Our Supporters

Resources for the Future’s ability to improve environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions relies on support from a diverse group of individual and organizational donors, as well as revenue raised through grants from governmental agencies and earned from our investments.

RFF is sincerely grateful to the following supporters for their generosity:

• California Air Resources Board
• California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
• Economic Research Service
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• National Institute of Food and Agriculture
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• National Science Foundation
• New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
• Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth
• United States Department of Agriculture
• United States Department of Energy
• United States Environmental Protection Agency
• United States Forest Service
• Vermont Agency of Transportation

• Anonymous
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
• Arnold Ventures
• Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust
• Bezos Earth Fund
• Chan Zuckerberg Initiative DAF, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
• Climate Imperative Foundation
• ClimateWorks Foundation
• Elster Foundation
• Energy Foundation
• Freedmen Heirs Foundation
• The G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation
• Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
• Heising-Simons Foundation
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
• Mark & Amy Tercek Foundation
• Oak Foundation USA
• The Resilience Initiative, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
• Resources Legacy Fund
• Richard Lounsbery Foundation
• Sall Family Foundation
• Smith Richardson Foundation
• VoLo Foundation
• Wellcome Trust
• The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Italics indicate matching gift donors.

• The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
• Asian Development Bank
• Breakthrough Energy
• Cambridge Systematics
• CDM Smith
• Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
• ClearPath
• Climate Solutions
• Environmental Defense Fund
• Industrial Economics, Inc.
• Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Mistra
• National Resources Defense Council
• The Nature Conservancy
• Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
• University of Maryland, College Park
• Washington Conservation Action
• Woodwell Climate Research Center

• Jay Bartlett
• Anthony Bernhardt and Lynn Feintech
• Janet F. Clark
• Jonathan Garfinkel
• Glenn Hubbard and Constance Pond
• Peter R. Kagan and Susannah Smetana Kagan
• LAD Climate Fund
• Jeffrey Luse
• William C. and Kathe Pate
• Billy and Anne Pizer
• Kenan Sahin
• Three Cairns Group

• Chris Anderson
• Vicky A. Bailey
• Matthew Barmack and Catherine Wolfram
• Kristin Breuss and Geoffrey Burgess
• James L. Connaughton
• W. Bowman Cutter/The Cedars Foundation
• Elaine Dorward-King
• Barbara Kates-Garnick and Marc B. Garnick
• Donald M. and Alison K. Kerr
• The Krehbiel Family Foundation
• Lawrence H. Linden
• Robert and Mary Litterman
• Jan W. Mares
• Donald B. Marron, Jr.
• Wilhelm Merck and Nonie Brady
• John Mulliken
• James Rosenfield
• Richard and Diane Schmalensee
• Jonathan and Melissa Silver
• Christopher Smith
• Ramya Swaminathan
• Sue and John Tierney
• Clinton Vince

RFF gratefully recognizes the individuals below who gave $250 or more in 2024.

• Anonymous
• Jay Abbott
• Sarah and Charles Adair
• Al Adams
• Elizabeth Albert
• Carlin and Chris Anderson
• Vicki Arroyo
• Jesse Huntley Ausubel
• H. Spencer and Melissa Banzhaf
• Mary Barber
• Donald and Karen Barnes
• Benoit Blarel
• Glenn Blomquist
• Jim Boyd
• Roy and Sara Boyd
• Joel and Lorraine Brown
• Thomas Browne
• John M. Campbell, Jr.
• Michael Carnall
• Mary Cline
• Gabriel DiAntonio
• Kristina Egan and Alan Caron
• Bob Epstein and Amy Roth
• Daniel Esty
• James R. Fancher
• Anthony C. Fisher
• Linda J. Fisher
• Keith Forman and Mary Morton
• H. Russell Frisby, Jr.
• The Fromherz Charitable Fund
• Kathryn Gabler
• Kristina Gawrgy
• Paula Glover
• Mary Hafstead
• David Hawkins
• Kristin Hayes
• Philip Heinrich
• Barry and Linda Hirsch
• K. John Holmes
• Jeffrey R. and Elizabeth T. Holmstead
• Richard and Sandy Johnson
• Sarah G. Joseph
• Paul L. Joskow and Barbara Zita Chasen
• Betty F. Kahn
• Randall Kempner
• Melinda L. Kimble
• Janet Kohlhase
• Raymond J. Kopp
• Alexandre Koutta
• Richard Kroon
• Mary Landrieu
• Thomas and Pamela Lareau
• Diane D. Lauritsen
• Kevin Leahy and Joyce Steiner
• Shanjun Li
• Jakob Lindberg
• Carlos Martín
• McConnell Family
• Patricia Meaney
• Paul R. Miller
• Leland E. Modesitt, Jr.
• Carolyn Mollen
• M. Granger Morgan
• Dick Morgenstern
• Paul Murray
• David and Helen Nagel
• Sylvia Neely
• Richard G. Newell
• Daniel and Marie-Jo Newlon
• Kyung-Ah Park
• Ian Parry
• Edward Phillips and Laurel Murphy
• Hilda Pinnix-Ragland
• Chris and Paul Portney
• Carole Prest
• Daniel Raimi
• William G. Reed, Jr.
• Paul Ringold
• Lisa Robinson and Robert Hansel
• Heather L. Ross and Edward L. Strohbehn, Jr.
• Donald Rothbaum
• Adrián Santonja di Fonzo
• Louanne Saylors
• Eileen Schramm
• Sheldon and Ellen Schwartz
• Rajat K. Sen
• Maureen Sevigny
• Phil R. Sharp
• Robert N. Stavins
• Andrew Stocking and Amy Myers
• Julie Strauss and Joel Brown
• Scott M. Swinton and Sylvia L. Morse
• Mark Tabbert
• Laura Taylor
• Robert Taylor
• Michael Telson
• Tom Tietenberg
• John and Elizabeth Tilton
• Michael Toman
• Margaret Walls
• Cassie Wang
• Dave Weimer
• Susan and John Wierman
• Marcia E. Williams and Gene A. Lucero
• Robert Winthrop
• James L. Wolf
• Tommy Wrenn and Mike Vallebuona
• Shannon Wulf Tregar
• Benjamin Zaitchik

• Anonymous
• Ernest and Catherine Abbott
• John Ahearne*
• Emery Castle*
• Thomas Crocker
• Henry Diamond
• Sarah P. Fuller
• Robert E. Grady
• Donald and Alison Kerr
• Thomas J. Klutznick*
• Dick Morgenstern
• Steven W. Percy
• Chris and Paul Portney
• Heather L. Ross and Edward L. Strohbehn, Jr.
• Clifford S. Russell* and Susan Russell
• Milton Russell*
• Victoria J. Tschinkel

*In memoriam

• Above the Bar Legal Recruiting
• Amazon*
• American Cement Association*
• American Chemistry Council, Inc.*
• The American Petroleum Institute*
• Aramco Americas*
• Baker Hughes*
• bp, plc*
• Bracewell
• CF Industries, Inc.*
• Chevron Corporation*
• ConocoPhillips*
• Duke Energy
• Edison Electric Institute
• Enbridge*
• EOG Resources, Inc.
• Exxon Mobil Corporation*
• JPMorganChase*
• Microsoft Corporation*
• Mitsubishi International Corporation
• National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO)*
• National Grid*
• NRG Energy, Inc.*
• Nuclear Energy Institute
• Shell USA, Inc.*
• Southern Company*
• Stout & Teague Management Corporation
• TotalEnergies*
• Toyota Motor North America, Inc.*
• Venable, LLP
• Warburg Pincus, LLC
• Willis Research Network*

*We truly appreciate the commitment of RFF’s Business Leadership Council members.

Italics indicate matching gift donors.