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Climate Solutions

CLIMATE SOLUTIONS works to accelerate clean energy solutions to the climate crisis to create a thriving, equitable northwest, powered by clean energy, inspiring the transition to sustainable prosperity across the nation and beyond.

$569k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Environment$2.8MPublic Benefit$100kCommunity Improvement$50kEmployment$45kHealth$23kCivil Rights$20kSocial Science$10k
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $145k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $406k
$45,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WABAF DBA CLEAN AND PROSPEROUS INSTITUTE$125,000
OREGON ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL$106,100
WASHINGTON COMMUNITY ALLIANCE$100,000
RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE INC$75,000
VERDE$45,000
FORTH MOBILITY FUND$45,000
NW ENERGY COALITION$15,000
OREGON FOR CLIMATE ACTION$10,000
THE WAVE FOUNDATION$10,000
WA BUILD BACK BLACK ALLIANCE (THROUGH FMS GLOBAL STRATEGIES)$10,000
LATINO COMMUNITY FUND OF WASHINGTON STATE$10,000
CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION INSTITUTE$7,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%LATINO COMMUNITY FUND OF WASHINGTON STATE: $10k → 9%PAALF: $10k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.4M · 15 repeat orgs$589k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +6% since the first grant, against -1% for the ones you funded once.

15 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
15

Total granted

$2.4M
$354k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
-1%

Still filing today

93%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $235k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentCommunity ImprovementEducationHuman ServicesInternationalEmploymentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • WC
    WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND
    6× · 2017–2023 · $343k · revenue +66%
  • CE
    Clean Energy Transition Institute
    2× · 2019–2024 · $70k · revenue +215%
  • OF
    Oregon for Climate Action
    3× · 2021–2024 · $35k · revenue +555% · 94% of their budget

Funded once

  • WM
    WASHINGTON MARITIME BLUEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +65%
  • SI
    Sightline Institute
    one grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue -25%
  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue -13%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
350PDX

Building a diverse grassroots movement to address the causes of climate disruption through justice-based solutions by inspiring, training and mobilizing people to act.

Environment
2
Spark Northwest

Founded in 2001, Spark Northwest accelerates the just transition to clean energy in the Pacific Northwest. Spark Northwest uses two primary strategies: (1) on-the-ground project consulting, focusing on communities with limited financial…

Environment
3
Northwest Environmental Advocates

Work through advocacy and education to use federal environmental laws such as the Clean Water Act to protect and restore water quality and habit in the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.

Environment
4
Rogue Climate

Rogue Climate's mission is to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change including low-income, rural, youth, seniors & communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs &…

Education
5
Cascade Climate Inc

To accelerate progress in interventions that harness Earths natural systems to stabilize the climate.

Environment
6
Center for Environmental Law & Policy

The Center for Environmental Law & Policy is a statewide organization whose mission is to protect, preserve and restore Washington's waters through education, advocacy, policy reform, and public interest litigation.

Environment
7
Oregon Energy Systems Technology and Research
Environment
8
Re Sources

RE Sources mobilizes people of Northwest Washington to build just and thriving communities and to protect the land, water, and climate on which we all depend.

Environment
9
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
10
Pacific Northwest Economic Region Foundation

To increase the economic well-being and quality of life for all citizens of the region; to coordinate provincial, territorial, and state policies throughout the region; to identify and promote "models of success and to serve as a conduit…

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11
Center for Sustainable Economy

Promoting economic sustainability

Environment
12
Northwest Environmental Defense Center

Nedc's mission is to work toward a future in which the pacific northwest leads the nation in developing, implementing & enforcing strong laws and regulations that protect the environment & human health, and where our governments &…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Washington Conservation Action Education Fund and the most unlike its peers is Forth. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 31 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr15%25%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr19%21%20–35yr12%21%35–55yr13%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr15%14%5–10yr19%4%10–20yr19%29%20–35yr12%49%35–55yr13%4%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/35
the rest of the field
13%
2,527/19,207

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 35 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
14/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Oregon Environmental Council — $641,016 · EnvironmentOregon Environmental CouncilWASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND — $343,474 · EnvironmentWASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUNDWASHINGTON MARITIME BLUE — $100,000 · EnvironmentWASHINGTON MARITIME BLUEResources for the Future Inc — $75,000 · EnvironmentResources for the Future Inc+8 more — $220,569 · Environment+8 moreForth — $475,750 · OtherForthWA Build Back Better Alliance — $35,000 · OtherNAACP Eugene-Springfield Branch 1119 — $32,500 · OtherNW ENERGY COALITION — $27,000 · OtherCLEAN AIR CLEAN ENERGY WASHINGTON — $25,000 · Other+9 more — $97,695 · Other+9 moreVerde Inc — $389,210 · EmploymentVerde IncTRANSPORTATION CHOICES COALITION — $175,000 · Community ImprovementTRANSPORTATIO…WASHINGTON BUSINESS ALLIANCE FUND — $125,000 · Community ImprovementWASHINGTON BU…ROGUE ACTION CENTER — $40,000 · Community ImprovementROGUE ACTION …+1 more — $10,000 · Community ImprovementClean Energy Transition Institute — $70,441 · EducationOregon for Climate Action — $35,000 · EducationWashington Community Alliance — $100,000 · Civil RightsWASHINGTON BUSINESS ALLIANCE — $25,000 · Public Benefit
Environment$1,380,059Other$692,945Employment$389,210Community Improvement$350,000Education$105,441Civil Rights$100,000Public Benefit$25,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetOregon Environmental Council — $641,016 over 6y, 6.4% of budgetForth — $475,750 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetVerde Inc — $389,210 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetWASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND — $343,474 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetTRANSPORTATION CHOICES COALITION — $175,000 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetWASHINGTON BUSINESS ALLIANCE FUND — $125,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWASHINGTON MARITIME BLUE — $100,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetWashington Community Alliance — $100,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetResources for the Future Inc — $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetClean Energy Transition Institute — $70,441 over 2y, 15% of budgetSightline Institute — $40,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR ENERGY ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS INC — $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROGUE ACTION CENTER — $40,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetTHE WAVE FOUNDATION — $35,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetOregon for Climate Action — $35,000 over 3y, 94% of budgetTHE OREGON LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND — $33,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetNAACP Eugene-Springfield Branch 1119 — $32,500 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetNeighbors for Clean Air — $30,000 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetNW ENERGY COALITION — $27,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWASHINGTON BUSINESS ALLIANCE — $25,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetOregon Physicians for Social Responsibility — $22,662 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetWashington Physicians for Social Responsibility — $16,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTER — $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFront and Centered — $12,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOPAL — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAPANO COMMUNITIES UNITED FUND — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLatino Community Fund of Washington State — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOALITION OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR — $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetIMAGINE BLACK FUTURES — $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetColumbia Riverkeeper — $7,407 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of the Columbia Gorge — $7,387 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetASSOCIATION OF NORTHWEST STEELHEADERS — $6,308 over 1y, 1.8% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Bullitt FoundationUnited States Energy …Meyer Memorial TrustThe Oregon Community …The Schmidt Family Fo…Seattle FoundationThe Collins FoundationStolte Family Foundat…Ronald W Naito Md Fou…Seeding JusticeWashington Conservati…Wiancko Charitable Fo…
The Bullitt FoundationWA42.6× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bullitt Foundation · United States Energy Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Oregon Community Foundation · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Stolte Family Foundation · Ronald W Naito Md Foundation · Seeding Justice · Washington Conservation Action Education Fund · Wiancko Charitable Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Climate Solutions funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • Rogue Action Center — 29% of income from government
  • Native American Youth and Family Center — 23% of income from government
  • Coalition of Communities of Color — 15% of income from government
  • Verde Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Association of Northwest Steelheaders — 1% of income from government
  • Columbia Riverkeeper — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 35 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines