Join EGA

Thank you for your interest in joining EGA! This section of the website will inform you on the benefits of membership, as well as criteria and process to join the Environmental Grantmakers Association.

Benefits

Benefits of membership

EGA provides a wide array of services, best-in-class conferences, and peer support to maximize the impact of our members’ work. EGA member benefits include:

• Access to the EGA network to develop focus and issue-specific working groups to help you better understand your role and sector challenges, that accelerate your impact as a grantmaker.
• Serve on planning committees for events to shape the programming.
• Submit ideas for member sessions to expand peer learning.
  • Attend exclusive EGA convenings. Annual membership includes complimentary registration, based on your giving level, each year:
    -This includes our annual Fall Retreat, EGA’s flagship event, which convenes an unparalleled spectrum of the environmental philanthropic community to  learn about issues, collaborate on projects, and connect with new and existing partners, for purpose. 
    -EGA annual policy briefings to advance sectoral knowledge of partnerships, as well as federal, regional and state policy. Member briefings are two-day events that support landscape analyses of opportunity for collaboration across sectors.
• Join and/or help organize EGA webinars with peers on relevant themes and issues.
• Vote on organizational matters, including the election of Board Members
• Member access to EGA’s website for up-to-date information on EGA news, events, meetings, and publications, as well as member-only resources, including:
  • The ability to search more than 180,000 grants through our searchable and interactive Tracking the Field grants database, find like-minded partners via the grantor and grantee Directory, as well as member-only reports containing cutting-edge research analyzing the latest trends in environmental philanthropy.
  • Access the EGA member listserv, an active forum allowing members to make announcements, discuss current issues, and organize around emerging events.
• Coordinate support with affinity groups within and beyond environmental philanthropy, including our working group, the Blue Sky Funders Forum.
• Year-round network support through EGA events and resources. 

Membership Criteria

All members of EGA, whether a foundation, giving program or individual, must:

• Give at least $50,000 for environmental issues amongst at least five (5) groups per year;
• Grant out more funds (on environment and in total) than raised for internal expenses; and
• Have programs and practices that help achieve EGA’s ultimate goal.

Entities that grant funds but do not act primarily as grant-making institutions are not eligible for membership.

Interpretation of these criteria is at the discretion of the EGA Staff and Board of Directors. The Staff and Board also reserve the right to review a member’s fulfillment of these criteria at any time.

Dues Chart

Please note: The dues displayed in the chart below are for annual memberships.

EGA Members, Organizational Support, and Event Attendance 

• An EGA member is a donor or foundation who has applied for membership and been approved for membership by the EGA Staff.

• EGA members are invited annually to donate funds in the form of dues or grants to help support the organization. This is voluntary, and the suggested amount is based on a sliding scale, calculated based on the member’s environmental giving in the previous year. No good or services are received by the member foundation in exchange for these donations.

• EGA members may attend EGA events at the discounted member rate, which is also a suggested, voluntary amount.

• EGA reserves the right to reconsider a member’s status at any time.

• EGA reserves the right to invite members, funder nonmembers, and other individuals as guests to EGA events, meaning no registration fee is requested.