Massachusetts · Private foundation
Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $67M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 83
- Grants FY2024
- 90
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 51%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $4,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 46 to 90
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 15
- Total assets, FY2024
- $613M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 51% of the organizations Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 75 | $59M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 90 | $55M | 51% |
| FY2022 | 74 | $49M | 54% |
| FY2021 | 58 | $35M | 28% |
| FY2020 | 54 | $28M | 19% |
| FY2019 | 52 | $27M | 25% |
| FY2018 | 47 | $26M | 36% |
| FY2017 | 46 | $21M | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $11,059,666 | 8 | 1% |
| California Institute of Technology | $6,617,149 | 5 | 0% |
| Advocates for Climate Innovation | $6,542,500 | 8 | 66% |
| The Energy Foundation | $6,512,346 | 5 | 2% |
| Carbon Mapper Inc | $5,500,000 | 3 | 9% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $5,350,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Conservation International Foundation | $5,041,770 | 3 | 2% |
| Rocky Mountain Institute | $4,700,000 | 3 | 5% |
| 350org | $4,050,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Carbon Tracker Initiative Inc | $4,000,000 | 8 | 81% |
Show all 121 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 85 recipients with no EIN on record ($166M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 21 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 108 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Climateworks Foundation · Windward Fund · The Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The Schmidt Family Foundation · United States Energy Foundation · Sequoia Climate Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Boston Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc · Resources Legacy Fund
How this is measured
Compare Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment with peer funders
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About Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
- How much does Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment give?
- Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment reported 83 grants totaling $66,961,311 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 90 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (68%), Science & Tech (11%), Education (7%).
- Who are Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated ($11M), California Institute of Technology ($6.6M), Advocates for Climate Innovation ($6.5M).
- Does Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 51% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Climateworks Foundation, Windward Fund, The Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust.
- Where is Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment based?
- Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment is based in MA.
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