Grants for recycling programs

Name: Top 25 grants made to recycling programs
Creator: Cause IQ
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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

Out of all grants made to recycling programs, 66% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 26% of the dollar-value of grants to recycling programs. Foundations funding recycling programs also made grants to food banks, homeless shelters, animal shelters, land conservation groups, and educational service providers.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	84
Medium	22
Large	20

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	6
Private	100
Corporate	7
Other	13

Grants made

Grants made to recycling programs	Number of grantmakers
1	113
2-3	9
4-10	3
11+	1

Top 10 foundations supporting recycling programs

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to recycling programs	Number of grants made to recycling programs	Median grant size
Lumina Foundation	IN	National	0.0%	22	$15
Clif Bar Family Foundation	CA	National	1.1%	9	$4,000
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.1%	6	$550
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.0%	5	$1,000
Arkansas Community Foundation	AR	State	0.0%	3	$1,500
Land O'Lakes Foundation	MN	National	0.0%	3	$50
The Autzen Foundation	OR	Metro	0.6%	2	$4,250
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks - 83 Upper Sandusky	OH	State	6.6%	2	$1,012
The Boston Foundation (TBF)	MA	Metro	0.0%	2	$1,000
Eugene Dozzi Charitable Foundation	PA	Metro	0.5%	2	$750

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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	175
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	0

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,837
$500k-$1M	$2,000
$1M-$5M	$550
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
Indiana	27
California	19
Minnesota	15
Massachusetts	15
Other	99

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Indianapolis	27
Minneapolis	15
Boston	12
Los Angeles	10
Other	100

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

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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 "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.