New York · Nonprofit
NRDC ACTION FUND INC
NRDC ACTION FUND INC (New York) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,066,075 to it, the largest being SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND ($5,076,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.2M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $9.0M
What Nrdc Action Fund Inc does
Mission
To build political support for advancing the goals of the natural resources defense council.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Climate and energyduring the fiscal year that ended june 30, 2025, the nrdc action fund worked to expand and mobilize our influential constituencies, experts, community leaders, and others to champion clean air and water, public health, biodiversity, and a stable climate. We lobbied decision makers on the federal and state levels to protect and strengthen environmental policies. We held elected officials accountable by educating constituents when their congressional representatives voted for or against environmental priorities and exposing those who sided with polluters rather than the public good. (see schedule o)we supported political candidates who stood up for the environment and equitable climate action and worked to help elect climate champions to congress.examples of the nrdc action fund's federal advocacy include lobbying and media campaigns to advocate against legislation that would repeal clean energy and other pro-climate legislation. The nrdc action fund also engaged in advocacy and accountability on the state level, supporting public engagement and advocacy efforts to advance equitable clean energy solutions to the climate crisis.
$9,986,290 spentof which $4,485,585 as grants72% of program spendingNaturethe nrdc action fund lobbied against legislative efforts to weaken key national environmental laws, including the endangered species act. The action fund also lobbied to protect wildlife and wildlands from expanded oil and gas drilling.
$2,853,201 spentof which $1,350,836 as grants21% of program spendingEnvironmental healththe nrdc action fund supported campaigns to enact leading edge climate-friendly and equitable transportation, public health and building policies in states and municipalities. We advocated for eliminating dangerous pesticides in several states, for removing and replacing lead pipes that taint drinking water, and for the elimination of harmful chemicals from consumer goods.
$958,783 spentof which $468,128 as grants7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,798,274.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $2.0M to $9.7M (+375%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Frances Beinecke
Chair (as of 6/20/25)/director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $151k → $3.2M.
4 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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: $11M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Natural Resources Defense Council Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money NRDC ACTION FUND INC raised.
From the IRS filings of NRDC ACTION FUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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
NRDC ACTION FUND INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
99% 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 NRDC ACTION FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 34% · 2019 70% · 2020 43% · 2021 57% · 2022 38% · 2023 29% — diversifying over time.
“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
17% of NRDC ACTION FUND INC'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
NRDC ACTION FUND INC draws 88% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Organizations like NRDC ACTION FUND INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 38 states
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Natural Resources Defense Council Inc · exempt
- Nrdc Action Fund Inc PAC · exempt
- Nrdc Action Votes · exempt
- Nrdc India Private Limited · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NRDC ACTION FUND INC?
- NRDC ACTION FUND INC (New York) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,066,075 to it, the largest being SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND ($5,076,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NRDC ACTION FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $23,066,075 in grants to NRDC ACTION FUND INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NRDC ACTION FUND INC?
- SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,076,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NRDC ACTION FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 34 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing