Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Conservation Innovation Fund
To increase the velocity and the scale of conservation efforts in the united states and to support the growing development of the conservation finance sector.
- $4.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $966k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $159,755
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $213,546
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $299k
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2024 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cool Lawn LLC | $733,365 | 1 | n/a |
| Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association | $369,631 | 2 | n/a |
| Ecosystem Services Market Consortium | $282,884 | 2 | 4% |
| Stroud Water Research Center | $280,409 | 2 | 1% |
| Davis Dairy | $276,615 | 1 | n/a |
| Zimmermans's Hilltop Dairy | $270,210 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Inc | $215,053 | 2 | 1% |
| Aggrow Tech LLC | $194,725 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley | $69,016 | 1 | n/a |
| Show Top Farms Inc | $55,430 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cool Lawn LLC | $733,365 | 1 | n/a |
| Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association | $369,631 | 2 | n/a |
| Ecosystem Services Market Consortium | $282,884 | 2 | 4% |
| Stroud Water Research Center | $280,409 | 2 | 1% |
| Davis Dairy | $276,615 | 1 | n/a |
| Zimmermans's Hilltop Dairy | $270,210 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Inc | $215,053 | 2 | 1% |
| Aggrow Tech LLC | $194,725 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley | $69,016 | 1 | n/a |
| Show Top Farms Inc | $55,430 | 1 | n/a |
| Chesapeake Gold Farms Inc | $31,995 | 1 | n/a |
| Conservation Foundation of Lancaster County | $25,036 | 2 | 1% |
| Fantasyland Farms LLC | $21,465 | 1 | n/a |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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About Conservation Innovation Fund
- How much does Conservation Innovation Fund give?
- Conservation Innovation Fund reported 7 itemized grants totaling $965,502, out of $4,356,090 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing.
- What does Conservation Innovation Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (100%).
- Who are Conservation Innovation Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2024 to FY2025: Cool Lawn LLC ($733k), Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association ($370k), Ecosystem Services Market Consortium ($283k).
- Which funders back the same organizations as Conservation Innovation Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
- Where is Conservation Innovation Fund based?
- Conservation Innovation Fund is based in DC.
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