California · Public charity
California Green Business Network
Led by a coalition of state and local governments, utilities, and ngos, the ca green business program achieves a shared mission of recognizing and promoting businesses that meet high sustainability standards.
- $30k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 31
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $301k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations California Green Business Network funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $206k 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 | 1 | $30k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $1.2M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $364k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $541k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $565k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Sierra Energy Foundation | $171,090 | 4 | 26% |
| City of San Francisco | $126,286 | 4 | n/a |
| County of Santa Clara | $125,894 | 4 | n/a |
| Modesto Chamber of Commerce | $120,000 | 3 | 12% |
| City of Carlsbad Library | $90,306 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Hawthorne | $89,194 | 4 | n/a |
| Torrance Police Department | $87,358 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Ventura | $87,070 | 4 | n/a |
| Contra Costa Cnty Flood Control & Water | $86,874 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Long Beach | $81,397 | 4 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Sierra Energy Foundation | $171,090 | 4 | 26% |
| City of San Francisco | $126,286 | 4 | n/a |
| County of Santa Clara | $125,894 | 4 | n/a |
| Modesto Chamber of Commerce | $120,000 | 3 | 12% |
| City of Carlsbad Library | $90,306 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Hawthorne | $89,194 | 4 | n/a |
| Torrance Police Department | $87,358 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Ventura | $87,070 | 4 | n/a |
| Contra Costa Cnty Flood Control & Water | $86,874 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Long Beach | $81,397 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Irvine | $77,658 | 4 | n/a |
| Santa Maria Valley Community Foundation | $77,052 | 3 | 34% |
| City of Laguna Beach | $70,522 | 4 | n/a |
| Ventura Co Regional Energy | $70,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Ecology Action of Santa Cruz | $70,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Hermosa Beach | $68,582 | 4 | n/a |
| County of Marin | $65,502 | 4 | n/a |
| Environmental Innovations | $65,227 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Glendale | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| County of Napa | $57,196 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Manhattan Beach | $54,706 | 4 | n/a |
| San Luis Community College District - Cuesta College | $45,354 | 3 | n/a |
| Sierra Business Council | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Don'T Trash Me Dba Kern Green | $38,836 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Santa Monica | $37,996 | 2 | n/a |
| First 5 Solano | $35,796 | 2 | n/a |
| San Mateo County Sheriff's Office | $34,796 | 2 | n/a |
| Hayward Chamber of Commerce | $30,000 | 1 | 8% |
| City of West Hollywood | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce | $29,500 | 2 | 2% |
| City of Watsonville | $28,582 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Ventures | $27,266 | 2 | 5% |
| Santa Cruz City Parks and Recreation Department | $25,796 | 2 | n/a |
| Santa Barbara County Fire Dept | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Westside Community Development Corp | $15,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Fresno Metro Black Chamber of Commerce | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| City of Huntington Bch Ca | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City and County of San Francisco | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($386k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
California Green Business Network supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 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: California Fire Foundation · Public Health Institute · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Foundation for California Community Colleges · California Emerging Technology Fund · California Fire Safe Council Inc · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Direct Relief · East Bay Community Foundation · California Health Foundation and Trust · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc · Center for Technology and Civic Life
How this is measured
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About California Green Business Network
- How much does California Green Business Network give?
- California Green Business Network reported 1 grants totaling $30,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 31 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does California Green Business Network fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (90%), Community Improvement (9%), Education (2%).
- Who are California Green Business Network's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: High Sierra Energy Foundation ($171k), City of San Francisco ($126k), County of Santa Clara ($126k).
- Does California Green Business Network fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as California Green Business Network?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Fire Foundation, Public Health Institute, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals.
- Where is California Green Business Network based?
- California Green Business Network is based in CA.
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