Organization · EIN 13-2654926 · New York, NY · Environment

Who funds Natural Resources Defense Council?

625 private foundations reported paying Natural Resources Defense Council $38.7M on returns for tax year 2023.

625 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 625

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Sequoia Climate Foundation
Irvine, CA · Preselected only
$8,130,000
5 grant lines
TO SUPPORT ENERGY SYSTEM DECARBONIZATION ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER PUBLIC HEALTH +4 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 11/2024
The Heising-Simons Foundation
Los Altos, CA · Preselected only
$3,500,000
2 grant lines
TO ADVANCE CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES +1 more Known alias 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Corabelle Lumps Foundation
Princeton, NJ · Preselected only
$2,500,000 PHILANTHROPIC Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Mercury Foundation
Redwood City, CA
$2,000,000 GENERAL
Filed as “NRDC”
Known alias 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 11/2024
The Bloomberg Family Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$1,533,000 ACCELERATE TRANSITION TO CLEAN ENERGY Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Donald a Pels Charitable Trust Utd 8/18/92
Harrison, NY · Preselected only
$1,000,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Mariposa Foundation
Fort Lee, NJ · Preselected only
$1,000,000 FOR DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE Same address 0.68 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
G O Forward Charitable Trust
Milwaukee, WI · Preselected only
$920,000 GENERAL OPERATING Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 03/2024
Beagle Charitable Foundation
Redwood City, CA · Preselected only
$620,000 NATRUE PROGRAMS ($500,000) AND VISTA FELLOWSHIP ($120,000) Known alias 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Troper Wojcicki Foundation
Los Altos, CA · Preselected only
$500,023 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Skyline Foundation
San Francisco, CA · Preselected only
$500,000 NRDCS CLIMATE PLAN: BUILDING DEMAND TO SCALE PROVEN SOLUTIONS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Crankstart Foundation
San Jose, CA · Preselected only
$500,000 HEALTHY PEOPLE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$500,000 GENERAL DONATION
Filed as “NATURAL RESOURCE DEFENSE COUNCIL”
Same address 0.96 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 07/2024
The Marisla Foundation
Laguna Beach, CA
$500,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Farvue Foundation
Washington, DC · Preselected only
$500,000 SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Goldberg Family Foundation 159-48576810
Beverly Hills, CA · Preselected only
$500,000 UNRESTRICTED GIFT
Filed as “NRDC”
Known alias 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Los Altos, CA
$485,000
3 grant lines
Environment and Science Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Menlo Park, CA
$472,500
3 grant lines
FOR CHINA'S EQUITABLE LOW-CARBON TRANSITION +2 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Joyce Foundation
Chicago, IL
$425,000
2 grant lines
Environment Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$400,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT/ANNUAL GIFT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Natural Resources Defense Council

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Natural Resources Defense Council, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. The William Penn Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 16 of the 25 closest peers · $1.95M to them
  2. The Lasalle Family Foundation Leo, IN
    Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $3,600 to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  3. Arthur J Gallagher Foundation Rolling Meadows, IL
    Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $77.8K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  4. American Express Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $3.01M to them
  5. Alice and Jaclyn Houseknecht Foundation Montauk, NY
    Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $19.1K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. WK Kellogg Foundation Battle Creek, MI
    Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $1.54M to them
  7. Western Union Foundation Denver, CO
    Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $31K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. Gannett Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $23.9K to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Environmental Defense Fund New York, NY
    183 shared funders · 492 funders in all
  2. Medecins Sans Frontieres USA New York, NY
    241 shared funders · 2370 funders in all
  3. Earthjustice San Francisco, CA
    147 shared funders · 353 funders in all
  4. World Wildlife Fund Washington, DC
    137 shared funders · 633 funders in all
  5. The Nature Conservancy Arlington, VA
    174 shared funders · 1261 funders in all
  6. Planned Parenthood Federation of America New York, NY
    145 shared funders · 755 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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