How much does Children & Nature Network give?

Children & Nature Network reported 9 itemized grants totaling $945,000, out of $968,170 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.

What does Children & Nature Network fund?

By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (51%), Recreation & Sports (41%), Youth Development (2%).

Who are Children & Nature Network's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Kaboom Inc ($470k), The Trust for Public Land ($225k), EarthGen Fka WA Green Schools ($60k).

Does Children & Nature Network fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Children & Nature Network?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Recreation Foundation Incorporated, Rei Cooperative Action Fund, National Recreation and Park Association.

Where is Children & Nature Network based?

Children & Nature Network is based in MN.

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Children & Nature Network

See schedule o.to increase equitable access to nature so that children and the natural world can thrive. We do that by: 1) fostering belief that a connection to nature is critical to children's healthy development; 2) changing core systems that impact children's daily access to nature, such as muncipal government, public schools, etc.;…

$968k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 9
Itemized grants FY2024: 4
Organizations funded FY2023: 50%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $945k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $40,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $470,000
Organizations funded a year: 3 to 10; FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 9
Total assets, FY2024: $6.8M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Children & Nature Network funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EnvironmentRecreation & SportsArts & CultureEducationHousing & ShelterReligionOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	9	$945k	100%
FY2023	4	$85k	50%
FY2022	5	$83k	100%
FY2021	10	$160k	100%
FY2020	3	$18k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$655kRecreation & Sports$535kYouth Development$28kArts & Culture$20kEducation$15kHousing & Shelter$10kHuman Services$10kPublic Benefit$10kOther$0

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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Kaboom Inc	$470,000	1	2%
The Trust for Public Land	$225,000	1	0%
EarthGen Fka WA Green Schools	$60,000	2	3%
Park Pride Inc	$55,000	2	0%
Providence School Department	$50,000	1	n/a
Rochester Ecology Partners Inc	$50,000	1	11%
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc	$40,000	1	0%
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance	$40,000	1	2%
Detroit Public Schools Community District	$40,000	1	n/a
Western Reserve Land Conservancy	$40,000	1	0%

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All grantees of Children & Nature Network by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Kaboom Inc	$470,000	1	2%
The Trust for Public Land	$225,000	1	0%
EarthGen Fka WA Green Schools	$60,000	2	3%
Park Pride Inc	$55,000	2	0%
Providence School Department	$50,000	1	n/a
Rochester Ecology Partners Inc	$50,000	1	11%
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc	$40,000	1	0%
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance	$40,000	1	2%
Detroit Public Schools Community District	$40,000	1	n/a
Western Reserve Land Conservancy	$40,000	1	0%
Allen Neighborhood Center	$25,000	1	1%
Backyard Basecamp Inc	$15,000	1	2%
Hip Hop for Change Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Favor House	$10,000	1	n/a
Cincinnati Nature Center	$10,000	1	0%
African Community Housing & Development	$10,000	1	0%
City of Asheville	$10,000	1	n/a
Eagle Eye Institute Inc	$10,000	1	6%
Int'L Union for Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources - US	$10,000	1	0%
National League of Cities	$10,000	1	0%
Community Nature Connection	$10,000	1	1%
The Big Sandbox	$10,000	1	11%
Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Inc	$10,000	1	2%
Conservation Legacy	$8,000	1	0%
Salzburg Global Seminar Inc	$7,500	1	0%
American Forest Foundation	$5,000	1	0%
Get Outdoors Leadville	$5,000	1	n/a
Environmental Learning for Kids	$5,000	1	0%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($40k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Children & Nature Network supplied at peak.

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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 23.

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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.

National Recreation Foundation IncorporatedIL17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Recreation Foundation Incorporated · Rei Cooperative Action Fund · National Recreation and Park Association · The Nature Conservancy · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving 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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About Children & Nature Network

How much does Children & Nature Network give?: Children & Nature Network reported 9 itemized grants totaling $945,000, out of $968,170 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Children & Nature Network fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (51%), Recreation & Sports (41%), Youth Development (2%).
Who are Children & Nature Network's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Kaboom Inc ($470k), The Trust for Public Land ($225k), EarthGen Fka WA Green Schools ($60k).
Does Children & Nature Network fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Children & Nature Network?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Recreation Foundation Incorporated, Rei Cooperative Action Fund, National Recreation and Park Association.
Where is Children & Nature Network based?: Children & Nature Network is based in MN.