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Climate Emergency Fund

CLIMATE EMERGENCY FUND supports nonviolent climate activists who wake up the public and demand urgent action from governments and corporations to address the climate emergency.

$4.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$652k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Environment$4.3MCivil Rights$1.1MCommunity Improvement$841kPublic Benefit$670kHuman Services$569kPhilanthropy$100kArts & Culture$85kEducation$54kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $2,766,792, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,316,562 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,549,770 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $176k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $918k
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.7M
$75,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Intrl Center on Nonviolent C$652,000
Center for the Working Poor$406,000
Oil and Gas Action Network$365,000
Climate Defiance Action$250,000
Climate Defiance Foundation$243,292
New York Communities Organizi$220,000
Ayni Institute$163,000
Yellow Dot Studios Inc$100,000
Massachusetts Peace Action Ed$75,000
ETINA$60,000
H4X$57,000
New Consensus$40,500
Beloved Community Ministries$35,000
Charleston Climate Coalition$25,000
Blue Sky Institute$25,000
02The need
03

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:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $569k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Ayni Institute: $163k → 16%Center for the Working Poor: $406k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
WA
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
MD
SC
DC
GA
TX

Grants abroad, by region: $1.5M on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 4 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$1.3M · 87% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Recruit. & Training

North America (Canada and Mexico)$97k · 6% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Recruit. & Training

East Asia and the Pacific$75k · 5% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Recruit. & Training

Sub-Saharan Africa$35k · 2% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: TRAINING

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

47%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 14 repeat orgs$4.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
33

Total granted

$3.6M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+15%

Still filing today

93%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • OG
    OIL & GAS ACTION NETWORK
    3× · 2022–2024 · $848k · revenue +72%
  • NY
    New York Communities Organizing Fund Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $755k · revenue +84%
  • SM
    SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2023 · $240k · revenue +170%

Funded once

  • GREENPEACE FUND INC
    one grant, 2020 · $350k · revenue +7%
  • XM
    XR MOBILIZATION
    one grant, 2020 · $200k
  • AF
    ACTION FOR CLIMATE EMERGENCY
    one grant, 2022 · $150k
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.

04Its 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
Advocates for Climate Innovation
Philanthropy
2
Center for Contemporary Documentation Inc
Philanthropy
3
One Earth Philanthropy

One Earth connects thinkers, doers, activists, and knowledge holders from around the world to solve humanity's greatest ecological challenges--together. Our belief is simple: The solutions to the climate crisis already exist. By connecting…

Environment
4
Climate Parliament Inc

Researching policy ideas on climate and clean energy in India, engaging legislators and business leaders to discuss those ideas.

International
5
Alliance for Climate Transition Inc

ACT leads the just, equitable and rapid transition to a clean energy future and diverse climate economy.

Community Improvement
6
Maine Climate Action Now

MCAN catalyzes transformative education and action in response to the climate crisis. We seek to honor, unite and amplify the voices of youth, frontline communities, and others historically excluded from the climate conversation and…

Environment
7
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
8
Environment Now
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9
Climate Change Education Project
Education
10
350 Vermont Inc

350 vermont is building a people-powered and people-led climate justice movement in vermont for a just, thriving world. we are guided by the voices, experiences, and solutions of those most impacted by the global climate crisis.

Environment
11
California Environmental Justice Alliance

Our mission is to fight against fossil fuel executives and industries that have turned our communities into dumping grounds for toxic waste, poisoning our air, water, lan, and bodies. We organize to oppose giant oil refineries, dirty…

Environment
12
Climate Foundation

To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Better Future Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Center On Nonviolent Conflict. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

45 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. 45 of the 58 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.

12
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/45
Grantees still filing
21/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OIL & GAS ACTION NETWORK: $847,500 · EnvironmentOIL & GAS ACTION NETWORKGREENPEACE FUND INC: $350,000 · EnvironmentGREENPEACE FUND INCClimate Mobilization Project Inc: $260,000 · EnvironmentClimate Mobilization Project IncCLIMATE DEFIANCE FOUNDATION: $243,292 · EnvironmentCLIMATE DEFIANCE FOUNDATIONSUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION: $240,000 · EnvironmentSUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATIONGLOBAL CONSERVATION: $145,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTALISM THROUGH INSPIRATION & NONVIOLENT ACTION: $135,000 · EnvironmentThe River Project: $119,774 · Environment+12 more: $769,534 · Environment+12 moreClimate Defiance Action: $250,000 · OtherClimate Defiance A…XR MOBILIZATION: $200,000 · OtherXR MOBILIZATIONACTION FOR CLIMATE EMERGENCY: $150,000 · OtherACTION FOR CLIMATE…Evangelical Environmental Network: $64,500 · OtherBEAUTIFUL TROUBLE INC: $45,000 · OtherYELLOW DOT STUDIOS INC: $100,000 · OtherYELLOW DOT STUDIOS…350EUG: $80,000 · Other350EUGCATSKILL MOUNTAIN CLUB INC: $50,000 · Other+15 more: $342,100 · Other+15 moreNew York Communities Organizing Fund Inc: $755,000 · Community ImprovementNew York Comm…Beloved Community Ministries Inc: $135,000 · Community ImprovementBeloved Commu…NEW CONSENSUS: $40,500 · Community Improvement+1 more: $10,000 · Community ImprovementINTERNATIONAL CENTER ON NONVIOLENT CONFLICT: $652,000 · PhilanthropyINTERNATIONA…RISE EDUCATION FUND: $100,000 · PhilanthropyRISE EDUCATI…GVNGorg: $100,000 · PhilanthropyGVNGorgNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PEER SUPPORT: $593,750 · Public BenefitNATIONAL IN…Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund: $75,000 · Public BenefitMassachuset…FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE EDUCATION FUND: $50,000 · Public BenefitFIGHT FOR T…Veterans For Peace Inc: $40,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $25,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR THE WORKING POOR: $406,000 · Human ServicesAYNI INSTITUTE INC: $163,000 · Human ServicesMARCH ON MARYLAND: $225,000 · Civil Rights
Environment$3,110,100Other$1,281,600Community Improvement$940,500Philanthropy$852,000Public Benefit$783,750Human Services$569,000Civil Rights$225,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOIL & GAS ACTION NETWORK: $847,500 over 3y, 19% of budgetNew York Communities Organizing Fund Inc: $755,000 over 4y, 9.7% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CENTER ON NONVIOLENT CONFLICT: $652,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PEER SUPPORT: $593,750 over 6y, 40% of budgetCENTER FOR THE WORKING POOR: $406,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetGREENPEACE FUND INC: $350,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetClimate Mobilization Project Inc: $260,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetClimate Defiance Action: $250,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetCLIMATE DEFIANCE FOUNDATION: $243,292 over 1y, 99% of budgetSUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION: $240,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMARCH ON MARYLAND: $225,000 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetAYNI INSTITUTE INC: $163,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetGLOBAL CONSERVATION: $145,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetBeloved Community Ministries Inc: $135,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetENVIRONMENTALISM THROUGH INSPIRATION & NONVIOLENT ACTION: $135,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetThe River Project: $119,774 over 2y, 37% of budgetPROJECT EARTH 2025 INC: $103,034 over 1y, 91% of budgetRISE EDUCATION FUND: $100,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetGVNGorg: $100,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetMOTHERS OUT FRONT INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetYELLOW DOT STUDIOS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetH4X: $87,000 over 2y, 100% of budget350EUG: $80,000 over 1y, 65% of budgetBETTER FUTURE PROJECT INC: $75,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetMassachusetts Peace Action Education Fund: $75,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetAMERICAN CONSERVATION COALITION INC: $74,500 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetEvangelical Environmental Network: $64,500 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY TRAINERS: $55,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetGOODPOWER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetFIGHT FOR THE FUTURE EDUCATION FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetNEW CONSENSUS: $40,500 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetVeterans For Peace Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budget350PDX: $35,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetSolon Center For Research And Publishing: $30,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetCHARLESTON CLIMATE COALITION: $25,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetBlue Sky Institure: $25,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetMN350: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budget350 NEW HAMPSHIRE: $15,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetINQUIRING SYSTEMS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Sustainable Markets F…Amalgamated Charitabl…Tides FoundationRockefeller Philanthr…Wallace Global Fund IIPatagoniaorgUnited States Energy …The Aileen Getty Foun…Rockefeller Family Fu…Windward FundCommon Counsel Founda…350org
Sustainable Markets FoundationNY30× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sustainable Markets Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Wallace Global Fund II · Patagoniaorg · United States Energy Foundation · The Aileen Getty Foundation · Rockefeller Family Fund Inc · Windward Fund · Common Counsel Foundation · 350org

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 Climate Emergency Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Climate Emergency Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    9get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Climate Emergency Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Climate Emergency Fund 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 58 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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