Massachusetts · Public charity
Ceres Inc
Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. Through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability challenges facing our economy today: climate change, water scarcity and pollution, and nature and…
- $6.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $453k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $73,333
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $370,277
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $35M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Ceres Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $453k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $540k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $549k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $404k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $424k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $346k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $81k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $191k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cdp North America Inc | $972,766 | 3 | 1% |
| Forest Trends Association | $908,916 | 7 | 2% |
| Meridian Institute | $363,750 | 5 | 1% |
| Clean Air Task Force Inc | $199,500 | 5 | 1% |
| B Team Headquarters Inc | $189,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Climate Collaborative | $80,000 | 3 | 9% |
| R Street Institute | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Business for Social Responsibility | $65,516 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlantic Media Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Climate Group Inc | $56,250 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cdp North America Inc | $972,766 | 3 | 1% |
| Forest Trends Association | $908,916 | 7 | 2% |
| Meridian Institute | $363,750 | 5 | 1% |
| Clean Air Task Force Inc | $199,500 | 5 | 1% |
| B Team Headquarters Inc | $189,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Climate Collaborative | $80,000 | 3 | 9% |
| R Street Institute | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Business for Social Responsibility | $65,516 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlantic Media Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Climate Group Inc | $56,250 | 2 | 1% |
| Foundation for the Global Compact | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Solidaridad North America | $49,975 | 2 | 4% |
| Society for Corporate Governance Inc | $49,188 | 2 | 1% |
| Environmental League of Massachusetts Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ceres Inc supplied at peak.
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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: New Venture Fund · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Climateworks Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Ceres Inc
- How much does Ceres Inc give?
- Ceres Inc reported 3 itemized grants totaling $452,707, out of $6,514,037 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ceres Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (91%), Public Benefit (3%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are Ceres Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cdp North America Inc ($973k), Forest Trends Association ($909k), Meridian Institute ($364k).
- Does Ceres Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ceres Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Venture Fund, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Climateworks Foundation.
- Where is Ceres Inc based?
- Ceres Inc is based in MA.
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