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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.

$9.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
93
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$285k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01FY2024 · 93 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k17 grants · $565k
  • $50k–250k73 grants · $8.1M
  • $250k+3 grants · $810k
$90,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CASA IN ACTION$285,000
GEORGIA CONSERVATION VOTERS INC$275,000
FLORIDA RISING INC$250,000
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC$245,000
LIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA$245,000
MAKE THE ROAD ACTION$225,000
OUR VOICE OUR VOTE ARIZONA$220,000
MICHIGAN PEOPLES CAMPAIGN$200,000
PROGRESSIVE MARYLAND INC$200,000
WE THE PEOPLE ACTION FUND$200,000
NEW VIRGINIA MAJORITY$195,000
CASA IN ACTION$195,000
DOWN HOME NORTH CAROLINA C4$190,000
COALFIELD JUSTICE ACTION$185,000
BLACK VOTERS MATTER FUND INC$165,000
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 11% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $245k → 11%NORTH CAROLINA A PHILIP RANDOLPH EDUCATIONAL FUND: $100k → 8%CASA IN ACTION: $285k → 11%NCAAT IN ACTION: $50k → 8%DOWN HOME NORTH CAROLINA: $135k → 16%CASA IN ACTION: $195k → 11%PROGRESSIVE MARYLAND INC: $200k → 11%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

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

The Organization was established to coordinate and promote progressive issues, policies, initiatives, and referenda, and to pursue electoral reform that expands access to the ballot.

Community Improvement
2
Accion Politica Pcunista Dba Pcun

To promote civic participation.

Arts & Culture
3
Power Coalition for Electoral Justice

We created the power coalition for electoral justice with our partners because this is a moment of opportunity; a time to dig in and become internationally strategic; in short, to use this movement to create a true paradigm shift. to plant…

Civil Rights
4
Six Action

Six action realizes a bold policy agenda that secures and sustains meaningful racial, gender, social and economic justice outcomes that center the people most impacted by systemic and structural oppression. we support values-aligned state…

Civil Rights
5
Electoral Collective Action

Electoral Collective Action coordinates a broad-based coalition of existing entities active in the climate justice and community organizing space to raise public awareness and educational opportunities.

Civil Rights
6
Missouri Jobs With Justice Voter Action

To develop and advocate for legislation, regulations, ballot initiatives, and government programs as a voice of the working class, to promote social justice, and to stimulate the economy; and, to conduct research, educate the public, and…

Civil Rights
7
Progressive Workers Coalition

To ensure that working class people are educated on their voting rights. The coalition engages in mobilization and educational information sessions to ensure that all workers voices are heard.

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8
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…

Environment
9
People's Independent Commission

Supports Measure to Remove Lawmakers Power to Set Their Own Pay

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10
Our Voice Nuestra Voz

Our Voice Nuestra Voice is a nation-building organization, anchoring ancestry while building Black and Brown solidarity in New Orleans. We remember our shared culture and language, reconnect to the land, and organize our community around…

Human Services
11
Minnesota Voice

Minnesota Voice is a collaboration of organizations working toward permanent change in social, racial, and economic justice by increasing civic engagement and voter participation across the state.

Public Benefit
12
Powerswitch Action

Powerswitch action is a national network forging collective democracy and economies in our cities and states, together with our 21 grassroots affiliates.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Somos Accion; the most unlike its peers is Instituto Power. 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

58 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. 58 of the 61 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
56/58
Grantees still filing
8/58
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FLORIDA RISING INC: $400,000 · Civil RightsFLORIDA RISING INCMAKE THE ROAD ACTION INC: $370,000 · Civil RightsMAKE THE ROAD ACTION INCNEW VIRGINIA MAJORITY: $345,000 · Civil RightsNEW VIRGINIA MAJORITYMichigan Peoples Campaign: $300,000 · Civil RightsMichigan Peoples CampaignWe The People Action Fund: $300,000 · Civil RightsWe The People Action FundLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC: $245,000 · Civil RightsLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INCFAITH IN MINNESOTA: $225,000 · Civil RightsFAITH IN MINNESOTAOUR VOICE OUR VOTE ARIZONA: $220,000 · Civil RightsOUR VOICE OUR VOTE ARIZONAPennsylvania United: $205,000 · Civil RightsCOPAL COMMUNIDADES ORGANIZANDO EL PODER Y LA A: $160,000 · Civil RightsPROGRESS NOW INC: $150,000 · Civil RightsProgress Georgia Inc: $150,000 · Civil RightsRURAL ARIZONA ACTION: $150,000 · Civil Rights+9 more: $755,000 · Civil Rights+9 moreGEORGIA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS: $425,000 · OtherGEORGIA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION …POWER ACTION FUND: $220,000 · OtherPOWER ACTION FUNDBlack Voters Matter Fund Inc: $215,000 · OtherBlack Voters Matter Fund IncMN350 ACTION: $185,000 · OtherMN350 ACTIONUNIDOS MN: $160,000 · OtherUNIDOS MNGEORGIA WAND: $140,000 · OtherGEORGIA WANDFAITH IN COLORADO: $112,000 · OtherSEMILLA ACTION: $110,000 · OtherALLIED MEDIA ACTION FUND: $100,000 · OtherBLACK MALE VOTER PROJECT: $100,000 · OtherNM NATIVE VOTE: $100,000 · Other9TO5 ACTION FUND: $100,000 · OtherFLORIDA WATCH INC: $90,000 · Other+11 more: $550,000 · Other+11 moreCASA IN ACTION INC: $480,000 · Human ServicesCASA IN ACTION I…DOWN HOME NC: $325,000 · Human ServicesDOWN HOME NCLIVING UNITED FOR CHANGE IN ARIZONA: $245,000 · Human ServicesLIVING UNITED FO…PROGRESSIVE MARYLAND INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesPROGRESSIVE MARY…NORTH CAROLINA A PHILIP RANDOLPH EDUCATIONAL FUND: $100,000 · Human ServicesNORTH CAROLINA A…NCAAT IN ACTION: $50,000 · Human ServicesADVANCE NORTH CAROLINA INC: $190,000 · Community ImprovementPENNSYLVANIA STANDS UP INC: $185,000 · Community ImprovementVOCES UNIDAS ACTION FUND: $168,000 · Community ImprovementORGANIZERS IN THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT: $140,000 · Community ImprovementTAKEACTION MINNESOTA: $225,000 · Public BenefitCOALFIELD JUSTICE ACTION: $205,000 · Public BenefitInstituto Power: $125,000 · Public BenefitLAND STEWARDSHIP ACTION FUND: $120,000 · Food & NutritionFLIC VOTES INC: $100,000 · International
Civil Rights$3,975,000Other$2,607,000Human Services$1,400,000Community Improvement$683,000Public Benefit$555,000Food & Nutrition$120,000International$100,000

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

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
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.

Sixteen Thirty FundAll Hands on Deck Net…Way to Win Action Fun…America VotesTides AdvocacyWomen Donors Network …Open Society Action F…Pro-Democracy CampaignNEO Philanthropy Acti…Working Families Orga…Tides FoundationCenter for Community …
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Climate Equity Action Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Climate Equity Action Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    6get 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 · 0–5%
    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 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.

    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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