Re:wild protects and restores the wild because solutions to climate change, biodiversity loss and threats to human health lie in nature.
Rewild’s recent grantmaking centers on research conservation, with unusually large awards that reach from land trusts to universities and collaborative intermediaries. The biggest grant in the recent list was $829,634 to Oregon Desert Land Trust for research conservation, followed by $775,000 to Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc for the same purpose. Other sizable awards went to Samo Fund, Revive & Restore, and Tides Foundation, showing a pattern of project-based support across conservation organizations and fiscal sponsors. The foundation’s programs point to the same broad agenda: protected and conserved areas, species recovery and reintroduction, habitat restoration, marine and shark conservation, rapid response to biodiversity emergencies, conservation leadership and capacity building, and funding for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. Rewild also uses collaborative vehicles such as the Shark Conservation Fund and the Species Reintroduction Fund, alongside programs for early-career conservationists and women leading conservation and restoration projects. That mix suggests a funder that supports both fieldwork and the organizational capacity needed to carry it out.
In protected areas and landscape conservation, Rewild gave $300,000 to Groundwork USA for research conservation and $50,000 to Center for Large Landscape Conservation for research conservation. In marine work, it awarded $100,000 to Global Fishing Watch Inc for research conservation, alongside its Shark Conservation Fund, which focuses on shark and ray conservation, marine biodiversity, and fisheries and trade policy. For habitat and restoration efforts, the foundation gave $200,000 to Treepeople Inc for research conservation and also supports a Rapid Response Program for emergencies threatening biodiversity, people, and ecosystems. Rewild also backs leadership pipelines: the Conservation Leadership Accelerator Fund is designed to strengthen conservation leaders and regional organizations, while the Conservation Pathways for Youth Program Fund focuses on education, skills development, and career pathways for youth entering conservation.
Rewild’s typical grant size sits at a p25 of $25,000, a median of $50,000, and a p75 of $100,594, but the recent grants list also includes much larger project awards in the hundreds of thousands. The pattern is repeat support rather than one-off giving: Samo Fund, Treepeople Inc, Cat Action Treasury Inc, Global Fishing Watch Inc, Planet Women, Groundwork Hudson Valley Inc, and Center for Large Landscape Conservation each appear more than once across recent years. Rewild is a regular funder, makes program-related investments, and its active programs are mostly global and non-application-based; several explicitly do not accept unsolicited requests. The Species Reintroduction Fund does use a Request for Partnership process.
$1.4M
$84M
$74.2M
$69.7M
Most grants fall between $25K and $101K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$101K
About 2% of grants go to recipients in SD.
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Grant recipients are entirely U.S.-based in the recent grants sample, with 48 grants in the United States. Activity is especially visible in California, New York, and Washington, D.C., with repeated awards to organizations in Beverly Hills, Thousand Oaks, Sausalito, San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles, plus New York and Yonkers. The list also reaches to Bend, Bozeman, Flagstaff, New Haven, Raleigh, and Clarksville, showing a wide national spread rather than a single regional cluster. Texas appears only lightly in the recipient record, at 2% of grants.
Rewild supports protected and conserved areas, species recovery and reintroduction, habitat restoration, marine and shark conservation, rapid response to biodiversity emergencies, conservation leadership and capacity building, and funding for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. Its recent grants align with those themes through research conservation awards to land trusts, universities, fiscal sponsors, and conservation NGOs.
The typical grant size is $25,000 at the 25th percentile, $50,000 at the median, and $100,594 at the 75th percentile. Recent awards also include larger grants above $300,000, so the distribution includes both moderate project support and major funding commitments.
Yes. Several grantees appear in multiple years, including Samo Fund, Treepeople Inc, Cat Action Treasury Inc, Global Fishing Watch Inc, Planet Women, Groundwork Hudson Valley Inc, and Center for Large Landscape Conservation. That repeated pattern suggests ongoing relationships rather than isolated awards.
Rewild is a regular funder and makes program-related investments. Its active programs are largely global and many do not accept unsolicited requests. One exception is the Species Reintroduction Fund, which uses a Request for Partnership process and provides a pooled annual allocation of $250,000.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROUNDWORK USA | YONKERS, NY | $300,000 | 2025 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC | GREENBELT, MD | $187,330 | 2025 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| PLANET WOMEN | BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA | $103,000 | 2025 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION | SEATTLE, WA | $102,376 | 2025 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC | WASHINGTON, DC | $100,000 | 2025 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | CLARKSVILLE, TN | $100,000 | 2025 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| YALE UNIVERSITY | NEW HAVEN, CT | $84,000 | 2025 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | RALEIGH, NC | $65,855 | 2025 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION | BOZEMAN, MT | $50,000 | 2025 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| COLORADO PLATEAU FOUNDATION | FLAGSTAFF, AZ | $50,000 | 2025 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES CALIFORNIA | LOS ANGELES, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| EARTH INNOVATION INSTITUTE | BERKELY, CA | $48,290 | 2025 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION | HONOLULU, HI | $35,000 | 2025 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| PINE RIDGE GIRLS' SCHOOL INC | PORCUPINE, SD | $25,000 | 2025 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| SOUTHEAST ALASKA INDIGENOUS TRANSBOUNDARY COMMISSION (SEITC) | WRANGELL, AK | $25,000 | 2025 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| LEMUR CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | WASHINGTON, DC | $18,000 | 2025 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | ANN ARBOR, MI | $15,100 | 2025 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| HOME RANGE WILDLIFE RESEARCH | WINTHROP, WA | $10,400 | 2025 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN | AUSTIN, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| SAMO FUND | THOUSAND OAKS, CA | $300,000 | 2024 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| TREEPEOPLE INC | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | $200,000 | 2024 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| CAT ACTION TREASURY INC | CAPE NEDDICK, ME | $100,000 | 2024 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION | BOZEMAN, MT | $50,000 | 2024 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION | WASHINGTON, DC | $41,742 | 2024 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| GLOBAL CONSERVATION NETWORK | APPLE VALLEY, MN | $38,000 | 2024 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| POLARIS INSTITUTE USA | WALNUT CREEK, CA | $30,000 | 2024 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| NATIVE RENEWABLES INC | FLAGSTAFF, AZ | $25,000 | 2024 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| PINE RIDGE GIRLS' SCHOOL INC | PORCUPINE, SD | $25,000 | 2024 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| OREGON DESERT LAND TRUST | BEND, OR | $829,634 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC | NEW YORK, NY | $775,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| REVIVE & RESTORE | SAUSALITO, CA | $300,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| SAMO FUND | THOUSAND OAKS, CA | $300,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| TIDES FOUNDATION | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $275,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| TREEPEOPLE INC | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | $200,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| CAT ACTION TREASURY INC | CAPE NEDDICK, ME | $100,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| PLANET WOMEN | BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA | $100,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC | WASHINGTON, DC | $100,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| SOLUTIONS PROJECT INC | OAKLAND, CA | $50,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION | BOZEMAN, MT | $50,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| GROUNDWORK HUDSON VALLEY INC | YONKERS, NY | $40,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| COLORADO PLATEAU FOUNDATION | FLAGSTAFF, AZ | $30,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| GLOBAL CONSERVATION NETWORK | APPLE VALLEY, MN | $30,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| SOUTHEAST ALASKA INDIGENOUS TRANSBOUNDARY COMMISSION (SEITC) | WRANGELL, AK | $25,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| NDN COLLECTIVE INC | RAPID CITY, SD | $25,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| COMITE CIVICO DEL VALLE | BRAWLEY, CA | $25,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| SEQUOIA FORESTKEEPER | KERNVILLE, CA | $25,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| OMAHA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY | OMAHA, NE | $20,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
| CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY | GLENCOE, IL | $10,000 | 2023 | RESEARCH CONSERVATION |
GROUNDWORK USA
$300,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC
$187,330RESEARCH CONSERVATION
PLANET WOMEN
$103,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION
$102,376RESEARCH CONSERVATION
GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC
$100,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
$100,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
YALE UNIVERSITY
$84,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
$65,855RESEARCH CONSERVATION
CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION
$50,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
COLORADO PLATEAU FOUNDATION
$50,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES CALIFORNIA
$50,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
EARTH INNOVATION INSTITUTE
$48,290RESEARCH CONSERVATION
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION
$35,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
PINE RIDGE GIRLS' SCHOOL INC
$25,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
SOUTHEAST ALASKA INDIGENOUS TRANSBOUNDARY COMMISSION (SEITC)
$25,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
LEMUR CONSERVATION NETWORK INC
$18,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
$15,100RESEARCH CONSERVATION
HOME RANGE WILDLIFE RESEARCH
$10,400RESEARCH CONSERVATION
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
$10,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
SAMO FUND
$300,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
TREEPEOPLE INC
$200,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
CAT ACTION TREASURY INC
$100,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION
$50,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
$41,742RESEARCH CONSERVATION
GLOBAL CONSERVATION NETWORK
$38,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
POLARIS INSTITUTE USA
$30,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
NATIVE RENEWABLES INC
$25,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
PINE RIDGE GIRLS' SCHOOL INC
$25,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
OREGON DESERT LAND TRUST
$829,634RESEARCH CONSERVATION
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC
$775,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
REVIVE & RESTORE
$300,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
SAMO FUND
$300,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
TIDES FOUNDATION
$275,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
TREEPEOPLE INC
$200,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
CAT ACTION TREASURY INC
$100,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
PLANET WOMEN
$100,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC
$100,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
SOLUTIONS PROJECT INC
$50,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION
$50,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
GROUNDWORK HUDSON VALLEY INC
$40,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
COLORADO PLATEAU FOUNDATION
$30,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
GLOBAL CONSERVATION NETWORK
$30,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
SOUTHEAST ALASKA INDIGENOUS TRANSBOUNDARY COMMISSION (SEITC)
$25,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
NDN COLLECTIVE INC
$25,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
COMITE CIVICO DEL VALLE
$25,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
SEQUOIA FORESTKEEPER
$25,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
OMAHA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
$20,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION
CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
$10,000RESEARCH CONSERVATION