Washington · Public charity
Breakthrough Energy Action Inc
The world's economic and energy policies are built around technologies that emit greenhouse gases. That must change. We develop and advocate for smart policies that public and private sector leaders can implement to support clean energy solutions.
- $29M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2024
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 26
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $24M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations Breakthrough Energy Action Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.6M 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 | 29 | $29M | 31% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $18M | 46% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $32M | 96% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $472k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| League of Conservation Voters Inc | $20,450,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Clearpath Action for Conservative Clean Energy Inc | $6,730,549 | 3 | 87% |
| Future Forward USA Action | $6,500,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Fund for a Better Future Inc | $5,900,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Climate Power | $4,850,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Catf Action Inc | $4,065,231 | 3 | 83% |
| BlueGreen Alliance Inc | $2,625,701 | 3 | 34% |
| Clean Energy Buyers Association | $2,600,275 | 3 | 13% |
| Third Way | $2,556,954 | 3 | 8% |
| American Council On Renewable Energy | $2,500,000 | 1 | 32% |
Show all 44 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Breakthrough Energy Action Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 15 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Sixteen Thirty Fund · The Heising-Simons Action Fund · Breakthrough Energy Foundation · Energy Action Fund · Fund for a Better Future Inc · Advocacy Action Fund Inc · League of Conservation Voters Inc · United States Energy Foundation · NEO Philanthropy Action Fund Inc · Clean Future Action Fund Inc · Oakw Fund · Climateworks Foundation
How this is measured
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About Breakthrough Energy Action Inc
- How much does Breakthrough Energy Action Inc give?
- Breakthrough Energy Action Inc reported 33 grants totaling $29,479,864 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 26 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Breakthrough Energy Action Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (87%), Public Benefit (10%), Civil Rights (3%).
- Who are Breakthrough Energy Action Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: League of Conservation Voters Inc ($20M), Clearpath Action for Conservative Clean Energy Inc ($6.7M), Future Forward USA Action ($6.5M).
- Does Breakthrough Energy Action Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Breakthrough Energy Action Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sixteen Thirty Fund, The Heising-Simons Action Fund, Breakthrough Energy Foundation.
- Where is Breakthrough Energy Action Inc based?
- Breakthrough Energy Action Inc is based in WA.
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