· Private foundation
Sacharuna Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k18 grants · $388k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $371k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | $140,000 |
| WORLD WILDLIFE FUND | $113,000 |
| PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL | $67,500 |
| THE PUTNEY SCHOOL | $50,000 |
| YEW MOUNTAIN CENTER | $43,000 |
| ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION | $30,000 |
| APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN ADVOCATES | $25,000 |
| SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTRPRENEURS | $25,000 |
| SAN JUAN CITIZENS ALLIANCE | $25,000 |
| CHILDREN OF TIBET TRUST FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| EARTHWORKS | $25,000 |
| WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER | $25,000 |
| CHAMA PEAK LANDOWNERS ALLIANCE | $25,000 |
| SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| THE CONSERVATION FUND | $24,632 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 66% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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 +53% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $290k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC3× · 2020–2024 · $419k · revenue +28%- TPTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL5× · 2020–2024 · $183k · revenue +108%
- WEWESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER6× · 2019–2024 · $150k · revenue +58%
Funded once
- CSCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +28%
- TBTHE BIOPHILIA FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -57%
- RMROCKY MOUNTAIN WOLF PROJECTone grant, 2019 · $50k
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.
Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.
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.
We bring science, policy, and proven solutions directly to communities working to restore the integrity and natural connectivity of the landscapes in which they live. (see schedule o)
The mission of the nature conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.
Advance the well- being of mountain people and conservation of mountain environments.
Panthera's mission is the conservation of the world's 40 wild cat species, many of which are endangered or threatened. panthera develops, implements and oversees wild cat conservation strategies on a global scale.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…
The Natura Bolivia Foundation is dedicated to implementing, and evaluating the impact of conservation and development programs, with a focus on watershed conservation, protected areas, and incentive based conservation in Bolivia. We work…
How this is measured
43 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. 43 of the 65 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 WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds THE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER ↗
- Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION ↗
- Who funds YEW MOUNTAIN CENTER ↗
- Who funds COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Earthworks ↗
- Who funds ALLEGHENY-BLUE RIDGE ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds San Juan Citizens Alliance ↗
- Who funds SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC ↗
- Who funds Forest Collective ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN OF TIBET TRUST FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WILDAID INC ↗
- Who funds THE BIOPHILIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NDPONICS ↗
- Who funds PUTNEY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds SMOKEY HOUSE CENTER ↗
- Who funds Center for Food Safety ↗
- Who funds CHESAPEAKE CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds TIBET HOUSE US INC ↗
- Who funds UMA INSTITUTE FOR TIBETAN STUDIES ↗
- Who funds MERWIN CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds THE AMAZON BIODIVERSITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE EARTH ↗
- Who funds Upstream Alliance 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.
Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · Alchemy Charitable Foundation Co Johnson Financial Grp LLC · Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc · Marin Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sacharuna Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sacharuna Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Smokey House Center: 54% of income from government
- Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
How this is measured
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