Federal grants to World Resources Institute
World Resources Institute in Washington, District of Columbia received $68.2 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 19 awards. Its largest program was USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas, with $34.7 million. In fiscal 2025 more was taken back from its awards than added, a net -$268,152.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$68.2 million
- Awards19
- Awarded in FY 2025-$268,152
- Largest award$15.9 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 5 | $7.9 million |
| FY 2022 | 10 | $14.5 million |
| FY 2023 | 11 | $21.5 million |
| FY 2024 | 11 | $24.5 million |
| FY 2025 | 2 | -$268,152 |
Programs that fund World Resources Institute
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas | 4 | $34.7 million |
| Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs | 6 | $22.4 million |
| Trans-National Crime | 2 | $6.3 million |
| International Forestry Programs | 2 | $2.8 million |
| Conservation Research and Development | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Coastal Ocean Program | 2 | $450,000 |
| Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program | 1 | $400,000 |
| Public Diplomacy Programs | 1 | $148,762 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Agency for International Development | 4 | $34.7 million |
| Department of State | 9 | $28.9 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 3 | $3.2 million |
| Department of Energy | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Department of Commerce | 2 | $450,000 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalyzing clean air solutions (CCAIRS)the purpose of this cooperative agreement is to address the obstacles to clean air progress by making the causes of pollution more visible, tangible, and personal and by building a vivid, shared understanding of the pathway to clean air with a focus on three ce | USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas | December 22, 2020 | $15.9 million |
| The nature crime consortium: a convergence-oriented approach (NC) | USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas | September 25, 2023 | $9.2 million |
| The purpose of this corporative agreement is provide support to the business case for collective landscape action. | USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas | September 24, 2021 | $8.5 million |
| Build capacity of grassroots environmental defenders, including csos, to understand and use existing mechanisms related to accessing environmental information, participating in environmental decision making/enforcement, accessing justice in enviro | Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs | September 28, 2023 | $8.1 million |
| To support prepares overarching objectives to improve adaptation planning and increase access to finance. | Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs | September 23, 2022 | $7.3 million |
| To scale up the impact of existing ilat tools and past trainings in the drc, republic of congo, and cameroon | Trans-National Crime | August 8, 2021 | $3.5 million |
| Counter illegal gold mining and logging in the colombian and peruvian amazon. | Trans-National Crime | September 25, 2024 | $2.9 million |
| The program will provide financial and technical assistance via sub-grants to three national non-governmental organizations (NGOS) in priority countries to investigate nature crime and to support authorities in making nature crime cases. | Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs | September 30, 2024 | $2.8 million |
| The ndc partnership brings together 119 countries developed and developing and 84 institutional members to create and deliver on ambitious ndcs that help achieve the paris agreement and the sustainable development goals sdgs | Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs | September 28, 2022 | $2.5 million |
| Combating illegal logging and associated trade and promoting legal trade | International Forestry Programs | June 7, 2021 | $2.0 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does World Resources Institute get?
$68.2 million in 19 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives World Resources Institute the most?
The Agency for International Development, with $34.7 million in 4 awards. The Department of State and the Department of Agriculture follow.
What is World Resources Institute's largest federal grant?
$15.9 million under USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas, with its first action in the period on December 22, 2020. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund World Resources Institute?
Its largest are USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas, Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs and Trans-National Crime.
Other grant recipients in Washington
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation
- District of Columbia, Government of
- Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees
- Coalition for Green Capital
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- United Nations World Food Programme
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- District of Columbia, Government of
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