Conservation Food and Health Foundation
Boston, MA · EIN 22-2625024. Reported 215 grants totalling $7,518,996 to 118 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Conservation Food and Health Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $30,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $40,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $135,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Greengrants Fund | Boulder, CO | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program | Lexington, MA | $240,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grain | Barcelona | $176,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pacific Environment and Resources Center | San Francisco, CA | $165,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Concern America Inc | Santa Ana, CA | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Amazon Watch | Oakland, CA | $155,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Global Seed Savers | Denver, CO | $155,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Rivers Network | Berkeley, CA | $155,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Canopy (tides Foundation) | Vancouver, British Columbia | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hesperian Health Guides | Berkeley, CA | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Addis Clinic | Nashville, TN | $149,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bank Information Center | Washington, DC | $130,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Earthrights International | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Wildlife Studies | Bethesda, MD | $121,698 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Corporate Accountability International | Boston, MA | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Partners in Agriculture | Greenville, SC | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Centro De Estudios De Politicas Ambientales | Buenos Aires | $117,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ecumenical Project for International Cooperation | Allenspark, CO | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tip Global Health | Aptos, CA | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ecology Action of the Mid-Peninsula | Willits, CA | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sena Institute of Technology Foundation | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Inter Pares | Ottawa, Onterio | $99,850 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Vermont & State Agricutural College | Burlington, VT | $96,603 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Centre for Sustainable Rural Agriculture and Development | Esiama, Western Region | $93,560 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Center for Biological Sciences | Bangalore, Karnataka | $93,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fiscalia Del Medio Ambiente | Santiago, Region Metropolit | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Calgary | Calgary, Alberta | $85,665 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Occupational Knowledge International | San Francisco, CA | $85,002 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Natura International | Washington, DC | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Developing in Gardening | Atlanta, GA | $84,648 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund | Huntington, VT | $81,900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| One Heart World-Wide | San Diego, CA | $80,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Acate Amazon Conservation | San Francisco, CA | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mil Milagros Inc | Somerville, MA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Seed Change | Ottawa, Onterio | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Instituto De Desenvolvimiento Sustenavel | Sig Court | $79,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Etta Projects | Tacoma, WA | $77,775 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Proyecto Socioambiental Dulcepamba | Bolivar | $77,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Health Equity International (formerly St Boniface Haiti Foundation) | Newton, MA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (aida) | San Francisco, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (for Environmental Paper Network) | Calabasas, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Organic Growers Research and Information Sharing Network Inc (ogrin) | Bainbridge, NY | $71,900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Unlocking Communities | Chicago, IL | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Agro-Shrub Alliance | Columbus, OH | $64,803 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management | Toledo, Punta Gorda Town | $61,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Developing Radio Partners Inc | Asheville, NJ | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Social Good Fund Inc | Richmond, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Maralliance | San Francisco, CA | $57,910 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Georgia Research Foundation | Athens, GA | $55,120 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Common Ground for Africa | Kitale, Rift Valley | $53,350 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Care 2 Communities | Boston, MA | $50,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $50,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Adolescent Health Champions Inc | Pleasanton, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Centro De Investigaciones Para La Education Inclusiva | Buenos Aires | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Development in Gardening | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fundacion Vida Silvestre Argentina | Ciudad Autonoma De Buenos | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Crane Foundation Inc | Baraboo, WI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Pressure | London | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Restore Hope | Lyme, NH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| I'association Daem | Paris | $49,432 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Universidad De Los Andes | Bogota | $49,190 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Malaysian Nature Society | Kuala Lumpur | $47,289 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fundacion Unsam Innovacion Y Tecnologia | Buenos Aires | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | $43,576 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ugandan Water Project Inc | Lima, NY | $43,294 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Comision Ecumenica De Derechos Humanos | Quito | $40,236 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fundacion Unsam Innovacion Y Tecnologia | San Martin, Buenos Aires | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Voces Y Manos Por El Derecho a La Salud | Oakland, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology & the Environment | Belmont, MA | $39,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wise Tropics Inc | East Setauket, NY | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $34,541 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Forest Conservation Fund | Geneva | $34,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Instituto De Estudios Ecologistas De Tercer Mundo (ieetm) | Quito | $33,402 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Afya Pamoja Inc | Cambridge, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Centrode Estudos E Promocao Da Agriculture De Grupo (cepagro) | Florianopolis | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cepagro-De Grupo Centro De Estudios E Proucado Da Agricultura | Florianopolis | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ecohealth Alliance | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fiscalia Del Medio Ambiente | Santiago, Metropolitana | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Myanmar Health Network Organization | Yangon, S Okkalapa Townsh | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saving Mothers | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Semilla Nueva | Boise, ID | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sumatran Orangutan Society | Abingdon, Oxfordshire | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Princess Center | St Khoroo Sukhbaatar Dist, Ulaanbaatar | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tithandizane Fsw | Mangochi | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Veterinary Initiative for Endangered Wildlife | Bozeman, MT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Wyoming | Laramie, WY | $29,843 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Welt Weit | Bad Soden, Hessen | $29,740 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| US Good Business Lab Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | $29,620 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cambodian Rural Development Team | Phnom Penh | $29,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greenhood Nepal | Kathmandu, Bagmati Province | $29,373 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blue World Foundation | Miami Beach, FL | $27,772 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | $26,930 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Universidad San Fransico De Quito Usfq | Quito | $26,920 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nutrifund International | St Louis, MO | $26,218 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Association Anoulak | Nong Boua | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Corp Center of Excellence in Marine Studies | Bogota | $25,632 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National University of Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | $25,010 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Send a Cow Inc (dba Ripple Effect Us) | Alexandria, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Weema International Inc | Acton, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seed Madagascar | London | $24,998 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kidlinks World Inc | Middleton, WI | $22,793 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University Malaysia Kelantan | Kelantan, Kota Bharu | $21,948 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Leprosy Mission | Kinshasa | $21,772 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Africa Development Promise | Denver, CO | $21,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trees That Feed Foundation | Winnetka, IL | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dow University of Health Sciences | Karachi City, Sindh | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Prescott College Inc | Prescott, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sole Hope | Mount Juliet, TN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The American University in Cairo | New Cairo, Cairo Governorate | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Maryland | College Park, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | $19,950 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Florida Foundation Inc | Gainesville, FL | $19,806 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Bangui | Bangui | $19,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Safehands | London | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bosque Colombiano Foundation | San Roque | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| One Health and Development Initiative | Abuja | $13,627 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
49 of 118 (42%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 53%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 111 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 55 | $1,598,455 | $29,500 |
| 2022 | 57 | $1,728,788 | $29,000 |
| 2023 | 54 | $2,009,677 | $30,250 |
| 2024 | 49 | $2,182,076 | $43,294 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
26% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $30,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Conservation Food and Health Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 2 Liberty Square 500, Boston, MA, 02109. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
EIN 22-2625024 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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