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One Earth Philanthropy

One Earth connects thinkers, doers, activists, and knowledge holders from around the world to solve humanity's greatest ecological challenges--together.

$4.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$2.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$4.6MPhilanthropy$735kFood & Nutrition$312kAnimals$136kCivil Rights$100kInternational$99kArts & Culture$35kEducation$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $2,946,640, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,002,206 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,055,566 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $2.9M
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$6.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Vibrant Data Labs$2,891,250
The Nature Conservancy$50,000
NEO Philanthropy$5,390
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TRIBAL LINK FOUNDATION INC: $45k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
GA
TX

Grants abroad, by region: $1.0M on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 2 regions, $628k to organizations and $401k to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

North America (Canada and Mexico)$1.0M · 99% · 1 grant · 1 person

Stated purpose: SeaLegacy projects · Reporting on indigenous frontline environmental defenders in Mexico

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$10k · 1% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Completion of a paper titled A Prioritization Strategy for Safeguarding Conservation Imperatives Sites

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 23% of One Earth Philanthropy’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 43% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 37%.

One Earth Philanthropylessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 25% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.0M · 6 repeat orgs$2.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
41

Total granted

$6.0M
$2.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+19%

Still filing today

83%
98%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentEducationInternationalAnimalsArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • RI
    RESOLVE INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $277k · revenue +49%
  • F
    FIBERSHED
    2× · 2022–2023 · $75k · revenue +43%
  • AF
    AMAZON FRONTLINES
    2× · 2021–2022 · $70k · revenue +151%

Funded once

  • RI
    RE-EARTH INITIATIVE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $950k
  • UN
    UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2021 · $500k · revenue -5%
  • TC
    THE CARBON UNDERGROUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue +44% · 64% of their budget
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
2
One Earth Philanthropy

One Earth connects thinkers, doers, activists, and knowledge holders from around the world to solve humanity's greatest ecological challenges--together. Our belief is simple: The solutions to the climate crisis already exist. By connecting…

Environment
3
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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4
Amazon Conservation Team

The amazon conservation team (act) partners with indigenous and other local communities to protect tropical forests and strengthen traditional culture.

Science & Tech
5
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
6
Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
7
Rainforest Alliance Holding Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

Environment
8
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
9
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
10
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
11
Rainforest Action Network

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) works toward a world where the rights and dignity of all communities are respected and where healthy forests, a stable climate and wild biodiversity are protected and celebrated.

Environment
12
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.": - count it: our work is…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wildlife Conservation Network Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tomkat Ranch Educational Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

48 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 48 of the 49 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/48
Grantees still filing
27/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Vibrant Data Labs: $4,763,278 · OtherVibrant Data LabsRE-EARTH INITIATIVE INC: $950,000 · OtherRE-EARTH INITIATIVE INC+15 more: $491,200 · Other+15 moreTHE CARBON UNDERGROUND: $200,000 · EnvironmentTHE CARBO…GLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND: $100,000 · EnvironmentGLOBAL GR…Earth Island Institute Inc: $82,500 · EnvironmentEarth Isl…FIBERSHED: $75,405 · EnvironmentFIBERSHEDAMAZON FRONTLINES: $70,000 · EnvironmentAMAZON FR…ALLIANCE FOR INT'L REFORESTATION: $35,000 · Environment+10 more: $215,500 · Environment+10 moreNEO Philanthropy Inc: $731,970 · Public BenefitNEO Phila…UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $500,000 · InternationalDTWO LTD DBA Awana Digital: $36,000 · InternationalGroundswell International Inc: $25,000 · InternationalAMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC: $25,000 · International+1 more: $20,000 · InternationalRESOLVE INC: $276,640 · AnimalsAKASHINGA INC: $25,000 · AnimalsWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $25,000 · AnimalsREWILD: $20,000 · AnimalsUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $115,000 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $62,500 · EducationACADEMY FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL: $25,000 · EducationTHE SONORAN INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 · EducationAKIING 8TH FIRE: $20,000 · EducationMARCH ON MARYLAND: $100,000 · Civil Rights
Other$6,204,478Environment$778,405Public Benefit$731,970International$606,000Animals$346,640Education$247,500Civil Rights$100,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $731,970 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $500,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetRESOLVE INC: $276,640 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetTHE CARBON UNDERGROUND: $200,000 over 1y, 64% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $125,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $115,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMARCH ON MARYLAND: $100,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $82,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFIBERSHED: $75,405 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetWomen's Earth and Climate Action Network: $75,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetAMAZON FRONTLINES: $70,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $62,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRIBAL LINK FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetDTWO LTD DBA Awana Digital: $36,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetALLIANCE FOR INT'L REFORESTATION: $35,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetNATIONAL MARINE LIFE CENTER INC: $25,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetAKASHINGA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetACADEMY FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRARE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEARTH RESTORATION ALLIANCE: $25,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetRios to Rivers: $25,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetSUSTAINABLE SURF: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGroundswell International Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY FABRICS: $25,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetBuckminster Fuller Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWOMEN FOR CONSERVATION: $25,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetAMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAmazon Watch Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTOMKAT RANCH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE SONORAN INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $22,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc: $20,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWild Earth Allies Inc: $20,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetHUAIROU COMMISSION WOMEN HOMES & COMMUNITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAKIING 8TH FIRE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetREWILD: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WILDERNESS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDeep Medicine Circle: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetZERO FOODPRINT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTribal Eco Restoration Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINOURHANDS-DOT-LOVE INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetMeridian Institute: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

PatagoniaorgImpactassetsincThe Schmidt Family Fo…Rockefeller Philanthr…Earth Rising Foundati…Sustainable Markets F…Clif Family FoundationThe Annenberg Foundat…Maine Community Found…Silicon Valley Commun…Gordon E and Betty I …Tides Foundation
PatagoniaorgCA23.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · Impactassetsinc · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Earth Rising Foundation · Sustainable Markets Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Tides 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization One Earth Philanthropy funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from One Earth Philanthropy. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • National Marine Life Center Inc: 16% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 49 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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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