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Who funds Resources Legacy Fund?

Sacramento, California · EIN 954703838

38 private foundations reported grants to Resources Legacy Fund in Sacramento, California totaling $60.2 million across 68 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc, with $26.5 million.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Foundations that fund Resources Legacy Fund

All 38 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc
New York · 2024
To support clean energy1$26.5 million
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation
California · 2024
To launch a funding facility that will support countries to develop and implement ambitious policies for nature and climate.6$8.9 million
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
For wildfire strategies8$6.5 million
The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc
Maryland · 2024 · accepts applications
California land-sea connection9$6.1 million
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
Families and Communities5$4.5 million
The Marisla Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
General support1$1.0 million
Rivian Foundation
California · 2025
To support the rlf public lands and sustainable energy program and to protect nature in the united states1$850,000
Novo Foundation
New York · 2024
Clear lake tribal support2$791,090
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc
New York · 2024 · accepts applications
To share learning from the co-management of bears ears national monument1$640,000
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
New Jersey · 2024 · accepts applications
82635 supporting the climate mayors urban heat peer learning cohort2$540,000
Crankstart Foundation
California · 2024
To secure a just and resilient world for people and nature in california1$500,000
Catena Foundation
Colorado · 2024
Conservation1$410,673
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc
New York · 2024 · accepts applications
For its project, earth insight1$400,000
Walton Family Foundation Inc
Arkansas · 2024
To provide support for Climate Mayors toestablish a regional cohort and a national commission of mayors to facilitate peer learning and policy alternatives.4$375,000
The Rockefeller Foundation
New York · 2024
In support of creating a non-partisan network of us mayors to implement inflation reduction act and bipartisan infrastructure law programs that alleviate the burden of climate impacts on underserved and vulnerable communities1$250,000
Tortuga Charitable Foundation
New Jersey · 2025
Charitable1$200,000
The Schmidt Family Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
Protecting human rights in africa, fostering youth development and leadership1$176,800
Hampshire Foundation Inc
Delaware · 2024
Program support1$150,000
Dorrance Family Foundation
Arizona · 2024 · accepts applications
To support reducing pollution and protecting herbivores to restore West Hawai'i reefs1$150,000
Wilburforce Foundation
Washington · 2024 · accepts applications
Environmental - beitc: indigenous leadership in the collaborative management of bears ears national monument 20242$150,000
Harold KL Castle Foundation
Hawaii · 2024 · accepts applications
To help advance the holomua initiative and the care for aina now coalition (formerly green fee) environmental capital formation work [6125; pc]1$120,000
The Kresge Foundation
Michigan · 2024 · accepts applications
Project support grant to assist with equitable implementation of climate-resilience programs and funding in california1$115,000
The Esther A & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Inc
New York · 2024
Environment1$100,000
March Conservation Fund
California · 2024
Restricted support1$100,000
Builders Vision Foundation
Illinois · 2024
to support educational initiatives that help implement the California Plastic Producer Responsibility Act1$100,000
Patagoniaorg
California · 2024
To support environmental projects.1$75,000
Frost Family Foundation
Hawaii · 2024 · accepts applications
Unrestricted grant1$75,000
Gatinais Foundation 2601-21-44
Pennsylvania · 2025
To support u.s. Nature1$75,000
The California Endowment
California · 2024
Environmental equity and justice - accessing environmental health resources1$75,000
444S Foundation
Washington · 2024
Environmental preservation1$51,375
Mayer and Morris Kaplan Foundation
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
recommended for Center for Asset Retirement Accountability for oil and gas cleanup efforts1$50,000
Manitou Fund
Minnesota · 2024
Ridges to riffles program1$50,000
Eleven Eleven Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift1$50,000
Ishiyama Foundation
California · 2024
Community outreach1$50,000
Virga Foundation
Delaware · 2024
To support the Bear's Ears Inter-tribal Coalition1$35,000
Overhills Foundation
New York · 2023
General Support1$25,000
The Laurence H Dorcy Hawaiian Foundation
Minnesota · 2024 · accepts applications
General operating1$25,000
Mittler Family Foundation Inc
Indiana · 2025
General program support1$20,000

Amounts are grants paid as each foundation reported them. Names are matched across filings, so a grant written under a different name for the same organization may be missing.

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Questions people ask

Who funds Resources Legacy Fund?

The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc and The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and 33 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does Resources Legacy Fund get from foundations?

$60.2 million in 68 reported grants from 38 private foundations in tax years 2023 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The Marisla Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc say in their filings that they accept applications.

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