Earth Island Institute Inc
Berkeley, CA · EIN 94-2889684. Reported 128 grants totalling $3,539,113 to 106 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Earth Island Institute Inc, the IRS classifies it under environment rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE C300) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 106 distinct organizations, with 30% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 20% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $6,500 and $15,515; the smallest was $5,500 and the largest $1,065,200. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indigenous Peoples Movement | Porcupine, SD | $1,065,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jmt Wilderness Conservancy | Truckee, CA | $459,569 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Global Poverty Project Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $149,190 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Compliance and Capacity Skills International | New York, NY | $110,748 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Climate Access Inc | Scotts Valley, CA | $93,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Common Vision | Berkeley, CA | $63,872 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Stand | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Parks Alliance | San Francisco, CA | $54,030 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Earthon Foundation USA | Forest Hills, NY | $54,026 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Health Care Without Harm | Reston, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Laudato Si Movement | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Alliance With Family Farmers Foundation | Davis, CA | $37,015 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Movement Strategy Center | Oakland, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Illinois Stewardship Alliance | Springfield, IL | $33,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Surfrider Foundation | San Clemente, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association | Worthington, OH | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York Inc | Binghamton, NY | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Land Stewardship Project | Minneapolis, MN | $26,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dakota Resource Council | Bismarck, ND | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Navajo Preparatory School Inc | Farmington, NM | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends Service Committee | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Agricultura Cooperative Ntwrk | Albuquerque, NM | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Black Culinarian Alliance Inc | North Babylon, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Center for Rural Affairs | Lyons, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Vision Capital & Consulting | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Greenwave Organization Corp | New Haven, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Organizacion En California De Lideres Campesinas Inc | Oxnard, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc | Arcata, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Ufw Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Inquiring Systems Inc | Santa Rosa, CA | $19,225 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Waterkeepers Chesapeake Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Maine Farmland Trust Inc | Belfast, ME | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| California Climate Action Now | San Francisco, CA | $16,854 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Native Americans in Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $15,227 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carbon Cycle Institute | Petaluma, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kingsley Elementary School | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Swaliga Foundation | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hawaii Farmers Union Foundation | Kapaa, HI | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kansas Rural Center | Lawrence, KS | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Soul Fire Farm Institute Inc | Petersburg, NY | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Michigan Integrated Food & Farming Systems | East Lansing, MI | $12,930 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Interfaith Works Inc | Rockville, MD | $12,756 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sasha Bruce Youthwork Inc | Washington, DC | $12,756 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Virginia Organizing Inc | Charlottesvle, VA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Agricultural Missions Inc | New York, NY | $11,364 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mothers Out Front Inc | Boston, MA | $11,364 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Peoples Justice Council | Birmingham, AL | $11,364 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rewild | Austin, TX | $11,281 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lake Baikal Heritage Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $10,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Amazon Frontlines | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| CC35 Capital Cities Secretariat | Miami, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Climate Change Leadership Institute | Santa Fe, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nyu Grossman School Medicine | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Oregon Tilth Inc | Corvallis, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Samoa Pacific Development Corporation | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Zuni Mountain Sanctuary | Ramah, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Earth Equity | Soquel, CA | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Indigenous Justice | Sacramento, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rural Education Action Project | Montpelier, VT | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint James School | Philadelphia, PA | $7,612 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Espacio Migrante | Imperial Bch, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Northern Plains Resource Council | Billings, MT | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Western Colorado Alliance | Grand Jct, CO | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northeast Organic Farming Association Massachusetts Chapter | Florence, MA | $6,552 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 3GS for Gaia | Williamston, NC | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico Inc | San Juan, PR | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Better World Group Advisors | Los Angeles, CA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | Tucson, AZ | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Centro Para La Reconstruccion Del Habitat | San Juan, PR | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Conservation Law Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eastern Woodland Protectors | Wilmington, NC | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ecologic | Washington, DC | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Empower House Sa | San Antonio, TX | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fanm Saj | Miami, FL | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Mariana Trench | Saipan, MP | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Future Economy Collective | Virginia Bch, VA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grid Alternatives | Oakland, CA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hawaii Agriculture Research Center | Waipahu, HI | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hoola Veteran Services | Hilo, HI | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Idaho Organization of Resource Councils Inc | Boise, ID | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Independent Arts & Media | San Francisco, CA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Institute for Enhanced Equity | New Orleans, LA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Koihonua | Pearl City, HI | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lillian Timber Farms Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Image Life Skills Academy | Shaker Heights, OH | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Not One More Project | Indianapolis, IN | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Occidental Arts and Ecology Center | Occidental, CA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oceanic Ascent Education & Athletics Inc | Hagatna, GU | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Monica Bay Foundation | Playa Del Rey, CA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shalom and Tranquility Garden Network | Cleveland, OH | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Start Empowerment Incorporated | Austin, TX | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The African American Art and Culture Complex | San Francisco, CA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Climate Initiative | Cape Porpoise, ME | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Toxic Free North Carolina Inc | Durham, NC | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Village of Dot Lake | Delta Junction, AK | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Whyhunger Inc | New York, NY | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Xa Kako Dile Inc | Caspar, CA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yeyo Arts Collective Inc | Saint Louis, MO | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| House of Ruth | Washington DC, DC | $6,378 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA | Pittsboro, NC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Farmers Inc | Lancaster, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont | Richmond, VT | $5,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Young Farmers Coalition | Hudson, NY | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
16 of 106 (15%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 93 of 106 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 30 | $986,638 | $15,257 |
| 2021 | 20 | $358,998 | $10,700 |
| 2022 | 38 | $360,790 | $6,500 |
| 2023 | 40 | $1,832,687 | $6,526 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
35% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Earth Island Institute Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, 94704.
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