· Private foundation
Corduroy Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NATURE CONSERVANCY OF VA | $305 |
| UCLA FOUNDATION | $100 |
| ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION | $40 |
| UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS | $30 |
| GREEN AMERICA | $30 |
| NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY | $30 |
| VPM MEDIA CORP | $30 |
| ASPCA | $30 |
| UVA HEALTH FOUNDATION | $30 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL | $30 |
| FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC | $30 |
| ATCHAFALAYA BASINKEEPER | $30 |
| WORLD WILDLIFE FUND | $30 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $30 |
| OCEAN CONSERVANCY | $30 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 66% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC9× · 2017–2025 · $4k · revenue +41%
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC9× · 2017–2025 · $2k · revenue +62%- NANATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION8× · 2018–2025 · $1k · revenue +128%
Funded once
- TFTHE FRONT PORCHone grant, 2019 · $700
- APAyuda Puerto Rico Incone grant, 2017 · $400
- MCMERCY CORPone grant, 2019 · $400
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
Darksky international restores the nighttime environment and protects communities from the harmful effects of light pollution through outreach, advocacy, and conservation.
RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.
Increase societal understanding of the earth system through scientific research and education.
The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling…
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.
To protect our right to clean water in communities around the world.
Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…
How this is measured
22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL LOVE INC ↗
- Who funds ALBEMARLE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC ↗
- Who funds SIERRA CLUB ↗
- Who funds THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds VPM MEDIA CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds Ayuda Puerto Rico Inc ↗
- Who funds ATCHAFALAYA BASINKEEPER INC ↗
- Who funds STU-COMM INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds GREEN AMERICA ↗
- Who funds FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Louisa County Rescue Squad Inc ↗
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: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Corduroy Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Corduroy Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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