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National Environmental Education and Training Foundation Inc

The national environmental education and training foundation, doing business as neef, is the nation's leading organization in lifelong environmental learning, creating opportunities for people to experience and learn about the environment (continued on schedule o)

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
45
Grants FY2025still arriving
21
States reached
$91k
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 2024.

Environment$2.7MRecreation & Sports$321kAnimals$235kEducation$196kArts & Culture$150kPhilanthropy$127kScience & Tech$125kPublic Safety & Disaster$104kOther$0
02FY2025 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 45 grants below total $955,511, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,096,538 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $141,027 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 $10k10 grants · $73k
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $459k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $423k
$13,172
Median grant
21
States reached
$859k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA$91,000
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES$75,000
MONARCH JOINT VENTURE$67,722
TENNESSEE STATE PARKS CONSERVANCY$67,600
JOSEPHINE TORRES CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER$65,000
RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS$57,000
LAND TRUST OF NORTH ALABAMA$38,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$30,750
ARMY NATURAL RESOURCES PROGRAM OAHU$29,561
LITTLE TALLAHATCHIE RIVERWAY CONSERVANCY$25,000
TRINITY PARK CONSERVANCY$21,000
OPERATION GREEN TEAM FOUNDATION$20,000
GIRLS INC OF GREATER ATLANTA$20,000
CITY OF GREENSBORO$20,000
BELLOWS AIR FORCE STATION$15,000
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 (FY18–25, $138k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 29% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BIRDS OF PREY NCA PARTNERSHIP: $40k → 8%PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM VALLEY YMCA: $10k → 7%ROCHESTER ACCESSIBLE ADVENTURES: $20k → 14%MILITARY MOBILITY: $10k → 11%BIRDS OF PREY NCA PARTNERSHIP: $15k → 8%POINT BONITA YMCA: $10k → 8%BILINGUAL EDUCATION COLLECTIVE: $10k → 11%BIRDS OF PREY NCA PARTNERSHIP: $10k → 8%PAEPAE O HEEIA: $13k → 9%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

VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
OR
NV
WY
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 20% of National Environmental Education and Training Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

National Environmental Education and Training Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 18% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

47%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 55 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

55 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 47 since wound down; 33 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
114

Total granted

$2.4M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+12%

Still filing today

76%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $776k 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
EnvironmentRecreation & SportsEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TL
    THE LAND TRUST OF NORTH ALABAMA INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $238k · revenue +3%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
    4× · 2020–2023 · $112k · revenue +81%
  • SOUTH YUBA RIVER CITIZENS LEAGUE
    3× · 2021–2023 · $85k · revenue +97%

Funded once

  • CONSERVATION LEGACY
    one grant, 2024 · $165k · revenue 0%
  • ZS
    ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -20%
  • SC
    SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCYgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $96k · revenue +110%
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
Nature Collective

Nature collective's mission is to drive a passion for nature for all. we think inclusively and diversely when serving those devoid of nature those who remember nature and want to connect back to it and those who have an affinity with…

Environment
2
The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust

The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust leads and inspires action to conserve and enhance the landscape of the Mountains to Sound Greenway, ensuring a long-term balance between people and nature.

Environment
3
Glacier National Park Conservancy

The glacier national park conservancy works to preserve and protect glacier national park for future generations.

Recreation & Sports
4
The Wildlands Conservancy

The Wildlands Conservancy's dual mission is to preserve the beauty and biodiversity of the earth and to provide programs so that children may know the wonder and joy of nature.

Environment
5
Naturebridge

To connect young people to the wonder and science of the natural world, igniting self-discovery and inspiring stewardship of our planet.

Environment
6
The Forest Park Conservancy

To protect and restore the ecological health of forest park and marquam nature park, maintain and enhance their extensive trails networks, promote equitable access, and inspire diverse community appreciation and stewardship of these iconic…

Environment
7
Point Reyes National Seashore Association

The Official Partner to the Point Reyes National Seashore Since 1964, Point Reyes National Seashore Association focuses on three priorities: Youth Education & access, environmental conservation and building a broad community for the people…

Environment
8
Volcan Mountain Foundation

The Volcan Mountain Foundation's mission is to preserve Volcan Mountain Range in its natural state for all generations.

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9
The Jmt Wilderness Conservancy

Working to restore the watersheds, wilderness, and wildlife in the high sierra nevada following the john muir trail (est. 1915) for all life in california.

Environment
10
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
11
Huron Pines Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc

It is our mission at huron pines to conserve and enhance northern michigan's natural resources to ensure healthy water, protected places and vibrant communities. for alomst 50 years, our work across the forests, lakes and streams of…

Environment
12
National Forest Foundation

The national forest foundation (nff), chartered by congress, turns america's love of nature into meaningful action for 193-million acre national forest system through on the ground program work and grant making activities, and accepts and…

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Monica Mountains Fund; the most unlike its peers is Florida Three Rivers Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

125 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 125 of the 204 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
42
Early backer (in before they grew)
123/125
Grantees still filing
80/125
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DC PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $124,545 · OtherSANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY: $95,542 · OtherUniversity of Southern Indiana: $91,000 · Other+119 more: $2,262,353 · Other+119 moreTHE LAND TRUST OF NORTH ALABAMA INC: $237,500 · EnvironmentTHE LAND TRUST OF NORTH AL…SALMON VALLEY STEWARDSHIP INC: $71,700 · EnvironmentSALMON VALLEY STEWARDSHIP …TIMUCUAN PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $68,837 · EnvironmentTIMUCUAN PARKS FOUNDATION …Tennessee State Parks Conservancy: $67,600 · EnvironmentTennessee State Parks Cons…SAN JOAQUIN RIVER PARKWAY & CONSERVATION TRUST: $64,750 · EnvironmentPALOS VERDES PENINSULA LAND CONSERVANCY: $62,500 · EnvironmentMOUNTAIN STUDIES INSTITUE: $53,873 · EnvironmentCONSERVANCY FOR CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK: $51,598 · EnvironmentRock Creek Conservancy Inc: $51,000 · EnvironmentFlorida Three Rivers Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc: $46,703 · Environment+30 more: $462,913 · Environment+30 moreFRIENDS OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK: $111,640 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF G…SAN MATEO COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION: $57,376 · Recreation & SportsSAN MATEO CO…SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK ASSOC INC: $56,300 · Recreation & SportsSHENANDOAH N…CRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCY: $55,000 · Recreation & SportsCRYSTAL COVE…PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY: $40,000 · Recreation & SportsPITTSBURGH P…TEANECK CREEK CONSERVANCY INC: $37,476 · Recreation & SportsTEANECK CREE…THE ALLIANCE FOR FLORIDA'S NATIONAL PARKS INC: $30,884 · Recreation & SportsTHE ALLIANCE…FRIENDS OF KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS: $29,165 · Recreation & SportsCOLORADO CANYONS ASSOCIATION: $26,000 · Recreation & SportsPinnacles National Park Foundation Pinnacles Partnership: $25,717 · Recreation & SportsTRAIL ACCESS PROJECT: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsMONTANA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Recreation & Sports+5 more: $49,143 · Recreation & Sports+5 moreFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $165,000 · PhilanthropyCREATE FOUNDATION: $62,000 · PhilanthropyAMIGOS DE LOS RIOS: $19,965 · Philanthropy+1 more: $8,000 · PhilanthropyMONARCH JOINT VENTURE: $67,722 · EducationRESOURCES FOR INDIAN STUDENT EDUCATION: $22,000 · EducationHOWARD UNIVERSITY MIDDLE SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS & SCIENCE: $20,000 · EducationSOJOURNER TRUTH SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationMOCKINGBIRD INCUBATOR: $15,000 · EducationGIRLTREK INCORPORATED: $15,000 · EducationLANCASTER-LEBANON EDUCATION FOUNDAT: $10,000 · EducationLANCASTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationADVENTURE 360: $9,900 · EducationSUNNY WOLF CHARTER SCHOOL: $9,500 · EducationCONSERVATION LEGACY: $164,996 · Youth DevelopmentGirls Inc of Greater Atlanta Inc: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentREEL GUPPY OUTDOORS INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $100,000 · AnimalsROCKY MOUNTAIN BUTTERFLY CONSORTIUM: $60,250 · AnimalsENVIRONMENT FOR THE AMERICAS INC: $20,310 · AnimalsNATIONAL AQUARIUM INC: $6,500 · Animals
Other$2,573,440Environment$1,238,974Recreation & Sports$558,701Philanthropy$254,965Education$199,122Youth Development$194,996Animals$187,060

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE LAND TRUST OF NORTH ALABAMA INC: $237,500 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $165,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCONSERVATION LEGACY: $164,996 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK: $111,640 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY: $95,542 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTH YUBA RIVER CITIZENS LEAGUE: $84,907 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetLOUISVILLE OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY IN: $75,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetSALMON VALLEY STEWARDSHIP INC: $71,700 over 1y, 14% of budgetTIMUCUAN PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $68,837 over 5y, 12% of budgetTennessee State Parks Conservancy: $67,600 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCOLORADO NATIONAL MONUMENT ASSOCIATION: $67,368 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetJOSEPHINE TORRES CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $65,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSAN JOAQUIN RIVER PARKWAY & CONSERVATION TRUST: $64,750 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBIRDS OF PREY NCA PARTNERSHIP: $64,742 over 3y, 54% of budgetPALOS VERDES PENINSULA LAND CONSERVANCY: $62,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetCREATE FOUNDATION: $62,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN BUTTERFLY CONSORTIUM: $60,250 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSAN MATEO COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION: $57,376 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetSHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK ASSOC INC: $56,300 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCY: $55,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMOUNTAIN STUDIES INSTITUE: $53,873 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetCONSERVANCY FOR CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK: $51,598 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRock Creek Conservancy Inc: $51,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetFlorida Three Rivers Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc: $46,703 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTrinity Park Conservancy: $45,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBig Thicket Association: $41,533 over 3y, 9.6% of budgetPITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTEANECK CREEK CONSERVANCY INC: $37,476 over 2y, 15% of budgetC&O CANAL TRUST INC: $35,500 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetFriends of Saguaro National Park: $35,296 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTHE ALLIANCE FOR FLORIDA'S NATIONAL PARKS INC: $30,884 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $30,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMIGOS DE EL YUNQUE INC: $30,500 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS: $29,165 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetBuilders of Hope CDC: $28,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMISSISSIPPI PARK CONNECTION: $27,144 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS-DESERT PEAKS: $27,071 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetCOLORADO CANYONS ASSOCIATION: $26,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetBAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $25,093 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FAIRFAX COUNTY PARK FOUNDATION INC: $25,083 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetCORAZON LATINO INC: $25,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetSanta Monica Mountains Fund: $22,495 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetRESOURCES FOR INDIAN STUDENT EDUCATION: $22,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetBay Area Outreach and Recreation Program: $21,880 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetROSIE THE RIVETER TRUST: $21,126 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetSEQUOIA PARKS CONSERVANCY: $21,034 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCraters of the Moon Natural History Asso: $20,775 over 2y, 5.6% 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.

National Park Foundat…National Fish and Wil…PatagoniaorgNational Forest Found…The Nature ConservancyRei Cooperative Actio…National Park Trust I…The Outdoor FoundationConservation Lands Fo…Western Conservation …Resources Legacy FundCommunity Initiatives
National Park FoundationDC64.9× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Park Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Patagoniaorg · National Forest Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Rei Cooperative Action Fund · National Park Trust Inc · The Outdoor Foundation · Conservation Lands Foundation · Western Conservation Foundation · Resources Legacy Fund · Community Initiatives

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 National Environmental Education and Training Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Environmental Education and Training Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 26%
  • Northwest Youth Corps: 100% of income from government
  • Mckenzie Watershed Alliance: 100% of income from government
  • Applegate Partnership Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Rock Creek Conservancy Inc: 60% of income from government
  • Florida Three Rivers Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc: 53% of income from government
  • Sunny Wolf Charter School: 26% of income from government
  • Hubbard Brook Research Foundation: 6% of income from government
  • Atlantic Center for the Arts Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • National Aquarium Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
5rely 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 204 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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