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· Public charity

Climate Jobs National Resource Center Inc

To educate workers and the public about policies that will build a clean energy economy at the scale climate science demands, create good union jobs, and create more equitable communities.

$7.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$2.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$5.3MEnvironment$3.7MEmployment$2.4MPublic Benefit$1.1MCivil Rights$838kSocial Science$205k
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $6,148,182, the rows itemized in this filing. The $7,317,930 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,169,748 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

  • $50k–250k6 grants · $1.0M
  • $250k+6 grants · $5.1M
$265,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ILR SCHOOL$2,250,000
FAIR SHOT TEXAS$1,100,000
UNION ENERGY$600,000
CLIMATE JOBS ILLINOIS EDUCATION FUND$500,000
MAINE PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE$400,000
INSTITUTE FOR LABOR STUDIES AND RESEARCH$265,000
CLIMATE JOBS MASSACHUSETTS INC$225,000
COLORADO CLIMATE JOBS$220,000
CLIMATE JOBS WASHINGTON$200,000
CONNECTICUT ROUNDTABLE CLIMATE & JOBS$200,000
CLIMATE JOBS NY EDUCATION FUND$118,182
WINDWARD FUND$70,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 76% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CLIMATE JOBS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $225k → 16%UMWA CAREER CENTER INC: $450k → 12%UNION ENERGY: $600k → 12%CLIMATE JOBS NY EDUCATION FUND: $222k → 17%FAIR SHOT TEXAS: $1.1M → 10%WINDWARD FUND: $70k → 14%CONNECTICUT ROUNDTABLE CLIMATE & JOBS: $200k → 7%INSTITUTE FOR LABOR STUDIES AND RESEARCH: $265k → 14%COLORADO CLIMATE JOBS: $220k → 12%CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION INSTITUTE: $25k → 9%CLIMATE JOBS WASHINGTON: $200k → 9%CLIMATE JOBS ILLINOIS EDUCATION FUND: $500k → 11%IMPACT RESEARCH INC: $205k → 6%MAINE PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE: $400k → 7%CLIMATE JOBS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $100k → 16%CLIMATE JOBS NY EDUCATION FUND: $220k → 17%WORKERS ASSISTANCE PROJECT: $363k → 10%WINDWARD FUND: $30k → 14%CONNECTICUT ROUNDTABLE CLIMATE & JOBS: $200k → 7%INSTITUTE FOR LABOR STUDIES AND RESEARCH: $105k → 14%CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION INSTITUTE: $25k → 9%CLIMATE JOBS ILLINOIS EDUCATION FUND: $388k → 11%MAINE PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE: $147k → 7%CLIMATE JOBS NY EDUCATION FUND: $118k → 17%WORKERS ASSISTANCE PROJECT: $288k → 10%CONNECTICUT ROUNDTABLE CLIMATE & JOBS: $105k → 7%INSTITUTE FOR LABOR STUDIES AND RESEARCH: $100k → 14%CLIMATE JOBS ILLINOIS EDUCATION FUND: $270k → 11%MAINE PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE: $130k → 7%CLIMATE JOBS NY EDUCATION FUND: $50k → 17%WORKERS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $275k → 10%CONNECTICUT ROUNDTABLE CLIMATE & JOBS: $60k → 7%MAINE PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE: $81k → 7%CLIMATE INFRASTRUCTURE PENSION PROJECT: $50k → 17%CONNECTICUT ROUND TABLE ON CLIMATE: $50k → 7%MAINE PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER: $80k → 7%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
WA
IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
RI
CO
MD
DC
TX
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 100% of Climate Jobs National Resource Center Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 44% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 0%.

Climate Jobs National Resource Center Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 9 repeat orgs$3.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
5

Total granted

$10M
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
0%

Still filing today

100%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementSocial SciencePublic BenefitOther
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

  • Cornell University
    3× · 2022–2024 · $5.3M · revenue +15%
  • WA
    Workers Assistance Program Inc
    3× · 2021–2023 · $925k · revenue +7%
  • MP
    MAINE PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $758k · revenue +0%

Funded once

  • UM
    UNITED MINEWORKERS OF AMERICA CAREER CENTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $450k · revenue -23% · 30% of their budget
  • CJ
    CLIMATE JOBS NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $220k · revenue +180%
  • CF
    Center for Impact Research
    one grant, 2023 · $205k · revenue -97% · 60% of their budget
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
Climate Jobs National Resource Center Action Fund Inc

To advocate for a clean energy economy at the scale climate science demands, create good union jobs, and create more equitable communities.

Environment
2
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
3
Alliance for Climate Transition Inc

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

Community Improvement
4
Clean Energy for America Education Fund

Clean Energy for America Action Fund (CE4AEF) is a network of clean energy business leaders, workers, and advocates advancing federal decarbonization policies to protect our environment. CE4AEF works to demonstrate the depth, breadth, and…

Environment
5
Climate Parliament Inc

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

International
6
Clean Energy for America Inc

Clean Energy for Americas purpose is to engage with clean energy workers and advance the clean energy movement. CE4A highlights the feasibility and positive impact of a clean energy economy, educates policymakers and the general public on…

Environment
7
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
8
Climate Catalyst Inc

Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.

Environment
9
Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies

CEERT designs and fights for policies that advance clean, renewable, energy and climate solutions for California and the West. CEERT's team of professional staff, active board members, expert consultants, and clean-technology and…

Environment
10
Work on Climate

Supporting industry transformation towards climate-positive and make green careers transitions and driving the adoption of green workforce development practices broadly.

Environment
11
Advocates for Climate Innovation
Philanthropy
12
Climate Jobs Illinois Inc

To educate and advocate for a pro-climate agenda that prioritizes policies in support of current and future illinois workers.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Climate Jobs Ny Education Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Climate Infrastructure Pension Project Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 19 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
11/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Cornell University: $5,250,000 · EducationCornell University+1 more: $50,000 · EducationCLIMATE JOBS ILLINOIS EDUCATION FUND: $1,507,500 · EnvironmentCLIMATE JOBS ILLINOIS EDUCAT…CONNECTICUT ROUNDTABLE ON CLIMATE AND JOBS: $615,000 · EnvironmentCONNECTICUT ROUNDTABLE ON CL…CLIMATE JOBS NY EDUCATION FUND INC: $390,672 · EnvironmentCLIMATE JOBS NY EDUCATION FU…CLIMATE JOBS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $325,000 · EnvironmentCLIMATE JOBS MASSACHUSETTS I…Climate Jobs Colorado Inc: $220,000 · EnvironmentClimate Jobs Colorado IncCLIMATE JOBS NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER INC: $219,500 · EnvironmentCLIMATE JOBS NATIONAL RESOUR…+1 more: $100,000 · EnvironmentUnion Energy: $600,000 · OtherUnion Ene…Center for Impact Research: $204,500 · OtherCenter fo…CLIMATE JOBS WASHINGTON: $200,000 · OtherCLIMATE J…MAINE PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER: $80,000 · OtherMAINE PEO…Climate Infrastructure Pension Project Inc: $50,000 · OtherFAIR SHOT TEXAS: $1,100,000 · Public BenefitFAIR SHOT…Workers Assistance Program Inc: $925,000 · HealthMAINE PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE: $757,500 · Community ImprovementRHODE ISLAND INSTITUTE FOR LABOR STUDIES AND RESEARCH: $470,000 · Social ScienceUNITED MINEWORKERS OF AMERICA CAREER CENTER INC: $450,000 · Employment
Education$5,300,000Environment$3,377,672Other$1,134,500Public Benefit$1,100,000Health$925,000Community Improvement$757,500Social Science$470,000Employment$450,000

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 budgetCornell University: $5,250,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCLIMATE JOBS ILLINOIS EDUCATION FUND: $1,507,500 over 4y, 58% of budgetFAIR SHOT TEXAS: $1,100,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetWorkers Assistance Program Inc: $925,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetMAINE PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE: $757,500 over 4y, 21% of budgetCONNECTICUT ROUNDTABLE ON CLIMATE AND JOBS: $615,000 over 5y, 54% of budgetRHODE ISLAND INSTITUTE FOR LABOR STUDIES AND RESEARCH: $470,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetUNITED MINEWORKERS OF AMERICA CAREER CENTER INC: $450,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetCLIMATE JOBS NY EDUCATION FUND INC: $390,672 over 3y, 50% of budgetCLIMATE JOBS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $325,000 over 2y, 80% of budgetCLIMATE JOBS NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER INC: $219,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCenter for Impact Research: $204,500 over 1y, 60% of budgetWINDWARD FUND: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAINE PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER: $80,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetClimate Infrastructure Pension Project Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetClean Energy Transition Institute: $50,000 over 2y, 4.4% 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.

United States Energy …The New World Foundat…
United States Energy FoundationCA15.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United States Energy Foundation · The New World Foundation

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 Jobs National Resource Center Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Climate Jobs National Resource Center Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 Jobs National Resource Center Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Climate Jobs National Resource Center Inc 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 19 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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