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Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. We work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend endangered natural places and communities.

$13M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
116
Itemized grants FY2025
109
Organizations funded FY2024
27%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$5.3M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$17,250
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,000,000
Organizations funded a year
98 to 167
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
31
Total assets, FY2025
$657M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Natural Resources Defense Council Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M 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
EnvironmentCommunity ImprovementEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionCivil RightsOther
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 arriving113$5.2M41%
FY2024109$4.8M27%
FY2023167$10M40%
FY2022156$24M53%
FY2021151$7.4M57%
FY2020104$6.6M50%
FY2019138$10M65%
FY201898$3.9M74%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$45MCommunity Improvement$16MCivil Rights$3.9MPublic Benefit$2.1MHousing & Shelter$1.8MEducation$1.4MFood & Nutrition$1.2MHealth$1.0MOther$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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 577 grantees
All grantees of Natural Resources Defense Council Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Movement Strategy Center$11,926,250420%
Nrdc Action Fund Inc$8,832,000822%
The Partnership Project Inc$6,542,34199%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$3,423,05093%
National Association of City Transportation Officials Inc$2,727,496431%
The Rose Foundation for Communities the Environment$2,406,500240%
Coming Clean Inc$2,400,924733%
Low Income Investment Fund$1,306,93741%
BlueGreen Alliance Foundation$997,96177%
Elevate Energy$908,49151%
City of Peoria$657,1862n/a
Stand$625,00053%
Partnership for Southern Equity$500,00013%
Solutions Project Inc$500,00013%
United Tribes of Bristol Bay$472,0008n/a
Peoria Public Schools District 150$469,1371n/a
Blueprint North Carolina$325,00023%
Fair Districts Fund$324,000471%
Environment North Carolina Research and Policy Center Inc$319,0002n/a
Nw Energy Coalition$316,00075%
Institute for Market Transformation$294,16727%
Williamsfield CUSD #210$294,0001n/a
Southwest Energy Efficiency Project$292,50054%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$283,00020%
West Harlem Environmental Action Inc$280,50071%
Green Light New Yorkinc Dba Building Energy Exchange (Beex)$270,000710%
Western Resource Advocates$266,00051%
Mayor & City Council of Baltimore$252,2002n/a
America Works USA$250,00041%
Institute for Applied Economic Advancement Inc$250,0003n/a
Environmental Health Coalition$230,00022%
Alliance for a Just Society$227,80033%
North Carolina Black Alliance Inc$225,000314%
Peoples Water Board Coalition$223,0004n/a
Community Food Advocates Inc$217,500317%
Metec$216,667175%
University of California Davis$214,0005n/a
Taxpayers for Common Sense$210,000212%
New England Aquarium Corporation$209,50070%
GreenLatinos$203,00084%
Appalachian Voices$200,00013%
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc$200,00061%
Appalachian Mountain Advocates Inc$200,000114%
Black Sustainability Inc$200,000111%
Center for Neighborhood Technology$200,00014%
Dogwood Alliance Inc$197,24236%
Innovation Center for Energy and Sustainability$190,000132%
Center for Applied Environmental Law and Policy$185,00018%
Farm Training Collective NYC Inc$184,80049%
Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy$182,00078%
New Mexico Voices for Children$181,00017%
Frack Action Fund Inc$180,000226%
Upper Manhattan Together Inc$177,000724%
Center for Science in Public Participation$176,500521%
Miami Dade Community Action & Human Services$173,6982n/a
Center for Earth Energy and Democracy$167,50036%
Heavens View Community Development Corp$166,667318%
Maine People's Alliance$165,50035%
Beneficial Electrification League$162,938351%
Resources Legacy Fund$156,66730%
Communities for a Better Environment$155,00050%
National Housing Trust$150,80033%
The Energy Foundation$150,00020%
The Gathering for Justice Inc$150,00018%
The Orion Society Inc$150,00037%
Western Organization of Resource Councils$150,00012%
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Inc$150,00050%
Greenfaith Inc$150,00022%
Citizens Utility Board of Michigan$150,000125%
California Environmental Voters Education Fund$149,967810%
Environment America Research and Policy Center Inc$144,61057%
La Cosecha Community Supported Agriculture$144,50069%
Atlantic Council of the United States Inc$142,50040%
Little Village Environmental Justice Org$142,00024%
City of Reno$141,1003n/a
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$140,00020%
Environmental Law Institute$139,68951%
Princeton in Asia Inc$138,98833%
Division of Homeland Ministry$137,2508n/a
City of Denver Colorado$137,0001n/a
Oregon Environmental Council$135,70042%
Regents Univ of California$134,0001n/a
Earthjustice$131,41760%
Virginia Organizing Inc$130,00021%
National Wildlife Federation$127,50020%
Center for Energy and Environment$127,50031%
The George Washington University$126,00010%
Fresh Energy$125,00021%
Sea Research Foundation Inc$123,40260%
Conservation Law Foundation Inc$119,00040%
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy$118,00023%
Green Building United$115,00018%
Saje$115,00041%
Alliance for Affordable Energy$115,00036%
Environmental Investigation Agency$114,85031%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$113,87020%
People for Community Recovery$111,91159%
The National Religious Partnership for the Environment Inc$110,500325%
City of New Orleans - Nopd$110,0002n/a
Bay Area Community Health$105,00010%
East Michigan Environmental Action Council Inc$105,000310%
Green 20$105,00053%
Conservation Colorado Education Fund$103,35022%
Little Village Environ Justice Org$103,0153n/a
Refed Inc$102,80030%
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice$102,24552%
Sustainable Fishery Advocates$102,06313%
Habitable$102,00031%
Tri-County Urban League$100,033116%
Lawyers for Good Government Inc$100,00013%
Energy Coordinating Agency of Philadelphia Inc$100,00010%
Providence School Department$100,0002n/a
American Saltwater Guides Alliance Inc$100,00046%
Association for Energy Affordability Inc$100,00030%
Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies$99,00046%
Urban Green Lab$96,15847%
Philadelphia City Fund Inc$95,25020%
The Kansas University Endowment Association$94,00030%
Earth Island Institute Inc$93,50020%
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Foundation$93,00024%
Friends of the Los Angeles River$92,85045%
University of Delaware$92,36250%
Artists Reenvisioning Tomorrow Inc$92,160117%
University of Maine System Inc$91,9381n/a
New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$91,75081%
Renew Missouri Advocates$90,00036%
Occidental College$90,00020%
The International Center for Dialogue & Peacebuilding$90,0002n/a
We Want Green Too$90,000110%
Anthropocene Alliance$90,00042%
City of Des Moines$89,0002n/a
Institute for Local Self Reliance$88,56041%
Multiplier$85,00020%
Partnership for Policy Integrity$85,00026%
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators$85,00022%
National Young Farmers Coalition Inc$82,40031%
EcoWorks$81,44023%
Yale Law School Learning Center Inc$81,038124%
The Urban Alliance Foundation Inc$81,00021%
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy$80,00011%
Power Interfaith Inc$80,00021%
West Michigan Environmental Action Council Educational Foundation$80,00018%
Celsius Inc$80,000132%
Community Health Councils Inc$80,00010%
Northeast Organic Farming Assoc of Ny I$79,50023%
Community Water Center$78,00041%
Black Autonomy Network Community Organization$77,750421%
Pesticide Action Network North America$77,00041%
Institute for Local Government$75,66015%
Heart of the Rockies Initiative$75,00042%
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars$75,0001n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$75,0001n/a
Smart Growth America$75,00021%
Acadia Center$75,00014%
Naeva$75,0001n/a
E3g Third Generation Environmentalism$75,00019%
Building Decarbonization Coalition$75,00011%
Michigan Enviromental Council$72,50031%
Clean Memphis Inc$72,36424%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$72,03220%
Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation$71,00030%
Cooper Square Community Development Committee Inc$71,00032%
Sustain Charlotte Inc$70,00019%
Colorado Public Interest Research Foundation Inc$70,000120%
Grassroots International Inc$70,00011%
Southern Documentary Fund$70,00024%
Colorado People's Alliance$70,00033%
Right to the City Alliance$69,50010%
Illinois Central College$68,0201n/a
EcoRise Youth Innovations$67,50015%
Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute$67,00051%
City of Pittsburgh$67,0002n/a
The Ocean Foundation$67,00050%
Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust$66,00060%
Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast$64,8003n/a
Keystone Center$63,00060%
Renewable Northwest Project Dba Renewable Northwest$62,50032%
Propel Atl Inc$62,00036%
EcoAdapt$61,00032%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$60,0001n/a
Asian Pacific Amer InstitCongressional$60,00031%
Esperanza Community Housing Corporation$60,00012%
March on Maryland$60,00022%
Savanna Institute$60,00010%
Center for Coalfield Justice$60,00022%
Strategic Concepts In Organizing & Policy Education$58,40031%
Central United Methodist Church$58,0001n/a
Blue Planet Foundation$56,10016%
Cec Stuyvesant Cove Inc$56,00021%
Southern Environmental Law Center$56,00020%
Peoria Housing Authority$54,5121n/a
World Resources Institute$53,00010%
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy$52,00011%
Alaska Wilderness League$51,90021%
Urban Sustainability Directors Network$51,83420%
California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy$51,78351%
City and County of San Francisco$51,5002n/a
BIG NFP DBA Blacks in Green$51,00032%
Wedontwaste Inc$50,01020%
Campaign for a Safe and Healthy CA See Schedule O For Complete Name$50,00010%
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy$50,00011%
Southwest Research & Information Center$50,00013%
City of San Jose$50,0001n/a
National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators$50,00022%
Dalberg Catalyst$50,0001n/a
Coalition of Communities of Color$50,00011%
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development Inc$50,00010%
Ecology Center$50,00011%
National Coalition on Black Civic Partic$50,00011%
Walk San Francisco Foundation$50,00016%
Native Movement$50,00032%
Micah Six Eight Mission$50,00017%
Asociacion Interamericana Para la Defensa del Ambiente$50,0002n/a
Friends of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks$50,000111%
Bicycle Colorado$50,00023%
Physicians for Social Responsibility$49,80031%
Jubilee Ministries Inc$48,067125%
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability$48,00030%
Sierra Club Foundation$47,20020%
Northern Oakland County Branch NAACP$45,0003n/a
Community Partners$45,00010%
Interwest Energy Alliance$45,00022%
Kmartin Group$45,000312%
National Consumer Law Center Inc$45,00030%
Just Transition Nwi Inc$45,0001n/a
Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service Inc$45,00030%
Southeast Asian Community Alliance$44,5001n/a
Wildaid Inc$43,50010%
Southeast Environmental Task Force$43,00032%
University of Chicago$42,77510%
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation$42,50040%
Healthy Gulf$42,50031%
Artisttree Inc-Nfp$42,500270%
California Electric Transportation Coalition$41,00041%
University of Wisconsin Madison$40,0001n/a
New Jersey Audubon Society$40,00040%
Faith in Place$40,00041%
Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy$40,00011%
Clean Energy Leadership Institute$40,00043%
The Andrew Goodman Foundation Inc$40,00021%
The Housing Authority of the City and County of Denver$40,0001n/a
Good Jobs First$40,00012%
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute Inc$40,0001n/a
Energy Innovation Reform Project$40,00012%
Enterprise Community Partners Inc$39,95710%
New Jersey Together Inc$38,00034%
Genesee County Hispanic Latino Collaborative Inc$37,8572n/a
Equity Legal Services Inc$37,50038%
Greenpeace Fund Inc$37,50010%
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association$37,5001n/a
New Jersey Future Inc$37,00031%
New York University$37,00030%
Open Space Institute Inc$36,50030%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$36,00020%
Coastal Defense Educators$35,0002n/a
Missouri Gateway Green Building Council$35,00017%
Illinois Environmental Council General Fund$35,00022%
Transformca dba Transform$35,00021%
Illinois Environmental Council Education$35,00032%
Harambee House Inc$35,00012%
The Maryland Food Bank Inc$35,00010%
Endangered Habitats League$35,00022%
North Carolina Conservation Network$35,00021%
National Black Caucus of State Legislators$35,00021%
Environment California Research and Policy Center$35,00014%
Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund$35,00013%
Ironbound Community Corporation$34,00010%
California Housing Partner Corporation$34,00010%
Soulardarity$33,00035%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$33,00010%
Pennsylvania Resources Council Inc$32,70021%
Riverkeeper Inc$32,5001n/a
Make Food Not Waste$32,35021%
Tri-State Transportation Campaign Inc$32,27514%
Center for Transforming Communities$32,00021%
New Era Colorado Foundation$32,00012%
Environmental Leadership Program Inc$31,96041%
Resilience Action Fund Inc$30,500226%
Asian Pacific Environmental Network$30,50010%
People and Pollinators Action Network$30,00019%
National Audubon Society Inc$30,00010%
Neighbors for Environmental Justice$30,00033%
North Carolina Housing Coalition Inc$30,00011%
Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future$30,00020%
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc$30,00010%
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$30,00020%
Just Transition Alliance$30,00034%
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance$30,00013%
Business Council for Sustainable Energy Foundation$30,00044%
Clean Air California$30,0001n/a
University of Massachusetts$30,0002n/a
State Voices$30,00010%
Bold Education Fund Inc$30,00019%
Center for Civic Policy$30,00011%
Environmental and Energy Study Institute$30,00012%
Wildlife Conservation Society$30,00010%
Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund$30,00022%
Cook Inletkeeper$30,00022%
Cincinnati Union Cooperative Initiative$30,00014%
Virginia New Majority Education Fund$30,00020%
Virginia Poverty Law Center Inc$28,50020%
Cape Fear River Watch$28,0001n/a
Transportation Choices Coalition$28,00012%
Citizens Campaign Fund for the Environment Inc$28,00031%
Grist Magazine Inc$27,50020%
Neighborspace$27,50021%
Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio$27,5002n/a
The Cleo Institute Inc$27,50021%
University of Minnesota$27,0001n/a
Georgia Interfaith Power & Light Inc$27,00031%
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy$26,30040%
Resilient Power Puerto Rico Inc$26,0861n/a
Fusion Partnership Inc$25,83310%
Catskill Mountainkeeper Inc$25,50021%
Little Manila Rising$25,00020%
Inclusiv Inc$25,00010%
Inclusive Prosperity Capital Inc$25,00011%
Ecologistics Inc$25,00013%
Connecticut Green Bank$25,0001n/a
Naleo Educational Fund$25,00010%
Together Colorado$25,00013%
We the People of Detroit$25,0001n/a
Georgia Conservation Voters Ed Fund$25,00011%
The Manchester Citizens Corporation$25,00015%
El Pueblo Inc$25,00011%
Rural Coalition$25,00021%
Institute for Energy Innovation$25,00012%
Iowa State University Foundation$25,00010%
National Hispanic Medical Association$25,00020%
New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation$25,00011%
The Center for Climate and Security LLC$25,0001n/a
North Carolina Asian Americans Together$25,00011%
Virginia League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$25,00012%
Environmental Health Trust$25,00016%
Michigan Citizens for Water Conserv Ation$25,0001n/a
Sustainable Pittsburgh$24,62521%
Baltimore City Public Schools$23,5501n/a
Food Plus Detroit$23,100224%
Ct League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$23,00026%
American Public Health Association$23,00010%
League of Conservation Voters Inc$22,89510%
Land Stewardship Project$22,50020%
Sustainable Business Education Initiative Inc$22,50022%
Rooted Wi Inc$22,00012%
Community Stabilization Project$22,0002n/a
Ridge to Reefs Inc$22,00012%
The Surfrider Foundation$20,83320%
Florida Conservation Voters Education Fund Inc$20,76219%
Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch$20,000144%
Coalition for Green Capital D/B/A American Green Bank Consortium$20,00011%
GridLab Inc$20,00011%
Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance$20,0001n/a
Struggle for Miamis Affordable and Sustainable Housing Incorporated$20,00022%
Chicago Community Foundation$20,0001n/a
University of Kansas Center for Research Inc$20,00010%
Atlanta Regional Commission$20,0001n/a
Rainforest Action Network$20,00010%
Urban Core Collective$20,00011%
Sachamama Inc$20,000221%
Ethereal Films LLC$20,0001n/a
OpenAQ Inc$20,00013%
Climate Conservation Dba Center for Large Landscape Conservation$20,00021%
St Croix Environmental Association$20,00026%
The Uli Foundation$20,00010%
Clean Wisconsin Inc$20,00011%
Spur - San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association$20,00010%
Global Green USA$20,00011%
Northern California Land Trust$20,00011%
Sol Nation Inc$20,00014%
The Solar Foundation$20,00020%
Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force$20,0001n/a
Board of Regents of the University of California (Merced)$20,0001n/a
Animal Welfare Institute$20,00020%
Peoples Advocacy Institute$20,00012%
Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans$20,0001n/a
Bridging the Gap Inc$20,00011%
The American Antitrust Institute Inc$19,80021%
Heal the Bay$19,75020%
Federation of American Scientists$19,50010%
Ocean Conservancy$19,29220%
Baltimore Civic Fund Inc$19,00010%
Community Alliance With Family Farmers$18,50020%
Save Our Wild Salmon$18,50021%
Westchester Chamber Educational Foundation Inc$18,0001n/a
Southeast Climate & Energy Network$17,50021%
Pacoima Beautiful$17,00020%
Power Shift Network$17,0001n/a
La Soupe Inc$16,00011%
Tejon Ranch Conservancy$16,00025%
The Archer Group$16,0001n/a
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance Inc$16,00021%
Rural Advancement Foundation Internation$15,50010%
Memphis Tilth$15,0001n/a
Imagine North Carolina First$15,0001n/a
The Veterans Organizing Initiative$15,0001n/a
Alliance to Save Energy$15,00010%
National Center for Appropriate Technology$15,00010%
Kiss the Ground$15,00010%
US Global Leadership Campaign$15,00011%
One Generation Away$15,00010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$15,00010%
Fidecomiso de la Tierra del Cano Martin Pena$15,0001n/a
Metro Caring$15,00010%
South Florida Community Development Coalition Inc$15,00018%
Pennsylvania United$15,00011%
NAACP Co Mt Wy State Area Conference$15,0001n/a
Responsible Drilling Alliance$15,000138%
Regional Housing Legal Services$15,00010%
Climate Action KC Inc$15,00015%
Haw River Assembly Inc$15,0001n/a
Louisiana Bucket Brigade$15,00011%
Pan African Film Festival Inc$15,00012%
Great Lakes Environmental Law Cente$15,00014%
Teton Science Schools Inc$15,00010%
Sustainable Silicon Valley$15,00017%
North Carolina Building Performance Asso$15,00014%
North Carolina Environmental Justice Network$15,00012%
Logic Action$15,0001n/a
Dream in Green Inc$15,00014%
Pee Dee Indian Tribe of South Carolina$15,000112%
Education Economics Environmental Climate and Heal$15,00014%
Rail-Volution$15,00011%
Community Resource Center Inc$15,00010%
Nextgen Climate America Inc$15,00010%
The Greenlining Institute$14,81010%
Utah Dine Bikeyah$14,50011%
Iniciativa Ecodes Bahia Jobos$14,0001n/a
Global Justice Ecology Project Inc$14,00012%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$13,82210%
Rare$13,00010%
Stand$13,0001n/a
Environmental Law Foundation$13,0001n/a
Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice$13,0001n/a
Urban Green Council$12,50011%
America Votes$12,50010%
Food Rescue US Inc$12,00010%
National Council for Occupational Safety & Health$12,00011%
Species Survival Network$12,00023%
Oceana Inc$11,40110%
Three Sisters Kitchen$11,00011%
New York Youth Climate Leaders$11,0001n/a
Catalyst Miami Inc$11,00010%
Opencollective Foundation$10,50010%
Yea Impact$10,5001n/a
Congressional Hunger Center Inc$10,06510%
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board$10,0001n/a
Childrens Farms of America$10,000112%
World Affairs Council of Northern California$10,00010%
South Baltimore Community Land Trust Inc$10,0001n/a
Denver Urban Gardens$10,00011%
The Climate Registry$10,00010%
Farmworker Association of Florida Inc$10,0001n/a
Coastal States Stewardship Foundation$10,00011%
The William Averette Anderson Fund For Hazard and Disaster$10,00018%
Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc$10,00010%
Coppin State University Development Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Intersection of Change Inc$10,00011%
Minnesota Soil Health Coalition$10,0001n/a
Center on Race Poverty & the Environment$10,00010%
Lancaster Against Pipelines$10,0001n/a
9to5 National Association of Working Women Inc$10,00010%
Slow Food USA Inc$10,00011%
The Americas for the Arts$10,00013%
Sun Valley Community Center$10,0001n/a
Californians for Clean Water and Safe Parks Sponsored by Conservation Groups$10,00010%
Michigan Municipal Association for Utility Issues$10,000111%
Groundwork Denver Inc$10,00011%
Solar Energy Industries Association$10,0001n/a
American Association of Blacks in Energy of Southern California$10,0001n/a
Green Center Inc$10,0001n/a
Metropolitan St Louis Equal Housing & Opportunity Council$10,00011%
New Sun Rising$10,00010%
No on Measure C 2022$10,0001n/a
Montana Indigenous Food Sovereignty Initiative$10,0001n/a
Monterey Coastkeeper$10,0001n/a
Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment$10,00011%
National Institute for Healthy Human Spaces Inc$10,000122%
Asian Americans United Inc$10,00011%
Washington Clean Technology Alliance$10,00011%
Confederated Salish and Kootenai$10,0001n/a
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$10,00010%
Sunrise Ada Foundation$10,0001n/a
The Center for Environmental Transformation Inc$10,00015%
National Day Laborer Organizing Network$10,00010%
South Bronx Churches Sponsoring Com$10,0001n/a
Vet Voice Foundation Inc$10,00012%
United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund Inc$10,00011%
Alabama Justice Initiative$10,00014%
Community Networking Resources Inc$10,0001n/a
The Consumption Literacy Project$10,0001n/a
Nueva Esperanza Inc$10,00010%
Coalition for Clean Air$10,00010%
Mi Familia En Accion$10,00011%
Emerging Builders Inc$10,00013%
The Growhaus$10,00011%
Restore the Delta$10,00011%
Birdseed Collective$10,0001n/a
Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation$10,00011%
Black Farmer Fund Inc$10,00011%
Sixth Branch Inc$10,0001n/a
Cleantech Leaders Climate Forum$10,00012%
Conservation Colorado$10,00011%
Stockholm Environment Institute US Inc$10,00010%
Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture$10,00010%
Strong City Baltimore Inc$10,00010%
Brown Girl Wellness Incorporated$10,00015%
Revision$10,00011%
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy$10,00010%
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission$10,0001n/a
Area Consortium of Educational Service for Our Youth$10,0001n/a
Uprose Inc$10,00011%
United Workers Association Inc$10,00011%
Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania$10,00011%
Antenna$10,00011%
Valley Verde$10,00011%
Love the Everglades Movement Inc$10,000116%
Buckeye Environmental Network$10,0001n/a
In Our Backyards Inc$10,00010%
Sierra Health Foundation$10,00010%
Louisiana Rise$10,0001n/a
Clean Production Action Inc$10,00011%
Groundwork Northeast Revitalization$10,00011%
National Association of Tribal Historic Officers Inc$10,00011%
Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund Inc$10,00011%
Ocean Awareness Project Inc$10,00013%
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy$10,00010%
Farmworker Justice Fund Inc$10,00010%
Eco-Cycle Inc$9,49510%
Gullah Geechee Angel Network$9,00019%
Heartwood Incorporated$9,00019%
New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium Inc$8,60010%
Park County Environmental Council$8,50011%
Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center$8,50012%
Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation$8,50012%
Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition Inc$8,50010%
Soulside Healing Arts$8,33319%
Global Philanthropy Partnership$8,32510%
Fractracker Alliance$8,22011%
Curators of the University of Missouri$8,0001n/a
Climate Action Reserve$8,00010%
Just Food$8,00014%
Toxic Free North Carolina Inc$8,00011%
Ocean Cares Foundation Inc Dba the Bright Harbor Healthcare Fd$8,000125%
Boreal Songbird Initiative$8,00010%
Clockshop$7,50012%
Committee for Clean Water Natural Resources and Parks$7,5001n/a
Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy$7,50011%
Comite Civico del Valle Inc$7,50010%
Indian Cultural Organization$7,50015%
Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah$7,50011%
International Living Future Institute$7,50010%
Consensus Building Institute Inc$7,50010%
California Environmental Voters$7,50010%
Tom Miner Basin Association$7,2781n/a
Montbello Organizing Committee$7,20010%
The Association of State Wetland Managers Inc$7,0001n/a
Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund$7,00010%
Vital Cxns Inc$7,00011%
Illinois Stewardship Alliance$6,80011%
Western Colorado Alliance$6,50011%
Evangelical Environmental Network$6,5001n/a
Plant Chicago NFP$6,49511%
Pivot Point a Nonprofit Corporation$6,450115%
Pollinator Pathway Inc$6,00014%
Local Matters$6,00010%
Greater Yellowstone Coalition$6,00010%
Defenders of Wildlife$6,00010%
Energy Systems Integration Group Inc$6,00010%
Inclusive Action for the City$6,00010%
Californians Against Waste$6,00019%
Southwest Power Pool Inc$6,00010%
The New School$6,00010%
Fisk University$6,00010%
Shift$5,50012%
Green Umbrella$5,50010%
Centro Cultural of Washington County$5,50010%
New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance$5,10010%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($410k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Natural Resources Defense Council Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 16 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 budgetMovement Strategy Center: $11,926,250 over 4y, 20% of budgetNrdc Action Fund Inc: $8,832,000 over 8y, 22% of budgetThe Partnership Project Inc: $6,542,341 over 9y, 9.2% of budgetSocial and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc: $3,423,050 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetNational Association of City Transportation Officials Inc: $2,727,496 over 4y, 31% of budgetThe Rose Foundation for Communities the Environment: $2,406,500 over 2y, 40% of budgetComing Clean Inc: $2,400,924 over 7y, 33% of budgetLow Income Investment Fund: $1,306,937 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetBlueGreen Alliance Foundation: $997,961 over 7y, 6.6% of budgetElevate Energy: $908,491 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetStand: $625,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetPartnership for Southern Equity: $500,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetSolutions Project Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetBlueprint North Carolina: $325,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetFair Districts Fund: $324,000 over 4y, 71% of budgetNw Energy Coalition: $316,000 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetInstitute for Market Transformation: $294,167 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetSouthwest Energy Efficiency Project: $292,500 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $283,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWest Harlem Environmental Action Inc: $280,500 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetGreen Light New Yorkinc Dba Building Energy Exchange (Beex): $270,000 over 7y, 9.5% of budgetWestern Resource Advocates: $266,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetAmerica Works USA: $250,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetEnvironmental Health Coalition: $230,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetAlliance for a Just Society: $227,800 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetNorth Carolina Black Alliance Inc: $225,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetCommunity Food Advocates Inc: $217,500 over 3y, 17% of budgetMetec: $216,667 over 1y, 75% of budgetTaxpayers for Common Sense: $210,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetNew England Aquarium Corporation: $209,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetGreenLatinos: $203,000 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetAppalachian Voices: $200,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCongressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc: $200,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetAppalachian Mountain Advocates Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetBlack Sustainability Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCenter for Neighborhood Technology: $200,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetDogwood Alliance Inc: $197,242 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetInnovation Center for Energy and Sustainability: $190,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetCenter for Applied Environmental Law and Policy: $185,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetFarm Training Collective NYC Inc: $184,800 over 4y, 9.4% of budgetTexas Environmental Justice Advocacy: $182,000 over 7y, 8.2% of budgetNew Mexico Voices for Children: $181,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetFrack Action Fund Inc: $180,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetUpper Manhattan Together Inc: $177,000 over 7y, 24% of budgetCenter for Science in Public Participation: $176,500 over 5y, 21% of budgetCenter for Earth Energy and Democracy: $167,500 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetHeavens View Community Development Corp: $166,667 over 3y, 18% of budgetMaine People's Alliance: $165,500 over 3y, 5.2% 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.

United States Energy FoundationCA177.9× affinity152 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United States Energy Foundation · The Energy Foundation · Resources Legacy Fund · Movement Strategy Center · Windward Fund · Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · The Schmidt Family Foundation · The Partnership Project Inc · Patagoniaorg · Solutions Project Inc · Sierra Club · Energy Action Fund

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 Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

How much does Natural Resources Defense Council Inc give?
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc reported 116 itemized grants totaling $5,315,665, out of $12,515,997 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 98 and 167 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Natural Resources Defense Council Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (59%), Community Improvement (21%), Civil Rights (5%).
Who are Natural Resources Defense Council Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Movement Strategy Center ($12M), Nrdc Action Fund Inc ($8.8M), The Partnership Project Inc ($6.5M).
Does Natural Resources Defense Council Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Natural Resources Defense Council Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United States Energy Foundation, The Energy Foundation, Resources Legacy Fund.
Where is Natural Resources Defense Council Inc based?
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc is based in NY.

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 593 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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