Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Friends of the Earth
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 environment and enhances people's well being and by building movements in the u.s. And globally working…
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $887k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $360,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $24M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 63% of the organizations Friends of the Earth funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $284k 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 | 21 | $887k | 71% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $773k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $643k | 69% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $492k | 54% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $463k | 89% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $361k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $308k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $375k | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Earth (Action) Inc | $2,710,000 | 9 | 40% |
| Media Matters for America | $174,000 | 2 | 0% |
| League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| South Ward Environmental Alliance | $142,800 | 4 | 1% |
| Goodpower Education Fund Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ironbound Community Corporation | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| A Well-Fed World | $80,000 | 1 | 4% |
| West Harlem Environmental Action Inc | $77,000 | 4 | 0% |
| GreenLatinos | $70,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 65 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Friends of the Earth supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 53 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: Tides Foundation · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Windward Fund · United States Energy Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Patagoniaorg · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · Climateworks Foundation · Solutions Project Inc · The Energy Foundation · Natural Resources Defense Council Inc
How this is measured
About Friends of the Earth
- How much does Friends of the Earth give?
- Friends of the Earth reported 21 itemized grants totaling $887,096, out of $1,052,897 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Friends of the Earth fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (82%), Public Benefit (6%), Food & Nutrition (3%).
- Who are Friends of the Earth's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Friends of the Earth (Action) Inc ($2.7M), Media Matters for America ($174k), League of Conservation Voters Education Fund ($150k).
- Does Friends of the Earth fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Friends of the Earth?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tides Foundation, The Schmidt Family Foundation, Windward Fund.
- Where is Friends of the Earth based?
- Friends of the Earth is based in DC.
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