· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD | $30,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
33 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 33 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HSHIGH SIERRA ENERGY FOUNDATION4× · 2020–2023 · $171k · revenue +267% · 26% of their budget
- MCMODESTO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE3× · 2021–2023 · $120k · revenue +29%
- SBSierra Business Council2× · 2020–2023 · $45k · revenue +90%
Funded once
- EAEcology Action of Santa Cruzgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $70k · revenue +55%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $68k
- EIENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATIONSone grant, 2021 · $65k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To stimulate economic and community development programs in the san joaquin valley.
To advance the economic vitality of our community by serving as a catalyst for business growth, a convener of leaders, a champion for development, and an advocate for a thriving place to work and live.
The mission of the Castro Valley/Eden Area Chamber of Commerce is to lead the community toward sustainable economic growth, advocate for a pro-business climate for members, honor the area's historical foundations and future promise, and…
Our mission is to strengthen the regions business community by providing education, technical assistance, access to capital, procurement facilitation and workforce development training.
The Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce is a regional chamber formed in 2016 to support a diverse business community that spans nearly forty-five miles and serves the needs of nearly 500,000 visitors each year. As a business…
To promote business in West Sacramento, CA
To promote the commercial, industrial and civic welfare of the people of San Bernardino by encouraging the production and distribution of goods and services through the creation of more jobs and by enhancing the productivity and…
The purpose is to promote a healthy business environment in the city of Vallejo.
The Chamber is the voice for businesses in Escondido providing leadership and guidance for the local small business community.
The mission of the Central California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is to promote business from start up to fruition, utilizing the success of our diverse community and the resources of our chamber members. We provide education and…
As the membership organization of business, we promote our community's economic vitality and quality of life through leadership development, advocacy, facilitation and education. The Chamber invests in our community by providing a…
The mission of the Sacramento Black chamber of commerce is to assure member businesses will benefit through services that sustain and increase their revenue. Additionally, the region will benefit through the growth of African American…
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 46 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds HIGH SIERRA ENERGY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MODESTO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
- Who funds SANTA MARIA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Ecology Action of Santa Cruz ↗
- Who funds Sierra Business Council ↗
- Who funds DON'T TRASH ME DBA KERN GREEN ↗
- Who funds Hayward Chamber of Commerce ↗
- Who funds Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY VENTURES ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization California Green Business Network funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from California Green Business Network. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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