California · Public charity
Catalyst4 Inc
To foster, support, promote and conduct activities designed to benefit and improve the environment and global health.
- $84M
- Granted FY2023
- 7
- Grants FY2023
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
64% of Catalyst4 Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Sixteen Thirty Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Catalyst4 Inc named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $84M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $3,029,854
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $50,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $1.1B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 83% of the organizations Catalyst4 Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 70% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 6 | $80M | 83% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $5.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $50,000,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Energy Action Fund | $36,300,000 | 3 | 50% |
| Spark Ns Inc | $4,850,000 | 2 | 99% |
| Fund for a Better Future Inc | $3,579,854 | 2 | 7% |
| League of Conservation Voters Inc | $3,545,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greenlight Action | $1,200,000 | 1 | 59% |
| Tides Advocacy | $800,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Partnership Project Action Fund | $500,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Environmental Defense Action Fund | $400,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wastewater Action Alliance Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Catalyst4 Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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: The Heising-Simons Action Fund · NEO Philanthropy Action Fund Inc · Fund for a Better Future Inc · Advocacy Action Fund Inc · League of Conservation Voters Inc · Sixteen Thirty Fund
How this is measured
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About Catalyst4 Inc
- How much does Catalyst4 Inc give?
- Catalyst4 Inc reported 7 grants totaling $84,029,854 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Catalyst4 Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (61%), Health (36%), Science & Tech (3%).
- Who are Catalyst4 Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research ($50M), Energy Action Fund ($36M), Spark Ns Inc ($4.8M).
- Does Catalyst4 Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Catalyst4 Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Heising-Simons Action Fund, NEO Philanthropy Action Fund Inc, Fund for a Better Future Inc.
- Where is Catalyst4 Inc based?
- Catalyst4 Inc is based in CA.
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