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

$48M
Granted FY2024still arriving
325
Grants FY2024still arriving
33
States reached
$1.4M
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2024 · 325 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 325 grants below total $43,863,903, the rows itemized in this filing. The $47,679,212 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,815,309 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k121 grants · $3.2M
  • $50k–250k148 grants · $16M
  • $250k+48 grants · $25M
$60,000
Median grant
33
States reached
$152M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HIP HOP CAUCUS EDUCATION FUND$1,397,152
ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT$1,325,000
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW INC$1,050,000
EARTHWORKS$1,000,000
AIR ALLIANCE HOUSTON$952,800
TROUT UNLIMITED INC$759,747
CLEAN AIR COUNCIL$750,000
TAXPAYERS FOR COMMON SENSE$658,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INC$633,000
EARTHJUSTICE$625,000
STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE$600,000
HEALTHY GULF$600,000
BENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION$590,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$586,000
THE RAND CORPORATION$576,609
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 (FY17–24, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MICAH SIX EIGHT MISSION: $237k → 17%NUESTRA CASA DE EAST PALO ALTO: $50k → 8%MICAH SIX EIGHT MISSION: $200k → 17%NUESTRA CASA DE EAST PALO ALTO: $25k → 8%SHASTA INDIAN NATION: $50k → 16%PROYECTO PASTORAL: $25k → 14%HISPANIC ACCESS FOUNDATION: $58k → 14%HISPANIC ACCESS FOUNDATION: $56k → 14%HISPANIC ACCESS FOUNDATION: $47k → 14%TIDES CENTER (PUBLIC RIGHTS PROJECT FISCAL AGENT): $50k → 10%HISPANIC ACCESS FOUNDATION: $30k → 14%TIDES CENTER (PUBLIC RIGHTS PROJECT FISCAL AGENT): $50k → 10%HISPANIC ACCESS FOUNDATION: $30k → 14%HISPANIC ACCESS FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%TIDES CENTER: $28k → 10%BAY AREA COUNCIL FOUNDATION: $250k → 10%BAY AREA COUNCIL FOUNDATION: $250k → 10%SOUTHEAST ASIAN COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $47k → 14%BAY AREA COUNCIL FOUNDATION: $125k → 10%SOUTHEAST ASIAN COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $26k → 14%BAY AREA COUNCIL: $50k → 10%BAY AREA COUNCIL FOUNDATION: $50k → 10%BAY AREA COUNCIL FOUNDATION DBA BAY AREA COUNCIL ECON INSTITUTE: $25k → 10%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

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$208M · 409 repeat orgs$22M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.

409 repeat relationships: 243 still active in FY2024, 166 since wound down; 74 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

409
264

Total granted

$208M
$15M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+42%

Still filing today

90%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TC
    THE CALIFORNIA DESERT LAND CONSERVANCY
    7× · 2017–2023 · $7.4M · revenue +143% · 57% of their budget
  • EARTHJUSTICE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $5.6M · revenue +26%
  • TU
    TROUT UNLIMITED INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.5M · revenue +133%

Funded once

  • TS
    TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M · revenue +21%
  • TE
    THE ENERGY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M · revenue -1%
  • OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $690k · revenue +79%
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
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Cascadia Wildlands

Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…

Environment
3
Chile-California Council

The Chile-California Council is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to developing and promoting joint endeavors and cooperative relations between Chile and California, as well as individuals, legal entities and other institutions in…

International
4
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
5
Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund

Oregon Wild works to protect and restore Oregon's wildlands, wildlife and waters as an enduring legacy for future generations.

Environment
6
Nature and Culture International

Nature and culture international conserves biologically diverse landscapes in latin america, in concert with local cultures, for the well-being of the planet.

Environment
7
Cuenca Los Ojos

Cuenca los ojos works to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the us/mexican borderlands through land protection, habitat restoration and wildlife reintroduction.

Environment
8
Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council

The Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council is a local nonprofit organization that strives to enhance and restore habitat for fish and wildlife our community and for future generations. Our Board of Directors consists of seven members with…

Environment
9
Turtle Island Restoration Network

To mobilize people in local communities around the world to protect marine wildlife and the oceans and inland watersheds that sustain them.

Environment
10
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
11
California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance

To create a california where balancing economic growth and environmental protection is not only a vision, but also a reality.

—
12
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environment California Research and Policy Center; the most unlike its peers is The Concerned Citizens of St John. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

671 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. 671 of the 772 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.

52
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
244
Early backer (in before they grew)
663/671
Grantees still filing
503/671
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CALIFORNIA DESERT LAND CONSERVANCY: $7,444,382 · EnvironmentTHE CALIFORNIA DESERT LAND CONSERVANCYEARTHJUSTICE: $5,625,000 · EnvironmentCLIMATE POWER EDUCATION FUND: $4,628,129 · EnvironmentLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $4,135,000 · EnvironmentPARKS CALIFORNIA: $3,658,555 · Environment+106 more: $83,122,633 · Environment+106 moreSHER EDLING LLP: $5,311,329 · OtherSHER EDLING LLPTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,892,982 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS: $1,704,210 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY: $1,295,000 · OtherHIP HOP CAUCUS EDUCATION FUND: $3,794,304 · OtherHIP HOP CAUCUS EDUCATI…ADVANCE DEMOCRACY INC: $1,786,000 · OtherCENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW INC: $1,300,000 · Other+42 more: $21,478,043 · Other+42 moreTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $4,486,886 · AnimalsTROUT UNLIM…NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $2,807,399 · AnimalsNATIONAL WI…FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN FISH AND WILDLIFE: $2,574,250 · AnimalsFOUNDATION …CALIFORNIA TROUT INC: $2,563,243 · AnimalsCALIFORNIA …WASHINGTON COAST SUSTAINABLE SALMON FOUNDATION: $1,872,800 · AnimalsWASHINGTON …CALIFORNIA MARINE SANCTUARY FOUNDATION: $1,542,450 · AnimalsCALIFORNIA …RESOLVE INC: $1,000,000 · AnimalsUpwell Turtles: $665,000 · Animals+6 more: $2,154,977 · Animals+6 moreFUND FOR A BETTER FUTURE INC: $10,665,000 · Community ImprovementTHE GREENLINING INSTITUTE: $1,111,000 · Community ImprovementSUSTAINABLE NORTHWEST: $785,090 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $554,531 · Community Improvement+2 more: $744,750 · Community ImprovementTEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO: $1,000,000 · EducationTHE WATERSHED RESEARCH & TRAINING CENTER: $830,990 · EducationBENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION: $735,000 · EducationOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $690,393 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $555,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $550,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $409,600 · EducationUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $397,936 · EducationTHE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE: $250,000 · EducationSierra Business Council: $250,000 · EducationTAXPAYERS FOR COMMON SENSE: $2,535,334 · Public BenefitEarthworks: $1,970,000 · Public BenefitThe Rand Corporation: $576,609 · Public BenefitCivicwell: $529,620 · Public BenefitThe Pew Charitable Trusts: $1,465,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER JOHNSTOWN: $1,240,919 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATION: $675,000 · PhilanthropyTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $400,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $302,000 · PhilanthropyEQUATION CAMPAIGN AND GLOBAL CLIMATE LEGAL DEFENSE: $270,000 · Philanthropy
Environment$108,613,699Other$38,561,868Animals$19,667,005Community Improvement$13,860,371Education$5,668,919Public Benefit$5,611,563Philanthropy$4,352,919

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 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 budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,892,982 over 8y, 0.0% 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 budgetWINDWARD FUND: $1,500,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER JOHNSTOWN: $1,240,919 over 3y, 3.1% 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 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.

  • Who funds FUND FOR A BETTER FUTURE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CALIFORNIA DESERT LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATE POWER EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds TROUT UNLIMITED INC ↗
  • Who funds LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds HIP HOP CAUCUS EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds PARKS CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds WATER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN FISH AND WILDLIFE ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA TROUT INC ↗
  • Who funds TAXPAYERS FOR COMMON SENSE ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WILDCOAST ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Rogue Basin Partnership ↗
  • Who funds Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives ↗
  • Who funds Earthworks ↗
  • Who funds THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AIR ALLIANCE HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON COAST SUSTAINABLE SALMON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ADVANCE DEMOCRACY INC ↗
  • Who funds Clean Air Council ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY GULF ↗
  • Who funds Orange County Coastkeeper ↗
  • Who funds THE WILDERNESS LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA MARINE SANCTUARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DEEP SOUTH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ↗
  • Who funds WINDWARD FUND ↗
  • Who funds The Pew Charitable Trusts ↗
  • Who funds MULTIPLIER ↗
  • Who funds Ducks Unlimited Inc ↗
  • Who funds California Coastal Protection Network ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW INC ↗

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Sustainable Northwest: 5% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Western Rivers Conservancy: 0% of income from government
  • Bennington College Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
54report 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 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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