Resources Legacy Fund
Resources Legacy Fund (RLF) is a Sacramento-based nonprofit that runs strategic grantmaking, fiscal sponsorships, and advocacy programs to advance conservation, climate resilience, and equitable outcomes. The organization provides grant and fiscal sponsorship services and partners with donors and coalitions to implement conservation campaigns.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A nonprofit working on land or marine conservation, climate resilience, or environmental equity with the capacity to manage mid-five-figure to multi-hundred-thousand dollar grants and to demonstrate programmatic fit with strategic donor partnerships.
Good Fit
- • Work clearly aligned with conservation, climate change, or environmental justice priorities.
- • Capacity to manage grants in the typical range seen (many grants in the $50K–$250K band and some larger awards).
- • Regional or national work that can link to California priorities or national coalitions.
- • Willingness to engage in donor-partnerships or fiscal-sponsorship arrangements.
Geography
Observed giving in 2024 covered 33 states with roughly 62% of dollars going outside the foundation's home state; the portfolio is national in reach with a meaningful California concentration (~38%).
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 323 distinct recipients and a low top-five dollar share (~13%), indicating a broad and diverse set of independent grantees rather than a small closed circle.
New Applicants
Direct behavioral evidence shows 169 new grantees in 2024 (about 52% of recipients), and a public website/contact route exists; although no formal application guidelines were found, the observed turnover indicates unfamiliar applicants can and do enter the portfolio.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
