Massachusetts · Public charity
Earthwatch Institute Inc
Earthwatch institute connects people with scientists worldwide to conduct environmental field research and empowers them with the knowledge they need to conserve the planet.
- $955k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $369k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $27,756
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $85,635
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Earthwatch Institute Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $369k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $458k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $685k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $394k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $307k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $225k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $1.1M | 5% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $1.2M | 45% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park | $814,754 | 9 | 5% |
| Hawkwatch International Inc | $669,891 | 8 | 9% |
| Eastern Kentucky University | $408,226 | 8 | n/a |
| Mote Marine Laboratory Inc | $337,179 | 4 | 0% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $325,147 | 8 | n/a |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $264,880 | 5 | 0% |
| Cape Eleuthera Foundation Inc | $251,492 | 2 | 3% |
| South Yuba River Citizens League | $230,999 | 7 | 2% |
| Crow Canyon Archaeological Center | $214,357 | 3 | 2% |
| Florida International University | $204,673 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 35 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park | $814,754 | 9 | 5% |
| Hawkwatch International Inc | $669,891 | 8 | 9% |
| Eastern Kentucky University | $408,226 | 8 | n/a |
| Mote Marine Laboratory Inc | $337,179 | 4 | 0% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $325,147 | 8 | n/a |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $264,880 | 5 | 0% |
| Cape Eleuthera Foundation Inc | $251,492 | 2 | 3% |
| South Yuba River Citizens League | $230,999 | 7 | 2% |
| Crow Canyon Archaeological Center | $214,357 | 3 | 2% |
| Florida International University | $204,673 | 3 | n/a |
| Sam Houston State University | $189,718 | 7 | n/a |
| Denver Zoological Foundation | $187,927 | 4 | 0% |
| Solaster Science LLC | $167,393 | 3 | n/a |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $148,141 | 3 | 0% |
| Northern Arizona University | $146,369 | 2 | n/a |
| Swan Valley Connections | $137,951 | 3 | 6% |
| Southern Utah University 01-65 | $132,571 | 3 | n/a |
| Living Desert The | $119,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at Riverside | $97,476 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington State Dept of Natural Resources | $87,833 | 3 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California | $76,599 | 3 | n/a |
| Trustees of Saint Joseph's College Saint Joseph's College of Maine | $69,797 | 3 | 0% |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $61,338 | 3 | n/a |
| Western University of Health Sciences | $50,200 | 1 | 0% |
| National Park Service | $42,484 | 3 | n/a |
| Pacific Crest Trail Association | $33,180 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Rhode Island | $30,496 | 2 | n/a |
| Alliance for the Great Lakes | $24,752 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of the Osa | $24,420 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Oregon | $21,621 | 2 | n/a |
| State University of Iowa | $18,625 | 1 | n/a |
| Smithsonian Institution | $15,112 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Rhode Island | $14,540 | 1 | n/a |
| Utah State University | $12,708 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Kentucky University Research Foundation Inc | $5,656 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Earthwatch Institute Inc supplied at peak.
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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: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · National Forest Foundation · Yale University · The Nature Conservancy · American Heart Association Inc · Tulsa Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Earthwatch Institute Inc
- How much does Earthwatch Institute Inc give?
- Earthwatch Institute Inc reported 10 itemized grants totaling $368,685, out of $954,684 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Earthwatch Institute Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (35%), Education (29%), Science & Tech (22%).
- Who are Earthwatch Institute Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park ($815k), Hawkwatch International Inc ($670k), Eastern Kentucky University ($408k).
- Does Earthwatch Institute Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Earthwatch Institute Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Folds of Honor Foundation.
- Where is Earthwatch Institute Inc based?
- Earthwatch Institute Inc is based in MA.
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