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Grants for pollution abatement organizations
404 pollution abatement and control organizations received at least $18.4 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 546 grants made from 393 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 393 foundations, 86% made just a single grant to anti-pollution orgs, and 3% made grants to four or more anti-pollution orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$18,420,668
Total grant dollars given to pollution abatement organizations
546
Number of grants made annually to pollution abatement organizations
393
Number of grantmakers funding pollution abatement organizations
$1,000
Median grant size to pollution abatement organizations
Foundations that support pollution abatement and control 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 anti-pollution orgs | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| 1 | |
| 2-3 | |
| 4-10 | |
| 11+ | |
Top 10 foundations supporting pollution abatement and control organizations
Pollution abatement and control organizations grantees
Pollution abatement organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 95% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 21% of all anti-pollution 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 pollution abatement organizations
| Grantee | Grant size | Purpose | Grantmaker |
|---|
| Food and Water Watch | $6,176,750 | Environment | Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) |
| Clean Water Action | $3,970,000 | Cash | Clean Water Fund (CWF) |
| Clean Water Action | $3,692,638 | Cash | Clean Water Fund (CWF) |
| Save Our Neighborhoods | $3,500,000 | Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy | Sixteen Thirty Fund |
| Deployus | $5,000 | General | Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego |
| Partners for Clean Streams (PCS) | $5,000 | Canoemobile | Greater Toledo Community Foundation |
| Water for Good | $5,000 | Q30 International Development Relief Services | Community Foundation of Louisville |
| Climate Resolve | $5,000 | Further Organization's Exempt Purpose | The Fonda Family Foundation |
| Adventure Scientists | $5,000 | General Operating Support | George L. Ohrstrom JR. Foundation |
| Nature and Culture International | $5,000 | General & Unrestricted | Francis and Christine Martin Family Foundation |
| Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Ass | $5,000 | Program Support | Powder Mill Foundation |
| Air Alliance Houston | $5,000 | Support Non-Profit Philanthropic Org | Texas Children's Hospital (TCS) |
| Friends of Hungry Mother State Park | $5,000 | Discovery Center Update | The Garden Club of Virginia |
| Earth Matter NY | $5,000 | Environment and Conservation Program Support | Greater Green Bay Community Foundation (GGBCF) |
| The Ohio Environmental Council | $5,000 | Conservation | The Columbus Foundation |
| Climate Solutions | $5,000 | General Operating | Willard and Frances Hendrix |
| Food and Water Watch | $5,000 | Charitable | Franklin Conklin Foundation |
| Palm Beach Island Cats | $5,000 | General Operations | The Batchelor Foundation |
| Hero Healthcare Equipment Recycling Organization | $5,000 | General Operating Support | Alex Stern Family Foundation |
| East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice | $5,000 | Support An Environmental Justice Summit for La-Based Environmental and Social Justice Groups | Liberty Hill Foundation |
| American Conservation Coalition Campus | $5,000 | Economic Education | Atlas Network |
| Friends of the Earth | $5,000 | General Funding | Esmond Nissim Foundation |
| Community Cycles | $5,000 | Bicycle Recycling and Re-Use Project for Environmental Health | AEC Trust |
| Palmyra Cove Environmental Education Foundation | $5,000 | Complete the Laptop Project | MKM Foundation |
| The Green Chair Project | $5,000 | General Operating | Credit Suisse Americas 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 "Pollution abatement organizations" category for this page is determined by the "C20: Pollution Abatement and Control Services" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.