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National Geographic Society
To increase and diffuse geographic knowledge in the broadest sense, using the power of science, exploration, education and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of the world.
- $31M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 74
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 60
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $8.9M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $64,674
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 60 to 152
- FY2017 to FY2023
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.0B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations National Geographic Society funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.8M went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationEnvironmentAnimalsArts & CultureScience & TechSocial ScienceOther
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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 69 | $8.4M | 35% |
| FY2023 | 60 | $7.7M | 35% |
| FY2022 | 61 | $4.9M | 46% |
| FY2021 | 84 | $5.3M | 62% |
| FY2020 | 103 | $4.9M | 62% |
| FY2019 | 128 | $6.1M | 58% |
| FY2018 | 152 | $8.8M | 71% |
| FY2017 | 143 | $7.2M | n/a |
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$15MEducation$12MAnimals$12MScience & Tech$10MArts & Culture$3.5MHealth$751kPhilanthropy$656kSocial Science$556kOther$0
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Davis | $1,465,374 | 5 | n/a |
| Resources Legacy Fund | $1,300,600 | 2 | 1% |
| Wildpath LLC | $1,250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rewild | $1,246,364 | 3 | 5% |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $1,155,652 | 3 | n/a |
| Appalachian State University | $1,091,974 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Mississippi | $1,040,400 | 6 | n/a |
| The Peregrine Fund Inc | $881,781 | 5 | 3% |
| University of California Santa Barbara | $810,818 | 4 | n/a |
| Conservation Through Public Health | $784,908 | 3 | 28% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Davis | $1,465,374 | 5 | n/a |
| Resources Legacy Fund | $1,300,600 | 2 | 1% |
| Wildpath LLC | $1,250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rewild | $1,246,364 | 3 | 5% |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $1,155,652 | 3 | n/a |
| Appalachian State University | $1,091,974 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Mississippi | $1,040,400 | 6 | n/a |
| The Peregrine Fund Inc | $881,781 | 5 | 3% |
| University of California Santa Barbara | $810,818 | 4 | n/a |
| Conservation Through Public Health | $784,908 | 3 | 28% |
| Wildaid Inc | $771,860 | 7 | 3% |
| University of Hawaii Foundation | $738,511 | 5 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | $717,259 | 4 | 1% |
| Zambia Carnivore Programme | $675,000 | 2 | 53% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $648,215 | 5 | 0% |
| Great Plains Conservation Foundation | $623,700 | 3 | 8% |
| Texas State University | $596,545 | 7 | n/a |
| Two Wolves Films LLC | $565,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon State University | $534,723 | 5 | n/a |
| Alaska Whale Foundation | $499,448 | 6 | n/a |
| African People & Wildlife Fund Inc | $486,425 | 6 | 29% |
| Archaeology in the Community | $475,097 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park | $473,968 | 5 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $459,502 | 4 | n/a |
| Project Ceti Inc | $450,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Island Conservation | $440,421 | 5 | 4% |
| University of Maine System Inc | $425,374 | 3 | n/a |
| The University of Tulsa | $389,568 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $387,032 | 3 | n/a |
| Looking For Satyrus LLC | $379,098 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $353,624 | 5 | 0% |
| The Inst for Regional Conservation | $350,000 | 1 | 54% |
| State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources | $350,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Smithsonian Institution | $337,324 | 3 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $323,815 | 4 | 0% |
| International Snow Leopard Trust | $323,685 | 2 | 9% |
| Texas A&M University Kingsville | $317,619 | 5 | n/a |
| Groovy Girl Media LLC | $312,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $305,970 | 5 | n/a |
| Global Fishing Watch Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Consortium of Oklahoma Geographers Inc | $290,449 | 5 | 98% |
| Friends of the Osa | $288,126 | 3 | 4% |
| Walter Anderson Museum of Art Inc | $283,164 | 4 | 11% |
| University of Hawaii System | $276,299 | 3 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $276,242 | 3 | n/a |
| Ocean Discovery League Inc | $274,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Conservation X Labs Inc | $272,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Wake Forest University | $269,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Colorado Museum of Natural History | $250,000 | 3 | 0% |
| What Is Missing Foundation Fka the Extinction Project | $250,000 | 3 | 38% |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $243,891 | 3 | 0% |
| Panthera Corporation | $239,766 | 3 | n/a |
| Ted Foundation Inc | $235,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tennessee Geographic Alliance | $231,656 | 3 | 53% |
| Global Xplorer | $225,000 | 2 | 49% |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $222,055 | 2 | n/a |
| Gorongosa Project Inc | $220,040 | 3 | 1% |
| American Prairie Foundation | $215,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Children's Enviromental Literacy Fdn | $214,615 | 5 | 15% |
| Florida Wild | $210,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Naturebridge | $209,078 | 2 | 1% |
| Communities Living Among Wildlife Sustainably Conservancy | $204,400 | 3 | 40% |
| Regents of the University of California | $204,391 | 2 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University | $203,243 | 3 | n/a |
| SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research | $194,890 | 7 | 3% |
| Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | $192,631 | 2 | 1% |
| The Outlaw Ocean LLC | $187,463 | 1 | n/a |
| Vanderbilt University | $184,020 | 3 | 0% |
| Agile Services Group LLC | $183,250 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Wyoming | $182,224 | 5 | n/a |
| World Free Press Institute | $181,500 | 2 | 20% |
| Csu Bakersfield Auxiliary for Sponsored Programs Administration | $178,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Colorado State University | $175,727 | 4 | n/a |
| Sdsn Association Inc | $175,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Arizona State University | $173,622 | 4 | n/a |
| Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees | $170,323 | 4 | 0% |
| Hamilton County EducSrvCtr | $165,650 | 3 | n/a |
| RWG Ventures LLC | $163,065 | 2 | n/a |
| Centre for Wildlife Studies Inc | $160,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Nebraska Children & Families Foundation | $154,685 | 4 | 0% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wise Tropics Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 65% |
| Pelagic Data Systems Inc | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Fossil Forests | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Inquiring Systems Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Ancient Egypt Research Associates Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research Foundation | $149,909 | 1 | 41% |
| Society of Black Archaeologists | $149,313 | 2 | 77% |
| Long Island University | $147,558 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Nc State Museum of Natural Sciences | $146,563 | 3 | 1% |
| African Aquatic Conservation Fund Inc | $146,130 | 4 | 25% |
| PK Clean Technologies Inc | $145,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Anne K Taylor Fund | $144,444 | 3 | 24% |
| Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital | $142,175 | 2 | 0% |
| Ancient Art Archive | $140,000 | 2 | 53% |
| Privateer Space | $140,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Utah | $137,154 | 3 | n/a |
| The Hydrous | $135,824 | 2 | 42% |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $133,073 | 2 | n/a |
| African Wildlife Conservation Fund Inc | $126,063 | 2 | 37% |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | $120,310 | 1 | 0% |
| Wildlife Guardians | $120,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Office for Creative Research | $116,400 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Massachusetts | $114,450 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Oregon | $109,846 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Florida | $104,619 | 4 | n/a |
| Western Landowners Alliance | $102,500 | 2 | 6% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $101,198 | 2 | 0% |
| Greg Carr Foundation Inc | $101,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Leatherback Project Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| NorthStar of GIS | $100,000 | 1 | 80% |
| The Earth Species Project | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Amazon Frontlines | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The VII Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Southern Illinois University- Carbondale | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Frankfurt Zoological Society - US Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Caspian Agency | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lukas Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ocean Exploration Trust Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Iresearch Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 98% |
| Joy Trip Project LLC | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of New Mexico | $99,999 | 1 | n/a |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | $99,997 | 1 | 0% |
| Ten Strands | $99,997 | 2 | 8% |
| Board of the University of Alabama | $99,981 | 1 | n/a |
| Fashion Institute of Technology | $99,960 | 1 | n/a |
| Conservation Science Partners Inc | $99,912 | 1 | 6% |
| Denver Zoological Foundation | $99,106 | 2 | 0% |
| Ramsey Research Foundation Inc | $98,895 | 1 | 50% |
| World Food Prize Foundation | $98,750 | 2 | 2% |
| Board of Control for Southern Regional Education | $98,369 | 1 | 1% |
| Northeastern University | $97,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Defenders of Wildlife | $96,213 | 1 | 0% |
| Rainforest Connection | $96,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Michigan State University | $94,483 | 3 | n/a |
| Nebraska Game and Parks Commission | $92,613 | 2 | n/a |
| Conservify | $92,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Duke University | $92,206 | 3 | 0% |
| Aurora Lights Inc | $90,376 | 3 | 42% |
| Lsb Leakey Fdtn for Research Related to Human Origins Behavior and Survival | $90,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Migramar | $89,985 | 1 | 3% |
| Undersea Images Inc | $89,900 | 1 | n/a |
| National Audubon Society Inc | $89,885 | 1 | 0% |
| California Geographic Alliance | $89,675 | 1 | n/a |
| Kopelion Inc | $89,547 | 1 | 21% |
| University of Washington | $87,917 | 3 | n/a |
| Anand Varma Photography | $87,500 | 2 | n/a |
| National Tropical Botanical Garden | $86,180 | 1 | 1% |
| St Norbert College Inc | $85,376 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan Geographic Alliance | $84,686 | 1 | n/a |
| Longwood University | $83,287 | 1 | n/a |
| CEA Consulting | $83,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rozalia Project | $82,739 | 3 | 15% |
| Macalester College | $82,470 | 1 | 0% |
| Dakota Science Center Inc | $82,423 | 2 | n/a |
| Illinois State University Foundation | $81,464 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Northern Iowa | $81,301 | 1 | n/a |
| Minot State University | $80,817 | 1 | n/a |
| Rhiza Inc | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brown Planet Productions | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Conservation Action Research Network | $79,825 | 2 | 30% |
| Institute of Maritime Research and Discovery Ltd | $79,730 | 2 | n/a |
| Perry Institute for Marine Science | $79,436 | 2 | 3% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $79,320 | 2 | n/a |
| International Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc | $77,560 | 2 | 1% |
| The Coral Reef Alliance | $76,594 | 2 | 1% |
| Texas A&M University | $76,397 | 2 | n/a |
| Amazon Conservation Team | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $74,273 | 2 | 0% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute | $74,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Western Colorado Business Development Corporation | $73,064 | 2 | 1% |
| Public Allies Inc | $73,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohio State University Foundation | $72,057 | 1 | 0% |
| Virtual Wonders LLC | $70,419 | 1 | n/a |
| Geography Educators Network of Indiana | $70,383 | 1 | 66% |
| The People's Portfolio Inc | $70,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Department of Education | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dallas Zoological Society | $68,955 | 1 | 1% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $68,524 | 2 | n/a |
| Cortez Center Inc Dba Cortez Cultural Center | $68,150 | 1 | 30% |
| Search Inc | $65,753 | 1 | n/a |
| Groundwork Ohio River Valley Inc | $65,000 | 1 | 3% |
| University of Minnesota | $64,357 | 4 | n/a |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | $63,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Escala Initiative Inc | $63,500 | 2 | 18% |
| State of West Virginia | $62,697 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of Montana | $60,934 | 1 | n/a |
| Florida Institute of Technology Inc | $60,550 | 2 | 0% |
| Explorer Mindset Inc | $60,391 | 2 | 100% |
| Foundation of the State University of New York at Binghamton Inc | $60,280 | 1 | 0% |
| Waterkeeper Alliance Inc | $60,030 | 1 | 0% |
| Talking Eyes Media Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 12% |
| The George Washington University | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $59,986 | 1 | 0% |
| North Carolina Zoological Society Inc | $59,664 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc | $59,436 | 2 | 0% |
| University of North Texas | $58,397 | 1 | n/a |
| Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Inc | $57,780 | 1 | 29% |
| University of North Alabama Foundation | $57,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Define American Inc | $57,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Shippensburg University Foundation | $56,933 | 1 | 0% |
| DevRA International | $56,478 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Texas at El Paso | $56,144 | 2 | n/a |
| Blue Marble Space | $56,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The University of Tennessee | $55,758 | 3 | n/a |
| Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College | $55,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Ohio University | $55,180 | 2 | n/a |
| Florida International University | $54,511 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Connecticut | $52,454 | 3 | n/a |
| Purple Maia Foundation | $52,000 | 1 | 2% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $52,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Memphis | $51,800 | 2 | n/a |
| The Geographic Society of Chicago | $50,146 | 1 | n/a |
| Urban and Regional Information Systems Association | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| STEM En Route to Change Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Woodland Park Zoological Society | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kent State University | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| School of Leadership-Afghanistan Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 14% |
| United States Deep Caving Team Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Xinampa Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ventura County Office of Education | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakland Education Association | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Utah State University | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| MERITO Foundation Inc FKA MutliCultural Education for Reso | $50,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Girl Scouts of Colorado | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Resources for Science | $50,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Mill Valley Film Group | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for US Global Leadership | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Goodlands Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eco-Logic Development Fund | $49,865 | 1 | 7% |
| College of Charleston | $49,828 | 1 | n/a |
| Resolve Inc | $49,800 | 1 | 1% |
| New York Botanical Garden | $49,622 | 3 | 0% |
| The Morton Arboretum | $49,175 | 1 | 0% |
| Northern Arizona University | $48,973 | 1 | n/a |
| Ocean Conservancy | $48,870 | 1 | 0% |
| Turtle Conservancy | $48,800 | 1 | 3% |
| Americaview | $48,339 | 1 | 4% |
| Northwestern University | $48,240 | 1 | 0% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $48,205 | 2 | n/a |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | $48,144 | 2 | 0% |
| Wild Salmon Center | $48,100 | 1 | 1% |
| American Museum of Natural History | $48,094 | 2 | 0% |
| Western Carolina University | $47,904 | 2 | n/a |
| Boise State University | $47,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $46,077 | 1 | 0% |
| EcoHealth Alliance Inc | $46,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Communitopia | $46,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $45,890 | 2 | n/a |
| Returnity Innovations Inc | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Search Inc | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sam Houston State University | $43,418 | 1 | n/a |
| Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit | $42,923 | 2 | 0% |
| Dickinson College | $42,613 | 1 | 0% |
| Beneath the Waves Inc | $41,600 | 2 | 4% |
| Minnesota Department of Education | $41,325 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas State University Foundation | $41,235 | 1 | 0% |
| Fort Hays State University | $41,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Univ of Texas at Arlington | $40,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Worldwide Documentaries Inc | $40,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Working Dogs For Conservation Found | $40,190 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited Jackson Hole 051 | $40,035 | 1 | 12% |
| American Bird Conservancy | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Iowa Department of Education | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Wildlife Federation Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 13% |
| White Oak Conservation Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Clean Memphis Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Strong Ties | $39,585 | 3 | 25% |
| Conservation International Foundation | $39,452 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Arizona | $39,330 | 2 | n/a |
| Educ Serv & Staff Dev Assoc of Central Kansas | $38,640 | 1 | n/a |
| Teton Science Schools Inc | $38,557 | 1 | 0% |
| Zoological Society of Milwaukee Cty | $38,354 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin | $38,282 | 1 | n/a |
| California Ocean Alliance | $37,971 | 1 | 11% |
| Photographers Without Borders Inc | $37,850 | 1 | 22% |
| Putney Open Door Fund | $37,800 | 1 | 11% |
| Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom | $37,360 | 1 | 20% |
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $37,261 | 1 | n/a |
| Free Roaming Studios LLC | $36,832 | 1 | n/a |
| Botanic Gardens Conservation International US Inc | $36,500 | 1 | 20% |
| Concord University Research and Development Corporation | $36,258 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington University | $35,325 | 2 | 0% |
| The Everyday Projects Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 26% |
| The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology | $35,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | $34,780 | 1 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois University | $34,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Archaeological Institute of America Hawaii Society Inc | $34,100 | 2 | n/a |
| North American Association for Environmental Educa | $34,050 | 2 | 1% |
| California Academy of Sciences | $33,998 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Delaware | $32,458 | 2 | 0% |
| St Louis Zoological Park | $32,185 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Life Foundation USA | $32,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science Inc | $31,300 | 1 | 2% |
| Montana State University | $30,625 | 1 | n/a |
| Kasiisi Project Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sealaska Heritage Institute | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Crane Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Peacemakers Family Center LLC | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West Chester University | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Heritage Fund | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Barnard College | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Balance Productions LLC | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| I-Stem | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Johnstown Area Heritage Association | $30,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Millrock Productions Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ed Kashi Photogrpahy LLC | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rare Species Conservatory Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Midwestern University | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages | $30,000 | 1 | 21% |
| University of South Florida | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oceans Forward | $30,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Climate Conservation Dba Center for Large Landscape Conservation | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Field Museum of Natural History | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pentagram Design Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Organic Health Response Incorporated USA | $30,000 | 1 | 12% |
| The Shumla School Inc | $29,994 | 1 | n/a |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | $29,992 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Methodist University | $29,937 | 1 | 0% |
| Ocean Media Institute | $29,901 | 1 | n/a |
| Florida State University Research Foundation Inc | $29,895 | 2 | 0% |
| Last Beach Cleanup | $29,800 | 1 | n/a |
| University of North Georgia | $29,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Nc State University | $29,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum | $29,665 | 1 | 70% |
| Wild Earth Allies Inc | $29,660 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Zoo | $29,600 | 1 | n/a |
| House of Pod LLC | $29,600 | 1 | n/a |
| University Corporation at Monterey Bay | $29,586 | 1 | 0% |
| Natural History Photography | $29,550 | 1 | n/a |
| The Ocean Foundation | $29,540 | 2 | 0% |
| St Johns Riverkeeper Inc | $29,410 | 1 | 4% |
| Louisiana Board of Regents | $29,110 | 1 | n/a |
| Syracuse University | $28,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Earlham College Inc | $28,450 | 1 | 0% |
| Omaha Zoological Society | $28,229 | 1 | 0% |
| Trustees of Clark University | $28,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope College | $27,789 | 1 | 0% |
| Eastern Washington University Foundation | $27,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Keene Endowment Association | $27,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Drury University | $27,500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Idaho Foundation Inc | $27,500 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Central Arkansas Foundation Inc | $27,500 | 1 | n/a |
| South Carolina Research Foundation | $27,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc | $27,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Monroe Community College Foundation Inc | $27,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $27,500 | 1 | n/a |
| South Dakota State University Foundation | $27,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science | $27,500 | 1 | 1% |
| University of New Mexico Foundation Inc | $27,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Michael's College | $27,500 | 1 | 0% |
| PSU Foundation Portland State University | $27,500 | 1 | n/a |
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | $27,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rhode Island College | $27,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Kentucky University | $27,500 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Hartford | $26,900 | 1 | 0% |
| Auburn University | $26,550 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Northern Colorado | $26,422 | 1 | n/a |
| San Jose State University Research Foundation | $26,004 | 1 | 0% |
| MD Council for Civic & History Educ | $25,826 | 1 | n/a |
| ISEM Inc | $25,500 | 1 | 13% |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | $25,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $25,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Oceanic Society Expeditions | $25,104 | 1 | 1% |
| OneReef Worldwide Stewardship | $25,020 | 1 | 5% |
| EcoAdapt | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Guynup-Winter Productions | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Earth Charter Indiana Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Kansas Association for Conservation | $25,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Lhaq'Temish Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lincoln Hills Cares | $24,500 | 1 | 2% |
| The Walden Woods Project | $24,500 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Northern Iowa Foundation | $23,779 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $23,670 | 1 | 0% |
| Tree Foundation Inc | $23,620 | 1 | 28% |
| Deer River Healthcare Center Inc | $23,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Lyne LLC | $22,804 | 1 | n/a |
| Edward Charles Foundation | $22,500 | 2 | 0% |
| East Carolina University | $22,010 | 1 | n/a |
| The Montgomery Institute | $22,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Endangered Language Alliance Inc | $21,746 | 1 | 13% |
| The University of Akron | $21,732 | 1 | n/a |
| Vermont Afterschool Inc | $21,486 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | $21,350 | 1 | 0% |
| Oceans Initiative | $20,930 | 1 | 5% |
| Riverbend Environmental Education Center | $20,616 | 1 | 1% |
| Sciall Org Inc | $20,520 | 1 | n/a |
| Felidae Conservation Fund | $20,035 | 1 | 10% |
| Tennessee Technological University | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| TAPI Story | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yale University | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Ranger Federation | $20,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Women Photograph | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalition for the Common Good | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Zoo Outreach Organisation | $20,000 | 1 | 22% |
| The American Center of Research Incorporated | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Wyoming Game and Fish Department | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern Ct State University | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Inquirefirst | $20,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Trubel&Co | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| University of the South | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Home Collective | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Andrews University | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Louisiana State University | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tom Miner Basin Association | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| TAHILA Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Whales of Guerrero | $19,986 | 2 | n/a |
| George Mason University | $19,985 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Nightingale USA | $19,940 | 1 | n/a |
| Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation Inc | $19,390 | 1 | 0% |
| MGVP INC Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project | $19,280 | 1 | 1% |
| Steampact Foundation Inc | $19,046 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Riverside | $18,910 | 1 | n/a |
| Minot State University Development Foundation | $18,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cyark | $18,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Shellback Expeditions Inc | $18,312 | 2 | n/a |
| Concordia University Texas | $18,183 | 1 | n/a |
| Flushing Christian Day School | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence Inc | $17,876 | 1 | 1% |
| Central Michigan University | $17,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Montana Outdoor Science School | $16,599 | 1 | n/a |
| Detroit Zoological Society | $16,516 | 1 | 0% |
| The Gulf Communities Research Institute | $16,500 | 1 | n/a |
| San Diego Society of Natural History | $16,275 | 1 | 0% |
| Oklahoma Public School Resource Center | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Rivers Inc | $15,912 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Cincinnati | $15,910 | 1 | n/a |
| Rosedale Community Youth Center | $15,675 | 1 | 15% |
| Tarrant County College District | $15,020 | 1 | n/a |
| The Common Pool LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pima County Amphitheater Schools | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reserva the Youth Land Trust Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 4% |
| West Feliciana Parish School Board | $14,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund | $14,541 | 1 | 0% |
| Khaled Bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation | $14,520 | 1 | 2% |
| University of Chicago | $14,200 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Southern Mississippi | $13,932 | 1 | n/a |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $13,690 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Texas | $12,350 | 2 | n/a |
| Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers | $12,285 | 1 | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University | $10,077 | 1 | 0% |
| Dreaming Out Loud Inc | $10,010 | 1 | 2% |
| Freedom Project Network | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marine Conservation Biology Institute | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rural Beacon Initiative | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ashford Board of Education | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Uc Santa Cruz Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Lead for America Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Climate Caravan | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kinston Teens Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Mark Kauzlarich Photography Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Minds Initiative Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Maine Environmental Education Association | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Project Exchange | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Wildlife Federation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Civics Unplugged Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| American Shark Conservancy | $9,990 | 1 | n/a |
| Maui Nui Marine Resource Council Inc | $9,989 | 1 | 1% |
| BASAibu CORP | $9,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Maralliance | $9,950 | 1 | 1% |
| Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions | $9,900 | 1 | 1% |
| Curators of the University of Missouri Special Tr | $9,789 | 1 | n/a |
| USC School of Medicine Greenville | $9,786 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama Historical Association | $9,500 | 1 | 7% |
| University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 0% |
| California Institute of Technology | $8,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Coastal Watershed Council | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Murray State University | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Raymond M Alf Museum of Paleontology | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Student-Led Ed | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Muscatine High School | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mote Marine Laboratory Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Eco Adventures Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Bhutan Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| March Water Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Bee Cause Project Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Diving With a Purpose and Development Group Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Palmer Trinity Private School Inc | $7,988 | 1 | 0% |
| Puget Sound Educational Service District | $7,924 | 1 | n/a |
| Save Our Shores | $7,897 | 1 | 1% |
| Oncafari International Inc | $7,880 | 1 | 6% |
| Ball State University | $7,858 | 1 | n/a |
| The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc | $7,524 | 1 | 0% |
| Everyday Humane Inc | $7,480 | 1 | 100% |
| Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School | $7,410 | 1 | n/a |
| Vermont Folklife Center | $7,400 | 1 | 1% |
| The Ohio State University | $7,381 | 1 | n/a |
| William Marsh Rice University | $7,376 | 1 | 0% |
| Oshkosh Area School District | $7,290 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement | $7,270 | 1 | 0% |
| Claremont McKenna College | $7,100 | 1 | 0% |
| East Tennessee State University | $7,050 | 1 | n/a |
| South Dakota Discovery Center | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sacramento Splash | $6,800 | 1 | 1% |
| Children Inspiring Hope Inc | $6,460 | 1 | 7% |
| One Common Heart Inc | $6,198 | 1 | n/a |
| Ayenda Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Nywici Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keystone Center | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St John Fisher University | $5,725 | 1 | 0% |
| Augies Quest to Cure ALS Inc | $5,050 | 1 | 0% |
| Schoolsfirst Federal Credit Union | $5,002 | 1 | n/a |
| Conservation Music | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Marine Sanctuary Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Skyline Software Systems Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gulliver Preparatory School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southeastern Louisiana University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Texas at San Antonio | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
National Geographic Society supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 28 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
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.
American Chemical SocietyDC51.7× affinity27 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: American Chemical Society · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · National Writing Project Corporation · American Council of Learned Societies · The Nature Conservancy · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · The Pew Charitable Trusts · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance Inc · Conservation Food and Health Foundation Inc C/O Gma Foundations · Gordon E and Betty I Moore 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.
About National Geographic Society
- How much does National Geographic Society give?
- National Geographic Society reported 74 itemized grants totaling $8,865,814, out of $31,410,378 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 60 and 152 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does National Geographic Society fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (26%), Education (21%), Animals (21%).
- Who are National Geographic Society's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of California Davis ($1.5M), Resources Legacy Fund ($1.3M), Wildpath LLC ($1.3M).
- Does National Geographic Society fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Geographic Society?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Chemical Society, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Folds of Honor Foundation.
- Where is National Geographic Society based?
- National Geographic Society is based in DC.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home