How much does Conservation International Foundation give?

Conservation International Foundation reported 67 itemized grants totaling $31,692,555, out of $101,210,521 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 50 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Conservation International Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (86%), Community Improvement (3%), Animals (3%).

Who are Conservation International Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: World Resources Institute ($27M), Friends of the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature ($13M), Wildlife Conservation Society ($8.9M).

Does Conservation International Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Conservation International Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Nature Conservancy, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation.

Where is Conservation International Foundation based?

Conservation International Foundation is based in VA.

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Virginia · Public charity

Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

$101M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 67
Itemized grants FY2025: 50
Organizations funded FY2024: 18%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $32M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $91,336
Largest grant, FY2025: $12,648,925
Organizations funded a year: 27 to 50; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 23
Total assets, FY2025: $704M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Conservation International Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EnvironmentInternationalEducationAnimalsArts & CultureHuman 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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	65	$30M	31%
FY2024	50	$16M	18%
FY2023	48	$16M	23%
FY2022	44	$9.3M	39%
FY2021	33	$6.9M	30%
FY2020	35	$3.8M	37%
FY2019	27	$4.0M	22%
FY2018	29	$4.2M	28%

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What it funded, over time

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

Environment$87MCommunity Improvement$3.2MAnimals$3.0MEducation$2.1MArts & Culture$1.6MInternational$1.1MPhilanthropy$955kFood & Nutrition$934kOther$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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
World Resources Institute	$26,765,685	5	3%
Friends of the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature	$12,648,925	1	n/a
Wildlife Conservation Society	$8,865,139	9	1%
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition	$3,851,416	5	81%
Island Conservation	$3,381,472	5	18%
Int'L Union for Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources - US	$3,330,747	9	83%
Lightsmith Group LLC	$2,950,434	7	n/a
World Wildlife Fund Inc	$2,885,466	6	1%
University of California Santa Barbara	$1,544,466	8	n/a
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University	$1,388,941	1	1%

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All grantees of Conservation International Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
World Resources Institute	$26,765,685	5	3%
Friends of the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature	$12,648,925	1	n/a
Wildlife Conservation Society	$8,865,139	9	1%
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition	$3,851,416	5	81%
Island Conservation	$3,381,472	5	18%
Int'L Union for Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources - US	$3,330,747	9	83%
Lightsmith Group LLC	$2,950,434	7	n/a
World Wildlife Fund Inc	$2,885,466	6	1%
University of California Santa Barbara	$1,544,466	8	n/a
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University	$1,388,941	1	1%
Rare	$1,210,203	8	1%
Liberia Conservation Fund Inc	$1,016,700	2	100%
Resources Legacy Fund	$949,680	3	0%
The Ocean Foundation	$920,928	6	2%
Trustees of Boston University	$911,148	6	0%
Heifer Project International	$858,045	3	0%
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees	$826,339	7	0%
Oceana Inc	$820,625	4	1%
Save the Waves Coalition	$705,124	6	18%
Nature and Culture International	$640,884	6	3%
Hatch Accelerator Fund Management LLC	$627,674	3	n/a
Rewild	$609,888	9	1%
US Department of the Treasury	$580,560	1	n/a
Nia Tero Foundation	$498,824	2	2%
Komaza Group Inc	$485,000	4	n/a
The Peregrine Fund Inc	$445,207	6	1%
Northern Marianas College	$425,000	1	n/a
Polynesian Voyaging Society	$419,361	2	4%
International Rivers Network	$414,948	8	5%
Arizona State University	$408,708	4	n/a
Institute of International Finance	$400,000	1	1%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc	$376,756	4	1%
The Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation	$365,368	5	3%
Green Forests Work Inc	$363,270	2	11%
People Resources and Conservation Foundation	$359,086	8	22%
Natura Bolivia Foundation	$345,442	4	43%
Madagascar Fauna and Flora Group	$344,372	6	28%
Greenhouse Gas Experts Network Inc	$319,864	2	10%
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation	$319,634	4	2%
Smithsonian Institution	$306,029	5	0%
Fishbio	$304,307	4	n/a
Climate Advisers Trust	$300,000	1	5%
Earth Island Institute Inc	$299,995	6	0%
Climate Conservation Dba Center for Large Landscape Conservation	$298,132	4	3%
Frankfurt Zoological Society - US Inc	$291,467	1	2%
Migramar	$291,212	4	46%
Rainforest Alliance Inc	$259,684	6	0%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside	$247,841	1	n/a
Saola Foundation Inc	$236,998	3	17%
Bahamas National Trust Fund Inc	$233,434	2	8%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc	$224,969	3	0%
Colorado State University	$200,893	3	n/a
Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Inc	$200,000	2	4%
Duke University	$198,410	2	0%
Conservation Council of Nations	$190,202	2	1%
Regents of the University of Colorado	$168,566	4	n/a
Givepower Foundation	$166,380	1	2%
University of Washington	$165,629	2	n/a
Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network	$165,402	3	58%
Sea Education Association Inc	$160,769	3	1%
Wildlife Alliance Inc	$160,001	3	1%
Conservation Strategy Fund	$157,497	4	4%
Amazon Conservation Association	$153,047	2	3%
Rangelands Regeneration	$150,000	2	21%
Panthera Corporation	$150,000	3	0%
Oxfam-America Inc	$145,707	3	0%
University of California Davis	$145,365	3	n/a
American Bird Conservancy	$142,631	1	n/a
Reil	$138,000	3	38%
University of Arizona	$131,499	3	n/a
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Foundation	$130,712	2	2%
University of Arkansas Fayetteville	$128,515	3	n/a
Wildaid Inc	$125,852	2	1%
University of Wisconsin Madison	$121,855	3	n/a
Mongabay Org Corp	$120,687	4	1%
Arizona State University	$115,174	2	n/a
Sdsn Association Inc	$110,000	4	1%
Marine Conservation Biology Institute	$109,570	2	2%
Red Panda Network	$100,000	1	n/a
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated	$100,000	3	0%
Maliasili Initiatives Inc	$96,539	1	n/a
Regents of the University of California at San Diego	$96,469	2	n/a
The Pew Charitable Trusts	$91,782	1	0%
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute	$88,034	2	5%
Bat Conservation International	$83,097	4	1%
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia	$73,513	1	0%
Kahu Aina O Puna	$68,000	1	n/a
Pohaku Pelemaka	$68,000	1	n/a
Men of Pa A	$68,000	1	n/a
Restore America's Estuaries	$66,246	3	2%
Helvetas USA	$65,870	1	4%
International Crane Foundation Inc	$64,294	3	0%
Only One Inc	$60,500	1	1%
University of Hawaii System	$59,917	2	n/a
Kalanihale	$58,330	3	2%
Pathfinder International	$58,230	2	0%
One Acre Fund	$50,251	1	0%
University of Connecticut	$43,600	2	n/a
Edith Kanaka'Ole Foundation	$41,492	1	n/a
The Kohala Center	$40,021	1	1%
Organization for Tropical Studies Inc	$39,969	2	0%
Ocean Outcomes	$36,237	1	n/a
Roger Williams University	$33,000	1	0%
Texas A&M University	$30,328	1	n/a
Hoala Kealakekua Nui Inc	$30,000	1	5%
Association for Marine Exploration	$29,500	2	7%
University of Rochester	$29,052	2	0%
Sustainable Fishery Advocates	$28,750	1	1%
University of Miami	$28,421	2	0%
Boise State University	$27,541	2	n/a
Regents Univ of California	$25,000	1	n/a
Environmental Education & Conservation Global Inc	$25,000	1	48%
New York Botanical Garden	$24,504	1	0%
Kanu Hawaii	$22,500	1	5%
San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation	$20,779	1	0%
Rainforest Trust	$20,000	1	0%
Root Capital Inc	$18,261	1	0%
Woodland Park Zoological Society	$17,612	1	0%
KUPA Friends of Ho'okena Beach Park	$15,500	1	n/a
Hui Ohana O Honaunau	$13,000	1	n/a
Ecoagriculture International Inc	$11,900	1	n/a
Hui O Kuapa	$9,700	1	n/a
Climate Advocates Voces Unidas	$9,379	1	5%
Florida International University	$8,781	1	n/a
Paa Pono Milolii	$8,100	1	n/a
University of Kansas Center for Research Inc	$7,650	1	0%
George Mason University	$6,800	1	n/a
University of Maryland College Park	$6,685	1	n/a
The Surfrider Foundation	$6,517	1	0%
Sustainable Harvest Inc	$6,000	1	n/a
World Coffee Research	$5,724	1	0%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($360k), not named here.

Conservation International Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 90 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 90.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

The Pew Charitable TrustsDC28.4× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pew Charitable Trusts · The Nature Conservancy · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Resources Legacy Fund · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The Marisla Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Waitt Foundation · Mulago Foundation · National Geographic Society · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Walton Family 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 Conservation International Foundation

How much does Conservation International Foundation give?: Conservation International Foundation reported 67 itemized grants totaling $31,692,555, out of $101,210,521 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 50 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Conservation International Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (86%), Community Improvement (3%), Animals (3%).
Who are Conservation International Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: World Resources Institute ($27M), Friends of the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature ($13M), Wildlife Conservation Society ($8.9M).
Does Conservation International Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Conservation International Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Nature Conservancy, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation.
Where is Conservation International Foundation based?: Conservation International Foundation is based in VA.