How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Virginia?

Start with the funders already giving to environment in Virginia, currently The Rob Walton Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.

How much grant money goes to environment in Virginia?

$615M reached 206 environment organizations in Virginia, from 941 funders. 21% came from funders also based in Virginia.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Virginia · Environment

Who funds environment in Virginia

Most of it comes from outside Virginia: only 21% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: Conservation International Foundation alone draws 43% of every environment grant dollar in Virginia.

$615M

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206

organizations

21%

from in-state

The short version

941 funders gave $615M to 206 environment organizations in Virginia across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
21% of that came from funders also based in Virginia; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in Virginia is The Rob Walton Foundation, at $78M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Conservation International Foundation, at $266M.

Largest funders of environment in Virginia

The funders giving the most to environment organizations in Virginia, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1The Rob Walton Foundation$78M 2The Nature Conservancy$63M 3Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation$32M 4The Greater Cincinnati Foundation$25M 5The Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham$19M 6Bhp Foundation$17M 7Waverley Street Foundation$16M 8Silicon Valley Community Foundation$16M 9Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$15M 10National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$14M

Environment organizations in Virginia that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

Conservation International Foundation$266M

196 other environment organizations$89M

The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit$74M Blue Investments for Nature Inc$61M Rare$57M

How to find environment funders in Virginia

1
Start with the funders already active in Virginia
The funders giving the most to environment in Virginia are The Rob Walton Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
79% of environment money in Virginia comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Virginia.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Virginia?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in Virginia, currently The Rob Walton Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in Virginia?: The Rob Walton Foundation gives the most to environment organizations in Virginia, $78M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Virginia?: $615M reached 206 environment organizations in Virginia, from 941 funders. 21% came from funders also based in Virginia.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.