Iowa · Private foundation
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $3.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 61
- Grants FY2024
- 54
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 38 to 61
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 15
- Total assets, FY2024
- $79M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 60 | $3.5M | 60% |
| FY2023 | 54 | $3.9M | 57% |
| FY2022 | 61 | $4.3M | 72% |
| FY2021 | 52 | $3.4M | 67% |
| FY2020 | 38 | $2.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha Zoo Foundation | $4,050,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Center for Energy Workforce Development | $2,006,431 | 4 | 39% |
| Department of Public Health & Human Services | $1,000,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Spookstock Foundation | $540,000 | 3 | 5% |
| The University of Alberta Foundation USA Inc | $441,332 | 1 | 4% |
| Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation | $360,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc | $263,900 | 1 | 1% |
| National Park Foundation | $250,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Society of Collegiate Scholars | $246,750 | 2 | 7% |
| Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers | $220,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 114 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 70 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 101 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Peter Kiewit Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · The Hawks Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Alliance Healthcare Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation with peer funders
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About Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation
- How much does Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation give?
- Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation reported 61 grants totaling $3,605,474 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 61 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (23%), Philanthropy (12%), Employment (11%).
- Who are Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Omaha Zoo Foundation ($4.0M), Center for Energy Workforce Development ($2.0M), Department of Public Health & Human Services ($1.0M).
- Does Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Peter Kiewit Foundation, Robert B Daugherty Foundation, The Lozier Foundation.
- Where is Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation based?
- Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation is based in IA.
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