· Private foundation
River Branch Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $50k–250k12 grants · $1.4M
- $250k+12 grants · $9.1M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE CONSERVATION FUND | $2,000,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION | $1,060,000 |
| TAOS LAND TRUST | $1,020,000 |
| HUNTERDON LAND TRUST | $1,000,000 |
| AUDUBON FLORIDA | $1,000,000 |
| ALACHUA CONSERVATION TRUST | $620,000 |
| JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $500,000 |
| NATURECONNECT FLORIDA | $500,000 |
| ECOFLIGHT | $430,000 |
| WJCT INC | $400,000 |
| ST JOHN'S RIVERKEEPER | $300,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $250,000 |
| 1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA | $230,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA | $200,000 |
| EVERGLADES FOUNDATION | $150,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $260k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.7M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VSVERMONT STUDIO CENTER INC8× · 2017–2025 · $5.9M · revenue +120% · 39% of their budget
- NFNORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST INC5× · 2017–2021 · $2.9M · revenue +67% · 52% of their budget
- ACALACHUA CONSERVATION TRUST INC3× · 2022–2025 · $2.6M · revenue +55%
Funded once
- GGREENSCAPEone grant, 2024 · $525k
THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INCone grant, 2024 · $500k · revenue -18%- CCCHATHAM CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2024 · $500k · revenue -40% · 60% 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.
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.
Mission is to seek protection of land and water resources through restoration and conservation; and conducting education and outreach on the ecological and economic importance of natural lands. we protect land from development and protect…
We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…
Recognizing that a healthy environment is critical to the well-being and survival of all living things, new jersey conservation foundation is devoted to preserving land and protecting natural resources throughout new jersey's (continued on…
Archbold expeditions, inc.'s mission is to build and share the scientific knowledge needed to protect the life, lands, and waters of the heart of florida and beyond.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
Conservation florida's mission is to permanently protect florida's water, wildlife, and wild places - the places that make florida home.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
We are a grassroots organization focused on the critical environmental issues of sw florida. we accomplish this through a myriad of efforts by the teams in our programmatic departments: science, policy, education and wildlife…
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
To safeguard Florida's water, wildlife, and wild spaces by taking action today to prevent irreversible loss tomorrow.
Nature collective's mission is to drive a passion for nature for all. we think inclusively and diversely when serving those devoid of nature those who remember nature and want to connect back to it and those who have an affinity with…
In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…
How this is measured
40 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. 40 of the 59 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 VERMONT STUDIO CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds ALACHUA CONSERVATION TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds RARITAN HEADWATERS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds JACKSONVILLE ARBORETUM & BOTANICAL ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds TAOS LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds HUNTERDON LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds ST JOHNS RIVERKEEPER INC ↗
- Who funds ECOFLIGHT ↗
- Who funds WJCT INC ↗
- Who funds NATURECONNECT FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC ↗
- Who funds CHATHAM CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds 1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds Plant a Million Corals Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds LIFE CAMP INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
- Who funds MEMORIAL PARK ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds CONCORD ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE TREASURE COAST INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE INC ↗
- Who funds New Jersey Audubon Society ↗
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: The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · Fidelity Foundation · Jwb Cares Inc · The Maryellen S Willis Charitable Trust · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Hicks Charitable Foundation · The Schultz Foundation Inc · The Haskell Foundation · Felburn Foundation · Csx Foundation Inc · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization River Branch Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from River Branch Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Raritan Headwaters Association: 94% of income from government
- North Florida Land Trust Inc: 81% of income from government
- Hunterdon Land Trust: 48% of income from government
- Hubbard House Inc: 42% of income from government
- Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast Inc: 6% of income from government
- Alachua Conservation Trust Inc: 5% of income from government
- Life Camp Inc: 4% of income from government
- Groundwork Jacksonville Inc: 3% of income from government
- Vermont Studio Center Inc: 2% of income from government
- New Jersey Audubon Society: 1% of income from government
- Clara White Mission Inc: 1% of income from government
- Florida Oceanographic Society Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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