Organization · EIN 38-3705448 · Saint Paul, MN · Education

Who funds Project Drawdown?

24 private foundations reported paying Project Drawdown $1.38M on returns for tax year 2023.

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

Funders 24

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
The Essex Avenue Foundation
Wilmington, DE · Preselected only
$250,000 Capital Accelerator Program Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
New York, NY
$200,000 TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF A SPATIAL ROADMAP FOR NATURE AND CLIMATE SOLUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Wana Brands Foundation
Boulder, CO · Preselected only
$150,000 Unrestricted Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Ray C Anderson Foundation
Atlanta, GA · Preselected only
$150,000 CLIMATE GRANT - TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ENVIRONMENTAL MISSION, ACTIVITIES AND OPERATIONS OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Zg Foundation
Morristown, NJ · Preselected only
$125,000 UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTIONS FOR EXEMPT PURPOSES Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Leonard C & Mildred F Ferguson Foundation
Canton, OH
$100,000 General Fund Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 01/2024
Sally Mead Hands Foundation
Madison, WI · Preselected only
$100,000 OPERATING FUNDS Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Bainum Family Foundation
Washington, DC · Preselected only
$75,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
The Overbrook Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$50,000 Preventing Deforestation as a Climate Solution Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Gerald L Lennard Foundation
Wilmington, DE · Preselected only
$50,000 Drawdown Stories Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The McCance Foundation
North Scituate, MA · Preselected only
$50,000 General Support Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Godley Family Foundation
Saunderstown, RI · Preselected only
$25,000 GLOBAL SOLUTIONS DIARY Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Simeon and Jean H Locke Charitable Foundation
Boynton Beach, FL
$15,000 FULFILL CHARITABLE PURPOSE Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Robert I & Lien Q Chen Family Foundation
San Mateo, CA · Preselected only
$15,000 SIENCE BASED CLIMATE SOLUTIONS AND STRATEGIES Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Turner Foundation
Atlanta, GA · Preselected only
$10,000 FURTHER ORG'S EXEMPT PURPOSE Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Enhancing Tomorrow
Weston, MA · Preselected only
$10,000 CHARITABLE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Balgley Family Charitable Foundation
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
$3,000 CLIMATE SOLUTIONS Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund
San Francisco, CA
$1,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Rc Charitable Foundation
Los Angeles, CA · Preselected only
$1,000 GENERAL USE Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Marlene K Sapinsley Private Foundation
Lake Oswego, OR · Preselected only
$1,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Exact name 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 Project Drawdown

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Project Drawdown, 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. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 18 of the 25 closest peers · $1.55M to them
  2. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 18 of the 25 closest peers · $2.37M to them
  3. Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $69.3K to them
  4. The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $3.44M to them
  5. The Cigna Group Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $111K to them
  6. American Express Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $1.07M to them
  7. John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) Chicago, IL
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $1.8M to them
  8. Sempra Foundation San Diego, CA
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $43.3K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Greenwave Organization Corp New Haven, CT
    6 shared funders · 28 funders in all
  2. Billion Oyster Project New York, NY
    5 shared funders · 71 funders in all
  3. The Nature Conservancy Arlington, VA
    7 shared funders · 1261 funders in all
  4. Equal Justice Initiative Montgomery, AL
    6 shared funders · 383 funders in all
  5. Earthjustice San Francisco, CA
    6 shared funders · 353 funders in all
  6. Southern Poverty Law Center Montgomery, AL
    6 shared funders · 616 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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