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
• Economic Research Service
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• National Institute of Food and Agriculture
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• 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
• Alex C. Walker Educational and Charitable Foundation
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
• Arnold Ventures
• Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust
• Bezos Earth Fund
• ClimateWorks Foundation
• Elster Foundation
• Energy Foundation
• Environmental Justice Data Fund, a project of the Windward Fund
• Freedmen Heirs Foundation
• The G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation
• Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
• Heising-Simons Foundation
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
• Linden Trust for Conservation
• Mark & Amy Tercek Foundation
• Oak Foundation USA
• Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
• Richard Lounsbery Foundation
• Sall Family Foundation
• Smith Richardson Foundation
• United Nations 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
• Energy Futures Initiative
• Environmental Defense Fund
• Industrial Economics, Inc.
• Mistra
• The Nature Conservancy
• Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
• United States Climate Alliance
• United States Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Inc.
• University of Maryland
• 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
• William and Kathe Pate
• 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
• Linda J. Fisher
• Mark Florian
• Barbara Kates-Garnick and Marc B. Garnick
• Donald M. and Alison K. Kerr
• The Krehbiel Family Foundation
• Lawrence H. Linden
• Robert and Mary Litterman
• Jeffrey Luse
• Jan W. Mares
• Donald B. Marron, Jr.
• Wilhelm Merck and Nonie Brady
• Kyung-Ah Park
• Billy and Anne Pizer
• Richard and Diane Schmalensee
• Jonathan and Melissa Silver
• Ramya Swaminathan
• Sue and John Tierney

• Anonymous
• Jay Abbott
• Sarah and Charles Adair
• Elizabeth Albert
• Carlin and Chris Anderson
• Jesse Huntley Ausubel
• Aris Awang
• H. Spencer and Melissa Banzhaf
• Chad Bardone
• Stuart Barkoff
• Benoit Blarel
• Glenn Blomquist
• Roy and Sara Boyd
• Dallas Burtraw
• John M. Campbell, Jr.
• Effie Clayton
• Mary Cline
• Bob Epstein and Amy Roth
• Daniel Esty
• James R. Fancher
• Anthony C. Fisher
• Keith Forman and Mary Morton
• Adrienne Franklin
• Dod A. Fraser
• H. Russell Frisby, Jr.
• The Fromherz Charitable Fund
• Kathryn Gabler
• Kristina Gawrgy
• Paula Glover
• Mary Hafstead
• David Hawkins
• 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
• Lia Kettenis
• Melinda L. Kimble
• 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
• Richard McCann
• McConnell Family
• Patricia Meaney
• Paul R. Miller
• Leland E. Modesitt, Jr.
• Nancy Mohn
• Carolyn Mollen
• M. Granger Morgan
• Dick Morgenstern
• Edward Morse
• Paul Murray
• David and Helen Nagel
• Sylvia Neely
• Benjamin Neikrie
• Richard G. Newell
• Daniel and Marie-Jo Newlon
• Edward Phillips and Laurel Murphy
• Chris and Paul Portney
• Carole Prest
• William G. Reed, Jr.
• Lisa Robinson
• Heather L. Ross and Edward L. Strohbehn, Jr.
• Donald Rothbaum
• Alberto Salvo
• Adrián Santonja di Fonzo
• Louanne Saylors
• Eileen Schramm
• Sheldon and Ellen Schwartz
• Rajat K. Sen
• Daniel Shader and Elisabeth Dutton
• Phil R. Sharp
• Daniel Shawhan
• Robert N. Stavins
• James H. Stock and Anne E. Doyle
• Andrew Stocking and Amy Myers
• Julie Strauss and Joel Brown
• Jeanne-Mey Sun
• Scott M. Swinton and Sylvia L. Morse
• Tom Tietenberg
• John and Elizabeth Tilton
• 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

RFF gratefully recognizes the above individuals who gave $250 or more in 2023.

• Ernest and Catherine Abbott
• John Ahearne*
• Paul Balser
• Maynard and Katherine Buehler*
• Emery Castle*
• Thomas Crocker
• J. Clarence Davies
• Maybelle Frashure*
• Sarah P. Fuller
• Darius Gaskins
• Robert E. Grady
• Debbie Groberg
• Winston Harrington
• Thomas J. Klutznick*
• Dick Morgenstern
• Steven W. Percy
• Chris and Paul Portney
• Heather L. Ross and Edward L. Strohbehn, Jr.
• William D. Ruckelshaus*
• Clifford S. Russell*
• Milton Russell*
• Helen Marie Streich
• Victoria J. Tschinkel

*In memoriam

• Above the Bar Legal Recruiting
• Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.*
• Amazon*
• American Chemistry Council, Inc.*
• The American Petroleum Institute*
• Aramco Americas*
• Baker Hughes*
• bp, plc*
• Bracewell
• CF Industries, Inc.*
• Cheniere Energy, Inc.*
• Chevron Corporation*
• ConocoPhillips*
• Duke Energy
• Edison Electric Institute
• Enbridge*
• EOG Resources, Inc.*
• Equitrans
• ExxonMobil Corporation*
• Gilbane Building Company
• Global Science & Technology, Inc.
• Meta Platforms, Inc.*
• Mitsubishi International Corporation
• National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO)*
• NextEra Energy*
• NRG Energy, Inc.*
• Nuclear Energy Institute
• Onyx Transition*
• Pioneer Natural Resources*
• Portland Cement Association*
• Schlumberger Limited*
• Shell USA, Inc.*
• Southern Company*
• Stout & Teague Management Corporation
• Texas Instruments
• Toyota Motor North America, Inc.*
• Venable, LLP
• Warburg Pincus, LLC
• Weyerhaeuser Company*
• Willis Research Network*

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

Italics indicate matching gift donors.