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Climate Equity Action Fund

The CLIMATE EQUITY ACTION FUND (ceaf) works hand-in-hand with community-based partners in critical states across the country to secure and sustain policy wins for climate and clean energy. Building on over a decade of trust with leading independent advocacy organizations in each state, we deploy strategic grants and technical assistance…

$9.4M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
93
Grants FY2024
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Median grant, FY2024
$90,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$285,000
States reached, FY2024
17
Total assets, FY2024
$4.3M

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
NV
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
NC
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2024 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 61 grantees
All grantees of Climate Equity Action Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Casa in Action Inc$480,000112%
Georgia League of Conservation Voters$425,000123%
Florida Rising Inc$400,000110%
Make the Road Action Inc$370,00013%
New Virginia Majority$345,00015%
Down Home Nc$325,00016%
Michigan Peoples Campaign$300,00017%
We The People Action Fund$300,000113%
League of Conservation Voters Inc$245,00010%
Living United for Change in Arizona$245,00013%
Faith in Minnesota$225,00018%
Takeaction Minnesota$225,000122%
Power Action Fund$220,0001n/a
Our Voice Our Vote Arizona$220,00015%
Black Voters Matter Fund Inc$215,00012%
Coalfield Justice Action$205,0001n/a
Pennsylvania United$205,00013%
Progressive Maryland Inc$200,000122%
Advance North Carolina Inc$190,00015%
Mn350 Action$185,000188%
Pennsylvania Stands Up Inc$185,000110%
Voces Unidas Action Fund$168,000124%
Unidos Mn$160,000125%
Copal Communidades Organizando El Poder y la A$160,000129%
Progress Now Inc$150,00011%
Progress Georgia Inc$150,00017%
Rural Arizona Action$150,00014%
Georgia Wand$140,0001n/a
Organizers in the Land of Enchantment$140,00016%
Organize Pennsylvania$125,00012%
Instituto Power$125,00018%
Center for Civic Action$120,000110%
Land Stewardship Action Fund$120,000189%
Faith in Colorado$112,000152%
Semilla Action$110,000117%
Jobs with Justice$110,000110%
Allied Media Action Fund$100,000134%
Black Male Voter Project$100,0001n/a
Poder Latinx$100,00014%
North Carolina a Philip Randolph Educational Fund$100,00012%
Nm Native Vote$100,0001n/a
Flic Votes Inc$100,000111%
9to5 Action Fund$100,000125%
Siembra Nc$100,00014%
Florida Watch Inc$90,00016%
Somos Accion$75,0001n/a
Native Voters Alliance Nevada$75,00016%
Georgia Youth Justice Coalition for Action Inc$75,0001n/a
Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund Inc$75,00015%
Asian Pacific Islander Political Al Liance$75,0001n/a
Colorado People's Action$60,000185%
Fanm in Action Inc$50,0001n/a
Ncaat in Action$50,00011%
Yucca Action$50,0001n/a
Alianza For progress inc$50,00017%
Tides Advocacy$45,00010%
The Organizing Alliance$25,000132%
ONE Peoples Campaign$25,000128%
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada Action$25,00011%
The People's Lobby$25,00014%
Virginia Interfaith Power & Light$20,00012%

Where it is load-bearing

Climate Equity Action Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 51 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCasa in Action Inc: $480,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetGeorgia League of Conservation Voters: $425,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetFlorida Rising Inc: $400,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetMake the Road Action Inc: $370,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetNew Virginia Majority: $345,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetDown Home Nc: $325,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetMichigan Peoples Campaign: $300,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetWe The People Action Fund: $300,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetLeague of Conservation Voters Inc: $245,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLiving United for Change in Arizona: $245,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetFaith in Minnesota: $225,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetTakeaction Minnesota: $225,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetOur Voice Our Vote Arizona: $220,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetBlack Voters Matter Fund Inc: $215,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetPennsylvania United: $205,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetProgressive Maryland Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetAdvance North Carolina Inc: $190,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetMn350 Action: $185,000 over 1y, 88% of budgetPennsylvania Stands Up Inc: $185,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetVoces Unidas Action Fund: $168,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetUnidos Mn: $160,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetCopal Communidades Organizando El Poder y la A: $160,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetProgress Now Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetProgress Georgia Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetRural Arizona Action: $150,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetOrganizers in the Land of Enchantment: $140,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetOrganize Pennsylvania: $125,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetInstituto Power: $125,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetCenter for Civic Action: $120,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetLand Stewardship Action Fund: $120,000 over 1y, 89% of budgetFaith in Colorado: $112,000 over 1y, 52% of budgetSemilla Action: $110,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetJobs with Justice: $110,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetAllied Media Action Fund: $100,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetPoder Latinx: $100,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetNorth Carolina a Philip Randolph Educational Fund: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFlic Votes Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budget9to5 Action Fund: $100,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetSiembra Nc: $100,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetFlorida Watch Inc: $90,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetNative Voters Alliance Nevada: $75,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetChesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetColorado People's Action: $60,000 over 1y, 85% of budgetNcaat in Action: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAlianza For progress inc: $50,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetTides Advocacy: $45,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Organizing Alliance: $25,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetONE Peoples Campaign: $25,000 over 1y, 28% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 51.

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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.

Sixteen Thirty FundDC94.8× affinity47 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sixteen Thirty Fund · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · America Votes · Tides Advocacy · Women Donors Network Action · Open Society Action Fund Inc · Pro-Democracy Campaign · NEO Philanthropy Action Fund Inc · Working Families Organization Inc · Tides Foundation · Center for Community Change Action

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.

Compare Climate Equity Action Fund with peer funders

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How do I get to Climate Equity Action Fund?

Find your warmest path to Climate Equity Action 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.

About Climate Equity Action Fund

How much does Climate Equity Action Fund give?
Climate Equity Action Fund reported 93 grants totaling $9,440,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does Climate Equity Action Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (41%), Civil Rights (30%), Environment (13%).
Who are Climate Equity Action Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2024 to FY2024: Casa in Action Inc ($480k), Georgia League of Conservation Voters ($425k), Florida Rising Inc ($400k).
Which funders back the same organizations as Climate Equity Action Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sixteen Thirty Fund, All Hands on Deck Network Inc, Way to Win Action Fund Inc.
Where is Climate Equity Action Fund based?
Climate Equity Action Fund is based in DC.

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 61 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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