Overbrook Foundation

About Overbrook Foundation

The Overbrook Foundation’s largest recent public grants go to Community Funds Inc in New York for donor-advised funds, with awards of $1,669,590 in 2025 and $1,667,496 in 2024. That pattern points to a funder working through philanthropic infrastructure rather than only making direct grants to operating nonprofits. The foundation’s recent giving also shows repeated support for organizations working on environment, democracy, human rights, and reproductive health. Across the current grant list, it backs both national advocacy groups and place-based conservation efforts, including work tied to forests in Mesoamerica and ocean ecosystems. Several grantees appear in multiple years, suggesting a continuing relationship with selected intermediaries and operating organizations. Among the named recipients are Environment America Research and Policy Center, Mongabay Org Corp, NEO Philanthropy, and The Lawyering Project. The scale of individual awards ranges from six-figure operating support to multi-million-dollar contributions routed through a donor-advised fund platform, with the foundation maintaining a broad national footprint. Its public grants show a mix of infrastructure support, campaign-oriented democracy work, environmental protection, and reproductive health funding.

What Overbrook Foundation Funds

In environmental grantmaking, the foundation has supported both policy and fieldwork. It gave $200,000 to Environment America Research and Policy Center in 2025 for “Cleaner, Quieter Lawn Care: Moving America away from gas-powered lawn equipment,” and $100,000 to Marine Conservation Institute in 2024 for the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition. On forest protection, it awarded $100,000 to Wildlife Conservation Society in 2024 for “Protecting Mesoamericas Forests and People through Community-based Conservation.” The democracy portfolio includes $100,000 to Brennan Center for Justice for “Democracy Support for Ballot Access, Fair Districting, and Election Security,” plus $100,000 to Voting Rights Lab for general operating support. In reproductive health, the foundation gave $100,000 to Abortion Care Network and $100,000 to National Network of Abortion Funds, both in 2024. It also supported civic participation through $100,000 to Civic Nation for the Enrollment & Civic Participation Project.

How Overbrook Foundation Gives