A river running through a deep pine forest valley

Grant recipient EIN 83-1666979Environment

Who funds Blue Forest Finance Inc?

9 private foundations gave Blue Forest Finance Inc in Sacramento, CA $6.2 million across 16 grants, in tax years 2020 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2020 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

16 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Aloha FoundationWaimanalo, HI 2025

    Operational support

    $1,500
  2. The Great Island FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    To accelerate ecological restoration through conservation finance, enabling climate resilience for ecosystems and communities.

    $1,500,000
  3. Alumbra Innovations FoundationBentonville, AR 2024

    to support the Blue Forest Upper Colorado egon

    $500,000
  4. Walton Family Foundation IncBentonville, AR 2024

    To evaluate the potential for conservation finance to drive combined riverscape and forest restoration on National Forests in the Colorado River Basin.

    $250,000
  5. Matthew Zell Family FoundationChicago, IL 2024

    Sustainability

    $50,000
  6. Alumbra Innovations FoundationBentonville, AR 2023

    To support the Forest Resilience Bond.

    $1,500,000
  7. The Great Island FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    To accelerate ecological restoration through conservation finance, enabling climate resilience for ecosystems and communities.

    $150,000
  8. Matthew Zell Family FoundationChicago, IL 2023

    Sustainability

    $50,000
  9. Alumbra Innovations FoundationBentonville, AR 2022

    To strategically support Blue Forest Conservation to transition the Forest Resilience Bond (FRB) from a project-level financing to a larger-scale blended finance fund structure while supporting conservation finance in Southern Oregon and beyond

    $1,500,000
  10. The Great Island FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    Charitable general purpose

    $150,000
  11. The JM Kaplan Fund IncNew York, NY 2021

    From pilot to scale: expanding the forest resilience bond

    $150,000
  12. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    To support using carbon economics to drive woody biomass utilization in california

    $100,000
  13. Susan Crown Exchange IncChicago, IL 2021

    Public charity

    $5,000
  14. The Great Island FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    Charitable general purpose

    $150,000
  15. The JM Kaplan Fund IncNew York, NY 2020

    From pilot to scale: expanding the forest resilience bond

    $150,000
  16. Bella Vista FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2020

    To support the forest resilience bonds expansion past the pilot phase to protect 275,000 acres across the yuba watershed through the north yuba forest partnership

    $35,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other environment organizations in Sacramento, CA and are not among Blue Forest Finance Inc’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 87 grants Preselected only $9,168 to similar organizations
  2. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 86 grants Accepts applications $67,808,616 to similar organizations
  3. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 40 grants Preselected only $27,620,517 to similar organizations
  4. The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment IncBethesda, MD 50 grants Accepts applications $30,292,540 to similar organizations
  5. Laural FoundationSan Francisco, CA 23 grants Preselected only $10,175,000 to similar organizations
  6. The Schmidt Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA 14 grants Accepts applications $1,551,800 to similar organizations
  7. Esb Charitable FoundationSan Francisco, CA 15 grants Preselected only $21,900,000 to similar organizations
  8. The Marisla FoundationLaguna Beach, CA 17 grants Accepts applications $6,305,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 83-1666979 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.