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Earthshare

EARTHSHARE provides individuals, businesses, and nonprofits with inspiration and tools to work together for a just and sustainable world.

$5.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
40
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$8.7MAnimals$1.9MEducation$1.0MEmployment$777kRecreation & Sports$119kFood & Nutrition$92kScience & Tech$49kHealth$35kOther$0
02FY2025 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 40 grants below total $2,164,062, the rows itemized in this filing. The $5,542,244 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,378,182 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $132k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $370k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $387k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.3M
$12,066
Median grant
14
States reached
$39M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VERMONT SCHOOL OF LAW$1,000,000
ANIMAL CHARITY EVALUATORS$275,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$201,492
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$117,440
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$67,874
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION$43,015
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$40,969
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION$37,225
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION$29,588
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS$24,274
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY PENNSYLVANIA$23,200
OREGON PARKS FOREVER$22,366
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY$20,770
EARTHJUSTICE$18,421
SURFRIDER FOUNDATION$16,272
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS: $77k → 8%SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION THE: $180k → 10%ANIMAL CHARITY EVALUATORS: $275k → 14%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $221k → 17%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $383k → 14%VERMONT SCHOOL OF LAW: $1.0M → 9%UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS: $76k → 8%SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $173k → 10%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $318k → 14%THE CONSERVATION FUND: $109k → 7%SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $118k → 10%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $159k → 17%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $226k → 14%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $467k → 7%SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION THE: $81k → 10%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $192k → 14%NATURE CONSERVANCY THE: $311k → 7%SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $68k → 10%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $144k → 17%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $181k → 14%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $201k → 7%SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $58k → 10%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $129k → 14%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $201k → 7%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $123k → 17%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $124k → 14%NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $75k → 6%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $190k → 7%RAILS-TO-TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $123k → 14%NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $62k → 6%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $179k → 7%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $68k → 17%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $117k → 14%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $149k → 7%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $142k → 7%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $67k → 17%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $102k → 7%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $82k → 17%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $78k → 17%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $74k → 17%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $71k → 17%NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $113k → 14%NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $111k → 14%NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $93k → 14%NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $63k → 14%AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $78k → 14%OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $72k → 14%DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE: $66k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
VT
WA
ID
MT
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
NC
DC
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.0M · 52 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

52 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
24

Total granted

$9.0M
$508k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+35%

Still filing today

96%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentAnimalsPhilanthropyInternationalFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +62%
  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $856k · revenue +41%
  • NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $548k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCYgraduated
    2× · 2017–2018 · $123k · revenue +35%
  • THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATIONgraduated
    2× · 2017–2018 · $109k · revenue +40%
  • CE
    Children's Environmental Health Networkgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $35k · revenue +35%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
Environment Now
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3
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

The national caucus of environmental legislators empowers a nonpartisan network of legislative champions to protect, conserve, and improve the natural and human environment.

Education
4
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.": - count it: our work is…

International
5
Amazon Conservation Team

The amazon conservation team (act) partners with indigenous and other local communities to protect tropical forests and strengthen traditional culture.

Science & Tech
6
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
7
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
8
Akashinga Inc

Deliver ecological stability and long-term protection of large-scale wilderness by supporting and empowering local communities.

Animals
9
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,…

Environment
10
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
11
Ceres Inc

Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…

Environment
12
Washington Forest Law Center

Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Wilderness Society; the most unlike its peers is Cool Earth Action Usa Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

81 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 81 of the 84 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
81/81
Grantees still filing
60/81
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,668,470 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INCNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $856,292 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INCSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $756,944 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATIONNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $547,564 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATIONENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $476,688 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATEDOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $290,711 · Environment+36 more: $2,148,827 · Environment+36 moreTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,984,612 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYVERMONT SCHOOL OF LAW: $1,000,000 · OtherVERMONT SCHOOL OF LAWBAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL: $172,008 · OtherTHE PEREGRINE FUND INC: $140,993 · Other+17 more: $552,541 · Other+17 moreNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $345,067 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDL…AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $316,245 · AnimalsAFRICAN WILDLI…ANIMAL CHARITY EVALUATORS: $275,000 · AnimalsANIMAL CHARITY…Defenders of Wildlife: $258,138 · AnimalsDefenders of W…NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $92,142 · AnimalsNATIONAL FISH …JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $87,241 · AnimalsJANE GOODALL I…Conservation Nation: $69,030 · AnimalsWildlife Conservation Society: $59,424 · Animals+6 more: $108,596 · Animals+6 moreTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $392,282 · InternationalGlobal Impact: $30,548 · InternationalAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $89,712 · Food & NutritionFOOD & WATER WATCH: $7,615 · Food & NutritionNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $72,249 · Recreation & SportsEARTHSHARE CHAPTERS INC: $32,305 · PhilanthropyEARTHSHARE NEW JERSEY INC: $5,092 · Philanthropy
Environment$6,745,496Other$3,850,154Animals$1,610,883International$422,830Food & Nutrition$97,327Recreation & Sports$72,249Philanthropy$37,397

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,984,612 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,668,470 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $856,292 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $756,944 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $547,564 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $476,688 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $392,282 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $345,067 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $316,245 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $290,711 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetANIMAL CHARITY EVALUATORS: $275,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $258,138 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $201,386 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $190,951 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $181,404 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL: $172,008 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetTHE PEREGRINE FUND INC: $140,993 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetRAINFOREST ALLIANCE INC: $123,866 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $123,085 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $122,781 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $119,716 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $109,418 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOCEANA INC: $104,888 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Forests: $98,188 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE: $97,596 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetCLEAN WATER FUND: $96,364 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $92,142 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $91,635 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $89,798 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $89,712 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $87,241 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $79,266 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $72,249 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENT NEXT INC: $71,830 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetConservation Nation: $69,030 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBeyond Pesticides: $66,413 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetICE AGE TRAIL ALLIANCE INC: $62,624 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $59,424 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Law Institute: $56,867 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy: $52,285 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA: $46,730 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetChildren's Environmental Health Network: $35,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetEARTHSHARE CHAPTERS INC: $32,305 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetGlobal Impact: $30,548 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Fund For Texas Inc: $30,520 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES: $27,661 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL FEDERATION OF CALIFORNIA EARTHSHARE CALIFORNIA: $26,096 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $25,802 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL CHARITY EVALUATORS ↗
  • Who funds Defenders of Wildlife ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds THE PEREGRINE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds RAINFOREST ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE EARTH ↗
  • Who funds THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds OCEANA INC ↗
  • Who funds American Forests ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN WATER FUND ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN RIVERS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENT NEXT INC ↗
  • Who funds Conservation Nation ↗
  • Who funds Beyond Pesticides ↗
  • Who funds ICE AGE TRAIL ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
  • Who funds Environmental Law Institute ↗

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.

Earthshare Chapters IncDC22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Earthshare Chapters Inc · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · California Community Foundation · New Venture Fund · Foundation for the Carolinas · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Network for Good · Shell USA Company Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Earthshare funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Earthshare. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Xerces Society Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Avalonia Land Conservancy Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Gather New Haven Inc (Formely New Haven Land Trust Inc): 11% of income from government
  • National Aquarium Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 84 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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