Well Told Grants

Foundations / Environment and conservation

Foundations that fund environment and conservation in California

3,595 private foundations gave $796 million for environment and conservation to organizations in California in their latest year. The largest was Sergey Brin Family Foundation, with $55.1 million in 4 grants.

Foundations ranked by environment and conservation grants to recipients in California, latest year
FoundationGrantsAmountAccepts applications
Sergey Brin Family Foundation4$55.1 millionNo
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation86$54.8 millionYes
Waverley Street Foundation12$51.0 millionNo
The Benificus Foundation1$45.8 millionNo
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation45$33.7 millionNo
Sequoia Climate Foundation10$33.4 millionNo
The Schmidt Family Foundation62$28.2 millionYes
Freedom Together Foundation (New York)16$17.1 millionNo
Crankstart Foundation15$14.3 millionNo
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation33$13.1 millionYes
The Heising-Simons Foundation25$11.6 millionNo
Interlaken Foundation Inc (New York)1$10.6 millionNo
Walton Family Foundation Inc (Arkansas)29$10.3 millionNo
Simpson PSB Fund5$10.1 millionYes
The Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation1$10.0 millionNo
The California Endowment56$8.8 millionNo
The Ford Foundation (New York)13$8.2 millionYes
Laural Foundation28$7.1 millionNo
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (New Jersey)29$6.8 millionYes
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation4$6.6 millionNo
Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc (Delaware)5$6.5 millionNo
Golden State Environmental2$5.9 millionNo
John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Illinois)11$5.8 millionNo
The Blue Horizons Foundation (Maine)1$5.0 millionNo
Skyline Foundation5$4.6 millionNo

Amounts count grants whose purpose or recipient matches environment and conservation, paid to recipients in California. A foundation based in another state appears when it gives here.

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