Grants for civic environmental organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to civic environmental and open space organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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385 civic environmental and open space organizations received at least $6.7 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 683 grants made from 553 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 553 foundations, 88% made just a single grant to civic enviro orgs, and 2% made grants to four or more civic enviro orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$6,656,321

Total grant dollars given to civic environmental organizations

683

Number of grants made annually to civic environmental organizations

553

Number of grantmakers funding civic environmental organizations

$1,000

Median grant size to civic environmental organizations

Foundations that support civic environmental and open space organizations

Out of all grants made to civic environmental organizations, 78% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 84% of the dollar-value of grants to civic enviro orgs. Foundations funding civic enviro orgs also made grants to colleges, multiservice human service organizations, theaters, educational service providers, and animal shelters.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	432
Medium	68
Large	53

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	12
Private	484
Corporate	31
Other	26

Grants made

Grants made to civic enviro orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	492
2-3	48
4-10	11
11+	2

Top 10 foundations supporting civic environmental and open space organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to civic enviro orgs	Number of grants made to civic enviro orgs	Median grant size
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.0%	14	$565
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	11	$719
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.1%	7	$200
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)	NJ	National	0.0%	7	$250
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.0%	7	$500
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.0%	6	$675
The O-I Charities Foundation	OH	State	0.3%	5	$200
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	5	$100
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.0%	5	$80
Keep America Beautiful	CT	National	1.9%	4	$4,250

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Civic environmental and open space organizations grantees

Civic environmental organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 48% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 24% of all civic enviro orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	681
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	2

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$500

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	75
California	74
Nebraska	54
Texas	47
Other	433

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	93
Lincoln	51
St. Louis	37
Houston	29
Other	439

Top 25 grants made to civic environmental organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Hermann Park Conservancy	$3,000,000	Toward Implementing the First Phase of Hermann Park's 20-year Master Plan	Houston Endowment
Lake Cunningham Development Trust	$2,500,000	Capital Campaign	Walter Scott Family Foundation
Friends of the High Line	$5,000	General	Red House Fund
Greater Newark Conservancy	$5,000	General Use	The Ryan Family Foundation
Scenic Lafayette	$5,000	Donation	Lafayette General Health System (LGH)
Emerald Necklace Conservancy	$5,000	Unrestricted	The Slater Foundation
Southwest Renewal Foundation of High Point	$5,000	To Assist With Building Capacity Support	The Foundation for A Healthy High Point
Boulder Climbing Community	$5,000	General Operating Support	The Community Foundation
New York Restoration Project (NYRP)	$5,000	General Support	David Geffen Foundation
Lincoln Park Conservancy	$5,000	Public and Societal Benefit Program Support	Greater Green Bay Community Foundation (GGBCF)
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful	$5,000	Community Improvement and Green Infrastructure	Salesforce Com Foundation
Friends of the Urban Forests (FUF)	$5,000	Plant and Care for Trees and Sidewalk Gardens	Salesforce Com Foundation
Keep PCB Beautiful	$5,000	Community Outreach	The St Joe Community Foundation
Kalamazoo in Bloom	$5,000	Community Plantings	Dorothy U Dalton Foundation
Hermann Park Conservancy	$5,000	In Honor of Laura Wareing Wheless	Scurlock Foundation
Friends of Old Westbury	$5,000	General Operating Fund	Robert and Roni Lemle Family Foundation
Kalamazoo in Bloom	$5,000	Bronson Park Planting	Jim Gilmore JR Foundation
Friends of the Chicago River	$5,000	Programs for Teachers	Dr. Scholl Foundation
Lincoln Park Conservancy	$5,000	North Pond Nature Sanctuary	Dr. Scholl Foundation
Greensboro Beautiful	$5,000	Project Grants	Keep America Beautiful
Keep Blount Beautiful	$5,000	Project Grants	Keep America Beautiful
New River Gorge Trail Alliance	$5,000	1 Mini-Grant Award for Communications Activity Through Power Program	West Virginia Community Development Hub
Up With Trees	$5,000	General Fund	Sherman E Smith Family Charitable Foundation
Forest Park Forever	$5,000	General Support	The Kranzberg Family Charitable Foundation
Save Our Canyons	$5,000	Central Wasatch National Conservation & Recreation Area Project Annual Food Runs	Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Civic environmental organizations" category for this page is determined by the "C50: Environmental Beautification and Open Spaces" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.