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Grants for recycling programs
131 recycling programs received at least $330,800 in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 175 grants made from 126 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 126 foundations, 89% made just a single grant to recycling programs, and 3% made grants to four or more recycling programs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$330,800
Total grant dollars given to recycling programs
175
Number of grants made annually to recycling programs
126
Number of grantmakers funding recycling programs
$1,000
Median grant size to recycling programs
Foundations that support recycling programs
Foundation size
| Foundation size | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| Small | |
| Medium | |
| Large | |
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.
Grants made
| Grants made to recycling programs | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| 1 | |
| 2-3 | |
| 4-10 | |
| 11+ | |
Top 10 foundations supporting recycling programs
Recycling programs grantees
Recycling programs with more than $5 million in total revenues received 13% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 15% of all recycling programs.
Grant amounts
| Size of grant | Number of grants |
|---|
| <$10k | |
| $10k-$25k | |
| $25k-$100k | |
| $100k+ | |
Grant amount by grantee size
| Grantee annual revenue | Median grant size |
|---|
| <$100k | |
| $100k-$500k | |
| $500k-$1M | |
| $1M-$5M | |
| >$5M | |
Top 25 grants made to recycling programs
| Grantee | Grant size | Purpose | Grantmaker |
|---|
| Hero Healthcare Equipment Recycling Organization | $5,000 | General Operating Support | Alex Stern Family Foundation |
| Earth Matter NY | $5,000 | Environment and Conservation Program Support | Greater Green Bay Community Foundation (GGBCF) |
| Eco-Cycle | $5,000 | Resident Engagement and Community Organizing | The Denver Foundation |
| Bowling Green Recycling Center | $5,000 | Charitable Support | The O-I Charities Foundation |
| Asheville Greenworks | $5,000 | Unrestricted Grant for Donee's Exempt Purpose. | The Nararo Foundation |
| The Green Chair Project | $5,000 | General Operating | Credit Suisse Americas Foundation |
| Earth Matter NY | $5,000 | General Support | Appaloosa Management Charitable Foundation |
| Teaching Beyond the Square | $5,000 | Exempt Purpose | PRB Foundation |
| Ecology Action of Texas | $5,000 | Enabling More Americans To Enjoy Nature | Clif Bar Family Foundation |
| Indiana Recycling Coalition | $5,000 | Reducing Waste & Advancing Renewable Energy | Clif Bar Family Foundation |
| Emergent Structures | $5,000 | Reducing Environmental Health Hazards | Clif Bar Family Foundation |
| Every Tray Counts | $5,000 | Reducing Waste & Advancing Renewable Energy | Clif Bar Family Foundation |
| Cloud City Conservation Center | $5,000 | Covid-19 Response | Rocky Mountain Health Foundation |
| Hero Healthcare Equipment Recycling Organization | $5,000 | Medical Equipment Cleaning | Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota C |
| ReBuilding Center | $5,000 | Affordable Housing Through Repair Education | The Autzen Foundation |
| Reuseum Educational | $5,000 | Support Re-Ed Workshops | Claude R and Ethel B Whittenberger Foundation |
| Lower East Side Ecology Center | $5,000 | General & Unrestricted | Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation |
| Bridging | $5,000 | Charitable | Archie D and Bertha H Walker Foundation |
| Source One Serenity | $5,000 | Social Enterprise: Recycling With Wo | The Reser Family Foundation |
| New York City H2o | $5,000 | General | Van Ameringen Foundation |
| Turnip Green Creative Reuse | $5,000 | Family Engagement Events at Turnip Green Creative Reuse After School Programs | Nashville Predators Foundation |
| The Sharing Tree Inc The Sharing Tree | $5,000 | Program Support | Marvin P Verhulst Foundation |
| Boston Building Resources (BBR) | $5,000 | To Help Support Housing for the Needy | Lawrence Model Lodging Houses Trust Donald E Vaughan Et Al Trustees |
| New York City H2o | $5,000 | General Contribution | Wilson Family Foundation / Wilson James M Ttee |
| Community Cycles | $5,000 | Bicycle Recycling and Re-Use Project for Environmental Health | AEC Trust |
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 "Recycling programs" category for this page is determined by the "C27: Recycling Programs" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.