Community Foundation Grants to Environmental Defense Fund


Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2020
Grant Amount - $155,000
Grant Purpose - To Support Legal Affairs. For Support Of The Edf's Health Program. For General Operating Support.
Foundation - San Francisco Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2020
Grant Amount - $7,314
Grant Purpose -
Foundation - Community Foundation of Henderson County

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2020
Grant Amount - $2,108,900
Grant Purpose - For General Support
Foundation - New York Community Trust

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2020
Grant Amount - $5,000
Grant Purpose - For Program Support
Foundation - New York Community Trust

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2020
Grant Amount - $1,000
Grant Purpose - For Program Support
Foundation - New York Community Trust

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2020
Grant Amount - $10,000
Grant Purpose - C01 Alliance/advocacy Organizations
Foundation - Community Foundation of Louisville

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2020
Grant Amount - $14,190
Grant Purpose - Environment
Foundation - Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2020
Grant Amount - $5,250
Grant Purpose - General Purpose
Foundation - Triangle Community Foundation

Organization - Nc Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2020
Grant Amount - $27,000
Grant Purpose - General Purpose
Foundation - Triangle Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $110,000
Grant Purpose - General Support Building
Foundation - Community Foundation for the National Capital Region

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $209,250
Grant Purpose - Environment
Foundation - Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $174,986
Grant Purpose - For Defense Of Magnuson-stevens Work In Oceans Group, For General Support For The San Francisco Office, For General Support, For The Litigation Support Project, To Support The Health And Climate Change Programs.
Foundation - San Francisco Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $14,250
Grant Purpose - General Operating Support
Foundation - Minneapolis Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $200
Grant Purpose - General Operational Support
Foundation - Community Foundation of Greater Memphis

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $250
Grant Purpose - General Operational Support
Foundation - Community Foundation of Greater Memphis

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $10,400
Grant Purpose - Environment
Foundation - Greater Kansas City Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $2,500
Grant Purpose - General Operational Support
Foundation - Community Foundation of Greater Memphis

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $43,000
Grant Purpose - Environment
Foundation - California Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $1,000
Grant Purpose - For Program Support
Foundation - New York Community Trust

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $3,000,000
Grant Purpose - For Program Support
Foundation - New York Community Trust

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $2,086,300
Grant Purpose - For General Support
Foundation - New York Community Trust

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $2,000
Grant Purpose - For Program Support
Foundation - New York Community Trust

Organization - Nc Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $28,500
Grant Purpose - General Purpose
Foundation - Triangle Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $9,074
Grant Purpose -
Foundation - Community Foundation of Henderson County

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $35,100
Grant Purpose - General Support
Foundation - Community Foundation of New Jersey

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $22,750
Grant Purpose - General Purpose
Foundation - Triangle Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $16,000
Grant Purpose - Provide General Operating Support
Foundation - Marin Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $40,350
Grant Purpose - Environment
Foundation - Greater New Orleans Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $7,000
Grant Purpose - General Support
Foundation - Cleveland Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $14,611
Grant Purpose - Environment
Foundation - Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $2,587,800
Grant Purpose - To Support Methanesat
Foundation - Chicago Community Trust

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund - Austin
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $15,000
Grant Purpose - 2019 Donation For Texas Edf; Matching Donation
Foundation - Austin Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $6,000
Grant Purpose - Less Pollution! More Solutions!
Foundation - Austin Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $21,000
Grant Purpose - For General Operating Support
Foundation - Denver Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $13,000
Grant Purpose - Environment
Foundation - Oregon Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $8,700
Grant Purpose - General Support And Various Projects
Foundation - Baltimore Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $9,250
Grant Purpose - Gen. Purpose
Foundation - Vermont Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $15,000
Grant Purpose - Environment/wildlife/agriculture
Foundation - Boston Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $45,000
Grant Purpose - Operating Support/annual Fund
Foundation - Boston Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $948,834
Grant Purpose - For General Support, In Support Of The Ocean's Program, For General Support, For Building Capacity In Bahamian Fisheries, Currently Led By Amanda Leland, For General Support For The San Francisco Office, For General Support
Foundation - San Francisco Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $6,000
Grant Purpose - Environment
Foundation - Oregon Community Foundation

Organization - Nc Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $11,000
Grant Purpose - General Purpose
Foundation - Triangle Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $15,071
Grant Purpose - Environment
Foundation - Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $7,000
Grant Purpose - For General Operating Support
Foundation - Denver Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $110,000
Grant Purpose - General Support Building
Foundation - Community Foundation for the National Capital Region

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $5,763
Grant Purpose - Environment
Foundation - Pittsburgh Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $2,426,250
Grant Purpose - Environment
Foundation - Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $5,400
Grant Purpose - General Purpose
Foundation - Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $17,750
Grant Purpose - General Purpose
Foundation - Triangle Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $45,750
Grant Purpose - For General Support
Foundation - New York Community Trust

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $500,000
Grant Purpose - For Program Support
Foundation - New York Community Trust

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $10,350
Grant Purpose - General Support And Various Projects
Foundation - Baltimore Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $1,000
Grant Purpose - For Program Support
Foundation - New York Community Trust

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $5,000
Grant Purpose - For Program Support
Foundation - New York Community Trust

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $1,500,000
Grant Purpose - For Program Support
Foundation - New York Community Trust

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $500
Grant Purpose - For Program Support
Foundation - New York Community Trust

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $33,500
Grant Purpose - General Operating Support
Foundation - Minneapolis Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $23,500
Grant Purpose - Grant Support
Foundation - Community Foundation of New Jersey

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $41,300
Grant Purpose - Education Environment
Foundation - California Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $50,000
Grant Purpose - Environment
Foundation - San Diego Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $117,500
Grant Purpose - General Operating Support
Foundation - Chicago Community Trust

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $12,460
Grant Purpose - Environment
Foundation - Greater Kansas City Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $17,750
Grant Purpose - General Operating Support
Foundation - Santa Fe Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $40,000
Grant Purpose - Environmental
Foundation - Greater Houston Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $91,000
Grant Purpose - Operating Support
Foundation - Boston Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $1,160,000
Grant Purpose - Charitable Gift
Foundation - Foundation for the Carolinas

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $9,350
Grant Purpose - Environment
Foundation - Greater New Orleans Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $6,250
Grant Purpose - Provide Operating Support
Foundation - Marin Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $8,500
Grant Purpose - Gen. Support
Foundation - Vermont Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2017
Grant Amount - $6,500
Grant Purpose - Environment
Foundation - Oregon Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2017
Grant Amount - $11,800
Grant Purpose - Environment
Foundation - Greater Kansas City Community Foundation

Organization - Envirnomental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2017
Grant Amount - $20,000
Grant Purpose - For General Operating Support
Foundation - Community Foundation Sonoma County

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2017
Grant Amount - $10,000
Grant Purpose - General Support
Foundation - Lutheran Community Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2017
Grant Amount - $6,000
Grant Purpose - General Operating Support
Foundation - Denver Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2017
Grant Amount - $5,900
Grant Purpose - Environment
Foundation - Greater New Orleans Foundation

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund
Year Awarded - 2017
Grant Amount - $82,562
Grant Purpose - General Support
Foundation - Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro






Grants to Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated

from DAF Specialists*


Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2022
Grant Amount - $25,505,267
Grant Purpose - For Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes
Foundation - Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2022
Grant Amount - $315,950
Grant Purpose - Environment, Animals
Foundation - National Philanthropic Trust

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2022
Grant Amount - $3,325,313
Grant Purpose - Environmental And Animals
Foundation - Schwab Charitable

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2022
Grant Amount - $6,773,645
Grant Purpose - For Recipient's Exempt Purpose
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2021
Grant Amount - $2,385,485
Grant Purpose - Environmental And Animals
Foundation - Schwab Charitable

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2021
Grant Amount - $25,191,159
Grant Purpose - For Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes
Foundation - Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2021
Grant Amount - $2,690,853
Grant Purpose - Environment, Animals
Foundation - National Philanthropic Trust

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2021
Grant Amount - $1,415,200
Grant Purpose - For Recipient's Exempt Purpose
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2020
Grant Amount - $23,258,655
Grant Purpose - For Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes
Foundation - Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2020
Grant Amount - $2,400,737
Grant Purpose - Environment, Animals
Foundation - National Philanthropic Trust

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $10,000
Grant Purpose - Area of most need
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $10,000
Grant Purpose - Unrestricted gift
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $10,000
Grant Purpose - Unrestricted gift
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $10,000
Grant Purpose - Unrestricted gift
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $10,000
Grant Purpose - General operating expenses
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $7,500
Grant Purpose - Unrestricted gift
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $4,320,379
Grant Purpose - Environmental And Animals
Foundation - Schwab Charitable

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $2,400,737
Grant Purpose - Environment, Animals
Foundation - National Philanthropic Trust

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $18,769,189
Grant Purpose - For Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes
Foundation - Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $500,000
Grant Purpose - Non‐legally binding pledge/commitment
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $70,000
Grant Purpose - Unrestricted gift
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $50,000
Grant Purpose - Unrestricted gift
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $40,000
Grant Purpose - Area of most need
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $25,000
Grant Purpose - Unrestricted gift
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $25,000
Grant Purpose - Unrestricted gift
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $25,000
Grant Purpose - Other
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $25,000
Grant Purpose - Unrestricted gift
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $17,500
Grant Purpose - Other
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $15,000
Grant Purpose - Area of most need
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $15,000
Grant Purpose - Unrestricted gift
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $12,000
Grant Purpose - Other
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $10,000
Grant Purpose - Unrestricted gift
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $10,000
Grant Purpose - Unrestricted gift
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2019
Grant Amount - $10,000
Grant Purpose - Unrestricted gift
Foundation - Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $17,583,187
Grant Purpose - For Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes
Foundation - Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Inc
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $2,831,740
Grant Purpose - Environmental And Animals
Foundation - Schwab Charitable

Organization - Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Year Awarded - 2018
Grant Amount - $731,700
Grant Purpose - Environment, Animals
Foundation - National Philanthropic Trust








* Grants from Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Schwab Charitable and Vanguard Charitable Endowment.

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