Massachusetts · Public charity
Conservation Law Foundation Inc
Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. We use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources, build healthy and resilient communities, and sustain a vibrant economy.
- $631k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $615k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $50M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations Conservation Law Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $285k 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 | 17 | $615k | 82% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $473k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $297k | 73% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $110k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $100k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $237k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $246k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Littoral Society | $377,365 | 2 | 10% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $332,261 | 4 | 0% |
| New Hampshire Rivers Council | $225,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alternatives for Community and Environment Inc | $116,750 | 2 | 2% |
| Earthjustice | $111,580 | 3 | 0% |
| Groundwork Lawrence Inc | $93,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Racial Environmental Justice Committee | $69,310 | 2 | n/a |
| Partners for a Healthier Community Inc | $58,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Greenroots Inc | $56,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Hilltown Community Development Corporation | $51,250 | 1 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Conservation Law Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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.
Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Barr Foundation · Point32health Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Health Resources in Action Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc · Lawrence & Lillian Solomon Foundation Inc · Clean Water Fund · Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation
How this is measured
About Conservation Law Foundation Inc
- How much does Conservation Law Foundation Inc give?
- Conservation Law Foundation Inc reported 17 itemized grants totaling $615,000, out of $630,750 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Conservation Law Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (63%), Community Improvement (14%), Civil Rights (6%).
- Who are Conservation Law Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: American Littoral Society ($377k), Natural Resources Defense Council Inc ($332k), New Hampshire Rivers Council ($225k).
- Does Conservation Law Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Conservation Law Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Barr Foundation, Point32health Foundation Inc.
- Where is Conservation Law Foundation Inc based?
- Conservation Law Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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