Who funds Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated?
New York, New York · EIN 11-6107128 · NTEE C600 · 501(c)(3)
416 private foundations paid Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated 826 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $196.9M in all. Its IRS activity code (NTEE C600) places it in environment.
All years on file, including returns before 2022.
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Foundations that funded it
The 200 largest by total, of 419 on file.
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Largest grants since 2022
Largest first. The purpose is what the foundation wrote on its return, for the tax year shown.
- Valhalla Foundation · 2023 - Methane, agriculture, and clean air initiatives$11,000,000
- Valhalla Foundation · 2024 - Methane, agriculture, and clean air initiatives$8,500,000
- Quadrivium · 2023 - General$7,500,000
- Robertson Foundation · 2023 - Decarbonizing the trucking sector, reducing methane & climate in china$7,000,000
- Robertson Foundation · 2022 - Decarbonizing the trucking sector, reducing methane and climate in china$7,000,000
- The Benificus Foundation · 2023 - General purpose$6,842,903
- The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc · 2024 - To support clean energy$5,980,000
- King Philanthropies Inc · 2023 - Methane satellite$5,000,000
- The Robert W Wilson Charitable Trust · 2025 - General support$4,918,741
- Quadrivium · 2024 - General$4,750,000
- Robertson Foundation · 2024 - Support work to reduce agricultural methane and improve alternative fuels$4,000,000
- Druckenmiller Foundation · 2022 - General use$4,000,000
- The Benificus Foundation · 2024 - General purpose$3,528,330
- High Meadows Foundation · 2024 - Payment for continuing support of environmental research$3,000,000
- The Klarman Family Foundation · 2024 - Support for the EDF+Business program$3,000,000
- Skyline Foundation · 2024 - General support$3,000,000
- High Meadows Foundation · 2023 - Payment for continuing support of environmental research$3,000,000
- Skyline Foundation · 2023 - General support$3,000,000
- Walton Family Foundation Inc · 2023 - To support the work of the Restore the Mississippi River Delta coalition.$2,904,910
- Sall Family Foundation Inc · 2024 - General operating support and programmatic support$2,500,000
- Walton Family Foundation Inc · 2024 - To continue work in the Mississippi River Basin that drives adoption of agricultural conservation practices and natural infrastructure to…$2,125,000
- The Wexner Family Charitable Fund · 2025 - To preserve the natural systems on which all life depends.$2,000,000
- Griffith R Harsh IV And Margaret C Whitman Charitable Foundation · 2024 - General Operating$2,000,000
- The Viola Fund · 2024 - General support$2,000,000
- Walton Family Foundation Inc · 2024 - To support EDF to expand MethaneSAT's capabilities to monitor CO2 emissions.$2,000,000
Organizations the same foundations fund
Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.
- Natural Resources Defense Council IncNew York, NY · 121 shared funders
- Union of Concerned Scientists IncCambridge, MA · 74 shared funders
- EarthjusticeSan Francisco, CA · 66 shared funders
- Ocean Conservancy IncWashington, DC · 64 shared funders
- Wilderness SocietyWashington, DC · 52 shared funders
- Sierra Club FoundationOakland, CA · 63 shared funders
- World Wildlife Fund IncWashington, DC · 115 shared funders
- National Wildlife FederationReston, VA · 66 shared funders
By tax year of the funder's return
| Year | Grants | Foundations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 110 | 107 | $9.5M |
| 2024 | 334 | 293 | $82.2M |
| 2023 | 331 | 290 | $87.9M |
| 2022 | 51 | 46 | $17.3M |
| 2021 | 11 | 9 | $541K |
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How this page is made
Each grant comes from a foundation's IRS Form 990-PF and was linked to this EIN only when this was the single organization in the IRS Business Master File with that name in that state. Grants written under a different spelling, or where several organizations share the name, are not counted here, so the real totals can be higher. Government grants and gifts from individuals do not appear on these returns.
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 11-6107128
- IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)
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