Grants for energy conservation organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to energy conservation and development organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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421 energy conservation and development organizations received at least $168.6 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 574 grants made from 421 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 421 foundations, 82% made just a single grant to energy orgs, and 3% made grants to four or more energy orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$168,628,122

Total grant dollars given to energy conservation organizations

574

Number of grants made annually to energy conservation organizations

421

Number of grantmakers funding energy conservation organizations

$1,500

Median grant size to energy conservation organizations

Foundations that support energy conservation and development organizations

Out of all grants made to energy conservation organizations, 70% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 99% of the dollar-value of grants to energy orgs. Foundations funding energy orgs also made grants to natural resource conservation nonprofits, environmental education programs, multiservice human service organizations, land conservation groups, and international humanitarian organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	296
Medium	54
Large	71

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	18
Private	334
Corporate	34
Other	35

Grants made

Grants made to energy orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	349
2-3	59
4-10	11
11+	2

Top 10 foundations supporting energy conservation and development organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to energy orgs	Number of grants made to energy orgs	Median grant size
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.1%	25	$1,500
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	1.2%	13	$220
Clif Bar Family Foundation	CA	National	1.0%	8	$4,000
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.0%	8	$1,375
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	8	$165
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.0%	6	$75
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.0%	5	$100
The Prentice Foundation	DE	National	1.0%	4	$4,000
Grace Jones Richardson Testamentary Trust	NC	National	0.9%	4	$4,000
Liberty Hill Foundation	CA	Metro	0.1%	4	$1,500

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Energy conservation and development organizations grantees

Energy conservation organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 98% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 42% of all energy orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	563
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	11

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,750
$100k-$500k	$2,000
$500k-$1M	$2,500
$1M-$5M	$1,500
>$5M	$1,500

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	159
District of Columbia	48
Colorado	42
Washington	35
Other	290

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
San Francisco	132
Washington DC	59
Seattle	32
Chicago	26
Other	257

Top 25 grants made to energy conservation organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)	$56,250,000	Agricultural Development	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Sixteen Thirty Fund	$33,013,025	Capacity Building	New Venture Fund
Sixteen Thirty Fund	$33,013,025	Capacity Building	New Venture Fund
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)	$15,000,000	Toward the Costs of Implementing Its New Strategic Approach To Inclusive and Integrated Agricultural Transformation in Africa	Rockefeller Foundation
Sixteen Thirty Fund	$7,342,000	Clean Slate Reform	Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy
Sierra Club Foundation	$5,005,010	Daf - Environment	Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston
Sierra Club Foundation	$5,000,000	To Support the "beyond Coal" Campaign.	John D & Catherine T Macarthur Foundation
Sierra Club Foundation	$4,000,000	Sierra Club 2030 Campaign	Yellow Chair Foundation
Elevate Energy	$3,250,000	National Approach To Scaling Up Energy Efficiency in Affordable Housing and General Operating Support	The JPB Foundation
Sixteen Thirty Fund	$3,060,248	Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy	Hopewell Fund
Solar and Energy Loan Fund of St Lucie County (SELF)	$2,500,000	In Support of Neighborhood Revitalization	JP Morgan Chase Foundation
Western Colorado Alliance	$5,000	General Donation To Support Organization Or Program	The Colorado Health Foundation
Community Climate Collaborative	$5,000	General Purposes	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Renewables 100 Policy Institute	$5,000	Charitable Purpose of the Organization	The Shekels Charitable Foundation
Sierra Club Foundation	$5,000	General Support	Greater Toledo Community Foundation
Building Energy Exchange (BEEX)	$5,000	10th Anniversary	Illuminating Engineering Society New York Section
Clean Energy Works	$5,000	Organizational Support	Hummel Hodges Foundation
Sustainable Energy FD of Central East Pa	$5,000	Program Support	The Luzerne Foundation
Acadia Center	$5,000	General Support To Carry Out the Mission of the Organization	Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County
Climate Jobs Ny Education Fund	$5,000	Contribution	International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council No 9
Sierra Club Foundation	$5,000	General Support Purposes	Tiger Baron Foundation
Western Colorado Alliance	$5,000	Taking Action To Change Systems	Farm Aid
Sierra Club Foundation	$5,000	Sierra Club Foundation Dirty Fuel	Liberty Hill Foundation
Sierra Club Foundation	$5,000	General Funding	Esmond Nissim Foundation
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE)	$5,000	Designated To Civic Tennessee	Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Energy conservation organizations" category for this page is determined by the "C35: Energy Resource Conservation and Development" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.