Montana · Public charity
Climate Ride Inc
Climate ride is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that mobilizes people to protect our planet through life-changing adventures. We organize charitable biking, running, and hiking events to raise awareness and support sustainability, active transportation, and environmental causes.
- $691k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 41
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 78
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 51%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $500k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,241
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $69,122
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 78
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 51% of the organizations Climate Ride Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $588k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 36 | $455k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 78 | $2.3M | 51% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $2.8M | 49% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $231k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $255k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $632k | 34% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $570k | 42% |
| FY2017 | 32 | $599k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Commonwealth Club - World Affairs of California | $954,935 | 7 | 8% |
| Glacier National Park Conservancy | $723,091 | 7 | 3% |
| Climate Ride Inc | $604,406 | 4 | 17% |
| Solarfest Inc | $590,333 | 2 | 87% |
| Wild Tomorrow Fund | $459,280 | 2 | 14% |
| The Climate Center | $444,588 | 4 | 15% |
| Marin County Bicycle Coalition | $251,315 | 3 | 11% |
| Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition | $193,601 | 4 | 14% |
| Missoula Institute for Sustainable Transportation | $159,630 | 3 | 25% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $152,150 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 102 grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($434k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Climate Ride Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 94 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Patagoniaorg · United States Energy Foundation · The Energy Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · The San Francisco Foundation · The Schmidt Family Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Tides Foundation · Resources Legacy Fund · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
How this is measured
About Climate Ride Inc
- How much does Climate Ride Inc give?
- Climate Ride Inc reported 41 itemized grants totaling $500,128, out of $691,436 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 78 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Climate Ride Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (67%), Recreation & Sports (11%), Animals (5%).
- Who are Climate Ride Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Commonwealth Club - World Affairs of California ($955k), Glacier National Park Conservancy ($723k), Climate Ride Inc ($604k).
- Does Climate Ride Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 51% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Climate Ride Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Patagoniaorg, United States Energy Foundation, The Energy Foundation.
- Where is Climate Ride Inc based?
- Climate Ride Inc is based in MT.
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