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Global Greengrants Fund

GLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND seeds grassroots environmental action and social justice through small grants.

$38M
Granted FY2025still arriving
48
Grants FY2025still arriving
19
States reached
$600k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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$1.7MCivil Rights$1.2MFood & Nutrition$1.1MPhilanthropy$710kInternational$498kCommunity Improvement$290kEducation$240kArts & Culture$195kOther$0
02FY2025 · 48 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 48 grants below total $3,372,359, the rows itemized in this filing. The $38,380,417 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $35,008,058 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 $10k4 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $529k
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $2.2M
  • $250k+1 grant · $600k
$27,251
Median grant
19
States reached
$54M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$600,000
INTERNATIONAL INDIAN TREATY COUNCIL$235,000
CARIBBEAN AGROECOLOGY INSTITUTE$201,900
GROUNDSWELL INTERNATIONAL INC$200,000
NATIONAL FAMILY FARM COALITION$190,000
INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND TRADE POLICY$190,000
PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK (PANNA)$165,000
HAWAII INVESTMENT READY$120,000
CONFEDERACION UNIDA DE EL PUEBLO TAINO$120,000
COMMUNITY AGROECOLOGY NETWORK$120,000
A GROWING CULTURE$120,000
NATION OF HAWAII - ALOHA FIRST$118,500
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL$100,000
NATIONAL BLACK FOOD AND JUSTICE ALLIANCE$100,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDER LAW CENTER$70,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $335k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 46% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH RUNNING STRONG: $5k → 6%TRIBAL IMAGES MUSEUM: $20k → 17%INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL: $100k → 9%LAND IS LIFE INC: $20k → 20%ARAB WATCH COALITION: $75k → 6%US RIGHT TO KNOW: $15k → 10%INITIATIVE FOR TRANSNATIONAL JUSTICE: $60k → 17%TRIBAL LINK FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 17%TRIBAL LINK FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 17%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
ME
VT
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IN
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
AR
NC
DC
HI
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $33M on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 8 regions, $33M to organizations and $136k to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$9.4M · 28% · 54 grants

Stated purpose: GENERAL OPERATIONS

South America$5.9M · 18% · 246 grants · 3 people

Stated purpose: GENERAL OPERATIONS · FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

Sub-Saharan Africa$5.7M · 17% · 234 grants · 4 people

Stated purpose: GENERAL OPERATIONS · FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

North America (Canada and Mexico)$3.6M · 11% · 78 grants · 6 people

Stated purpose: GENERAL OPERATIONS · FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

East Asia and the Pacific$3.6M · 11% · 142 grants · 3 people

Stated purpose: GENERAL OPERATIONS · FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

South Asia$3.0M · 9% · 117 grants

Stated purpose: GENERAL OPERATIONS

Central America and the Caribbean$1.7M · 5% · 41 grants · 1 person

Stated purpose: GENERAL OPERATIONS · FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

Middle East and North Africa$205k · 1% · 12 grants · 3 people

Stated purpose: GENERAL OPERATIONS

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

46%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 30 repeat orgs$3.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 30 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
50

Total granted

$2.7M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+8%

Still filing today

97%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentInternationalCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CA
    CARIBBEAN AGROECOLOGY INSTITUTE INC (FKA VERMONT CARIBBEAN INSTITUTE INC)
    3× · 2023–2025 · $310k · revenue +79%
  • GI
    Groundswell International Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $218k · revenue +85%
  • IP
    INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $195k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • AA
    AFRICA AGENDA
    one grant, 2023 · $150k
  • EASTERN WOODLAND LACROSS
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue -30%
  • TM
    TAKEACTION MN EDUCATION FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $128k · revenue -85%
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 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
2
One Earth Philanthropy

One Earth connects thinkers, doers, activists, and knowledge holders from around the world to solve humanity's greatest ecological challenges--together. Our belief is simple: The solutions to the climate crisis already exist. By connecting…

Environment
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
Nature and Culture International

Nature and culture international conserves biologically diverse landscapes in latin america, in concert with local cultures, for the well-being of the planet.

Environment
5
Nature for Justice

To empower frontline communities to lead nature-based solutions that advance climate justice, ecosystem restoration, and resilient livelihoods through connecting locally-led initiatives to funding, markets, and technical support.

Environment
6
Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
7
Rainforest Action Network

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) works toward a world where the rights and dignity of all communities are respected and where healthy forests, a stable climate and wild biodiversity are protected and celebrated.

Environment
8
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
9
Rights and Resources Institute Inc

Rri's mission is to support local communities and indigenous peoples' struggles against poverty and marginalization by promoting greater global commitment and action towards policy, market, and legal reforms that secure their rights to…

Environment
10
Rainforest Alliance Inc

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.

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11
Natura International Inc

Natura International conserves rainforests and other key natural ecosystems and the endangered species they contain through creation of protected areas in collaboration with local governments and communities in Latin America. In this way…

Public Benefit
12
Partnership for Policy Integrity

Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) uses data-driven advocacy and litigation to fight for forests, communities and the climate.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Indigenous Fund for Development and Solidarity Batani. 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

103 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. 103 of the 116 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.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
30
Early backer (in before they grew)
101/103
Grantees still filing
57/103
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

National Save The Family Farm Coalition: $190,000 · OtherNational Save The Family Farm CoalitionAFRICA AGENDA: $150,000 · OtherAFRICA AGENDAA GROWING CULTURE: $120,000 · OtherUNITED FEDERATION OF TAINO PEOPLE INC: $120,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE & TRADE POLICY: $190,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE & TRADE POLICYThe Oakland Institute: $130,000 · OtherNational Black Food and Justice Alliance: $100,000 · OtherThe Field Alliance Inc: $120,000 · OtherHAWAII INVESTMENT READY: $120,000 · OtherEASTERN WOODLAND LACROSS: $150,000 · OtherEASTERN WOODLAND LACROSSTHE SHIPIBO-CONIBO CENTER INC: $125,000 · OtherTAKEACTION MN EDUCATION FUND: $127,875 · OtherEnvironmental Defender Law Center: $134,000 · OtherALOHA FIRST: $118,500 · Other+33 more: $840,832 · Other+33 morePesticide Action Network North America: $165,000 · EnvironmentPesticide Actio…ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTMAKERS ASSOCIATION: $111,276 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL G…CRUDE ACCOUNTABILITY INCORPORATED: $70,000 · EnvironmentCRUDE ACCOUNTAB…International Rivers Network: $65,500 · EnvironmentInternational R…The Ocean Foundation: $60,000 · EnvironmentThe Ocean Found…LAKE BAIKAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $51,680 · EnvironmentLAKE BAIKAL HER…SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND ENVI…MONGABAY ORG CORP: $50,000 · EnvironmentMONGABAY ORG CO…MOTHER NATURE CAMBODIA INC: $49,900 · EnvironmentMOTHER NATURE C…+17 more: $241,851 · Environment+17 moreCARIBBEAN AGROECOLOGY INSTITUTE INC (FKA VERMONT CARIBBEAN INSTITUTE INC): $309,980 · Civil RightsCARIBBEAN AGRO…International Indian Treaty Council Inc: $257,500 · Civil RightsInternational …EARTHRIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $110,000 · Civil RightsEARTHRIGHTS IN…CULTURAL SURVIVAL INC: $95,000 · Civil RightsCULTURAL SURVI…CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENT INCORPORATED: $50,000 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR HUM…+2 more: $15,000 · Civil RightsORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $600,000 · PhilanthropyORANGE COUN…EDGE FUNDERS ALLIANCE: $42,500 · PhilanthropyEDGE FUNDER…FAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $30,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $23,000 · PhilanthropyCommunity Agroecology Network: $140,000 · Community ImprovementCommunity…Native American food sovereignty alliance dba NAFSA: $120,000 · Community ImprovementNative Am…ALEUTIAN PRIBILOF ISLANDS ASSOCIATION INC: $75,000 · Community ImprovementALEUTIAN …INQUIRING SYSTEMS INC: $50,000 · Community ImprovementINQUIRING…COLORADO NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION: $40,000 · Community ImprovementCOLORADO …SOCIETY OF NATIVE NATIONS: $35,000 · Community ImprovementSOCIETY O…MOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER: $25,000 · Community ImprovementNDN COLLECTIVE INC: $25,000 · Community Improvement+3 more: $20,000 · Community ImprovementGroundswell International Inc: $218,000 · InternationalRADICAL GRANDMA COLLECTIVE: $50,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL FUNDERS FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: $49,000 · InternationalGlobal Rights Advocacy: $47,000 · InternationalInternational Indigenous Fund For Development and Solidarity Batani: $32,500 · InternationalHEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL: $32,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $30,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT: $25,000 · InternationalTHE KAILASH SATYARTHI CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $20,348 · International+2 more: $25,000 · InternationalINDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS INC: $195,000 · Human ServicesARAB WATCH COALITION: $75,000 · Human ServicesINITIATIVE FOR TRANSNATIONAL JUSTICE INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesTRIBAL LINK FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesTRIBAL IMAGES MUSEUM INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCharity Navigator: $20,000 · Human ServicesUS RIGHT TO KNOW: $15,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$2,736,207Environment$915,207Civil Rights$837,480Philanthropy$695,500Community Improvement$530,000International$528,848Human Services$430,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $600,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCARIBBEAN AGROECOLOGY INSTITUTE INC (FKA VERMONT CARIBBEAN INSTITUTE INC): $309,980 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetInternational Indian Treaty Council Inc: $257,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGroundswell International Inc: $218,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetINDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS INC: $195,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetPesticide Action Network North America: $165,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetEASTERN WOODLAND LACROSS: $150,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCommunity Agroecology Network: $140,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetEnvironmental Defender Law Center: $134,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetThe Oakland Institute: $130,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetTAKEACTION MN EDUCATION FUND: $127,875 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SHIPIBO-CONIBO CENTER INC: $125,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetNative American food sovereignty alliance dba NAFSA: $120,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetThe Field Alliance Inc: $120,000 over 1y, 98% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL GRANTMAKERS ASSOCIATION: $111,276 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetEARTHRIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $110,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCULTURAL SURVIVAL INC: $95,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWILDLIFE FRIENDLY ENTERPRISE NETWORK: $90,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetEarthworks: $88,125 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLand is Life Inc: $85,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetARAB WATCH COALITION: $75,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetALEUTIAN PRIBILOF ISLANDS ASSOCIATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCRUDE ACCOUNTABILITY INCORPORATED: $70,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetInternational Rivers Network: $65,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetThe Ocean Foundation: $60,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINITIATIVE FOR TRANSNATIONAL JUSTICE INC: $60,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetCONSULTATIVE GROUP ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC Biodiversity Funders Grp: $57,700 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetLAKE BAIKAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $51,680 over 3y, 26% of budgetRADICAL GRANDMA COLLECTIVE: $50,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetINQUIRING SYSTEMS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMONGABAY ORG CORP: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMOTHER NATURE CAMBODIA INC: $49,900 over 5y, 11% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUNDERS FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: $49,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetGlobal Rights Advocacy: $47,000 over 1y, 56% of budgetCLIMATE GENERATION: $43,549 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetEDGE FUNDERS ALLIANCE: $42,500 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetCOLORADO NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION: $40,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTRIBAL LINK FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetSOCIETY OF NATIVE NATIONS: $35,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LAW ALLIANCE WORLDWIDE: $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetInternational Indigenous Fund For Development and Solidarity Batani: $32,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetHEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL: $32,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACCOUNTABILITY COUNSEL: $27,251 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPACIFIC ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES CENTER: $26,250 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Rsf Social Finance IncThe Schmidt Family Fo…Tides FoundationFoundation to Promote…Rockefeller Philanthr…Amalgamated Charitabl…The McKnight Foundati…The Christensen FundThe Ford FoundationClimateworks Foundati…Common Counsel Founda…John D and Catherine …
Rsf Social Finance IncCA53.5× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rsf Social Finance Inc · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Tides Foundation · Foundation to Promote Open Society · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The McKnight Foundation · The Christensen Fund · The Ford Foundation · Climateworks Foundation · Common Counsel Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur 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 Global Greengrants Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Global Greengrants Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
19report 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 116 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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