Grantham Foundation for the Protection

EIN 046856456

Boston, MA 02116 |(617) 346-7500

https://WWW.GRANTHAMFOUNDATION.ORG
Total Given 2016–2024
$317.1M
521 grants · $35.2M avg/year
based on 9 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$10M+/yr
major funder
capacity
$250K
typical big bets · $100K–$750K
grant size
45%
supporter · 114/253 multi-year
repeat
$782.1M
Assets (2024)
253
Distinct Recipients

Focus Areas

Education Health Arts & Culture Environment Human Services

Application Information

Accepts Unsolicited Proposals No — Preselected Only
Phone (617) 346-7500

Financial Trends

Giving Over Time

Total Assets Over Time

View financial data as table
YearTotal GivingTotal AssetsRevenueGrants
2016 $20.0M $514.4M $42.2M 48
2017 $22.6M $582.3M $40.8M 49
2018 $26.7M $573.9M $36.3M 50
2019 N/A $639.6M $38.0M N/A
2020 $29.9M $746.9M $33.0M 59
2021 $35.1M $1.1B $210.5M 60
2022 $54.6M $934.0M $190.8M 78
2023 $61.3M $861.4M $40.0M 94
2024 $67.0M $782.1M $64.9M 83

Grant Size Distribution

Based on 521 grants on record

Minimum
$1K
25th Pctl
$100K
Median
$250K
Average
$609K
75th Pctl
$750K
Maximum
$4.9M

Geographic Distribution


Texas Counties Served

0.7% of US grants · Rank #15 of 31 states $519K across 3 grants 2 of 254 counties

Top 2 counties

  1. 1 Brazos 1 grant · $409K
  2. 2 Travis 2 grants · $110K

Officers & Directors

Grants Awarded (521 total)

Purpose
Stichting Foundation for International Law for the Environment Amsterdam, None $4,900,000 NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION 2023
London School of Economics London, None $4,718,473 CLIMATE SCIENCE & POLICY RESEARCH. 2020
Conservation International Arlington, VA $4,500,000 NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION 2024
Imperial College London, None $4,242,349 CLIMATE SCIENCE & POLICY RESEARCH 2020
Stichting Foundation for International Law for the Environment Amsterdam, None $4,100,000 NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION 2024
Stichting Sed Fund Cj Den Haag, None $4,000,000 CLIMATE & ENERGY OUTREACH 2020
Stichting Sed Fund Cj Den Haag, None $4,000,000 CLIMATE EDUCATION 2023
University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA $3,985,000 SINGLE STEP CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND STORAGE PROJECT, SEAWATER MINERALIZATION, AND FOREST CARBON MONITORING AND VERIFICATION 2021
University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA $3,700,000 CDR RESEARCH 2022
Windward Fund Washington, DC $3,675,000 CLIMATE SCIENCE & POLICY RESEARCH 2023
Stichting Sed Fund Cj Den Haag, None $3,333,333 CLIMATE EDUCATION 2022
London School of Economics and Political Science London, None $3,250,948 SUPPORT FOR THE GRANTHAM INSTITUTE 2024
London School of Economics London, None $3,063,440 For the protection of the environment; furtherance of related research, awareness and policy 2016
Stichting Sed Fund Cj Den Haag, None $3,000,000 CLIMATE EDUCATION 2024
Stichting European Climate Foundation Den Haag, None $3,000,000 GSCC CORE SUPPORT 2018
London School of Economics and Political Science London, None $2,931,364 SUPPORT FOR THE GRANTHAM INSTITUTE 2023
Stichting Sed Fund Cj Den Haag, None $2,866,667 CLIMATE & ENERGY OUTREACH ON INDIA CLIMATE 2021
Windward Fund Washington, DC $2,750,000 CLIMATE SCIENCE & POLICY RESEARCH 2024
Stichting European Climate Foundation Den Haag, None $2,750,000 FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; FURTHERANCE OF RELATED RESEARCH, AWARENESS AND POLICY 2017
Carbon Gap Ltd Covent Garden, None $2,723,000 CLIMATE SCIENCE & POLICY RESEARCH 2024
Windward Fund Washington, DC $2,650,000 METHANE AND CDR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION 2022
Clientearth Usa Inc New York, NY $2,500,000 CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE POLICY IN EU AND ENERGY TRANSITION IN ASIA 2021
Meliore Fup Brussels, None $2,500,000 CLIMATE COMMUNICATIONS 2024
New Venture Fund Washington, DC $2,500,000 CLIMATE SCIENCE & POLICY RESEARCH 2024
The Energy Foundation San Francisco, CA $2,463,222 For the protection of the environment; furtherance of related research, awareness and policy 2016