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Grants for civic environmental organizations
385 civic environmental and open space organizations received at least $6.7 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 683 grants made from 553 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 553 foundations, 88% made just a single grant to civic enviro orgs, and 2% made grants to four or more civic enviro orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$6,656,321
Total grant dollars given to civic environmental organizations
683
Number of grants made annually to civic environmental organizations
553
Number of grantmakers funding civic environmental organizations
$1,000
Median grant size to civic environmental organizations
Foundations that support civic environmental and open space organizations
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 civic enviro orgs | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| 1 | |
| 2-3 | |
| 4-10 | |
| 11+ | |
Top 10 foundations supporting civic environmental and open space organizations
Civic environmental and open space organizations grantees
Civic environmental organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 48% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 24% of all civic enviro orgs.
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 civic environmental organizations
| Grantee | Grant size | Purpose | Grantmaker |
|---|
| Hermann Park Conservancy | $3,000,000 | Toward Implementing the First Phase of Hermann Park's 20-year Master Plan | Houston Endowment |
| Lake Cunningham Development Trust | $2,500,000 | Capital Campaign | Walter Scott Family Foundation |
| Friends of the High Line | $5,000 | General | Red House Fund |
| Greater Newark Conservancy | $5,000 | General Use | The Ryan Family Foundation |
| Scenic Lafayette | $5,000 | Donation | Lafayette General Health System (LGH) |
| Emerald Necklace Conservancy | $5,000 | Unrestricted | The Slater Foundation |
| Southwest Renewal Foundation of High Point | $5,000 | To Assist With Building Capacity Support | The Foundation for A Healthy High Point |
| Boulder Climbing Community | $5,000 | General Operating Support | The Community Foundation |
| New York Restoration Project (NYRP) | $5,000 | General Support | David Geffen Foundation |
| Lincoln Park Conservancy | $5,000 | Public and Societal Benefit Program Support | Greater Green Bay Community Foundation (GGBCF) |
| Keep Indianapolis Beautiful | $5,000 | Community Improvement and Green Infrastructure | Salesforce Com Foundation |
| Friends of the Urban Forests (FUF) | $5,000 | Plant and Care for Trees and Sidewalk Gardens | Salesforce Com Foundation |
| Keep PCB Beautiful | $5,000 | Community Outreach | The St Joe Community Foundation |
| Kalamazoo in Bloom | $5,000 | Community Plantings | Dorothy U Dalton Foundation |
| Hermann Park Conservancy | $5,000 | In Honor of Laura Wareing Wheless | Scurlock Foundation |
| Friends of Old Westbury | $5,000 | General Operating Fund | Robert and Roni Lemle Family Foundation |
| Kalamazoo in Bloom | $5,000 | Bronson Park Planting | Jim Gilmore JR Foundation |
| Friends of the Chicago River | $5,000 | Programs for Teachers | Dr. Scholl Foundation |
| Lincoln Park Conservancy | $5,000 | North Pond Nature Sanctuary | Dr. Scholl Foundation |
| Greensboro Beautiful | $5,000 | Project Grants | Keep America Beautiful |
| Keep Blount Beautiful | $5,000 | Project Grants | Keep America Beautiful |
| New River Gorge Trail Alliance | $5,000 | 1 Mini-Grant Award for Communications Activity Through Power Program | West Virginia Community Development Hub |
| Up With Trees | $5,000 | General Fund | Sherman E Smith Family Charitable Foundation |
| Forest Park Forever | $5,000 | General Support | The Kranzberg Family Charitable Foundation |
| Save Our Canyons | $5,000 | Central Wasatch National Conservation & Recreation Area Project Annual Food Runs | Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation |
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 "Civic environmental organizations" category for this page is determined by the "C50: Environmental Beautification and Open Spaces" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.