Grants for pollution abatement organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to pollution abatement and control organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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404 pollution abatement and control organizations received at least $18.4 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 546 grants made from 393 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 393 foundations, 86% made just a single grant to anti-pollution orgs, and 3% made grants to four or more anti-pollution orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$18,420,668

Total grant dollars given to pollution abatement organizations

546

Number of grants made annually to pollution abatement organizations

393

Number of grantmakers funding pollution abatement organizations

$1,000

Median grant size to pollution abatement organizations

Foundations that support pollution abatement and control organizations

Out of all grants made to pollution abatement organizations, 74% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 95% of the dollar-value of grants to anti-pollution orgs. Foundations funding anti-pollution orgs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, natural resource conservation nonprofits, environmental education programs, educational service providers, and water and wetland protection organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	292
Medium	47
Large	54

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	15
Private	323
Corporate	21
Other	34

Grants made

Grants made to anti-pollution orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	338
2-3	41
4-10	9
11+	5

Top 10 foundations supporting pollution abatement and control organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to anti-pollution orgs	Number of grants made to anti-pollution orgs	Median grant size
Lumina Foundation	IN	National	0.0%	22	$15
Clif Bar Family Foundation	CA	National	2.1%	17	$4,000
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	12	$260
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	11	$2,500
Liberty Hill Foundation	CA	Metro	0.1%	11	$500
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	8	$580
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.1%	8	$550
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.1%	6	$450
Maki Foundation	CO	Regional	9.8%	5	$4,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.0%	5	$1,000

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Pollution abatement and control organizations grantees

Pollution abatement organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 95% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 21% of all anti-pollution orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	542
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	4

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,955
$500k-$1M	$2,500
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
District of Columbia	78
California	76
Indiana	35
New York	33
Other	324

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Washington DC	81
Los Angeles	42
Indianapolis	35
New York City	34
Other	325

Top 25 grants made to pollution abatement organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Food and Water Watch	$6,176,750	Environment	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Clean Water Action	$3,970,000	Cash	Clean Water Fund (CWF)
Clean Water Action	$3,692,638	Cash	Clean Water Fund (CWF)
Save Our Neighborhoods	$3,500,000	Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy	Sixteen Thirty Fund
Deployus	$5,000	General	Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego
Partners for Clean Streams (PCS)	$5,000	Canoemobile	Greater Toledo Community Foundation
Water for Good	$5,000	Q30 International Development Relief Services	Community Foundation of Louisville
Climate Resolve	$5,000	Further Organization's Exempt Purpose	The Fonda Family Foundation
Adventure Scientists	$5,000	General Operating Support	George L. Ohrstrom JR. Foundation
Nature and Culture International	$5,000	General & Unrestricted	Francis and Christine Martin Family Foundation
Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Ass	$5,000	Program Support	Powder Mill Foundation
Air Alliance Houston	$5,000	Support Non-Profit Philanthropic Org	Texas Children's Hospital (TCS)
Friends of Hungry Mother State Park	$5,000	Discovery Center Update	The Garden Club of Virginia
Earth Matter NY	$5,000	Environment and Conservation Program Support	Greater Green Bay Community Foundation (GGBCF)
The Ohio Environmental Council	$5,000	Conservation	The Columbus Foundation
Climate Solutions	$5,000	General Operating	Willard and Frances Hendrix
Food and Water Watch	$5,000	Charitable	Franklin Conklin Foundation
Palm Beach Island Cats	$5,000	General Operations	The Batchelor Foundation
Hero Healthcare Equipment Recycling Organization	$5,000	General Operating Support	Alex Stern Family Foundation
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice	$5,000	Support An Environmental Justice Summit for La-Based Environmental and Social Justice Groups	Liberty Hill Foundation
American Conservation Coalition Campus	$5,000	Economic Education	Atlas Network
Friends of the Earth	$5,000	General Funding	Esmond Nissim Foundation
Community Cycles	$5,000	Bicycle Recycling and Re-Use Project for Environmental Health	AEC Trust
Palmyra Cove Environmental Education Foundation	$5,000	Complete the Laptop Project	MKM Foundation
The Green Chair Project	$5,000	General Operating	Credit Suisse Americas 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 "Pollution abatement organizations" category for this page is determined by the "C20: Pollution Abatement and Control Services" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.