New York · Private foundation
Milkweed Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 70%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $30M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 70% of the organizations Milkweed Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $1.4M | 38% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $905k | 70% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $400k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate Cabinet Education | $400,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Spring Street Climate Fund Inc | $400,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Island Conservation | $350,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Legado Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Maliasili Initiatives Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Greenlight America | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Inside Climate News Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mongabay Org Corp | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Alliance for Climate Protection | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nextgen Climate America Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate Cabinet Education | $400,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Spring Street Climate Fund Inc | $400,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Island Conservation | $350,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Legado Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Maliasili Initiatives Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Greenlight America | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Inside Climate News Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mongabay Org Corp | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Alliance for Climate Protection | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nextgen Climate America Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Focus Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($520k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Milkweed Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
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About Milkweed Foundation Inc
- How much does Milkweed Foundation Inc give?
- Milkweed Foundation Inc reported 13 grants totaling $1,370,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Milkweed Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (100%).
- Who are Milkweed Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Climate Cabinet Education ($400k), Spring Street Climate Fund Inc ($400k), Island Conservation ($350k).
- Does Milkweed Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 70% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Milkweed Foundation Inc 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 Milkweed Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Tides Foundation, Clif Family Foundation.
- Where is Milkweed Foundation Inc based?
- Milkweed Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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