$13M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Center for International Environmental Law Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $205k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’21’22’24
EnvironmentPublic BenefitHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving2$220k50%
FY20243$205k100%
FY20226$54k100%
FY20212$19k100%
FY20196$78k100%
FY20171$10kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$575kCivil Rights$10k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Center for Coalfield Justice$375,00026%
Clean Wisconsin Inc$30,0001n/a
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives$23,25011%
Fractracker Alliance$14,25012%
Earthworks$12,00010%
Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund$10,00011%
Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action$10,0001n/a
Promote Pt$10,00022%
Mountain Watershed Association Inc$10,00010%
Climate Accountability Institute$10,0001n/a
Show all 19 grantees
All grantees of Center for International Environmental Law Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Center for Coalfield Justice$375,00026%
Clean Wisconsin Inc$30,0001n/a
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives$23,25011%
Fractracker Alliance$14,25012%
Earthworks$12,00010%
Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund$10,00011%
Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action$10,0001n/a
Promote Pt$10,00022%
Mountain Watershed Association Inc$10,00010%
Climate Accountability Institute$10,0001n/a
Calhoun County Resource Watch$10,000112%
Institute for Enhanced Equity$10,00011%
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide$9,61111%
Blue Ocean Law$9,5001n/a
Environmental Integrity Project$9,25010%
The 5 Gyres Institute$9,25011%
Carrizo Comecrudo Nation of Texas Inc$8,81511%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$7,70010%
Backbone Campaign$6,79512%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Center for International Environmental Law Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCenter for Coalfield Justice: $375,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetGlobal Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives: $23,250 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFractracker Alliance: $14,250 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetEarthworks: $12,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTexas Campaign for the Environment Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPromote Pt: $10,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetMountain Watershed Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCalhoun County Resource Watch: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetInstitute for Enhanced Equity: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEnvironmental Law Alliance Worldwide: $9,611 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEnvironmental Integrity Project: $9,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe 5 Gyres Institute: $9,250 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCarrizo Comecrudo Nation of Texas Inc: $8,815 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSustainable Markets Foundation: $7,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBackbone Campaign: $6,795 over 1y, 2.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 15.

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.

Resources Legacy FundCA27.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Resources Legacy Fund · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Windward Fund · Rockefeller Family Fund Inc · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Tides Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · United States Energy Foundation · Earthworks · Sierra Club · Park Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Center for International Environmental Law Inc?

Find your warmest path to Center for International Environmental Law Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Center for International Environmental Law Inc

How much does Center for International Environmental Law Inc give?
Center for International Environmental Law Inc reported 2 itemized grants totaling $220,000, out of $574,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Center for International Environmental Law Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (98%), Civil Rights (2%).
Who are Center for International Environmental Law Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Center for Coalfield Justice ($375k), Clean Wisconsin Inc ($30k), Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives ($23k).
Does Center for International Environmental Law Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Center for International Environmental Law Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Resources Legacy Fund, The Schmidt Family Foundation, Patagoniaorg.
Where is Center for International Environmental Law Inc based?
Center for International Environmental Law Inc is based in DC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 19 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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