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Grants for energy conservation organizations
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
Foundation size
| Foundation size | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| Small | |
| Medium | |
| Large | |
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.
Grants made
| Grants made to energy orgs | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| 1 | |
| 2-3 | |
| 4-10 | |
| 11+ | |
Top 10 foundations supporting energy conservation and development organizations
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 | |
| $10k-$25k | |
| $25k-$100k | |
| $100k+ | |
Grant amount by grantee size
| Grantee annual revenue | Median grant size |
|---|
| <$100k | |
| $100k-$500k | |
| $500k-$1M | |
| $1M-$5M | |
| >$5M | |
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) |
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.