California · Public charity
Save the Redwoods League
SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE protects and restores redwood forests and connects people with their peace and beauty so these wonders of the natural world flourish.
- $3.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 36
- Grants FY2025
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 32
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $209M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations Save the Redwoods League funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EnvironmentEducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther
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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 36 | $3.8M | 33% |
| FY2024 | 32 | $1.3M | 31% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $1.1M | 48% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $6.1M | 52% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $5.2M | 73% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $3.6M | 44% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $1.0M | 36% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $1.4M | 63% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Environment$16MRecreation & Sports$5.3MScience & Tech$2.5MEducation$955kArts & Culture$258kAnimals$123kYouth Development$93kEmployment$57kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
WA
WI
NY
MA
NV
WY
CA
UT
CO
AZ
DC
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Mall and Memorial Parks | $7,210,992 | 4 | n/a |
| California Department of Parks and Recreation Candlestick Point State Recr | $5,182,199 | 9 | n/a |
| Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation | $2,349,850 | 9 | 1% |
| The Bureau of Land Management Foundation | $2,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of California Davis | $1,439,133 | 5 | n/a |
| California State Coastal Conservancy | $1,013,373 | 2 | n/a |
| Yurok Tribe | $799,823 | 5 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $686,481 | 7 | n/a |
| LandPaths | $432,001 | 5 | 25% |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | $356,250 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Mall and Memorial Parks | $7,210,992 | 4 | n/a |
| California Department of Parks and Recreation Candlestick Point State Recr | $5,182,199 | 9 | n/a |
| Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation | $2,349,850 | 9 | 1% |
| The Bureau of Land Management Foundation | $2,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of California Davis | $1,439,133 | 5 | n/a |
| California State Coastal Conservancy | $1,013,373 | 2 | n/a |
| Yurok Tribe | $799,823 | 5 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $686,481 | 7 | n/a |
| LandPaths | $432,001 | 5 | 25% |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | $356,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Sempervirens Fund | $356,250 | 1 | 4% |
| Intertribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council | $327,155 | 3 | 22% |
| Colorado State University | $289,338 | 4 | n/a |
| Mountain Parks Foundation of Santa Cruz | $265,000 | 3 | 2% |
| National Park Service | $212,800 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $180,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Northern Arizona University | $134,846 | 4 | n/a |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | $104,847 | 8 | 0% |
| Fortuna Elementary School District | $104,333 | 5 | n/a |
| Bureau of Land Managment | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $56,437 | 1 | n/a |
| College of the Redwoods | $52,355 | 3 | n/a |
| Amherst College Trustees | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Agricultural Research Service (Usda) | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Csu Bakersfield Auxiliary for Sponsored Programs Administration | $44,780 | 1 | 0% |
| Sequoia Parks Conservancy | $43,304 | 2 | 1% |
| Mother Lode Land Trust | $40,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Santa Cruz County Office of Education | $34,830 | 4 | n/a |
| The Tower Foundation of San Jose State University | $34,025 | 2 | 0% |
| Point Reyes Bird Observatory | $30,363 | 2 | 0% |
| San Francisco State University | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington State University | $29,958 | 1 | n/a |
| First Place for Youth | $29,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cumbre Humboldt | $25,116 | 4 | n/a |
| California State University Fresno Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humboldt Redwoods Interpretive Assn | $25,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Redwood Parks Conservancy | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ancient Forest Society | $25,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Utah State University | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| California Native Plant Society | $24,870 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks | $23,664 | 2 | n/a |
| Cal Poly Humboldt Foundation | $20,933 | 1 | 0% |
| Colgate University | $19,953 | 1 | 0% |
| San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation | $18,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Santa Lucia Conservancy | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Brothers on the Rise | $18,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Vida Verde Nature Education | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Exploring New Horizons | $17,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Smith River Alliance Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| San Mateo County Resource Conservation District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Riverside | $14,595 | 1 | n/a |
| Califonia State University East Bay Foundation Inc | $13,837 | 1 | 0% |
| Board of Regents of the University of California (Merced) | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Saved by Nature | $12,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Community School for Creative Education | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Harbor Community Development Corp | $12,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Youth Spirit Artworks | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ukiah Unified School District | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Petaluma City Schools | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wilderness Arts and Literacy Collaborative | $12,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Robla School District | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cal Poly Pomona Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mendocino Lake Cc District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| California Library Association | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sonoma County Regional Parks | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Initiatives | $7,880 | 1 | 0% |
| California Academy of Sciences | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Unity Care Group | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Queer Sol Collective Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Phoenix | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Civicorps | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Sausal Creek | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Eel River Recovery Project Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Wildcare | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Sur Land Trust | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Real Options for City Kids | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coastal Watershed Council | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Nature Connection | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Winters Joint Unified School | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Francisco Friends School | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Native Health in Native Hands | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Monica Mountains Fund | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fresno Building Healthy Communities | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Centro del Pueblo Movimiento Indigena Migrante | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| United Camps Conferences and Retreats Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City Of Fresno | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greenfield Community Science Workshop | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Unity Schools | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Watsonville | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Redwood Community Action Agency | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Environmental Volunteers Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sonoma State University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| YES Nature to Neighborhoods | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Save the Redwoods League supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 59 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 59.
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.
The Joseph and Vera Long FoundationCA31.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation · Parks California · Resources Legacy Fund · The San Francisco Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Humboldt Area Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · California State Parks Foundation · The Dean Witter Foundation · Foundation for California Community Colleges · Community Foundation Santa Cruz County
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.
About Save the Redwoods League
- How much does Save the Redwoods League give?
- Save the Redwoods League reported 36 grants totaling $3,836,871 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Save the Redwoods League fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (62%), Recreation & Sports (21%), Science & Tech (10%).
- Who are Save the Redwoods League's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Mall and Memorial Parks ($7.2M), California Department of Parks and Recreation Candlestick Point State Recr ($5.2M), Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation ($2.3M).
- Does Save the Redwoods League fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Save the Redwoods League?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation, Parks California, Resources Legacy Fund.
- Where is Save the Redwoods League based?
- Save the Redwoods League is based in CA.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The DAF merry-go-round
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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