Grants for public utilities

Name: Top 13 grants made to public utilities
Creator: Cause IQ
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71 public utilities received at least $23,969 in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 13 grants made from 13 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 13 foundations, 100% made just a single grant to public utilities, and 0% made grants to four or more public utilities. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$23,969

Total grant dollars given to public utilities

Number of grants made annually to public utilities

Number of grantmakers funding public utilities

$1,500

Median grant size to public utilities

Foundations that support public utilities

Out of all grants made to public utilities, 84% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 97% of the dollar-value of grants to public utilities. Foundations funding public utilities also made grants to water and wetland protection organizations, animal shelters, land conservation groups, and substance abuse organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	11
Medium	1
Large	1

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	0
Private	11
Corporate	0
Other	2

Grants made

Grants made to public utilities	Number of grantmakers
1	13
2-3	0
4-10	0
11+	0

Top 10 foundations supporting public utilities

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to public utilities	Number of grants made to public utilities	Median grant size
Huizenga Foundation	IL	Regional	0.4%	1	$5,000
Pacific Rim Exchange Services	WA	National	3.7%	1	$3,275
Porter Sesnon Foundation	CA	State	5.6%	1	$3,000
Central Electric Power Cooperative	SC	State	0.1%	1	$3,000
The Bailey Miller Foundation	FL	Metro	6.0%	1	$2,500
Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation	AK	State	1.9%	1	$2,500
Elizabeth Calvin Bonner Foundation	SC	Metro	6.3%	1	$1,500
Leopold R Gellert Family Trust	NY	Regional	0.4%	1	$1,000
PM2 Foundation	FL	National	1.7%	1	$1,000
Winnowski Family Foundation	OR	National	1.9%	1	$500

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Public utilities grantees

Public utilities with more than $5 million in total revenues received 28% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 25% of all public utilities.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	13
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	0

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$250
$100k-$500k	$2,000
$500k-$1M	$3,000
$1M-$5M	$1,422
>$5M	$3,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	3
South Carolina	2
Virginia	1
Texas	1
Other	6

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
San Diego	1
San Antonio	1
Roanoke	1
Philadelphia	1
Other	4

Top 25 grants made to public utilities

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Willow Creek Mutual Water Association	$5,000	General Charitable Purposes	Huizenga Foundation
Craig-Botetourt Electric Cooperative	$3,275	Host Family Expense	Pacific Rim Exchange Services
Basic	$3,000	Public Charity	Porter Sesnon Foundation
Pee Dee Electric Cooperative	$3,000	Economic Development	Central Electric Power Cooperative
Freedom Water Association	$2,500	Theraputic Boating Therapy	The Bailey Miller Foundation
Unalakleet Valley Electric Cooperative	$2,500	Donation	Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation
Save the Light	$1,500	Assist in Charitable Purposeassis in Charitable Purpose	Elizabeth Calvin Bonner Foundation
Power Up Gambia	$1,000	General	Leopold R Gellert Family Trust
Willow Creek Mutual Water Association	$1,000	Donation	PM2 Foundation
Holy Cross Energy	$500	Promote Religion	Winnowski Family Foundation
Benton City Water Supply Corporation	$344	City Park Tennis Equipment	Arkansas Tennis Patrons Foundation
Harvest Gold Neighborhood Association	$250	For Charitable Activity of the Organization	Bourgraf Family Foundation
Isc	$100	General Needs	Zoe Grace Foundation

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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 "Public utilities" category for this page is determined by the "W80: Public Utilities" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.