Waterkeeper Alliance Inc

Nonprofit · Grant recipient Also a grantmaker → New York, NY EIN 13-4071318

Funding Overview

From IRS Form 990 filings · 2021–2025

Total received

$25.2M

Foundation funders

98

Grants recorded

200

Years covered

2021–2025

Who funds Waterkeeper Alliance Inc?

Waterkeeper Alliance Inc is funded by 98 grantmakers, led by The Bessemer Giving Fund ($16.0M), Foundation for the Carolinas ($4.7M), National Philanthropic Trust ($929K). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $25.2M in grants to Waterkeeper Alliance Inc between 2021–2025.

FunderTotal givenGrantsYears
The Bessemer Giving Fund$16,023,00042021–2024
Foundation for the Carolinas$4,700,20042021–2024
National Philanthropic Trust$929,11122021–2022
Builders Vision Foundation$920,57532022–2024
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc$835,00032021–2024
The Marisla Foundation$460,00052021–2024
Roaring Brook Family Foundation$150,00042021–2024
Moore Family Foundation$150,00022021–2022
Environment Now$80,00012021
The Fine and Greenwald Foundation$60,00032021–2023
Leaves of Grass Fund$50,00042021–2024
Berger Family Foundation$50,00042021–2024
Eleven Eleven Foundation$50,00012021
J S & S Michaan Foundation$50,00012021
Glencoe Family Foundation Inc$44,80042021–2023
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$42,10042021–2024
Gunzenhauser Chapin Fund$40,00022022–2023
David and Diana Andrews Foundation$35,00032023–2024
Simple Generosity Foundation$32,32622024–2025
Maine Community Foundation Inc$31,00012024
Turner Foundation Inc$30,00022023–2024
Ann & Robert Benson Foundation Inc$30,00012021
The Wilson Family Foundation$25,00032021–2023
Rowland & Sylvia Schaefer Family$25,00032021–2023
Ittleson Foundation Inc$25,00012021
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The Donald and Carole Chaiken Foundation$22,50032022–2024
M Piuze Foundation$20,00022023–2024
Weeden Foundation$20,00012023
The Overbrook Foundation$20,00012021
Columbia Riverkeeper$17,50012024
The Blackbaud Giving Fund$16,75112022
Atwater Kent Foundation$15,50032022–2024
The Sunrise Project Inc$15,00012024
Chase Family Foundation Inc$15,00012021
Network for Good$12,92112021
Lynn R & Karl E Prickett Fund$10,00012024
Krupp Smith Family Foundation$10,00012022
The Lozen Foundation Inc$10,00012022
Kirkpatrick Foundation Inc$10,00012021
Innovia Foundation$10,00012021
Louise B Blackman Family Foundation$8,50032021–2023
Janet Stone Jones Foundation$8,00042021–2024
Edward and Rose Donnell Foundation$7,50032023–2025
Gorlitz Foundation Ltd$7,50042021–2024
Rudolph Joseph Foundation$7,50072021–2024
S & C Harvest Foundation Inc$7,50012023
Marin Community Foundation$7,00012024
The John a Rodger Jr Foundation Inc$6,50042021–2024
Hirshan Family Foundation$5,50022021–2022
Seattle Foundation$5,50012021
The Ayco Charitable Foundation$5,10012024
The Brookby Foundation$5,00012024
Larsson Danforth Family Foundation$5,00012022
Il Cohen Foundation$5,00012021
Euler-revaz Family Foundation$4,00042021–2024
Vivo Foundation$4,00022021–2022
Meyer and Raena Hammerman$2,80042021–2024
Bailey Family Foundation Inc$2,70812022
Giant's Causeway$2,55012021
Lucky Heart Fund$2,50012024
Dan Cameron Family Foundation Inc$2,50032022–2024
William R Gunby Jr$2,50032022–2024
Lester Poretsky Family Foundation Inc$2,00022022–2024
Emmett Foundation$2,00012023
Maurice and Lena Russo Family$1,80012021
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation$1,60022022–2023
The Mike and Corky Hale Stoller Foundation$1,50022022–2023
Cutler Stephens Foundation$1,50012022
The William & Sylvia Silberstein$1,50012022
Roger & Barbara Michaels Family Fund Inc$1,40052022–2024
Alchemy Foundation$1,20032022–2024
Amica Companies Foundation$1,18142022–2024
Rao Family Foundation$1,10022022–2023
Hitchcock Bowart Daterra Foundation$1,10022022–2023
Sad Foundation Inc$1,00012024
Monomoy Fund Inc$1,00012024
Hoghton Family Charitable Trust$1,00012022
Carl E Kessler Family Foundation$1,00012022
Bentley-shull Charitable Foundation$1,00012022
The Double-r Foundation$87542022–2025
The Scholl Family Foundation Inc$50022022–2023
Stuart and Nicole Kovensky Family$50012022
The Pfizer Foundation Inc$50012022
Austen-stokes Ancient Americas Foundation Inc$40022022
Grace J Fippinger Foundation Inc$35012023
The Lehigh Gas Foundation$30012024
Nels and Liz Leutwiler Foundation$30032022–2024
The Shatz Family Foundation Inc$27532022–2024
Jpmorgan Chase Foundation$25312023
Davidson Foundation for Music$20012022
Meredyth Anne Dasburg Foundation$10012024
Frank & Roslyn Grobman Foundation$10012024
Beard Family Charitable Trust$10012023
Harold S Coleman & Mariam B Coleman$10022022–2023
Texas Instruments Foundation$10012022
The Kassouf Foundation$10012022
Verizon Foundation$2512023
Christensen Family Foundation$2512022

Funding over time

Grant dollars and counts received per year

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What grants has Waterkeeper Alliance Inc received?

Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first

YearFunderPurposeAmount
2025Simple Generosity FoundationOperating Support$16,163
2025Edward and Rose Donnell Foundationunrestricted$2,000
2025The Double-r FoundationENVIRONMENT$250
2024Foundation for the CarolinasCHARITABLE GIFT$2,000,000
2024The Bessemer Giving FundGENERAL SUPPORT$830,000
2024Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncENVIRONMENT$450,000
2024Builders Vision Foundationto support efforts to restore mangroves damaged by Hurricane Dorian and to increase community engagement, workforce development and ecosystem protection opportunities$307,625
2024The Marisla FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT$95,000
2024Maine Community Foundation IncAlliances & Advocacy$31,000
2024Roaring Brook Family FoundationPURE FARMS, PURE WATERS$25,000
2024David and Diana Andrews FoundationGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT$20,000
2024Columbia RiverkeeperSTOP GTN XPRESS COALITION$17,500
2024Simple Generosity FoundationOperating Support$16,163
2024The Sunrise Project IncGENERAL SUPPORT$15,000
2024Leaves of Grass FundCHARITABLE$10,000
2024M Piuze FoundationENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION$10,000
2024Turner Foundation IncFURTHER ORG'S EXEMPT PURPOSE$10,000
2024Lynn R & Karl E Prickett FundTO ASSIST EACH ORGANIZATION IN CARRYING OUT ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE.$10,000
2024Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramFOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE$7,500
2024The Donald and Carole Chaiken FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT$7,500
2024Marin Community FoundationPROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT$7,000
2024The Ayco Charitable FoundationENVIRONMENT & ANIMAL PROTECTION$5,100
2024Berger Family FoundationFOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION$5,000
2024The Brookby FoundationScholarship for Waterkeeper Alliance's 2024 Water and Climate Conference$5,000
2024Atwater Kent FoundationTO FURTHER THE PURPOSE OF THE DONEE ORG.$4,000
2024Lucky Heart FundGeneral & Unrestricted$2,500
2024Janet Stone Jones FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT$2,000
2024Gorlitz Foundation LtdINTERNATIONAL WATER PATROL & PROTECTION$2,000
2024The John a Rodger Jr Foundation IncAID DONEE ORGANIZATION TO CARRY OUT FUNCTIONS$1,500
2024Euler-revaz Family FoundationPRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT$1,000

Showing 30 most recent of 200 recorded grants.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who funds Waterkeeper Alliance Inc?

Waterkeeper Alliance Inc is funded by 98 grantmakers, led by The Bessemer Giving Fund ($16.0M), Foundation for the Carolinas ($4.7M), National Philanthropic Trust ($929K). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $25.2M in grants to Waterkeeper Alliance Inc between 2021–2025.

Who is Waterkeeper Alliance Inc's largest funder?

The Bessemer Giving Fund is the largest recorded funder of Waterkeeper Alliance Inc, with $16.0M across 4 grants (2021–2024).

How much grant funding has Waterkeeper Alliance Inc received?

IRS 990 filings record $25.2M in grants to Waterkeeper Alliance Inc across 200 grants from 98 funders between 2021–2025. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.

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