Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 212 organizations whose IRS filings report $281,552,767 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($60,600,000). 119 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $75M
- Funders on record
- 212
- Grants received
- $282M
- Net assets
- $33M
What League of Conservation Voters Education Fund does
Mission
Lcvef works to turn environmental values into national, state and local priorities. Lcvef, in collaboration with our state lcvef partners, educates the public, media and public officials about key environmental issues, (continued on schedule o) works to increase voter participation in the democratic process and mobilizes a diverse network of activists to advocate for sound environmental policies.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The climate and organizing program works with and supports state affiliates and other partners to educate the public and media about the importance of addressing climate change. The goal of the program is to educate and engage enough people to call for the united states to become a world leader in helping to tackle climate change.
$55,224,038 spentof which $51,110,342 as grants85% of program spendingThe state capacity building program provides training, guidance and financial assistance to state affiliates for support of their programs, including board development, list enhancement, fundraising, programmatic support such as global warming, and general operating support.
$6,539,286 spentof which $2,174,828 as grants$175,179 earned by the program10% of program spendingThe community & civic engagement program builds upon the power of communities of color across the country to achieve climate justice and seeks to increase access to the ballot box.
$1,918,839 spentof which $1,303,747 as grants$4,282,450 earned by the program3% of program spendingOther programs
$1,448,316 spentof which $230,064 as grants2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $65,130,479.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $24M to $34M (+40%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
92% of LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Carol Browner
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 39 funders to 79 funders, grant income rose $12M → $44M.
52 of 212 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $100k from one payer (an institutional transfer, not a grant programme, largest Tansy Charitable Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND raised.
From the IRS filings of LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 212 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
69% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 44% · 2019 36% · 2020 25% · 2021 20% · 2022 12% · 2023 30% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
45% of LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND draws 84% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 30 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $133M arriving through sponsors registered in 20 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND has grown faster than three-quarters of the 330 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 330 environment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 29 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND?
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 212 organizations whose IRS filings report $281,552,767 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($60,600,000). 119 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND have?
- IRS filings report 212 organizations giving $281,552,767 in grants to LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND, 119 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND?
- FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS is the largest funder on record, with $60,600,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 212 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing