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Center for Coalfield Justice

Improve policy and regulations for the oversight of fossil fuel extraction and use; to educate, empower, and organize coalfield citizens; and to protect public and environmental health.

$875k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$116k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $165k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $704k
$50,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$6.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOCIETY OF NATIVE NATIONS$115,903
PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILIT$99,000
THE DESCENDANTS PROJECT$75,000
THE MAURICE & JANE SUGAR LAW CENTER$75,000
OCCIDENTAL ARTS & ECOLOGY CENTER$75,000
EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE$55,000
WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE$55,000
PLASTIC FREE FUTURE$54,500
GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR INCINERATOR ALT$50,000
MULTIPLIER$50,000
PORT ARTHUR COMMUNITY ACTION NETWOR$37,754
BREATHE FREE DETROIT$33,316
PACIFIC ENVIRONMENT$27,000
EUREKA RECYCLING$25,000
CARRIZO COMECRUDO TRIBE OF TEXAS$16,824
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 67% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%EUREKA RECYCLING: $25k → 11%OCCIDENTAL ARTS & ECOLOGY CENTER: $75k → 9%SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $13k → 10%EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE: $55k → 10%PACIFIC ENVIRONMENT: $27k → 10%PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILIT: $99k → 14%PLASTIC FREE FUTURE: $55k → 14%WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE: $55k → 17%CARRIZO COMECRUDO TRIBE OF TEXAS: $17k → 11%SOCIETY OF NATIVE NATIONS: $116k → 16%PORT ARTHUR COMMUNITY ACTION NETWOR: $38k → 19%GREENPEACE FUND: $13k → 14%THE MAURICE & JANE SUGAR LAW CENTER: $75k → 21%THE DESCENDANTS PROJECT: $75k → 16%GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR INCINERATOR ALT: $50k → 10%MULTIPLIER: $50k → 10%BREATHE FREE DETROIT: $33k → 21%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

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.

1
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
2
Environment Now
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3
The 5 Gyres Institute

The 5 Gyres Institute (5 Gyres) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles, with a global network of supporters united in the pursuit of a planet free of plastic pollution. 5 Gyres' mission is to empower action against the…

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4
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
5
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…

Environment
6
Earthjustice

Earthjustice is a premier nonprofit public interest environmental law organization. we wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people's health, to preserve magnificent places and wildlife, to advance clean energy,…

Environment
7
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
8
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.": - count it: our work is…

International
9
Environmental Defense Center

The organization protects and enhances the local environment through education, advocacy and legal action.

Crime & Legal
10
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
11
International Council On Environmental Economics and Development Union
Human Services
12
Advocates for Climate Innovation
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Occidental Arts and Ecology Center; the most unlike its peers is Carrizo Comecrudo Nation of Texas Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 17 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Occidental Arts and Ecology Center: $75,000 · EnvironmentOccidental Arts and Ecology CenterWATERKEEPER ALLIANCE INC: $55,000 · EnvironmentWATERKEEPER ALLIANCE INCEarth Island Institute Inc: $55,000 · EnvironmentEarth Island Institute IncMULTIPLIER: $50,000 · EnvironmentMULTIPLIERGlobal Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives: $50,000 · EnvironmentGlobal Alliance for Incinerator AlternativesPACIFIC ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES CENTER: $27,000 · EnvironmentPACIFIC ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES CENTERTHE NEIGHBORHOOD RECYCLING CORPORATION: $25,000 · EnvironmentTHE NEIGHBORHOOD RECYCLING CORPORATIONGREENPEACE FUND INC: $12,500 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $12,500 · EnvironmentTHE MAURICE & JANE SUGAR LAW CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: $75,000 · OtherTHE MAURICE & JANE SUGAR LAW…PLASTIC FREE FUTURE: $54,500 · OtherPLASTIC FREE FUTUREPORT ARTHUR COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK: $37,754 · OtherPORT ARTHUR COMMUNITY ACTION…BREATHE FREE DETROIT: $33,316 · OtherBREATHE FREE DETROITCARRIZO COMECRUDO NATION OF TEXAS INC: $16,824 · OtherCARRIZO COMECRUDO NATION OF …SOCIETY OF NATIVE NATIONS: $115,903 · Community ImprovementSOCIETY OF NATIVE NATION…THE DESCENDANTS PROJECT: $75,000 · Community ImprovementTHE DESCENDANTS PROJECTPHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: $99,000 · InternationalPHYSICIANS F…
Environment$362,000Other$217,394Community Improvement$190,903International$99,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWATERKEEPER ALLIANCE INC: $55,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $55,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGlobal Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPACIFIC ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES CENTER: $27,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
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.

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.

Rockefeller Philanthr…Resources Legacy FundThe Schmidt Family Fo…Sierra ClubOrange County Communi…Amalgamated Charitabl…Tides FoundationSustainable Markets F…Social and Environmen…Windward FundSilicon Valley Commun…Vanguard Charitable E…
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncNY20.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Resources Legacy Fund · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Sierra Club · Orange County Community Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · Sustainable Markets Foundation · Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc · Windward Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Center for Coalfield Justice funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Center for Coalfield Justice. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Center for Coalfield Justice?

    Find your warmest path to Center for Coalfield Justice through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 17 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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