Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

Nonprofit · Grant recipient Also a grantmaker → New York, NY EIN 13-2654926

Funding Overview

From IRS Form 990 filings · 2025–2026

Total received

$14.0M

Foundation funders

194

Grants recorded

200

Years covered

2025–2026

Who funds Natural Resources Defense Council Inc?

Natural Resources Defense Council Inc is funded by 194 grantmakers, led by National Philanthropic Trust ($2.3M), The Chicago Community Trust ($1.3M), G O Forward Charitable Trust ($1.0M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $14.0M in grants to Natural Resources Defense Council Inc between 2025–2026.

FunderTotal givenGrantsYears
National Philanthropic Trust$2,298,39112025
The Chicago Community Trust$1,260,84012025
G O Forward Charitable Trust$1,044,70012025
Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation$1,000,00022025
The Peninsula Charities Foundation II$700,00012025
Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund$564,05712025
Farvue Foundation Inc$500,00012025
Carnegie Corporation of New York$400,00012025
California Community Foundation$238,40012025
Johanette Wallerstein Institute 5607-00-43$180,00012025
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc$173,80022025–2026
Global Philanthropy Partnership$170,00012025
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$158,97112025
Sarah Decoizart Perpetual Charitable Tr$150,00022025–2026
Advocates for Climate Innovation$150,00012025
David Schwartz Foundation Inc$150,00012025
HFO Foundation$150,00012025
Clean Economy Fund$150,00012025
Boston Foundation Inc$147,10012025
Jewish Communal Fund$130,84622025
Wy'east Foundation$125,00012025
Joseph and Marie Field Family$120,00012025
The San Francisco Foundation$109,75012025
Caufield Family Foundation$100,00012025
Mary Jean and Frank P Smeal Foundation$100,00012025
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NRDC Action Fund Inc$100,00012025
The Eucalyptus Foundation$100,00012025
Charities Aid Foundation America$89,84112025
Aria Foundation$83,00012025
The Wildflower Foundation Inc$80,00012025
Laurie Kayden Foundation$75,00012025
Earthshare$67,87412025
Ruth Brown Foundation$65,00012025
Marin Community Foundation$65,00012025
The Summit Foundation Inc$65,00022025
Orange County Community Foundation$60,00012025
The Roni Horn Foundation$60,00012025
The Hayes Foundation$60,00012025
The Harriette Steelman and Charles$55,00022025–2026
FJC$54,15012025
The Ayco Charitable Foundation$50,25012025
The Eberstadt-Kuffner Fund Inc$50,00012025
Clark R Green Charitable Foundation$50,00012025
Jewish Community Foundation of Orange County$50,00012025
Paul S Nadler Family Charitable$50,00012025
The Arthur and Eileen Newman Family Foundation$50,00012025
Emmett Foundation$50,00012025
The Deborah Groening-Rother Foundation$50,00012025
The Spray Foundation Inc$50,00012025
Joseph and Marie Field Foundation$50,00012025
Stone Family Foundation$50,00012025
The Petunia Foundation$50,00012025
The Hall Charitable Trust$50,00012025
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma$48,16012025
Select Equity Group Foundation$46,50012025
Korg Foundation$45,00012025
The Winston Foundation Inc$40,00012025
The Wellspring Foundation$40,00012025
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund$38,00012025
The McGee Foundation Inc$36,00012025
Cosman Family Fdn Dima-WDP$35,00012025
Ploughshares Foundation$30,00012025
Living Springs Foundation$30,00012025
Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego$29,20012025
Whitefish Community Foundation Inc$28,50012025
Harold B Larson Charitable Trust 005178A$27,57612025
Suggs Family Foundation$26,14012025
EcoTrust$25,00012025
Jewish Community Federation of Greater Rochester NY Inc$25,00012025
Silver Lining Private Foundation$25,00012025
Irene Ritter Foundation$25,00012025
Jeffrey and Mary Smith Family Foundation$25,00012025
The Bernard J & Mary T Johnson Family$25,00012025
Sand County Charitable Trust$25,00012025
The Klein Family Foundation Inc$25,00012025
CT Charitable Foundation$25,00012025
The Longhill Charitable Foundation$25,00012025
Eric & Simone Lang Foundation$25,00012025
The Millstream Fund Inc$25,00012025
American Conservation Association$25,00012025
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc$25,00012025
Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family$23,93812025
World Resources Institute$22,50012025
The San Diego Foundation$22,25012025
Tisbest Philanthropy$20,98312025
The Jake Foundation Inc$20,00012025
Bydale Foundation$20,00012025
The Charles Spear Charitable Foundation$20,00012025
Theophilus Foundation Co Martha Jean Weaver$20,00012025
Sonntag Family Foundation (The)$20,00012025
Telaka Foundation$20,00012025
MRB Foundation Inc$20,00012025
The Brimstone Fund$20,00012025
Christenberry-Anderson-Loomis Family$20,00012025
Our Change Foundation$16,77812025
Greater Washington Community Foundation$16,73112025
Ryan Memorial Foundation$16,01312025
Robert J Bauer Family Foundation$16,00012025
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc$15,24012025
Jeannette and H Peter Kriendler Char Trust$15,00012025
Martin R Prince Charitable$15,00012025
Ttees the Edith W Mac Guire Char Tr$15,00012025
Utility Information Alliance$15,00012025
Richard a Riffel Philanthropic$15,00012025
John E Rosenthal Charitable Trust$15,00012025
The Franklin Fund$15,00012025
Edward & Verna Gerbic Family Foundation$15,00012025
Weatherlow Foundation$15,00012025
The Michael & Dudley Delbalso Charitable$15,00012025
The Loving Climate Foundation$15,00012025
Northwestern University$15,00012025
The Minneapolis Foundation$13,88412025
The George W Bauer Family$12,50012025
Seltzer Family Foundation$12,50012025
Perpetual Kindness Foundation$12,50012025
The Erkiletian Family Foundation$12,50012025
Norman C Tanner & Barbara L Tanner Third Charitable Support Trust$11,25012025
Frontstream Global Fund$11,01312025
Katharine K McLane and Henry R McLane$11,00012025
The Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Charitable Trust-I$10,85012025
Horizons Foundation$10,80012025
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation$10,20012025
The Suwinski Family Foundation Inc$10,00012025
Lee and Luis Lainer Family Foundation$10,00012025
The Lipman Family Foundation Inc$10,00012025
The Rodgers Family Foundation Inc$10,00012025
Washakie Foundation$10,00012025
Three Sibs Foundation Inc$10,00012025
Sandpiper Fund Inc$10,00012025
The Anne Levy Charitable Trust$10,00012025
The Burton P & Judith B Resnick Foundation$10,00012025
Harrington Family Foundation$10,00012025
The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo$10,00012025
Wintman Family Charitable Trust B$10,00012025
Acorn Foundation Inc$10,00012025
Esjay Foundation Inc$10,00012025
The Edward and Lucy Minor Family$10,00012025
The Ronald and Jane Olson Foundation$10,00012025
The Oak Hill Fund$10,00012025
Louden Family Foundation$10,00012025
The Revlis Foundation$10,00012025
Tidemark 10 Foundation$10,00012025
Akron Community Foundation$10,00012025
Community Foundation of NCW$10,00012025
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago$9,95012025
Prospect Foundation Inc$9,00012025
Triangle Community Foundation Inc$8,75012025
Whatcom Community Foundation$8,70012025
Community Foundation for Southern Arizona$8,51812025
Pasadena Community Foundation$8,20012025
Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts$8,06612025
Marjorie and Irwin Nat Pincus Fund$8,00012025
Tr Edna Wardlaw Charitable Tr UA Magnolia Trust Company Trustee$7,50012025
The Robert M Schiffman Foundation Inc$7,00012025
Scott and Jessica McClintock Foundation$7,00012025
Shared Vision Charitable Foundation$7,00012025
Community Foundation of Northern Colorado$6,87512025
Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc$6,45012025
Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc$6,25012025
Thomas C & Mary Ann Hays Fam Char Tr$6,00012025
Wolff Family Foundation$6,00012025
The Gesher Family Foundation$6,00012025
Athens Area Community Foundation Inc$5,80012025
America's Charities$5,55012025
The Guide Foundation$5,00012025
The Anstiss and Ronald Krueck$5,00012025
Soka 'Piiwa Foundation$5,00012025
The Margaret and Jennifer Kress Foundation$5,00012025
Larry L Luing Family Foundation Inc$5,00012025
The Jesse H and Susan R Oppenheimer$5,00012025
The Doeblin Lacy Family Foundation Inc$5,00012025
Walter S Quinlan Foundation$5,00012025
CSP Charitable Foundation$5,00012025
Van Itallie Foundation Inc$5,00012025
SMS Foundation Inc$5,00012025
The Eccles Family Foundation$5,00012025
The Carol J Adragna$5,00012025
The Meeker Rom Grausz Family Foundation$5,00012025
Lederer Foundation$5,00012025
The Vijay & Sita Vashee Foundation$5,00012025
Hurdle Hill Foundation$5,00012025
The North Ridge Foundation$5,00012025
The Kulp Family Charitable Foundation$5,00012025
The Robert & Helen Hardman Family Fund$5,00012025
The Morris L Levinson Foundation Inc$5,00012025
Brownstone Family Foundation$5,00012025
The John and Shirley Nash Foundation$5,00012025
Macgillivray Family Foundation$5,00012025
The Powell Foundation$5,00012025
Lloyd a Fry Foundation$5,00012025
Nina W Werblow Charitable Trust$2,00012026
The Anne and Gerald Freedman Charitable$1,00012026
Harold W Sweatt Foundation$1,00012026
The Herbert and Dorothy Kunstadt Foundat$5012026

Funding over time

Grant dollars and counts received per year

$0$5M$10M$15M193 grants2025 7 grants2026

From 2025 to 2026, annual grant giving ranged from $203K (2026) to $13.8M (2025). In 2026 it made 7 grants totaling $203K.

What grants has Natural Resources Defense Council Inc received?

Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first

YearFunderPurposeAmount
2026T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving IncMULTIPLE$83,625
2026Sarah Decoizart Perpetual Charitable TrGENERAL SUPPORT$75,000
2026The Harriette Steelman and CharlesCHARITABLE FOR ENVIRONMENT$40,000
2026Nina W Werblow Charitable TrustGENERAL SUPPORT$2,000
2026The Anne and Gerald Freedman CharitableGENERAL DONATION TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S ACTIVITIES.$1,000
2026Harold W Sweatt FoundationGENERAL$1,000
2026The Herbert and Dorothy Kunstadt FoundatGeneral Fund Contribution$50
2025National Philanthropic TrustENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS$2,298,391
2025The Chicago Community TrustGeneral support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes$1,260,840
2025G O Forward Charitable TrustGENERAL OPERATING$1,044,700
2025The Peninsula Charities Foundation IIGENERAL & UNRESTRICTED$700,000
2025Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundGENERAL SUPPORT$564,057
2025Marty and Dorothy Silverman FoundationGENERAL DONATION$500,000
2025Marty and Dorothy Silverman FoundationGENERAL DONATION$500,000
2025Farvue Foundation IncGeneral support$500,000
2025Carnegie Corporation of New YorkAs a one-time only grant for a study on U.S. nuclear targeting in a multipolar nuclear environment$400,000
2025California Community FoundationENVIRONMENT$238,400
2025Johanette Wallerstein Institute 5607-00-43GENERAL CHARITABLE SUPPORT$180,000
2025Global Philanthropy PartnershipEQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION FUND/ CLEAN RIDES$170,000
2025Environmental Defense Fund IncorporatedFISHERIES & OCEANS$158,971
2025Advocates for Climate InnovationTO SUPPORT PROJECTS TO BUILD SUPPORT AND DEVELOP EFFECTIVE REGULATORY MODELS FOR RESPONSIBLE CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL$150,000
2025David Schwartz Foundation IncGENERAL PURPOSES$150,000
2025HFO FoundationGENERAL$150,000
2025Clean Economy FundREBUILDING U.S. ENERGY INNOVATION$150,000
2025Boston Foundation IncOperating Support/Annual Fund$147,100
2025Wy'east FoundationCLIMATE WORK$125,000
2025Joseph and Marie Field FamilyGRANT TO ANOTHER 501(C)(3) ORGANIZAT$120,000
2025The San Francisco FoundationFOR GENERAL AND PROJECT SUPPORT$109,750
2025Caufield Family FoundationFUNDING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLEAN ENERGY$100,000
2025Mary Jean and Frank P Smeal FoundationGeneral Charitable Purposes$100,000

Showing 30 most recent of 200 recorded grants.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who funds Natural Resources Defense Council Inc?

Natural Resources Defense Council Inc is funded by 194 grantmakers, led by National Philanthropic Trust ($2.3M), The Chicago Community Trust ($1.3M), G O Forward Charitable Trust ($1.0M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $14.0M in grants to Natural Resources Defense Council Inc between 2025–2026.

Who is Natural Resources Defense Council Inc's largest funder?

National Philanthropic Trust is the largest recorded funder of Natural Resources Defense Council Inc, with $2.3M across 1 grant (2025).

How much grant funding has Natural Resources Defense Council Inc received?

IRS 990 filings record $14.0M in grants to Natural Resources Defense Council Inc across 200 grants from 194 funders between 2025–2026. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.

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