Private foundation · Palo Alto, CA

Waverley Street Foundation

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Typical grant size
$500K – $1.0M – $2.5M
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
136
Repeat grantees
72
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Jared Blumenfeld
PRESIDENT
$920K
Jagadha Sivan
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
$659K
Laurene Powell Jobs
VICE CHAIR/DIRECTOR
Michael Klein
DIRECTOR
Lisa Jackson
CHAIR OF THE BOARD/Director
J Bradley Powell
DIRECTOR
Mona Simpson
DIRECTOR
Anne Marie Burgoyne
TREASURER/SECRETARY/DIRECTOR
Reed Jobs
DIRECTOR
Darren Walker
DIRECTOR
Rafael Reif
DIRECTOR
Radhika Fox
DIRECTOR

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
10.3%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
356
Total grants awarded
$880.6M
Total amount
$2.5M
Average grant
$41.0M
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$282.1M
144 grants
2023
$225.5M
107 grants
2022
$164.1M
60 grants
2021
$124.5M
24 grants
2020
$84.5M
21 grants

Top recipients

6 grants · CA · ✓ Exact match
$144.0M
Aspen Global Change Institue
1 grant · CO
$41.0M
3 grants · CA · ✓ Exact match
$40.0M
5 grants · DC · ✓ Exact match
$36.0M
7 grants · DC · ✓ Exact match
$32.3M
Conservation Interational Foundation
2 grants · VA
$29.5M
11 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$27.5M
4 grants · VA · ✓ Exact match
$23.5M
4 grants · CA · ≈ likely match
$23.0M
6 grants · CO · ✓ Exact match
$22.5M

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Thousand Currents
General Operating Support
CA · TY 2024
$20.0M
Climate Imperative Foundation
General Operating Support
CA · TY 2024
$18.0M
Climate Imperative Foundation
General Operating Support
CA · TY 2024
$18.0M
Tides Foundation
CALIFORNIA AMBITIONS PROGRAM
CA · TY 2024
$10.0M
Stichting European Climate Foundation
ReNew 2030 Project
TY 2024
$10.0M
Stichting Foundation for International Law
Capacity strengthening
TY 2024
$8.3M
Grid Alternatives Inc
Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund
CA · TY 2024
$8.0M
Conservation International Foundation
Broadleaf Initiative
VA · TY 2024
$7.5M
Potential Energy Coalition Inc
Communications support
NY · TY 2024
$7.0M
Vereniging Milieudefensie
General Operating Support
TY 2024
$5.0M
Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense
General Operating Support
CA · TY 2024
$5.0M
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
General Operating Support
LA · TY 2024
$5.0M
Windward Fund
HIVE FUND
DC · TY 2024
$5.0M
Earth Island Institute Inc
Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative
CA · TY 2024
$5.0M
California Volunteers Fund
Climate Corps expansion
CA · TY 2024
$5.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation (PACT)
NY · TY 2024
$5.0M
Climate Jobs National Resource Center
General Operating Support
NY · TY 2024
$4.8M
Building Decarbonization Coalition
Healthy Building, Healthy Communities Project
CA · TY 2024
$4.5M
Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund
General Operating Support
DC · TY 2024
$4.3M
Windward Fund
Rural Climate Partnership
DC · TY 2024
$4.0M
Clean Future Forum Inc
General Operating Support
DC · TY 2024
$4.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation (PACT)
NY · TY 2024
$4.0M
Regents of the University of California Berkeley
Innovative Genomics Institute
CA · TY 2024
$4.0M
Selco Foundation
General Operating Support
TY 2024
$4.0M
Taproot Earth
General Operating Support
OK · TY 2024
$4.0M
Girl Scouts of the USA
Connecting people to nature
NY · TY 2024
$3.5M
Sustainable Markets Foundation
Years Project
NY · TY 2024
$3.0M
The Earth Species Project
General Operating Support
CA · TY 2024
$3.0M
Global Greengrants Fund Inc
Agroecology Fund
CO · TY 2024
$3.0M
The Sunrise Project Australia Ltd
General Operating Support
TY 2024
$2.5M
First Nations Development Institute
Regenerative agriculture and conservation
CO · TY 2024
$2.5M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
Climate project support
NY · TY 2024
$2.5M
Fuse Corps
Fellowship program
CA · TY 2024
$2.5M
The New School
General Operating Support
NY · TY 2024
$2.4M
Avina Americas Inc
MapBiomas
DC · TY 2024
$2.0M
Transparency International Ev
Climate Governance Integrity Programme
TY 2024
$2.0M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
The Fund for Equitable Good Food Procurement
DC · TY 2024
$2.0M
Global Greengrants Fund Inc
Safety training & support
CO · TY 2024
$2.0M
National League of Cities Institute
Smart Surfaces Coalition
DC · TY 2024
$2.0M
Intertribal Agriculture Council Inc
General Operating Support
MT · TY 2024
$2.0M
Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance
General Operating Support
WA · TY 2024
$1.7M
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation
Soil Health Opportunities & Tools (SHOT) Fund
MN · TY 2024
$1.5M
Foodcorps Inc
FARM TO School programs
OR · TY 2024
$1.5M
Tides Foundation
Poder Latinx Collective Fund
CA · TY 2024
$1.5M
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
Civic engagement
DC · TY 2024
$1.5M
Asociacion Interamericana Para LA Defensa
Energy transition
CA · TY 2024
$1.4M
LA Cosecha Community Supported Agriculture
Project Food Hub
NM · TY 2024
$1.3M
People Powered Global Hub
Civic Engagement
NY · TY 2024
$1.2M
Arizona Board of Regents University of Arizona
Indigenous Resilience Center
AZ · TY 2024
$1.0M
Center for Rural Affairs
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
DC · TY 2024
$1.0M

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.