Rivian Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 87-3878063 · since 2023rivianfoundation.org·California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, Virginia·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$6.6M

Annual giving, 2025 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$40,000 to $250k

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$60,000

Typical grant (median)

54 grants in the latest filing

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

Rivian Foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered and a small charity should wait to be invited before making a request.
If your work sits within its stated themes of conservation, clean energy access or community stewardship, it is worth checking fit, and its community stewardship support is aimed at high-impact local stewards, primarily though not exclusively where Rivian has a presence.
Where an invitation does come, a modest request fits its pattern: about 8 in 10 of its grants to organisations fall between $40,000 and $250,000, and half of them are $70,000 or less, although its largest grant was $1,500,000.
Repeat funding carries weight, since 58% of its grant dollars to organisations in the filing went to groups it had also funded in the earlier filing.

Overview

Rivian Foundation is a US private foundation based in Irvine, CA.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

Rivian Foundation supports highly effective, tangible and impactful programmes in conservation, clean energy access and community stewardship. Its conservation work protects critical habitats, restores ecosystems and connects communities to nature; it also supports land and ocean protection, restoration of degraded ecosystems and efforts to break down barriers to outdoor access. In clean energy, it backs work that expands access for underserved communities, raises awareness and encourages adoption of clean-energy technology, while helping repair mining's legacy and ensure mineral extraction respects nature and communities. Its Community Stewardship Program provides general operating support to high-impact local stewards safeguarding and restoring healthy ecosystems. It supports groups in urban and rural settings, including those creating urban green spaces, planting native trees, restoring degraded land and waterways, protecting wildlands and sustainably managing working lands.

Themes

Conservation
Clean energy access
Community stewardship

Geographic Focus

No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in California, Virginia, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, Colorado and the United States.

How to apply

The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 58% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2024 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 96 grants to organisations were $70,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

The foundation supports highly effective, tangible and impactful programmes.
For community stewardship, it supports high-impact local stewards, primarily, though not exclusively, in communities where Rivian has a presence.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.

Grant dollars by state

California30%

Virginia21%

Pennsylvania8%

District of Columbia6%

Colorado6%

New York4%

6 other states: 15%

Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 9%

The largest single recipient received 15% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2025, 58% of grant dollars went to organisations Rivian Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
2% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (The Netherlands).
16% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

54 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $60,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 54 grants in tax year 2025 by size

$10k–$25k2%

$25k–$50k19%

$50k–$100k52%

$100k–$250k17%

$250k–$500k4%

$500k–$1M7%

Median $60,000 (tax year 2025)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

Wildlands Conservancy · To support restoration activities in the mojave national preserve
$900,0002025 tax year
Resources Legacy Fund · To support the rlf public lands and sustainable energy program and to protect nature in the united states
$850,0002025 tax year
Nature Conservancy · To support collaboration needed to protect landscapes in california
$500,0002025 tax year
National Philanthropic Trust · General operating support
$500,0002025 tax year
Global Impact · To support the siting clean collaborative
$250,0002025 tax year
Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy · To support capacity-building efforts for native american tribes to initiate clean energy projects
$250,0002025 tax year
Conservation Lands Foundation · To support community-led efforts to protect u.s. public lands
$200,0002025 tax year
Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust · To support mangrove and seagrass restoration efforts in puerto rico
$185,0002025 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

Rose Marcario — Chair / Trustee
Robert Scaringe — Trustee
Edward M Norton — Trustee
Claire Mcdonough — Treasurer
Jamie Chung — Secretary
Anisa Costa — President / Trustee

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2023 tax year	$188,119	$0	$24,797,657	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$9,859,671	$6,355,000	$129,001,646	Filing for 2024 tax year
2025 tax year	$5,333,433	$6,580,000	$175,860,202	Filing for 2025 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.