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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 administers private gifts of funds and land for the benefit of the national forests.

$18M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
168
Itemized grants FY2025
124
Organizations funded FY2024
35%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$17M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$40,711
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,117,404
Organizations funded a year
95 to 124
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$96M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 35% of the organizations National Forest Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.6M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentRecreation & SportsEducationAnimalsCommunity ImprovementPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving168$17M33%
FY2024124$13M35%
FY2023114$8.6M31%
FY2022109$6.5M27%
FY202197$5.3M22%
FY202095$6.7M27%
FY2019111$7.2M31%
FY2018108$4.5M48%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$57MRecreation & Sports$1.0MPublic Safety & Disaster$803kYouth Development$252kAnimals$197kHuman Services$103kCommunity Improvement$31k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Conservation Legacy$6,008,66193%
The Wetlands Initiative$4,460,366858%
City of Greeley$2,706,5572n/a
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps$2,445,921912%
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative$1,952,932821%
American Conservation Experience$1,910,98892%
Friends of the Dillon Ranger District$1,507,109946%
Truckee River Watershed Council$1,383,541410%
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers$1,308,428919%
Ecoculture$1,183,643455%
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All grantees of National Forest Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Conservation Legacy$6,008,66193%
The Wetlands Initiative$4,460,366858%
City of Greeley$2,706,5572n/a
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps$2,445,921912%
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative$1,952,932821%
American Conservation Experience$1,910,98892%
Friends of the Dillon Ranger District$1,507,109946%
Truckee River Watershed Council$1,383,541410%
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers$1,308,428919%
Ecoculture$1,183,643455%
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden$1,167,04368%
Trout Unlimited Inc$1,079,71771%
Vail Valley Mountain Bike Association$1,048,485938%
Northern Arizona University Foundation$1,024,15841%
Agricultural Research Service (Usda)$890,3081n/a
Los Angeles Conservation Corps$853,85552%
Rio Grande Return$841,639520%
Big Thompson Watershed Coalition$781,587356%
Colorado State University$772,7176n/a
Rocky Mountain Field Institute Inc$755,935711%
The Longleaf Alliance Inc$752,84764%
Southern Highlands Reserve Inc$738,207224%
Cottonwood Canyons Foundation$732,339933%
Treepeople Inc$731,29562%
Southern California Mountains Foundation$661,30685%
Walking Mountains$654,04792%
Confederated Salish and Kootenai$639,4775n/a
Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed$599,102315%
Year One Inc$592,82044%
California Wildlife Foundation$577,720210%
Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council$557,268430%
The Ember Alliance$545,240212%
Sitka Conservation Society$525,005812%
Inland Empire Resource Conservation District$500,0001n/a
White Mountain Trail Collective$487,790359%
Great Basin Institute$466,24422%
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado$465,76087%
Friends of the Verde River$455,40479%
Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition$446,846610%
Conservation Corps of Long Beach$442,38881%
Hispanic Access Foundation$408,8951n/a
Colorado Firecamp Inc$404,45631%
The Freshwater Trust$404,23732%
Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards$382,31869%
The Student Conservation Association Inc$381,20170%
Northwest Youth Corps$377,91061%
The Forest Stewards Guild$365,40186%
Overland Mountain Bike Association$355,000248%
Larimer County Conservation Corps$348,5041n/a
Boise State University$346,3251n/a
Friends of the Inyo$333,80078%
Coalitions & Collaboratives Inc$324,97325%
Washoe Tribe of Nv and Ca$317,9302n/a
Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association$315,000613%
GREAT BURN STUDY GROUP dba Great Burn Conservation Alliance$309,500918%
Truckee Trails Foundation Inc$303,293437%
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps$302,54543%
Mid Klamath Watershed Council$299,21972%
Selway-Bitterroot Foundation Inc$298,111814%
Lomakatsi Restoration Project$286,00071%
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum$285,84940%
Four Corners School of Outdoor Educ$281,00077%
Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers$276,673613%
White River Partnership Inc$276,084737%
Lefthand Watershed Oversight Group$274,991213%
New Mexico Highlands University$274,2392n/a
Arizona Elk Society$270,80035%
Trailkeepers of Oregon$269,666710%
Sierra Institute for Community & Environment$266,97353%
Mountain Studies Institue$265,00183%
Ventana Wilderness Alliance$263,366431%
Wild South$262,527622%
Appalachian Mountain Club$243,30540%
University of Wyoming$242,6882n/a
Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan Inc$241,8061n/a
Seeds$237,25443%
California Tahoe Conservancy$234,0532n/a
Eagle River Watershed Council$230,28876%
Wild Arizona$229,350336%
Tuolumne River Preservation Trust dba Yosemite Rivers Alliance$226,59466%
Sandy River Basin Watershed Council$218,482617%
Friends of Colorado Avalanche Information Center$218,06538%
Glacier Peak Institute$215,399718%
West Region Wildfire Council$209,000112%
San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation$199,48210%
Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan Inc$198,26551%
County of Cass$192,6542n/a
Natural Curiosity Inc$191,00825%
Boulder Watershed Collective$190,000119%
Western Landowners Alliance$190,00022%
National Wild Turkey Federation Inc$188,46420%
Green Forests Work Inc$188,270310%
Ccthita$187,1623n/a
Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement$186,93762%
United Keetoowah Cherokee Council$185,6505n/a
Gunnison Trails Inc$185,000518%
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory$180,00021%
Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation$179,70986%
Earthcorps$172,69961%
Wyoming Game & Fish Department$170,0001n/a
Yampa Valley Sustainability Council$168,58623%
Trail Mix Inc$168,407313%
Chatham School District$166,6244n/a
Spruce Root Inc$164,10023%
The University of Montana$162,9622n/a
Teens Inc$157,09871%
Irvine Ranch Conservancy$156,44831%
Amigos de El Yunque Inc$153,738220%
Pacoima Beautiful$152,79462%
Rocky Mountain Institute$150,00010%
Jefferson Conservation District$150,0001n/a
Kenai Watershed Forum$149,02458%
The Wildlands Conservancy$147,62030%
Technical Assistance Partnership of Arizona$146,79821%
Salmon Valley Stewardship Inc$145,869524%
Friends of Nevada Wilderness$145,42962%
Oregon Natural Desert Association$145,41052%
Eagle Summit Wilderness Alliance$145,270638%
The Colorado Mountain Club$144,02762%
Peaks to People Water Fund$143,550214%
Cascade Forest Conservancy$139,088712%
Board of Regents of the University of California (Merced)$137,8193n/a
South Yuba River Citizens League$133,08151%
Wilderness Workshop$125,00051%
Salish Kootenai College Inc$123,86250%
Friends of Pathways$122,30075%
Bat Conservation International$121,77911%
Southern Off Road Bicycle Association Nc Chapter Pisgah Area$120,000123%
Neighborhood Development Collaborative Inc$119,02528%
Antfarm Inc$116,12545%
Washington Trails Association$116,00061%
Rural Action Inc$115,18241%
Wallowa Resources Inc$112,92433%
Wasco County Soil and Water Conservation District$110,0001n/a
Mainspring Conservation Trust Inc$110,0001n/a
Blackfeet Eco Knowledge$110,0001n/a
Conservation Nw$110,00051%
Snoqualmie Indian Tribe$109,7681n/a
South Central Mountain Resource Conservation & Development Council$108,08719%
Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship$107,94252%
Chaffee County$107,2501n/a
Salmon River Restoration Council$106,94282%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$105,4153n/a
County of Sierra$103,4021n/a
Mesa Youth Services Inc$102,50032%
The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust$101,80931%
Sedona Red Rock Trail Fund$101,52049%
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness$101,47342%
Mt Adams Resource Stewards$101,11644%
Mid Klamath Watershed Council$99,2001n/a
Borderlands Restoration Network$99,02941%
Conservation Science Partners Inc$98,47434%
Vm West LP$95,0631n/a
Camp Grier$95,00021%
Natural Restorations$94,604313%
The Access Fund$90,49731%
Four Mile Fire Protection District$90,0001n/a
Larimer Conservation District$90,0001n/a
Gloria Great Basin$89,880236%
Arizona Trail Association$89,651110%
Swan Valley Connections$88,93953%
San Juan Mountains Association$85,85542%
Western Colorado University$83,9043n/a
Ascend Wilderness Experience$83,24155%
Sky Island Alliance$82,72225%
Rocky Mountain Conservancy$81,94031%
Boulder Valley Conservation District$80,7931n/a
Yaak Valley Forest Council$80,684410%
Friends of the Bridger-Teton$80,28824%
Canaan Valley Institute$79,99922%
Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy Inc$75,900222%
Mississippi State University$75,8811n/a
Washington Department of Ecology$73,9463n/a
Sitka Trail Works Inc$72,61628%
Dine Baadeiti - for the People$70,6282n/a
Sam Houston Trails Coalition$70,000118%
Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association$69,45522%
Cascade Pacific RC&D Area$68,62822%
Oak Creek Watershed Council$66,697254%
Alaska Trails$65,92242%
Los Padres Forest Association$65,00026%
Mobilizegreen Inc$65,0001n/a
Mesa County Public Health$64,5581n/a
Delta County School District 50j$63,1302n/a
Continental Divide Trail Coalition$63,11732%
Montana Wilderness Association$62,99421%
Southwest Idaho Resource Conservation and Development Inc$62,624220%
Wildearth Guardians$62,51021%
Mosquito Range Heritage Initiative$62,26028%
Ruffed Grouse Society$61,49921%
Alpine Trail Crew Assn$61,4501n/a
Wood River Trails Coalition Inc$60,000111%
Sawtooth Society Inc$59,31247%
Sawtooth Interpretive and Historical Association$58,00048%
Verde Valley Cyclists Coalition$58,000222%
Randolph Mountain Club$56,596119%
Alaska Geographic Association$56,34221%
Center for Ecodynamic Restoration$55,700415%
Pueblo of Tesuque$55,0001n/a
Yakutat Tlinglt Tribe$55,0001n/a
Friends of the Forest Preserves$54,95411%
Friends of the Columbia Gorge$54,92021%
Vermont Atv Sportsmans Association Inc$54,58522%
North Cascades Institute$53,50230%
Corpsthat Inc$53,390215%
Wild Alabama Inc$53,134115%
Crested Butte Land Trust$51,13032%
Arroyo Seco Foundation Hahamongna Native Plant Nursery$50,000178%
The Greening of Detroit$50,00030%
Wyoming Pathways$50,000211%
Gila Resources Information Project$49,9991n/a
Siuslaw Watershed Council Inc$49,60822%
Franklins Promise Coalition Inc$48,7151n/a
Athens-Wayne Outdoor Asset Dev Corp$48,0381n/a
Southeast Alaska Wilderness Exploration Analysis and Discovery$48,000214%
Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians$46,7193n/a
The Watershed Research & Training Center$46,51930%
Tucson Audubon Society$46,32811%
Idaho Forest Restoration Partnership$45,820295%
Friends of Cedar Mesa$45,50011%
Forest Lakes Metropolitan District$45,1011n/a
The Pisgah Conservancy$44,85526%
Sustainable Northwest$44,77821%
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance$44,43331%
Idaho Conservation League Inc$42,00031%
San Gabriel Valley Conservation and Service Corps$41,91811%
Northwoods Stewardship Center$41,41612%
Appalachian Trail Conservancy$41,28710%
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy$40,32530%
White Mountain Trail Club$40,000144%
Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board$40,0002n/a
Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association$40,0001n/a
Walama Restoration Project$38,23236%
Gallatin River Task Force$37,65015%
Idaho Trails Association$37,067310%
Phoenix School of Roseburg$36,70412%
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy$36,62320%
Gila Watershed Partnership of Arizona$36,53823%
Colorado Mountain Bike Association$36,50024%
Mountain Rim Fire Safe Council Inc$36,31726%
Blue Mountains Forest Partners$36,00029%
Red Feather Development Group$36,00011%
Wood Product Signs$35,8601n/a
Northern Arapaho Tribe$35,8532n/a
L a Works Inc$35,51611%
Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild$35,42931%
Scott River Watershed Council$35,3101n/a
The Semilla Project$35,00012%
Ecology Project International$35,0001n/a
Eco Servants$35,00016%
Girlventures$35,0001n/a
Pheasants Forever Inc$35,00020%
American Youthworks$35,00010%
Partnership for Youth$34,52012%
Friends of Panthertown Inc$34,04629%
Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation$34,04513%
Piikani Lodge Health Institute$33,3721n/a
Friends of Blackwater Inc$33,26326%
Central Oregon Forest Stewardship Foundation$33,000218%
Charitable Foundation of Vail$32,472138%
Clearwater Economic Development Assoc$31,31222%
Kootenai Tribe of Idaho$31,3122n/a
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc$31,31220%
Priest Community Forest Connection$30,000125%
Summit County Government$30,0003n/a
Estes Valley Watershed Coalition$30,000111%
Pacific Crest Trail Association$30,00011%
Boulder Climbing Community$30,00017%
Pocahontas County Tourism Commission$30,00012%
Jeffco Open Space Foundation Inc$30,00018%
Chico State Enterprises$29,97410%
Southern Utah University 01-65$29,8532n/a
Nfria-Wserc Conservation Center Inc$29,56016%
Nez Perce Tribe$29,1051n/a
Upper Gila Watershed Alliance$28,58528%
Sheridan Community Land Trust$28,00023%
Grand Staircase - Escalante Partners Inc$27,97413%
Outward Bound Adventures$27,86126%
Gila Chapter-Back Country Horsemen of New Mexico$27,76629%
Paiute Atv Trail Committee Inc$27,540119%
High Desert Partnership$27,21622%
The Grand Canyon Trust Inc$26,20010%
Northeast Washington Forestry Coalition$25,216211%
Corazon Latino Inc$25,00014%
Colorado Trout Unlimited$25,00013%
Midewin Interpretive Association$25,0001n/a
Whitefish Legacy Partners Inc$25,00013%
Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group$24,900117%
Skagit Watershed Council$24,82318%
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community$24,8011n/a
Friends of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp$24,69026%
Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council$24,41616%
Arkansas River Watershed Collaborative$24,41614%
Outdoor Outreach$24,13211%
Carolina Climbers Coalition$24,04925%
Organized Village of Kasaan$23,9961n/a
Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation$23,89212%
Wilderness Volunteers Giving Something Back$23,64826%
Upper Willamette Community Dev Corp$23,5501n/a
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers$23,50820%
Chattooga Conservancy$23,50028%
Hoonah Indian Association$23,3381n/a
Mt Adams Institute$23,27212%
Pagosa Area Trails Council$23,000113%
The Green Mountain Club Inc Debonis$22,53111%
City of Thorne Bay$22,0001n/a
Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative$22,0001n/a
Richfield City$20,0001n/a
Poudre Canyon Fire Protection District$20,0001n/a
Common Outdoor Ground$20,0001n/a
High Sierra Volunteer Trail Crew$20,0001n/a
Wheel Fun$19,94613%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$19,69020%
Iosco Exploration Trail$19,5401n/a
North Fork John Day Watershed Council$19,36422%
Black Mesa Trust inc$18,9871n/a
Yellowstone to Yukon$18,73011%
Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group$18,10211%
University of Alaska$18,0001n/a
Beyond Ktaadn Inc$18,0002n/a
Mt Crested Butte Chamber of Commerce$18,0001n/a
Sitka Tribe of Alaska$17,6061n/a
Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness Foundation$17,4851n/a
Curry Watersheds Nonprofit$17,28113%
Wonalancet Out Door Club$17,2031n/a
Cascade Volunteers$17,000111%
Upper Deschutes Watershed Council$17,00012%
Trails Utah$16,6501n/a
Salt Lake Climbers Alliance Inc$16,65014%
Tahoe Rim Trail Association$15,86811%
Coastal Interpretive Center$15,8621n/a
The American Chestnut Foundation$15,32610%
Pit River Tribe$15,2001n/a
Ramah Navajo Chapter$15,0001n/a
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes$15,0001n/a
Koho4hopi$15,0001n/a
Telluride Mountain Club$15,00014%
Pinchot Partners$15,0001n/a
Environmental Resource Center$15,00017%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$15,00010%
Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association$15,00015%
Conservation Resource Alliance$15,00011%
Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness Inc$14,83024%
Cascadia Wild$14,3001n/a
Trees Water and People$14,00011%
Trails 2000 Inc$13,52014%
Buckeye Trail Association Inc$13,50017%
Public Lands Interpretive Association$13,00011%
Heart of Oregon Corps Inc$12,5001n/a
Plumas Audubon Society$12,21615%
Groundwork Rhode Island$12,11511%
High Country Conservation Advocates$12,00014%
The Greenlands Reserve$10,450115%
Wallowa Mt Hells Canyon Trails Asso$10,25813%
Confluences Inc Confluence Project$10,20312%
Siskiyou Mountain Club$10,00012%
Northeast Tennessee Regional Foundation for Economic Development Innovation And$10,000113%
Yee Haolnii Doo$10,00010%
Gunnison County Department of Healt$10,0001n/a
Climbing Association of Southern Arizona Inc$10,0001n/a
San Gorgonio Wilderness Association$10,0001n/a
Montana Conservation Corps Inc$10,00010%
Blaine County Recreation District$10,0001n/a
Pine Strawberry Fuel Reduction Inc$10,000129%
Mount Shasta Trail Association Inc$10,00014%
Flathead Area Mountain Bikers Inc$9,2131n/a
Poudre Wilderness Volunteers$8,900117%
Urban Greenspaces Institute$8,7421n/a
Friends of the Superior National Forest$8,720111%
44trails Inc$8,5001n/a
Grand County Wildfire Council$8,00011%
Cb Avalanche Center Inc$8,00013%
Community Initiatives$7,65110%
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies$7,50010%
Alleghany Highlands Trails Alliance$7,3001n/a
Get Outdoors Leadville$6,4601n/a
Caribou County$6,3121n/a
Central Colorado Conservacy$5,76011%
Talking Talons Youth Leadership$5,63211%
Kettle Range Conservation Group$5,4411n/a
Torca Inc$5,0001n/a
Boy Scouts of America Sam Houston Area Council$5,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

National Forest Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 21 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetConservation Legacy: $6,008,661 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetThe Wetlands Initiative: $4,460,366 over 8y, 58% of budgetRocky Mountain Youth Corps: $2,445,921 over 9y, 12% of budgetColorado Fourteeners Initiative: $1,952,932 over 8y, 21% of budgetAmerican Conservation Experience: $1,910,988 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetFriends of the Dillon Ranger District: $1,507,109 over 9y, 46% of budgetTruckee River Watershed Council: $1,383,541 over 4y, 10% of budgetWildlands Restoration Volunteers: $1,308,428 over 9y, 19% of budgetEcoculture: $1,183,643 over 4y, 55% of budgetRancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden: $1,167,043 over 6y, 8.2% of budgetTrout Unlimited Inc: $1,079,717 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetVail Valley Mountain Bike Association: $1,048,485 over 9y, 38% of budgetNorthern Arizona University Foundation: $1,024,158 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetLos Angeles Conservation Corps: $853,855 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetRio Grande Return: $841,639 over 5y, 20% of budgetBig Thompson Watershed Coalition: $781,587 over 3y, 56% of budgetRocky Mountain Field Institute Inc: $755,935 over 7y, 11% of budgetThe Longleaf Alliance Inc: $752,847 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetSouthern Highlands Reserve Inc: $738,207 over 2y, 24% of budgetCottonwood Canyons Foundation: $732,339 over 9y, 33% of budgetTreepeople Inc: $731,295 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetSouthern California Mountains Foundation: $661,306 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetWalking Mountains: $654,047 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetCoalition for the Poudre River Watershed: $599,102 over 3y, 15% of budgetYear One Inc: $592,820 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetCalifornia Wildlife Foundation: $577,720 over 2y, 10% of budgetMountain Communities Fire Safe Council: $557,268 over 4y, 30% of budgetThe Ember Alliance: $545,240 over 2y, 12% of budgetSitka Conservation Society: $525,005 over 8y, 12% of budgetWhite Mountain Trail Collective: $487,790 over 3y, 59% of budgetGreat Basin Institute: $466,244 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetVolunteers for Outdoor Colorado: $465,760 over 8y, 7.4% of budgetFriends of the Verde River: $455,404 over 7y, 8.8% of budgetSoutheast Alaska Watershed Coalition: $446,846 over 6y, 9.8% of budgetConservation Corps of Long Beach: $442,388 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetColorado Firecamp Inc: $404,456 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetThe Freshwater Trust: $404,237 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetSouthern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards: $382,318 over 6y, 9.0% of budgetThe Student Conservation Association Inc: $381,201 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNorthwest Youth Corps: $377,910 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetThe Forest Stewards Guild: $365,401 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetOverland Mountain Bike Association: $355,000 over 2y, 48% of budgetFriends of the Inyo: $333,800 over 7y, 7.9% of budgetCoalitions & Collaboratives Inc: $324,973 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetCrested Butte Mountain Bike Association: $315,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetGREAT BURN STUDY GROUP dba Great Burn Conservation Alliance: $309,500 over 9y, 18% of budgetTruckee Trails Foundation Inc: $303,293 over 4y, 37% of budgetRocky Mountain Youth Corps: $302,545 over 4y, 3.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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 Wilderness Stewardship AllianceCO91.3× affinity43 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Resources Legacy Fund · The Nature Conservancy · The Wilderness Society · American Trails · National Park Foundation · Wilburforce Foundation · Western Conservation Foundation · The Corps Network · Conservation Lands 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.

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About National Forest Foundation

How much does National Forest Foundation give?
National Forest Foundation reported 168 itemized grants totaling $17,362,537, out of $18,264,980 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 95 and 124 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does National Forest Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (96%), Recreation & Sports (2%), Public Safety & Disaster (1%).
Who are National Forest Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Conservation Legacy ($6.0M), The Wetlands Initiative ($4.5M), City of Greeley ($2.7M).
Does National Forest Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as National Forest Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Patagoniaorg.
Where is National Forest Foundation based?
National Forest Foundation is based in MT.

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 384 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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