Funders › VA › The Volgenau Foundation › 2020
Grants paid by The Volgenau Foundation, tax year 2020
EIN 54-1738281 · Mclean, VA · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE C34Z
In tax year 2020, The Volgenau Foundation (EIN 54-1738281) reported 67 grants paid totaling $14,675,000. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2020
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Nature Conservancy in Virginia Charlottesville, VA | D | $5,000,000 | paid | HONORING 50 YEARS OF CONSERVATION | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Plastic Solutions Fund New York, NY | U | $500,000 | paid | PLASTIC SOLUTIONS FUND, A SPONSORED PROJECT OF ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Wildlife Conservation Society Bronx, NY | B | $500,000 | paid | REWILDING THE ROCKIES: ADVANCING EQUITABLE & ENDURING CONSERVATION IMPACT | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | The Nature Conservancy of California San Francisco, CA | U | $500,000 | paid | JACK AND LAURA DANGERMOND PRESERVE THE NATURE OF DISCOVERY | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Naturebridge- West Coast Sausalito, CA | D | $500,000 | paid | INFORMING THE FUTURE OF NATUREBRIDGE: PANDEMIC RE-EMERGENCE & THE YOSEMITE NESC | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Bozeman, MT | B | $500,000 | paid | CONNECTING AND PROTECTING WILDLIFE HABITAT | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Greater Yellowstone Coalition Bozeman, MT | B | $500,000 | paid | PROTECTING THE ENGINE OF THE ECOSYSTEM: GREATER YELLOWSTONE WILDLIFE MIGRATIONS | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | National Parks Conservation Association Washington, DC | B | $500,000 | paid | PROTECTING NATIONAL PARK WILDLIFE | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Center for Large Landscape Conservation Bozeman, MT | U | $500,000 | paid | CORRIDORS AND CROSSINGS PROGRAM | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Defenders of Wildlife Washington, DC | C | $250,000 | paid | PROTECTING ALASKA'S WILDLIFE AND WILD PLACES | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Appalachian Trail Conservancy Harpers Ferry, WV | B | $250,000 | paid | BEYOND BOUNDARIES: THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL AS AN EAST COAST CLIMATE CORRIDOR | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Earthjustice San Francisco, CA | C | $250,000 | paid | SNAKE RIVER ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN - PHASE II | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Nso of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Washington, DC | U | $250,000 | paid | NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA YOUNG PEOPLES CONCERTS | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Land Trust Alliancecbfn Washington, DC | C | $250,000 | paid | ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH LAND CONSERVATION | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | American Prairie Reserve Bozeman, MT | D | $250,000 | paid | NATIONAL DISCOVERY CENTER LIVING WITH WILDLIFE EXHIBIT | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Shark Conservation Fund New York, NY | U | $250,000 | paid | PROTECTING THE WORLD'S SHARKS AND RAYS | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Alaska Wilderness League Washington, DC | B | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT TO PROTECT THE ARCTIC REFUGE | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | The Nature Conservancy of California San Francisco, CA | U | $250,000 | paid | JACK AND LAURA DANGERMOND PRESERVE THE NATURE OF DISCOVERY | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Wildlands Network Salt Lake City, UT | C | $200,000 | paid | RECONNECTING CRITICAL MIGRATION CORRIDORS FOR WILDLIFE ACROSS NORTH AMERICA | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Trustees for Alaska Anchorage, AK | C | $150,000 | paid | USING THE LAW TO PROTECT & DEFEND ALASKA LANDS & WILDLIFE | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | National Marine Sanctuary Foundation Silver Spring, MD | B | $150,000 | paid | HAWAIIAN HUMPBACK WHALE CONSERVATION, WEST COAST GEAR INNOVATION, RESTORE FLORIDA KEYS ICONIC REEFS | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Land Trust Alliancecbfn Washington, DC | C | $150,000 | paid | LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND GREAT LAKES WATERSHEDS | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | From the Top Boston, MA | C | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Alaska Conservation Foundation Anchorage, AK | B | $150,000 | paid | NORTHERN LATITUDES PARTNERSHIPS: COLLABORATIVE CONSERVATION IN THE RAPIDLY CHANGING NORTH | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | National Marine Sanctuary Foundation- Sbnms Silver Spring, MD | C | $100,000 | paid | THE VOLGENAU FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP IN TOP PREDATOR ECOLOGY | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Levine Music Washington, DC | B | $100,000 | paid | SUPPORTING EXCELLENCE IN CLASSICAL MUSIC INSTRUCTION AT LEVINE MUSIC | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Piedmont Environmental Council Warrenton, VA | C | $100,000 | paid | RAPPAHANNOCK-RAPIDAN CONSERVATION INITIATIVE | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | River Partners Chico, CA | B | $100,000 | paid | RESTORING CALIFORNIA RIVER CORRIDORS: PATHWAYS TO WILDLIFE RECOVERY | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc Annapolis, MD | B | $100,000 | paid | SUPPORTING CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED RESTORATION IN PENNSYLVANIA AND VIRGINIA | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Potomac Conservancy Silver Spring, MD | C | $100,000 | paid | POTOMAC HEADWATERS CONSERVATION PROJECT | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Front Royal, VA | U | $100,000 | paid | RESPONDING TO CONSERVATION CHALLENGES FOR THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region Baltimore, MD | U | $100,000 | paid | LC-NCR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING AND GENERAL SUPPORT | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Defenders of Wildlife Washington, DC | C | $100,000 | paid | CONSERVING AND COEXISTING WITH SELECT PREDATORS IN THE SOUTHWEST AND FLORIDA | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Ndn Collective Rapid City, SD | B | $100,000 | paid | NDN COVID19 RESPONSE PROJECT PHASE II | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | The Nature Conservancy of California San Francisco, CA | U | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Front Royal, VA | U | $100,000 | paid | PIEDMONT GRASSLAND BIRD INITIATIVE | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Friends of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens Washington, DC | D | $75,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | American Bird Conservancy The Plains, VA | C | $75,000 | paid | SAVING IMPORTANT BIRDS IN THE WEST - MANAGING NW HABITATS | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Naturebridge- West Coast Sausalito, CA | D | $60,000 | paid | CAMPUS SUPPORT FOR YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON NATIONAL PARKS | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | New England Aquarium Boston, MA | C | $50,000 | paid | NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE CONSERVATION: INTEGRATED RIGHT WHALE ANTHROPOGENIC EVENTS DATABASE | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Bozeman, MT | B | $50,000 | paid | PROTECTING THE ELUSIVE WOLVERINE: LARGE LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Conservation Northwest Seattle, WA | D | $50,000 | paid | WORKING FOR WILDLIFE: REBUILDING THE LYNX POPULATION | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | People and Carnivores Bozeman, MT | C | $50,000 | paid | COEXISTENCE FOR CONNECTIVITY | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Audubon California a State Program of the National Audubon Society New York, NY | U | $50,000 | paid | AUDUBON CONSERVATION RANCHING AND GRASSLAND BIRD CONSERVATION PROGRAM | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | World Wildlife Fund Inc Washington, DC | B | $50,000 | paid | BUILDING ARCTIC RESILIENCE | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Oregon State University Corvallis, OR | B | $50,000 | paid | CONSERVING ELUSIVE CARNIVORES IN OLD-GROWTH FORESTS THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Partnership for the National Trail System Washington, DC | D | $50,000 | paid | PARTNERSHIP FOR THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM (PNTS) CAPACITY BUILDING | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts Vienna, VA | B | $50,000 | paid | 2020-2021 WOLF TRAP INSTITUTE EARLY STEM/ARTS | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Project Coyote Larkspur, CA | U | $50,000 | paid | REFORMING PREDATOR MANAGEMENT AND RANCHING WITH WILDLIFE | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Point Blue Conservation Science Petaluma, CA | U | $50,000 | paid | FARALLON ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION PROGRAM | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Capital Partners for Education Washington, DC | U | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards Asheville, NC | B | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | The Ocean Foundation Washington, DC | B | $50,000 | paid | OCEAN CONNECTORS: CONNECTING YOUTH FOR CONSERVATION | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Bishop John T Walker School for Boys Washington, DC | U | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Naturebridge- Mid-Atlantic Washington, DC | U | $40,000 | paid | CAMPUS SUPPORT FOR YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN PRINCE WILLIAM FOREST PARK | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Center for Biological Diversity Tucson, AZ | B | $30,000 | paid | SAFE PATHWAYS FOR THE FLORIDA MANATEE: POLICY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION INITIATIVE | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | California Marine Sanctuary Foundation Monterey, CA | B | $30,000 | paid | PROTECTING BLUE WHALES AND BLUE SKIES: REDUCING SHIP STRIKE RISK ON ENDANGERED WHALES IN CALIFORNIA | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Endangered Species Coalition Washington, DC | C | $30,000 | paid | ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOLF PROTECTION & RECOVERY | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Lighthawk Denver, CO | C | $30,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust Inc Exmore, VA | B | $30,000 | paid | CAMPAIGN FOR RURAL LANDS | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | The Nature Conservancy of California San Francisco, CA | U | $25,000 | paid | MONITORING SIERRA BIRDS: SENTINELS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | For Love of Children Washington, DC | U | $25,000 | paid | NEIGHBORHOOD TUTORING PROGRAM (NTP) | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | California Ocean Alliance Aptos, CA | B | $25,000 | paid | TRAINING AND INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF MARINE MAMMAL SCIENTISTS | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Beneath the Waves Herndon, VA | U | $25,000 | paid | EVALUATING DEEP-SEA BIODIVERSITY & HABITAT SENSITIVITIES OFF NEW ENGLAND | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Meadowlark Botanical Gardens Vienna, VA | U | $20,000 | paid | NOVA PARKS ROVING NATURALIST PROGRAMS | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Wolf Haven International Tenino, WA | B | $15,000 | paid | WOLF HAVEN INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH PROJECT | 202123149349101232 |
| 2020 | Sierra Streams Institute Nevada City, CA | B | -$10,000 | paid | RETURN OF UNUSED FUNDS | 202123149349101232 |
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Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. All years for this funder.
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