Massachusetts · Public charity
Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc
Woodwell Climate Research Center conducts science for solutions at the nexus of climate, people and nature. We partner with leaders and communities for just, meaningful impact to address the climate crisis.
- $6.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $5.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $150,478
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,330,255
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $56M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $4.7M | 35% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $4.1M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $2.3M | 6% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $915k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $472k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $395k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $416k | 45% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $568k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Institute For Justice | $4,430,618 | 4 | 58% |
| University of Alaska | $1,933,041 | 4 | n/a |
| University of California Santa Barbara | $716,925 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Connecticut | $628,741 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park | $579,421 | 5 | n/a |
| Arizona State University | $552,664 | 2 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $485,582 | 2 | n/a |
| Buzzards Bay Coalition | $324,940 | 4 | 1% |
| Colorado State University | $306,322 | 5 | n/a |
| Northeastern University | $293,854 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 47 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Institute For Justice | $4,430,618 | 4 | 58% |
| University of Alaska | $1,933,041 | 4 | n/a |
| University of California Santa Barbara | $716,925 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Connecticut | $628,741 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park | $579,421 | 5 | n/a |
| Arizona State University | $552,664 | 2 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $485,582 | 2 | n/a |
| Buzzards Bay Coalition | $324,940 | 4 | 1% |
| Colorado State University | $306,322 | 5 | n/a |
| Northeastern University | $293,854 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Connecticut | $213,138 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of Boston University | $207,227 | 3 | 0% |
| Northern Arizona University Foundation | $202,764 | 3 | 1% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $201,631 | 3 | n/a |
| Resources Legacy Fund | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $197,831 | 5 | n/a |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | $179,023 | 2 | 0% |
| Bryn Mawr College | $152,010 | 5 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $150,478 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | $141,742 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Florida | $141,559 | 4 | n/a |
| The Council on Strategic Risks | $138,180 | 4 | 1% |
| University of Massachusetts | $134,227 | 2 | n/a |
| International Cryosphere Climate Initiative | $121,000 | 4 | 47% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $114,984 | 3 | 0% |
| Virginia Institute of Marine Science | $107,097 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Texas | $104,449 | 2 | n/a |
| National Institute of Aerospace Associates | $101,769 | 5 | 0% |
| Rainforest Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kachemak Bay Conservation Society | $72,716 | 3 | 68% |
| Battelle Memorial Institute | $71,386 | 1 | 0% |
| Alaska Pacific University | $67,588 | 3 | 0% |
| Geohazards International | $64,703 | 3 | 3% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $63,330 | 3 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $63,191 | 3 | 0% |
| Montana State University | $48,559 | 2 | n/a |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $36,041 | 1 | n/a |
| Board of the University of Alabama | $33,543 | 1 | n/a |
| Wake Forest University | $33,190 | 1 | 0% |
| Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium | $31,466 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Montana | $29,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Orutsararmiut Native Council | $24,999 | 1 | n/a |
| University System of New Hampshire | $16,869 | 1 | n/a |
| Macalester College | $13,650 | 1 | 0% |
| US Geological Survey | $11,890 | 1 | n/a |
| Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council | $9,599 | 1 | 1% |
| American Museum of Natural History | $5,136 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Johns Hopkins University · The Alaska Community Foundation · Old Dominion University Research Foundation · Trustees of Boston University · University of Pittsburgh · Rasmuson Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc with peer funders
About Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc
- How much does Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc give?
- Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc reported 25 itemized grants totaling $5,695,763, out of $6,183,333 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (67%), Civil Rights (25%), Environment (5%).
- Who are Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Alaska Institute For Justice ($4.4M), University of Alaska ($1.9M), University of California Santa Barbara ($717k).
- Does Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Johns Hopkins University, The Alaska Community Foundation, Old Dominion University Research Foundation.
- Where is Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc based?
- Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc is based in MA.
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