California · Public charity
Mennen Environmental Foundation
The specific and primary purpose of the Mennen Environmental Foundation is to engage in charitable, educational, and scientific activities as a supporting organization, which operates programs to protect, preserve and enchance the natural environment.
- $364k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Mennen Environmental Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 15 | $364k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $296k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $316k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $302k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $290k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $101k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $191k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $134k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Yellowstone Coalition | $295,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Trust For Wildlife Inc | $287,500 | 5 | 53% |
| Green Forests Work Inc | $275,000 | 9 | 12% |
| Center for Biological Diversity | $162,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Sea Turtle Conservancy | $155,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Center for Coastal Studies Inc | $151,100 | 5 | 1% |
| Save Napa Valley Foundation | $120,000 | 4 | 58% |
| Institute for Conservation Advocac Research and Education | $107,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Climate Center | $80,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Manomet Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Yellowstone Coalition | $295,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Trust For Wildlife Inc | $287,500 | 5 | 53% |
| Green Forests Work Inc | $275,000 | 9 | 12% |
| Center for Biological Diversity | $162,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Sea Turtle Conservancy | $155,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Center for Coastal Studies Inc | $151,100 | 5 | 1% |
| Save Napa Valley Foundation | $120,000 | 4 | 58% |
| Institute for Conservation Advocac Research and Education | $107,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Climate Center | $80,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Manomet Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Point Reyes Bird Observatory | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Native American Rights Fund Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Seacology | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Rivers Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forests Forever Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Green Corps Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Save Our Wild Salmon | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ecoflight | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Maine Coastal Islands Nw R | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indifly Incorporated | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Music for the Earth Inc | $13,800 | 1 | 12% |
| American Canyon Arts Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($152k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Mennen Environmental Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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: Patagoniaorg · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Mennen Environmental Foundation
- How much does Mennen Environmental Foundation give?
- Mennen Environmental Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $363,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Mennen Environmental Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (65%), Animals (23%), Science & Tech (8%).
- Who are Mennen Environmental Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Greater Yellowstone Coalition ($295k), Trust For Wildlife Inc ($288k), Green Forests Work Inc ($275k).
- Does Mennen Environmental Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mennen Environmental Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Patagoniaorg, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Marin Community Foundation.
- Where is Mennen Environmental Foundation based?
- Mennen Environmental Foundation is based in CA.
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