Our Funding Model & Partners

The Grassroots Fund is a 501(c)3 public foundation funded by foundation and donor partners.

Please visit our donation page to learn more about how you can donate directly to Grassroots Fund.

The work of the grassroots would not be possible without the thousands of hours of time donated by hard working volunteers throughout New England. The support that we are able to give to these dedicated, innovative volunteer groups would not be possible without the generous gifts of regional foundations and funding partners throughout our history.

In addition to hundreds of individual donors and donor advised funds, we have been supported by hundreds of foundation partners since 2016. Learn more about how the Grassroots Fund seeks to align it’s investment goals and policies for restricted assets with it’s mission and commitment to environmental justice.

Our current foundation funding partners include:

  • Analog Devices Foundation
  • Anna B. Stearns Charitable Foundation
  • Barr Foundation
  • Broad Reach Fund of Maine Community Foundation
  • Bumi Kita Fund (New Hampshire Charitable Foundation)
  • Cabin Foundation
  • Carney Family Foundation
  • Carol Wishcamper Going Beyond Fund (Maine Community Foundation)
  • Cedar Tree Foundation        
  • Cloud Mountain Foundation
  • Crosswicks Foundation
  • Elmina B. Sewall Foundation
  • Findlay-Freeman Foundation
  • Fidelity Charitable (includes several donor advised funds)
  • Griffiths-Wennrich Family Fund
  • Harte Family Fund
  • Hopwood Foundation
  • Island Foundation
  • J.Lamprey Designated Fund
  • Jane's Trust Foundation
  • Jeffrey and Lynda Bussgang Family Fund
  • JRA Fund (Maine Community Foundation)
  • Lawson Valentine Foundation
  • Leever Foundation
  • Living Springs Foundation
  • Macrae-Broadbent Family Fund
  • Mark & Dianna McNabb Charitable Fund (New Hampshire Charitable Foundation)
  • Merck Family Foundation
  • Morrill Family Foundation
  • New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
  • Onion Foundation
  • Patagonia Foundation
  • Point32Health Foundation
  • Putnam Foundation
  • Quimby Family Foundation
  • Rhode Island Foundation
  • Sandy River Charitable Foundation
  • Singing Field Foundation
  • Sobelstein Fund
  • Stare Fund
  • Stifler Family Foundation
  • Sunflower Fund (Vermont Community Foundation)
  • Surfing Veggie Farm Foundation
  • Tacooma Fund (New Hampshire Charitable Foundation)
  • Thomas W. Haas Foundation (New Hampshire Charitable Foundation)
  • Upland Gardens Fund
  • Vermont Community Foundation
  • Wilkinson Foundation
  • You Have Our Trust Fund