Washington, D.C. · Public charity
North American Association for Environmental Educa
The mission of naaee is to use the power of education to advance environmental literacy and civic engagement to create a more equitable and sustainable future. We work with educators, policymakers, and partners aroung the world.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 40
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $13,926
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $229,426
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 39
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 24
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 52% of the organizations North American Association for Environmental Educa funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 40 | $1.2M | 38% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $959k | 52% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $2.4M | 13% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $1.4M | 26% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $739k | 86% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $454k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $505k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $541k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc | $2,008,161 | 8 | 3% |
| Earth Force Inc | $721,293 | 8 | 12% |
| Project Wet Foundation Inc | $462,308 | 4 | 23% |
| America's Wildlife Association for Resource Education | $421,776 | 4 | 31% |
| Center for Diversity and the Environment | $370,895 | 8 | 13% |
| Coalition for the Common Good | $322,559 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Florida | $250,418 | 3 | n/a |
| American Forest Foundation | $212,887 | 1 | 1% |
| Cornell University | $194,193 | 5 | 0% |
| Learning Endeavors | $157,263 | 4 | 47% |
Show all 72 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($12k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
North American Association for Environmental Educa supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 58 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · National Marine Sanctuary Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Jacques M Littlefield Foundation · National Academy of Sciences · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · The Denver Foundation · Tides Foundation
How this is measured
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About North American Association for Environmental Educa
- How much does North American Association for Environmental Educa give?
- North American Association for Environmental Educa reported 40 itemized grants totaling $1,180,753, out of $1,531,844 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does North American Association for Environmental Educa fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (100%), Animals (0%).
- Who are North American Association for Environmental Educa's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc ($2.0M), Earth Force Inc ($721k), Project Wet Foundation Inc ($462k).
- Does North American Association for Environmental Educa fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as North American Association for Environmental Educa?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, Patagoniaorg.
- Where is North American Association for Environmental Educa based?
- North American Association for Environmental Educa is based in DC.
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