Minnesota · Public charity
BlueGreen Alliance Foundation
The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation (BGAF) conducts research and educates the public and media about solutions to environmental challenges that create economic opportunities for the American people. Pursuant to this mission and its interorganizational agreement with the BlueGreen Alliance (BGA), BGAF supports a variety of programs.
- $102k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations BlueGreen Alliance Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $124k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $144k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $267k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $637k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $452k | 85% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $214k | 89% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $459k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlueGreen Alliance Inc | $2,000,000 | 9 | 24% |
| Clean Production Action Inc | $160,500 | 2 | 12% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $112,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Workers Assistance Program Inc | $97,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Common Defense Civic Engagement Inc | $66,667 | 1 | 4% |
| Common Defense Education Fund Inc | $66,667 | 1 | 3% |
| Oregon Environmental Council | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Arizona State University | $34,000 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Boulder | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Municipality of Anchorage | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 34 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlueGreen Alliance Inc | $2,000,000 | 9 | 24% |
| Clean Production Action Inc | $160,500 | 2 | 12% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $112,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Workers Assistance Program Inc | $97,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Common Defense Civic Engagement Inc | $66,667 | 1 | 4% |
| Common Defense Education Fund Inc | $66,667 | 1 | 3% |
| Oregon Environmental Council | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Arizona State University | $34,000 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Boulder | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Municipality of Anchorage | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Missoula | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Flint | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Providence School Department | $16,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| One Voice | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boulder Housing Partners | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Clean Water Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Charles Pankow Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lynn Public Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Paideia Academies Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Champaign Township | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hire360 | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan State AFL-CIO Workforce Dev Inst | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Metropolitan State University Foundation | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Redevelopment Agency | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Healthy Start Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Scranton | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alaska Community Action on Toxics | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Salem | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City and County of San Francisco | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Norman Animal Welfare | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greenfaith Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget BlueGreen Alliance Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: National Recreation and Park Association · Natural Resources Defense Council Inc · Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc · United States Energy Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Tides Foundation · Progressive Multiplier Fund · Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund Inc · National League of Cities Institute Inc · Windward Fund · Patagoniaorg · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
How this is measured
About BlueGreen Alliance Foundation
- How much does BlueGreen Alliance Foundation give?
- BlueGreen Alliance Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $102,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does BlueGreen Alliance Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (86%), Health (11%), Employment (1%).
- Who are BlueGreen Alliance Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: BlueGreen Alliance Inc ($2.0M), Clean Production Action Inc ($161k), National Wildlife Federation ($113k).
- Does BlueGreen Alliance Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as BlueGreen Alliance Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Recreation and Park Association, Natural Resources Defense Council Inc, Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc.
- Where is BlueGreen Alliance Foundation based?
- BlueGreen Alliance Foundation is based in MN.
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