How much does The Marisla Foundation give?

The Marisla Foundation reported 194 grants totaling $46,678,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 145 and 202 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.

What does The Marisla Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (48%), Philanthropy (28%), International (5%).

Who are The Marisla Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Oceana Inc ($12M), Resources Legacy Fund ($6.0M), Center for American Progress ($4.8M).

Does The Marisla Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does The Marisla Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as The Marisla Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Resources Legacy Fund, Patagoniaorg, The Schmidt Family Foundation.

Where is The Marisla Foundation based?

The Marisla Foundation is based in CA.

Foundation Dossiers

California · Private foundation

The Marisla Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$47M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 194
Grants FY2024: 189
Organizations funded FY2023: 5%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $75,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $9,890,000
Organizations funded a year: 145 to 202; FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 25
Total assets, FY2024: $21M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 5% of the organizations The Marisla Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $482k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EnvironmentArts & CultureInternationalEducationCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther

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
FY2024still arriving	182	$27M	10%
FY2023	189	$21M	5%
FY2022	202	$23M	8%
FY2021	145	$18M	10%
FY2020	200	$30M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$98MPhilanthropy$58MInternational$9.8MAnimals$8.1MCivil Rights$7.0MHealth$3.5MEducation$3.3MPublic Benefit$3.0MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Oceana Inc	$11,675,000	5	7%
Resources Legacy Fund	$6,005,000	5	4%
Center for American Progress	$4,750,000	5	3%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc	$4,000,000	5	1%
Toxic-Free Future F/K/A Washington Toxics Coalition	$2,625,000	5	23%
Health Care Without Harm	$2,150,000	5	5%
Pro Publica Inc	$2,000,000	5	1%
Ecocenter Inc	$1,975,000	5	19%
Crystal Cove Conservancy	$1,974,000	5	18%
Environmental Working Group	$1,825,000	5	4%

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All grantees of The Marisla Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Oceana Inc	$11,675,000	5	7%
Resources Legacy Fund	$6,005,000	5	4%
Center for American Progress	$4,750,000	5	3%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc	$4,000,000	5	1%
Toxic-Free Future F/K/A Washington Toxics Coalition	$2,625,000	5	23%
Health Care Without Harm	$2,150,000	5	5%
Pro Publica Inc	$2,000,000	5	1%
Ecocenter Inc	$1,975,000	5	19%
Crystal Cove Conservancy	$1,974,000	5	18%
Environmental Working Group	$1,825,000	5	4%
Commonweal Foundation	$1,820,000	4	37%
National Tropical Botanical Garden	$1,700,000	5	5%
Global Fishing Watch Inc	$1,575,000	5	6%
Amazon Conservation Team	$1,500,000	4	9%
Wildaid Inc	$1,500,000	5	8%
Center for Climate Integrity	$1,500,000	3	12%
Virginia Organizing Inc	$1,485,000	5	7%
Earthjustice	$1,400,000	4	0%
Media Matters for America	$1,300,000	4	2%
Coming Clean Inc	$1,225,000	5	12%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation	$1,200,000	5	0%
Physicians for Social Responsibility	$1,125,000	5	19%
Endangered Habitats League	$1,100,000	5	37%
Pesticide Action Network North America	$1,050,000	5	14%
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives	$1,000,000	5	5%
Environmental Health Sciences	$1,000,000	3	37%
Coastal Quest	$979,000	5	13%
Center for International Environmental Law Inc	$975,000	5	4%
Wild Dolphin Project Inc	$900,000	5	42%
Island Conservation	$900,000	4	3%
Inside Climate News Inc	$900,000	4	16%
Orange County Coastkeeper	$885,000	4	13%
The Wilderness Society	$875,000	5	1%
Environmental Investigation Agency	$875,000	5	3%
The Surfrider Foundation	$825,000	4	2%
Center for Media and Democracy Inc	$750,000	5	18%
Environmental Integrity Project	$725,000	4	5%
The Ocean Foundation	$675,000	5	1%
Sustainable Markets Foundation	$650,000	5	1%
Project O	$640,000	5	95%
Clean Water Fund	$610,000	5	3%
American Council On Renewable Energy	$610,000	4	5%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc	$600,000	5	0%
The Trust for Public Land	$600,000	4	0%
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund	$600,000	4	0%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc	$580,000	5	1%
Waterkeeper Alliance Inc	$580,000	5	1%
Center for Food Safety	$560,000	4	9%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc	$555,000	5	0%
Stand	$550,000	4	n/a
Ocean Institute	$550,000	5	7%
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide	$550,000	5	2%
University of California Santa Barbara	$549,790	5	n/a
Commonweal	$545,000	1	5%
Wishtoyo Foundation Dba Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation	$500,000	5	24%
Friends of the Osa	$500,000	5	9%
Conservation Lands Foundation	$500,000	5	2%
The Sonoran Institute Inc	$500,000	5	4%
CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC Biodiversity Funders Grp	$494,500	4	9%
Defend Our Health	$460,000	4	18%
Habitable	$460,000	5	4%
Earth Island Institute Inc	$455,000	5	1%
Evangelical Environmental Network	$450,000	4	6%
Wildlife Conservation Society	$450,000	4	0%
The Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress	$440,000	4	1%
Upwell Turtles	$430,000	5	12%
Wildcoast	$420,000	4	5%
Marine Applied Research and Exploration	$415,000	5	10%
Cat Action Treasury Inc	$400,000	3	31%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc	$400,000	1	0%
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators	$400,000	4	8%
The Carl Safina Center Inc the Safina Center	$395,000	5	15%
Breast Cancer Prevention Partners	$380,000	4	7%
Los Angeles Waterkeeper	$380,000	5	6%
Labor Community Strategy Center	$380,000	5	14%
Sierra Club Foundation	$375,000	4	0%
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation	$375,000	4	1%
Ocean Alliance Inc	$375,000	5	8%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc	$370,000	4	0%
Center for Environmental Health	$365,000	5	2%
Clean Production Action Inc	$365,000	5	6%
Environmental Health Coalition	$365,000	4	4%
Communities for a Better Environment	$360,000	4	3%
350org	$350,000	4	1%
American Economic Liberties Project	$340,000	3	4%
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Inc	$335,000	3	14%
Laguna Greenbelt Inc	$325,000	5	58%
The American Independent Foundation	$325,000	3	0%
California Environmental Voters Education Fund	$320,000	5	8%
Zoological Society of San Diego	$310,000	3	0%
Laguna Canyon Foundation	$305,000	4	12%
BlueGreen Alliance Foundation	$300,000	4	2%
Vet Voice Foundation Inc	$300,000	2	3%
Heal the Bay	$300,000	4	3%
The Voter Participation Center	$300,000	3	1%
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society	$300,000	4	2%
Marine Conservation Biology Institute	$280,000	5	6%
Friends of the Earth	$265,000	5	0%
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center	$265,000	5	2%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley	$265,000	1	n/a
Environmental Defense Center	$260,000	4	4%
As You Sow	$260,000	5	1%
Reef Check Foundation	$260,000	5	5%
The San Onofre Foundation	$255,000	3	58%
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance	$250,000	5	10%
Sea Turtle Conservancy	$250,000	5	1%
Defenders of Wildlife	$250,000	5	0%
Louisiana Bucket Brigade	$250,000	5	5%
Sustainable Northwest	$250,000	5	2%
Save the Waves Coalition	$250,000	5	5%
Earthworks	$250,000	4	1%
Environmental Defender Law Center	$250,000	5	10%
Greenpeace Fund Inc	$250,000	5	0%
San Diego Coastkeeper	$250,000	5	7%
Island Press	$245,000	5	2%
University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc	$240,000	3	0%
The Protect Our Communities Foundation	$240,000	5	18%
Climate Central Inc	$230,000	5	1%
Charitable Ventures of Orange County	$220,000	4	1%
Treepeople Inc	$205,000	5	0%
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy	$200,000	5	4%
The Coral Reef Alliance	$200,000	4	2%
Public Citizen Foundation Inc	$200,000	1	1%
Catholic Relief Services	$200,000	1	n/a
The 5 Gyres Institute	$200,000	3	8%
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice	$200,000	4	2%
Just Transition Alliance	$200,000	4	12%
Pacoima Beautiful	$200,000	4	3%
Water Climate Trust	$200,000	5	62%
American Bird Conservancy	$200,000	5	0%
Upstream Policy Institute Inc	$200,000	4	5%
Only One Inc	$200,000	2	1%
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Inc	$180,000	4	8%
Oregon Environmental Council	$180,000	4	3%
Rewild Inc	$180,000	1	n/a
Rewild	$180,000	1	0%
Tompkins Conservation	$180,000	1	1%
Paso Pacifico	$175,000	4	10%
Food for Thought	$175,000	5	52%
Asian Pacific Environmental Network	$175,000	5	1%
Green Science Policy Institute	$175,000	5	3%
Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc	$175,000	2	2%
Institute for Fisheries Resources	$160,000	5	18%
Internews Network	$160,000	4	0%
Organic Farming Research Foundation	$155,000	5	3%
Laguna Ocean Foundation	$150,000	3	37%
Stand	$150,000	1	2%
Oxfam-America Inc	$150,000	1	0%
Community Partners	$150,000	5	0%
Friends of the Virgin Islands National Park Inc	$150,000	3	4%
Alaska Community Action on Toxics	$150,000	5	3%
Population Media Center Inc	$150,000	2	1%
Community Alliance With Family Farmers	$150,000	4	2%
Mongabay Org Corp	$150,000	4	1%
Pacific Rim Conservation	$145,000	4	3%
People's Action Institute	$140,000	5	0%
Alaska Marine Community Coalition	$135,000	5	5%
Environmental Protection Network	$135,000	4	4%
National Environmental Education and Training Foundation Inc	$130,000	3	2%
Chile-California Council	$130,000	5	16%
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition	$130,000	5	2%
Lighthawk	$125,000	5	5%
International Rivers Network	$125,000	4	2%
Netcentric Campaigns	$125,000	5	8%
Center for Progressive Reform Inc	$125,000	5	4%
Wild Oceans Inc	$125,000	5	6%
Multiplier	$120,000	2	0%
Ecology Center	$120,000	3	1%
Point Reyes Bird Observatory	$120,000	4	0%
Basel Action Network	$120,000	4	6%
New York Botanical Garden	$120,000	3	0%
Women's Voices for the Earth	$120,000	4	4%
Animal Welfare Institute	$110,000	5	0%
Oo Project	$100,000	2	2%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc	$100,000	1	0%
Breast Cancer Action	$100,000	4	5%
Northern Chumash Tribal Council	$100,000	3	5%
The Climate Group Inc	$100,000	1	3%
Clean and Healthy New York	$100,000	5	5%
Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust	$100,000	4	16%
Marine Protected Area Collaborative Network	$100,000	1	19%
Louisiana Environmental Action Network	$100,000	5	4%
The Marine Mammal Center	$100,000	5	0%
College of the Atlantic	$100,000	5	0%
Beyond Pesticides	$100,000	5	2%
The Alliance for Climate Protection	$100,000	3	0%
Bolsa Chica Land Trust	$90,000	3	11%
Turtle Island Restoration Network	$90,000	1	4%
Advanced Conservation Strategies	$90,000	3	8%
Mangrove Action Project	$85,000	5	13%
Ventana Wildlife Society	$80,000	4	2%
Power Shift Network	$80,000	1	8%
Ocean Awareness Project Inc	$80,000	2	27%
Fractracker Alliance	$80,000	4	3%
Seacology	$75,000	3	1%
West Harlem Environmental Action Inc	$75,000	3	1%
New Mexico Environmental Law Center	$75,000	5	2%
The George Washington University	$75,000	3	0%
Xerces Society Inc	$75,000	4	0%
International Indian Treaty Council Inc	$75,000	3	3%
Regents of the University of California	$60,000	1	n/a
Center for Coastal Studies Inc	$60,000	3	0%
Global Conservation	$60,000	3	1%
Ecology Center	$60,000	1	2%
Schoolyard Films Inc	$55,000	3	20%
Pacific Environment and Resources Center	$50,000	2	0%
Black Women for Wellness	$50,000	1	1%
Californians Against Waste Foundation	$50,000	2	3%
Open Markets Institute	$50,000	1	1%
Violence Policy Center	$50,000	1	4%
The Regeneration Project	$50,000	2	2%
Asociacion Interamericana Para la Defensa del Ambiente	$45,000	1	3%
California State Parks Foundation	$35,000	1	0%
Center on Race Poverty & the Environment	$30,000	1	1%
Recycle Hawaii	$30,000	1	n/a
California Environmental Justice Alliance	$30,000	1	0%
Oikonos - Ecosystem Knowledge	$30,000	1	3%
Vitalogy Foundation	$30,000	1	1%
Organic Consumers Association	$25,000	1	1%
Farallon Institute	$25,000	1	2%
Greenspace - the Cambria Land Trust	$25,000	1	13%
Natural Capitalism Solutions Inc	$25,000	1	1%
Legacy Philanthropy Works	$25,000	1	4%
Regents of the University of California at Irvine	$25,000	1	n/a
Marine Fish Conservation Network	$25,000	1	n/a
Earth Law Center	$20,000	1	1%
Environmental Grantmakers Association	$20,000	1	1%
Polynesian Voyaging Society	$20,000	1	1%
International Documentary Foundation Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Kilauea Point Natural History Association	$20,000	1	5%
Friends of the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve	$15,000	3	2%
Laguna College of Art & Design	$15,000	1	0%
Sustainable Surf	$10,000	1	1%
Waipa Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
World Seabird Union	$10,000	1	49%
Heyday	$10,000	1	0%
Council on Foundations Inc	$7,500	1	0%
Ocean River Institute Inc	$6,500	1	10%
Mental Health Association in Orange County Inc	$2,500	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.8M), not named here.

The Marisla Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 13 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

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.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

Resources Legacy FundCA107.3× affinity59 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Resources Legacy Fund · Patagoniaorg · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · Natural Resources Defense Council Inc · The Rose Foundation for Communities the Environment · Climateworks Foundation · Park Foundation Inc · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · United States Energy Foundation · The Overbrook 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.

Compare The Marisla Foundation with peer funders

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About The Marisla Foundation

How much does The Marisla Foundation give?: The Marisla Foundation reported 194 grants totaling $46,678,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 145 and 202 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Marisla Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (48%), Philanthropy (28%), International (5%).
Who are The Marisla Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Oceana Inc ($12M), Resources Legacy Fund ($6.0M), Center for American Progress ($4.8M).
Does The Marisla Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Marisla Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Marisla Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Resources Legacy Fund, Patagoniaorg, The Schmidt Family Foundation.
Where is The Marisla Foundation based?: The Marisla Foundation is based in CA.