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Resources Legacy Fund

RESOURCES LEGACY FUND builds alliances that advance bold solutions to secure a just and resilient world for people and nature.

$48M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
325
Itemized grants FY2024
267
Organizations funded FY2023
31%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$44M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$60,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,397,152
Organizations funded a year
183 to 267
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
33
Total assets, FY2024
$152M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Resources Legacy Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentEducationAnimalsCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureCivil 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
FY2024still arriving317$42M23%
FY2023267$34M31%
FY2022264$43M35%
FY2021208$26M27%
FY2020209$25M28%
FY2019196$17M34%
FY2018183$18M46%
FY2017230$24Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Environment$227MAnimals$2.4MInternational$1.8MPublic Benefit$1.6MCommunity Improvement$1.6MCrime & Legal$971kCivil Rights$895kArts & Culture$330kOther$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.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fund for a Better Future Inc$10,665,000418%
The California Desert Land Conservancy$7,444,382757%
Earthjustice$5,625,00032%
Sher Edling LLP$5,311,3295n/a
Climate Power Education Fund$4,628,129237%
Trout Unlimited Inc$4,486,88681%
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$4,135,00037%
Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund$3,794,304328%
Parks California$3,658,555535%
National Wildlife Federation$2,807,39981%
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All grantees of Resources Legacy Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fund for a Better Future Inc$10,665,000418%
The California Desert Land Conservancy$7,444,382757%
Earthjustice$5,625,00032%
Sher Edling LLP$5,311,3295n/a
Climate Power Education Fund$4,628,129237%
Trout Unlimited Inc$4,486,88681%
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$4,135,00037%
Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund$3,794,304328%
Parks California$3,658,555535%
National Wildlife Federation$2,807,39981%
Water Foundation$2,800,00085%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$2,718,50072%
Foundation for Western Fish and Wildlife$2,574,250693%
California Trout Inc$2,563,24384%
Taxpayers for Common Sense$2,535,334836%
Western Conservation Foundation$2,459,74839%
Wildcoast$2,384,456828%
Environmental Integrity Project$2,325,000219%
Rogue Basin Partnership$2,130,218596%
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives$2,045,000314%
Earthworks$1,970,000210%
The Surfrider Foundation$1,914,00084%
Air Alliance Houston$1,905,600229%
Washington Coast Sustainable Salmon Foundation$1,872,800468%
Advance Democracy Inc$1,786,0002n/a
University of California Davis$1,704,2106n/a
Clean Air Council$1,690,000234%
Healthy Gulf$1,651,000231%
Orange County Coastkeeper$1,641,250817%
The Wilderness Land Trust$1,597,500257%
California Marine Sanctuary Foundation$1,542,450821%
Deep South Center for Environmental$1,510,975212%
The Pew Charitable Trusts$1,465,00040%
Multiplier$1,461,00081%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$1,434,09930%
California Coastal Protection Network$1,345,0168100%
Center for International Environmental Law Inc$1,300,000216%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$1,295,0005n/a
Boreal Songbird Initiative$1,250,000311%
Stockholm Environment Institute US Inc$1,200,000211%
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis Inc$1,175,00036%
Reef Check Foundation$1,130,000833%
Resource Media$1,127,50075%
Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund$1,126,000233%
The Greenlining Institute$1,111,00072%
Round Valley Indian Tribes$1,099,0405n/a
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance$1,075,000829%
Sempervirens Fund$1,052,25556%
Regents Univ of California$1,041,4916n/a
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center$1,015,00066%
Toxic-Free Future F/K/A Washington Toxics Coalition$1,000,000216%
Texas Southern University Foundatio$1,000,00018%
Resolve Inc$1,000,00026%
The Energy Foundation$1,000,00011%
Health Care Without Harm$1,000,00024%
Los Angeles Waterkeeper$999,000812%
National Audubon Society Inc$990,25070%
Montana Wilderness Association$982,110712%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$957,50040%
American Rivers Inc$952,53062%
Clark Fork Coalition$877,350611%
Sustainable Conservation$870,00076%
Shared Ascent Fund$835,64729%
The Wilderness Society$832,60052%
The Watershed Research & Training Center$830,99028%
Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County$826,7887n/a
Earth Island Institute Inc$813,89862%
Sustainable Northwest$785,09067%
Louisiana Bucket Brigade$766,000212%
Bay Area Council Foundation$750,000611%
Asian Pacific Environmental Network$743,00073%
Bennington College Corporation$735,00021%
The Watershed Education Network$715,370664%
Stand$692,50052%
Oregon Health & Science University Foundation$690,39311%
Center for Coalfield Justice$675,000214%
Cowlitz Indian Tribe$673,0835n/a
Baykeeper$667,00086%
Upwell Turtles$665,000276%
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Inc$663,000814%
Tuolumne River Preservation Trust dba Yosemite Rivers Alliance$660,00088%
Pro Publica Inc$650,00021%
Public Health Watch Inc$650,000344%
Anza-Borrego Foundation$648,760348%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$639,33580%
Heal the Bay$633,85063%
Sequoia Riverlands Trust$624,19133%
California Association of Resource Conservation Districts$623,000624%
Physicians Scientists and Engineers for Sustainable and Healthy Energy Inc$590,40847%
Columbia Land Trust$589,40033%
Marine Protected Area Collaborative Network$588,750279%
Muley Fanatic Foundation of Wyoming Inc$581,603715%
The Rand Corporation$576,60910%
Montana Wildlife Federation$555,584828%
San Diego Coastkeeper$555,000711%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$555,00020%
Community Partners$554,53170%
University of Oregon Foundation$550,00010%
Center for American Progress$545,68721%
Environmental Action Committee of West Marin$543,750827%
Russian Riverkeeper$530,000710%
Civicwell$529,62062%
The Campaign Legal Center Inc$525,00034%
Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust$509,43085%
City of Yakima$500,0001n/a
Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc$500,00050%
Environmental Health Sciences$500,000229%
West Virginia Rivers Coalition Inc$498,000417%
Rep Environmental Education Foundation$492,245855%
Protect Democracy Project$485,00012%
The Partnership Project Inc$485,00031%
Sonoma Land Trust$466,50042%
Public Land Solutions$466,265831%
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc$463,00011%
Habitable$463,00019%
Peninsula Open Space Trust$460,00050%
California Ocean Science Trust$460,000412%
Maidu Summit Consortium$455,000629%
Conservation Lands Foundation$452,17581%
Micah Six Eight Mission$436,783227%
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy$434,75074%
Environmental Defense Center$429,50075%
Archaeology Southwest$420,31584%
California Environmental Voters Education Fund$420,00046%
Outdoor Outreach$412,38376%
Smith River Alliance Inc$410,000510%
The Trust for Public Land$403,00050%
Lone Star Legal Aid$401,00020%
Environment California Research and Policy Center$400,000731%
Vp Data Commons$400,000154%
Wyss Center for Innovation Inc$400,0002100%
Tipping Point Community$400,00011%
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation$397,93611%
Native American Land Conservancy$389,00049%
The Alaska Center Education Fund$375,00053%
The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated$375,00032%
San Francisco Estuary Institute$372,00041%
Climate Resolve$364,528416%
Environmental Health Coalition$363,50062%
Point Reyes Bird Observatory$362,50051%
Nuestra Tierra Conservation Project$356,744416%
Environment America Research and Policy Center Inc$355,97544%
Fractracker Alliance$355,000215%
Washington Conservation Action Education Fund$350,00017%
Federation of American Scientists$345,00021%
Communities for a Better Environment$344,50073%
Earthecho International Inc$338,89458%
Wildlife Conservation Society$336,22630%
American Forests$335,00021%
Klamath River Renewal Corporation$334,00030%
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County$331,00042%
Western Rivers Conservancy$330,00051%
Wyoming Outdoor Council$323,00086%
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance$322,00065%
Karuk Tribe$322,0003n/a
San Mateo County Resource Conservation District$321,5008n/a
Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services$318,000220%
Rocky Mountain Wild$312,000817%
Ocean Outcomes$310,66766%
Los Angeles River Revitalization Corporation dba River LA$310,000129%
Amah Mutsun Land Trust$304,100416%
South Yuba River Citizens League$303,25063%
Community Initiatives$302,00060%
Friends of the Desert Mountains$300,000139%
Silvix Resources$300,000248%
Division of Homeland Ministry$297,8236n/a
Carroll Ministries International$295,0001n/a
The Years Project Inc$295,000120%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation$290,00040%
Tolowa Dee-Ni' Nation$290,0005n/a
New Mexico Voices for Children$288,29065%
Nature for All$287,969511%
Napa County Land Trust$285,00051%
Center on Race Poverty & the Environment$283,00053%
The Pachamama Alliance$278,85023%
Yurok Tribe$278,0655n/a
Forterra Nw$277,00031%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$275,00030%
Oceana Inc$270,00030%
Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense$270,0001n/a
Hispanic Access Foundation$266,00073%
West Harlem Environmental Action Inc$265,00022%
Sierra Club Foundation$262,00070%
The Ocean Foundation$260,00051%
Wilderness Workshop$260,00044%
Urban Sustainability Directors Network$258,00012%
Sierra Institute for Community & Environment$255,00024%
Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources$255,000324%
Friends of the Earth$255,00032%
The Roosevelt Institute$250,0001n/a
United States Megafire Response$250,000120%
Sierra Business Council$250,00034%
Sacramento Valley Conservancy$250,00035%
Western Resource Advocates$250,00012%
Big Sur Land Trust$250,00041%
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers$248,45025%
Pit River Tribe$248,4001n/a
Greater Farallones Association$245,00074%
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability$243,77842%
Progressnow New Mexico Education Fund$242,500222%
Utah Dine Bikeyah$241,500411%
Pacific Institute for Studies in Development Environment & Security$240,00053%
The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy$236,77531%
Agriculture and Land Based Training Association$235,00062%
The Forest Stewards Guild$235,00018%
Gold Ridge Resource Conservation Distric$230,0005n/a
Native American Rights Fund Inc$225,00011%
California Farmlink$225,00061%
The Silicon Valley Leadership Group$225,00061%
Open Space Institute Inc$225,00025%
Save The Bay$225,00081%
Mountain Watershed Association Inc$223,21527%
Long Tom Watershed Council$223,00037%
Nevada Wildlife Federation$222,219541%
Student-Led Sustainable Initiatives Inc Plan - Post-Landfill Action Network$222,000215%
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Educational and Charitable Foundation Inc$220,41647%
Pacoima Beautiful$220,00043%
California Native Plant Society$218,34832%
Black Appalachian Coalition$215,000217%
GreenInfo Network$215,00037%
Louisiana Environmental Action Network$215,000220%
Institute for Enhanced Equity$215,00038%
Marine Applied Research and Exploration$214,000317%
Vet Voice Foundation Inc$213,26052%
The Resighini Rancheria Tribe$213,0004n/a
Evangelical Environmental Network$212,945617%
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians$212,74854%
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe$212,5432n/a
Community Alliance With Family Farmers$210,00052%
Conservation International Foundation$208,26530%
Council for Watershed Health$207,50043%
Promote Pt$205,00038%
Northern Chumash Tribal Council$205,00039%
Montana Conservation Voters Education Fund$204,6653n/a
The Descendants Project$203,200310%
Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Projct$201,000225%
Constitutional Accountability Center$200,00023%
Regents of the University of California$200,0001n/a
Environmental Protection Network$200,00034%
Catalyst California$200,00031%
John Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust$200,00031%
California State Parks Foundation$200,00032%
Feather River Land Trust$195,00043%
Nez Perce Tribe$193,0003n/a
World Wildlife Fund Inc$192,04730%
Methow Valley Citizens Council$192,000318%
Community Wildfire Planning Center$191,000222%
Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of The$180,0004n/a
Green Foothills Foundation dba Green Foothills$180,00052%
Colorado Wildlife Federation Inc$177,000826%
Pogo Park$175,00063%
Conservation Voters of Sc Educ Fund$175,000416%
Elkhorn Slough Foundation$175,00024%
Fire Adapted Colorado$175,000221%
Yellowstone to Yukon$175,0003n/a
The National Religious Partnership for the Environment Inc$173,000331%
Wallowa Resources Inc$170,00013%
Clean Energy For America Education Fund$170,000141%
Ingleside on the Bay Coastal Watch Association$165,000239%
Environmental Community Advocates of Galena Park$165,000340%
Buckeye Environmental Network$165,000225%
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife$163,5002n/a
Only One Inc$160,00022%
Georgetown University$159,16020%
Rainforest Foundation Inc$155,28521%
Groundwork San Diego-Chollas Creek$155,00066%
Nevada Conservation League Ed Fund$153,954413%
California Council of Land Trusts$153,000414%
Western Colorado Alliance$152,22253%
Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice$152,00058%
Sandy River Basin Watershed Council$150,000212%
Floodlight Inc$150,00018%
Save the Redwoods League$150,00020%
Friends of Cedar Mesa$150,000210%
California Environmental Justice Alliance$150,00021%
The Alliance for Climate Protection$150,00011%
Netcentric Campaigns$150,00018%
Endangered Habitats Conservancy$150,000114%
Upwardly Global$150,00013%
Montana Trout Unlimited$150,000112%
Cultural Fire Management Council$150,000213%
The Climate Center$145,00023%
Watsonville Wetlands Watch$140,00063%
San Diego Canyonlands Inc$138,20048%
PCL Foundation$138,000321%
Wild Earth Society Incorporated$133,00051%
Colorado State University$132,7951n/a
Conservation Law Foundation Inc$130,00030%
Nevada County Alliance$130,000428%
Sonoma Resource Conservation District$130,0005n/a
Rights and Resources Institute Inc$130,00031%
Contina Impact$129,85065%
Idaho Conservation League Inc$129,00032%
Cannabis for Conservation$125,00026%
city of san diego$125,0001n/a
Central California Environmental Justice Network$125,00021%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$125,00020%
North Clackamas Urban Watersheds Council$120,718214%
Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation$120,66727%
CalWild$120,00027%
Origins Council$120,000331%
Western Leaders Network$118,000419%
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper Inc$117,00058%
Friends of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks$116,500218%
New York University$116,00020%
Save Mount Diablo$115,00032%
High Country Conservation Advocates$115,000319%
Shelterwood Collective$115,00023%
CEDO Intercultural Center for the Study of Desert$114,379310%
National Parks Conservation Association$112,90060%
Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods$112,75063%
Active San Gabriel Valley$112,31031%
Tule River Indian Tribe Californa$112,1002n/a
City Fabrick$112,00025%
Endangered Habitats League$111,00045%
New Mexico Wildlife Federation$110,00043%
National Young Farmers Coalition Inc$110,00041%
Colorado Water Trust$110,00022%
City of Craig$110,0002n/a
Scott River Watershed Council$110,00032%
Environmental Protection Information Center Inc$110,000318%
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc$106,00031%
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice$105,00026%
Outdoor Afro$105,00064%
The Stewardship Network$102,58727%
Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians$102,5001n/a
Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conser$102,000114%
Tulalip Tribes of Washington$101,4803n/a
California Fire Safe Council Inc$100,00011%
GreenLatinos$100,00034%
Mission Asset Fund$100,00011%
Fresno Building Healthy Communities$100,00033%
Voter Registration Project$100,00010%
Global Fund for Women Inc$100,00011%
Fresh Lifelines for Youth Inc$100,0001n/a
Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake$100,0001n/a
Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future$100,00012%
American Lung Association$100,00010%
Robinson Rancheria$100,0001n/a
Maine Conservation Alliance$100,000211%
The Seattle Aquarium Society$100,00030%
The Aspen Institute Inc$100,00010%
Sun and Earth Certification Inc$100,000226%
Sustainable Economies Law Center$100,00041%
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Inc$100,00021%
Washington Prescribed Fire Council$100,000270%
Worksafe Inc$100,00033%
Transfair USA$100,00011%
Community Nature Connection$100,0001n/a
County of Ventura-Auditor$100,0002n/a
Environmental Policy Innovation Center$100,00011%
Friends of the Inyo$99,00025%
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation$96,4501n/a
Regents of the University of Idaho$96,0771n/a
Society of Native Nations$95,00029%
Ventura Land Trust$95,00042%
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy$95,00030%
Chelan County$93,0002n/a
Coalition to Protect Americas National$92,500411%
Physicians for Social Responsibility - San Francisco Bay Area Chapter$92,199343%
Compass Science Communication Inc$92,000112%
The Grand Canyon Trust Inc$92,00031%
Cascadia Law Group$91,3602n/a
Wyoming Wildlife Federation$91,000610%
Lake County Umbrella Watershed Council$90,00014%
California State University Fresno Foundation$90,00010%
North Bay Jobs With Justice$90,00023%
The Watershed Project$90,00033%
Upper Salinas-Las Tablas Resource Dist$90,0003n/a
Breathe Southern California$90,00014%
Special Service for Groups Inc$90,00050%
Regents of the University of California at Irvine$86,0003n/a
Sachamama Inc$85,000310%
Monterey Coastkeeper$85,000258%
Nextgen Climate America Inc$83,80021%
Tenemos Que Reclamar y Unidos Salvar la Tierra-South La$82,00041%
Nuestra Casa de East Palo Alto$81,00033%
Sanctuary Forest Inc$80,00033%
The Funders Network Inc$80,00070%
North Fork John Day Watershed Council$80,00014%
Nez Perce Tribe$80,0001n/a
Nfria-Wserc Conservation Center Inc$80,00035%
Dry Creek Rancheria$80,0001n/a
Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California$80,0001n/a
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators$80,00033%
Southeast Asian Community Alliance$79,93633%
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon$76,6702n/a
Bay Foundation of Morro Bay$76,00022%
Ocean Conservancy$75,80020%
Blackfoot Challenge Inc$75,76032%
Hoh Indian Tribe$75,5061n/a
Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project$75,40841%
United Tribes of Bristol Bay$75,0001n/a
Perpetual Use Inc$75,00015%
League of Conservation Voters Inc$75,00010%
RepresentUs Education Fund$75,00022%
Treepeople Inc$75,00030%
Yakima Co Sheriffs Office$75,0001n/a
Calhoun County Resource Watch$75,000122%
California Historical Society$75,00011%
Circle of Life Connection$75,00035%
Wyoming Game & Fish Department$75,0001n/a
Humboldt Waterkeeper$75,000325%
Zero Emission Transportation Assoc$75,000111%
Save Our Shores$72,50046%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$72,40030%
Sea Research Foundation Inc$72,00050%
River Partners$70,00030%
Upper Gila Watershed Alliance$70,000282%
Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association$70,000137%
Kai Poma$70,000217%
Mujeres de la Tierra$68,85059%
Coalition for Clean Air$68,50032%
Wishtoyo Foundation Dba Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation$68,50042%
The Children's Clinic 'Serving Children and Their Families'$68,00020%
Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management$65,50020%
Del Pacifico Seafoods LLC$65,0001n/a
Rural & Agriculture Council of America (RACA)$65,0001n/a
Together Bay Area$65,00037%
Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe$65,0002n/a
Emerald Grown$65,0001n/a
From Lot to Spot$65,0002n/a
Ctr for Environ Econ Develop$64,0003n/a
Mongabay Org Corp$63,42311%
Corazon Latino Inc$63,00036%
Outdoor New Mexico$63,000220%
Smithsonian Institution$62,50010%
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment$62,00020%
State of Arizona$60,0001n/a
Esselen Tribe of Monterey County$60,000310%
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation$60,00020%
Youth Forward$60,00024%
Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians$60,0001n/a
Low Income Investment Fund$60,00010%
Native American Fish & Wildlife Society$60,00011%
Koi Nation of Northern California$60,0001n/a
Friends of the Owyhee$60,000218%
City of Silverton$60,0001n/a
Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation$60,00020%
Confederated Salish and Kootenai$60,0001n/a
Wildearth Guardians$58,75021%
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Inc$58,50012%
Outdoor Alliance$58,00014%
Wild Arizona$58,00023%
Anahuak Youth Sports Association$55,000421%
Rios to Rivers$55,00023%
Coastal States Stewardship Foundation$55,00011%
Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust$55,000110%
Oregon State University Foundation$54,05020%
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians$53,3342n/a
Kua Aina Ulu Auamo$52,50014%
Colorado Fiscal Institute$52,50041%
Arizona Wildlife Federation$52,00027%
Owens Valley Indian Water Commission$51,7202n/a
Ocean Awareness Project Inc$51,000217%
triplecheck$50,000123%
Eckerd College$50,00010%
Trinidad Rancheria$50,0001n/a
Greenbelt Alliancepeople for Open Space$50,00012%
California Local Conservation Corps Foundation$50,000120%
The Chaparral Lands Conservancy$50,000111%
Power Shift Network$50,0001n/a
Sonoma County Regional Parks$50,0002n/a
San Diego Bird Alliance$50,00022%
Coastal Quest$50,000123%
The Concerned Citizens of St John$50,0001n/a
Vollmar Natural Lands Consulting Inc$50,0001n/a
Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries$50,00032%
Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance Inc$50,00012%
Sheridan County Conservation District$50,0001n/a
Western Native Voice Education Project$50,00014%
The Commonwealth Club - World Affairs of California$50,00030%
California Wildlife Foundation$50,00021%
Friends of the Los Angeles River$50,00022%
Oakland Museum of California$50,00010%
Policylink$50,00010%
Uc College of the Law San Francisco$50,0001n/a
Treez Please Inc$50,0001n/a
The Oregon League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$50,00018%
San Francisco Parks Alliance$50,00010%
Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship$50,00013%
Seacology$50,00012%
Intertribal Agriculture Council$50,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50,00010%
Shasta Indian Nation$49,80015%
Transformca dba Transform$47,50022%
Cooperative Agricultural Network$46,0002n/a
Mhcc$45,9381n/a
California Academy of Sciences$45,75020%
Central Washington University$45,2841n/a
Justice Outside$45,00030%
Asociacion Interamericana Para la Defensa del Ambiente$45,0001n/a
American Fisheries Society Bioengineering Section$45,0002n/a
Oregon Environmental Council$45,00021%
Wild Salmon Center$45,00011%
County of Humboldt$45,0001n/a
The Semilla Project$45,000212%
Utah State University$44,9991n/a
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation$41,50020%
Proyecto Pastoral$40,00020%
Foundation Communities Inc$40,00010%
Int'L Union for Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources - US$40,00014%
Concerned Resource & Environmental Workers$40,00022%
Lighthawk$40,00013%
Friends of the Eel River$40,0002n/a
Parish of St Peter's Church$40,0001n/a
The Tower Foundation of San Jose State University$40,00010%
American Farmland Trust$40,00010%
Colfax Todds Vly Cons Tribe of Colfax Rancheria and Koyo Land Conservancy$40,00015%
The Cultural ConservancySacred Land Foundation$40,00021%
Empowerment Works Inc$40,000323%
Not an Alternative Inc$40,00027%
Mendocino County Resource Conservation District$40,0001n/a
Wiyot Tribe$40,0001n/a
University of Oregon$39,6501n/a
Forward Mt Foundation$39,50025%
Rainforest Trust$39,23410%
Four Corners School of Outdoor Educ$38,00013%
Ecologists Without Borders$38,000214%
Progressnow Colorado Education$37,50022%
Galveston Shrimp Company$37,5001n/a
University of California Santa Barbara$36,0222n/a
Strategic Concepts In Organizing & Policy Education$36,00021%
Occidental College$36,00010%
Public Advocates Inc$36,00021%
Climate Conservation Dba Center for Large Landscape Conservation$35,00031%
Blue Forest Finance Inc$35,00010%
Powder River Conservation District$35,0001n/a
Clean Water Fund$35,00011%
Seventh Generation Advisors$35,0001n/a
Ecotrust$35,00020%
Redwood Coast Land Conservancy$35,00017%
Dolores River Boating Advocates$35,00025%
Quileute Tribe$34,3941n/a
Southern Environmental Law Center$34,00010%
Sheep Mountain Alliance$33,500213%
Friends of the Mariana Trench$33,00028%
Ltsc Community Development Corporation$32,00010%
Institute for Fisheries Resources$32,000213%
Tuleyome$30,80016%
East Bay Asian Youth Center$30,00020%
Amigos Bravos Inc$30,00014%
Conservation Science Partners Inc$30,00012%
Minnesota Point Preservation Society Inc$30,0001n/a
Superstition Area Land Tr$30,0001n/a
Oregon Desert Land Trust$30,00011%
Southwest Environmental Center$30,0001n/a
Creative Visions Foundation$30,00010%
California Transportation Foundation$30,00022%
Wind River Native Advocacy Center$30,0001n/a
Conservation Biology Institute$30,00011%
Lomakatsi Restoration Project$30,00010%
League of Oil & Gas Impacted Coloradans$30,0002n/a
Society of Environmental Journalists Inc$30,00011%
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation$30,00010%
Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico$30,0001n/a
Dakota Resource Council$30,00013%
One Skip LLC$29,3001n/a
Santa Catalina Island Conservancy$28,00010%
Bay Area Ridge Trail Council$28,00012%
Marine Conservation Biology Institute$28,00022%
Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness$28,00011%
Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement$27,50012%
Cactustocloud Institute$27,0001n/a
Saje$27,00011%
High Country News$25,0001n/a
California Institute for Biodiversity$25,00010%
National Indian Justice Center$25,00012%
BlueGreen Alliance Foundation$25,00021%
San Francisco Study Center Inc$25,0001n/a
Tubatulabals of Kern Valley$25,000114%
Save the Waves Coalition$25,00022%
Public Health Institute$25,00010%
Southwings Inc$25,00014%
Bat Conservation International$25,00011%
The Conservation Alliance$25,00011%
Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund$25,00010%
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Foundation$25,00011%
Jiquilisco Bay Alliance$25,0001n/a
Mattole Restoration Council$25,0001n/a
United Nations Foundation Inc$25,00010%
San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation$25,00016%
Los Angeles River State Park Partners$25,000124%
Rutgers the State University$25,0001n/a
La Voice$25,00011%
American Littoral Society$25,00011%
Native Village of Eklutna$25,0001n/a
The Student Conservation Association Inc$25,00010%
American Bird Conservancy$25,00010%
Children of the Setting Sun Product$25,00010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$25,00010%
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Inc$25,00012%
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc$25,00010%
African American Mayors Assocation$25,00011%
California Public Interest Research Group Edu Fund$25,000123%
Coastal Watershed Institute$25,00018%
The Ohio Environmental Council$25,00011%
California Rangeland Trust$25,00010%
Montana State Parks Foundation$25,000118%
Eo Wilson Biodiversity Foundation$25,00011%
The Partnership Project Action Fund$25,00010%
Black Belt Justice Center$25,00015%
Redbud Resource Group$25,00013%
Priorities USA Foundation$25,00010%
Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority$25,0001n/a
Pacific Environment and Resources Center$25,00010%
Foundation for Louisiana$25,00011%
Marin Agricultural Land Trust$25,00010%
Sierra Service Project$25,00013%
Washington Wild$24,75016%
Mighty Earth Inc$24,50010%
Friends of Browns Canyon$23,6601n/a
Save California Salmon$22,50021%
Public Counsel$22,00010%
Northcoast Environmental Center$21,50018%
The Colorado Mountain Club$21,50011%
Climate Resilient Communities$21,50012%
Bleu World Corporation$20,800160%
GullahGeechee Legacy LLC$20,0001n/a
San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council Inc$20,000112%
Friends of the Osa$20,00010%
California Open Lands$20,0001n/a
Institute for Ecological Health$20,0001n/a
The California Land Stewardship Institute$20,00013%
Bayorg$20,00010%
American Sustainable Business Institute Inc$20,00011%
Conservation Corps of Long Beach$20,00011%
Vanderbilt University$20,00010%
Outward Bound Adventures$20,00012%
Earth Law Center$20,00011%
Water Education for Latino Leaders$20,00014%
Alliance for Historic Wyoming Inc$20,000124%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$20,00010%
Winter Wildlands Alliance Inc$20,00014%
Open Markets Institute$20,00011%
Colorado Plateau Foundation$20,00012%
Idaho Rivers United$20,00017%
International Conservation Caucus Foundation$20,00010%
Public Interest Law Project$19,72013%
Blackfeet Tribe$19,5001n/a
Del Paso Heights Growers Alliance$18,52818%
Conservation Nw$18,00011%
New America Media$17,5001n/a
New England Aquarium Corporation$17,50020%
The University of Montana$17,0001n/a
East la Community Corporation$17,00010%
Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development$17,00011%
Western Landowners Alliance$16,50012%
The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts$16,00013%
Coalition of Community Organizations$15,00014%
California Indian Museum & Cultural Center$15,00011%
Rgisc Inc$15,00012%
Pennenvironment Research & Policy Center Inc$15,00011%
Association of Ramaytush Ohlone$15,00012%
Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement$15,00010%
Wild Connections Inc$15,0001n/a
CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC Biodiversity Funders Grp$15,00030%
Comite Civico del Valle Inc$15,00011%
The Lens$15,00013%
Greater Yellowstone Coalition$15,00010%
Sierra Club$15,00010%
Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education$15,0001n/a
University of Hawaii Foundation$15,00010%
Fathers and Families of San Joaquin$15,00011%
Play Marin$15,00015%
Northeast Houston Redevelopment Council$15,00015%
University of Colorado Foundation$15,00010%
Wyoming Wilderness Association$15,00014%
YES Nature to Neighborhoods$15,00010%
Port Arthur Community Action Network$15,0001n/a
Movement Training Network$15,0001n/a
River Valley Organizing$15,0001n/a
National Center for Appropriate Technology$15,00020%
American Indian Council of Mariposa County$15,00011%
The Escondido Creek Conservancy$15,00010%
Conservation Colorado Education Fund$15,00010%
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$15,00010%
Naeva$15,0001n/a
350 New Orleans Inc$15,0001n/a
Achieving Community Task Successfully$15,00019%
Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy$15,00011%
Utah Outdoor Partners$14,972148%
Board of Regents of the University of California (Merced)$14,8961n/a
George Wright Society$14,00018%
Keystone Center$13,84010%
Rivers & Birds Inc$13,000112%
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc$12,50010%
Outside Las Vegas Foundation$12,50011%
Environmental Justice Coalition for Water$12,0001n/a
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc$11,50010%
Economic Development Coalition of Kittitas County$11,416112%
Oregon Natural Desert Association$11,0001n/a
Arizona State University$10,8901n/a
Quinault Indian Nation$10,0001n/a
Whiteswan Environmental We$10,00015%
Inclusive Action for the City$10,00012%
Physicians for Social Responsibility$10,00011%
Ecoflight$10,00011%
Maui Nui Community Managed Makai Area Learning Network$10,000111%
Center for Economic Empowerment and Development$10,00012%
National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association$10,00012%
Chimp Haven Inc$10,00010%
San Juan Citizens Alliance$10,00012%
Clockshop$10,00011%
Cranial Academy Foundation Inc$10,000113%
Heart of the Rockies Initiative$10,00011%
San Luis Valley Great Outdoors$10,00011%
The Incredible Edible Community Garden$10,00015%
The Partnership Project$10,00013%
American Association for the Advancement of Science$10,00010%
Berkeley Lab Foundation$10,00010%
Environmental Learning for Kids$10,00011%
Urban Ecology Inc$10,000122%
Climate Action Reserve$10,00010%
Green 20$10,00011%
World Renewal$10,0001n/a
San Francisco Symphony$10,00010%
Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties$10,00010%
Alaska Conservation Foundation$10,00010%
Para la Naturaleza Inc$10,00010%
National Outdoor Leadership School$10,00010%
CalMatters$10,00010%
Montana Racial Equity Project$10,00012%
Monitor Consortium$10,0001n/a
Naturebridge$10,00010%
Woodside High School Foundation$10,00011%
Project for Clean Energy and Innovation co 38 North Solutions$10,00017%
Davidson College$8,81510%
Climate First Replacing Oil & Gas$8,00016%
Sistersong Inc$8,00010%
The Next 100 Syndicate$8,00011%
Consejo de Federaciones Mexicanas En Norte America$7,50011%
Energy & Conservation Law$7,50013%
Restore America's Estuaries$7,50010%
Missoula Mountain Bike Coalition$7,00013%
Colorado Rising for Communities$7,000113%
Montana Conservation Corps Inc$6,65010%
The University Foundation California State University Chico$6,61210%
Law College Association of the University of Arizona$6,24010%
Brightline Defense Project$6,00010%
The University of Texas Law School Foundation$6,0001n/a
Earth House$6,0001n/a
The Multicultural Center of Marin$6,00010%
The Rose Foundation for Communities the Environment$5,00010%
Peninsula Humane Society & Spca$5,00010%
The Exploratorium$5,00010%
Mazamas$5,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Resources Legacy Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 52 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFund for a Better Future Inc: $10,665,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetThe California Desert Land Conservancy: $7,444,382 over 7y, 57% of budgetEarthjustice: $5,625,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetClimate Power Education Fund: $4,628,129 over 2y, 37% of budgetTrout Unlimited Inc: $4,486,886 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetLeague of Conservation Voters Education Fund: $4,135,000 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetHip Hop Caucus Education Fund: $3,794,304 over 3y, 28% of budgetParks California: $3,658,555 over 5y, 35% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $2,807,399 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetWater Foundation: $2,800,000 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetSustainable Markets Foundation: $2,718,500 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetFoundation for Western Fish and Wildlife: $2,574,250 over 6y, 93% of budgetCalifornia Trout Inc: $2,563,243 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetTaxpayers for Common Sense: $2,535,334 over 8y, 36% of budgetWestern Conservation Foundation: $2,459,748 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetWildcoast: $2,384,456 over 8y, 28% of budgetEnvironmental Integrity Project: $2,325,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetRogue Basin Partnership: $2,130,218 over 5y, 96% of budgetGlobal Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives: $2,045,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetEarthworks: $1,970,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetThe Surfrider Foundation: $1,914,000 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetAir Alliance Houston: $1,905,600 over 2y, 29% of budgetWashington Coast Sustainable Salmon Foundation: $1,872,800 over 4y, 68% of budgetClean Air Council: $1,690,000 over 2y, 34% of budgetHealthy Gulf: $1,651,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetOrange County Coastkeeper: $1,641,250 over 8y, 17% of budgetThe Wilderness Land Trust: $1,597,500 over 2y, 57% of budgetCalifornia Marine Sanctuary Foundation: $1,542,450 over 8y, 21% of budgetDeep South Center for Environmental: $1,510,975 over 2y, 12% of budgetThe Pew Charitable Trusts: $1,465,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMultiplier: $1,461,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $1,434,099 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCalifornia Coastal Protection Network: $1,345,016 over 8y, 100% of budgetCenter for International Environmental Law Inc: $1,300,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetBoreal Songbird Initiative: $1,250,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetStockholm Environment Institute US Inc: $1,200,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetInstitute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis Inc: $1,175,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetReef Check Foundation: $1,130,000 over 8y, 33% of budgetResource Media: $1,127,500 over 7y, 4.8% of budgetTexas Campaign for the Environment Fund: $1,126,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetThe Greenlining Institute: $1,111,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetCalifornia Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance: $1,075,000 over 8y, 29% of budgetSempervirens Fund: $1,052,255 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetOccidental Arts and Ecology Center: $1,015,000 over 6y, 6.3% of budgetToxic-Free Future F/K/A Washington Toxics Coalition: $1,000,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetTexas Southern University Foundatio: $1,000,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetResolve Inc: $1,000,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetThe Energy Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

Western Conservation FoundationCO135.4× affinity80 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Western Conservation Foundation · Patagoniaorg · The Wilderness Society · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · The Marisla Foundation · Natural Resources Defense Council Inc · Water Foundation · United States Energy Foundation · The Partnership Project Inc · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · Wilburforce 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 Resources Legacy Fund

How much does Resources Legacy Fund give?
Resources Legacy Fund reported 325 itemized grants totaling $43,863,903, out of $47,679,212 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 183 and 267 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Resources Legacy Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (95%), Animals (1%), International (1%).
Who are Resources Legacy Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Fund for a Better Future Inc ($11M), The California Desert Land Conservancy ($7.4M), Earthjustice ($5.6M).
Does Resources Legacy Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Resources Legacy Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Western Conservation Foundation, Patagoniaorg, The Wilderness Society.
Where is Resources Legacy Fund based?
Resources Legacy Fund is based in CA.

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 772 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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