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Climateworks Foundation

CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION's mission is to connect philanthropy, grantees, and strategic partners to build and deliver high-impact climate solutions that benefit all people.

$230M
Granted FY2024still arriving
140
Grants FY2024still arriving
20
States reached
$13M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$384MPhilanthropy$38MInternational$31MEducation$21MScience & Tech$12MCommunity Improvement$11MPublic Benefit$9.6MSocial Science$5.3MOther$0
02FY2024 · 140 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 140 grants below total $96,269,808, the rows itemized in this filing. The $229,765,915 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $133,496,107 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

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $411k
  • $50k–250k60 grants · $7.6M
  • $250k+63 grants · $88M
$200,000
Median grant
20
States reached
$533M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ENERGY FOUNDATION$12,759,098
UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION$9,039,098
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON CLEAN TRANSPORTATION$8,845,000
INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOUNDATION$6,148,938
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INC$4,182,129
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC$3,655,000
COAL SWARM DBA GLOBAL ENERGY MONITOR$2,950,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$2,833,302
PACIFIC ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES CENTER$2,410,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE$1,973,344
CALSTART INC$1,950,000
C40 CITIES CLIMATE LEADERSHIP GROUP INC$1,750,000
CLASP$1,705,659
WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE$1,540,000
PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC$1,413,587
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:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $820k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RES PUBLICA INC: $10k → 7%PRIME COALITION: $200k → 8%BLACK ORGANIZING PROJECT: $35k → 10%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 10%THE TIDES CENTER: $300k → 10%BAY AREA COUNCIL FOUNDATION: $250k → 10%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

AK
ME
VT
WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
AR
NC
SC
DC
HI
LA
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $133M on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 7 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$53M · 40% · 87 grants

Stated purpose: TO SUPPORT THE TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL SYSTEM · TO SUPPORT THE TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE AVIATION SECTOR · TO PROTECT THE CLIMATE, REDUCE POLLUTION, AND STRENGTHEN ECONOMIES

East Asia and the Pacific$35M · 26% · 70 grants

Stated purpose: FOR CLIMATE-RELATED RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS ($100,000); TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES MOST AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE ($100,000) · TO SUPPORT THE TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL SYSTEM · TO SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF FORESTED AND AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE

Sub-Saharan Africa$18M · 13% · 27 grants

Stated purpose: TO SUPPORT THE TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL SYSTEM · TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL ENERGY TRANSITION TO RENEWABLES · TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES IN BUILDING INCLUSIVE MODELS FOR CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION

South America$17M · 13% · 88 grants

Stated purpose: TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF FORESTED AND OTHER LANDSCAPES TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE · GENERAL SUPPORT · TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL TRANSITION TO CLEAN TRANSPORTATION

North America (Canada and Mexico)$8.7M · 7% · 18 grants

Stated purpose: TO SUPPORT THE TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL SYSTEM · TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF FORESTED AND OTHER LANDSCAPES TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE · TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL TRANSITION TO CLEAN TRANSPORTATION

Central America and the Caribbean$1.3M · 1% · 11 grants

Stated purpose: TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF FORESTED AND OTHER LANDSCAPES TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE · TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES MOST AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE

Russia and Neighboring States$10k · 0% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: TO SUPPORT RELIABLE ACCESS TO MINERALS THAT BENEFIT ENERGY TRANSITION

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$435M · 189 repeat orgs$38M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

189 repeat relationships: 93 still active in FY2024, 96 since wound down; 33 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

189
121

Total granted

$435M
$31M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+11%

Still filing today

89%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7.3M 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
EnvironmentInternationalEducationPublic BenefitScience & TechCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $34M · revenue +40%
  • TI
    THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON CLEAN TRANSPORTATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $21M · revenue +92% · 40% of their budget
  • IS
    International Sustainable Energy Foundation
    3× · 2022–2024 · $19M · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • RL
    RESOURCES LEGACY FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $6.0M · revenue -10%
  • VR
    VALUE REPORTING FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $5.0M · revenue -55% · 26% of their budget
  • EL
    Environmental Law Institute
    one grant, 2022 · $988k · revenue -16%
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 Catalyst Inc

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

Environment
2
Advocates for Climate Innovation
Philanthropy
3
E3G Third Generation Environmentalism

E3g is a leading international not-for-profit think tank specialising in climate diplomacy harnessing expertise in the politics and economics of climate change.

Environment
4
Watttime Corporation

To raise awareness about the potential to reduce environmental harm by shifting electricity use to particular times; to encourage the development and spread of common protocols for this practice.

Science & Tech
5
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
6
Climate Institute

The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling…

Environment
7
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

The national caucus of environmental legislators empowers a nonpartisan network of legislative champions to protect, conserve, and improve the natural and human environment.

Education
8
Breakthrough Energy Foundation

Working with our world-class network of innovators, business and industry leaders, and policy experts, we accelerate the innovation of climate technologies at every stage - from discovery to development to deployment.

Public Benefit
9
Climate Foundation

To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.

Science & Tech
10
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
11
Fresh Energy

Shape and drive bold policy solutions to achieve equitable carbon-neutral economies.

Environment
12
Terraset

Terraset uses philanthropic capital to purchase permanent, high-quality carbon removal. we pool donations from individuals, foundations, family offices, and donor advised funds, and make strategic purchases of high-quality carbon removal…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Climate Resolve; the most unlike its peers is Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

323 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 323 of the 368 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.

32
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
61
Early backer (in before they grew)
320/323
Grantees still filing
224/323
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON CLEAN TRANSPORTATION INC: $20,843,952 · EnvironmentTHE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON CLEAN TRANSPORT…International Sustainable Energy Foundation: $19,134,614 · EnvironmentInternational Sustainable Energy FoundationNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $16,052,516 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INCCERES INC: $10,807,024 · EnvironmentCERES INCSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $9,286,152 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $8,175,504 · EnvironmentGlobal Energy Monitor: $7,295,000 · EnvironmentThe Partnership Project Inc: $6,911,890 · Environment+73 more: $99,952,138 · Environment+73 moreTHE ENERGY FOUNDATION: $25,213,855 · OtherTHE ENERGY FOUNDATIONENERGY FOUNDATION: $21,173,317 · OtherENERGY FOUNDATIONRocky Mountain Institute: $13,797,571 · OtherRocky Mountain InstituteUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS: $10,684,683 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVISCLIMATE ADVISERS INC: $8,033,916 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $6,906,445 · OtherUNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROG UNEP: $6,195,276 · OtherCALSTART INC: $5,596,000 · OtherWORLD BANK GROUP STAFF ASSOCIATION: $5,417,845 · Other+53 more: $48,718,430 · Other+53 moreUNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION: $33,896,383 · PhilanthropyUNITED STATES EN…ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $23,334,348 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PHIL…ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND INC: $8,130,000 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER BROT…ROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND INC: $3,750,000 · Philanthropy+7 more: $5,453,623 · Philanthropy+7 moreWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $16,148,902 · InternationalWORLD RESOU…THOUSAND CURRENTS: $9,022,900 · InternationalTHOUSAND CU…WINROCK INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: $5,342,584 · InternationalWINROCK INT…ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY: $2,956,742 · InternationalENVIRONMENT…UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $2,863,645 · InternationalUNITED NATI…THE ASIA FOUNDATION: $2,671,477 · InternationalCENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: $1,760,000 · International+16 more: $10,017,981 · International+16 moreINSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY: $2,786,000 · Public BenefitPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $1,761,587 · Public BenefitAmericans for Financial Reform Education Fund: $1,329,522 · Public BenefitBIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC: $1,300,000 · Public BenefitTHE NISKANEN CENTER INC: $1,067,674 · Public BenefitThe Rand Corporation: $856,497 · Public BenefitSWANITI INITIATIVE: $498,700 · Public BenefitEarthworks: $370,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $276,000 · Public BenefitTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $3,044,822 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC: $1,688,496 · EducationTHE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE: $1,260,000 · EducationYale University: $820,614 · EducationOCCIDENTAL COLLEGE: $750,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $734,435 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $417,500 · EducationNew York University: $400,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY: $324,548 · EducationCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $2,600,000 · Civil RightsTHIRD WAY INSTITUTE: $952,500 · Civil RightsCULTURAL SURVIVAL INC: $776,000 · Civil RightsJOLT INITIATIVE: $525,160 · Civil RightsNative Americans in Philanthropy: $275,000 · Civil Rights
Environment$198,458,790Other$151,737,338Philanthropy$74,564,354International$50,784,231Public Benefit$10,245,980Education$9,440,415Civil Rights$5,128,660

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetUNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION: $33,896,383 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetTHE ENERGY FOUNDATION: $25,213,855 over 4y, 12% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $23,334,348 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON CLEAN TRANSPORTATION INC: $20,843,952 over 8y, 40% of budgetInternational Sustainable Energy Foundation: $19,134,614 over 3y, 24% of budgetWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $16,148,902 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $16,052,516 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $13,797,571 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetCERES INC: $10,807,024 over 8y, 18% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $9,286,152 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetTHOUSAND CURRENTS: $9,022,900 over 3y, 34% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $8,175,504 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND INC: $8,130,000 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetGlobal Energy Monitor: $7,295,000 over 6y, 31% of budgetThe Partnership Project Inc: $6,911,890 over 7y, 6.3% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $6,906,445 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetRESOURCES LEGACY FUND: $6,000,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetC40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc: $5,816,313 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetPACIFIC ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES CENTER: $5,626,000 over 5y, 94% of budgetCALSTART INC: $5,596,000 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetCLASP: $5,457,340 over 7y, 13% of budgetWORLD BANK GROUP STAFF ASSOCIATION: $5,417,845 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetWINROCK INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: $5,342,584 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetVALUE REPORTING FOUNDATION: $4,977,500 over 1y, 26% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $4,540,126 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetSTAND: $4,370,869 over 6y, 21% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $4,185,142 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBlueGreen Alliance Foundation: $4,153,100 over 7y, 18% of budgetCLIMATE POLICY INITIATIVE INC: $4,058,512 over 6y, 17% of budgetROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND INC: $3,750,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $3,044,822 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY: $2,956,742 over 8y, 18% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $2,863,645 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY: $2,786,000 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $2,675,000 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetTHE ASIA FOUNDATION: $2,671,477 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $2,600,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetCENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL: $2,549,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetCalCef Innovations: $2,540,000 over 4y, 31% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $2,508,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBANK INFORMATION CENTER: $2,466,500 over 8y, 49% of budgetTHE EARTH GENOME: $2,463,847 over 2y, 30% of budgetREGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT: $2,400,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetRIGHTS AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE INC: $2,360,000 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $2,235,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCDP NORTH AMERICA INC: $1,851,999 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INC: $1,814,531 over 4y, 27% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $1,775,000 over 7y, 3.5% 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.

  • Who funds UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ENERGY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON CLEAN TRANSPORTATION INC ↗
  • Who funds International Sustainable Energy Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds Rocky Mountain Institute ↗
  • Who funds CERES INC ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THOUSAND CURRENTS ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Global Energy Monitor ↗
  • Who funds The Partnership Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds RESOURCES LEGACY FUND ↗
  • Who funds C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CALSTART INC ↗
  • Who funds CLASP ↗
  • Who funds WORLD BANK GROUP STAFF ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds WINROCK INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds VALUE REPORTING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds STAND ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds BlueGreen Alliance Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATE POLICY INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC ↗

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 William & Flora H…The Energy FoundationClimate Imperative Fo…The David and Lucile …Windward FundThe Schmidt Family Fo…Natural Resources Def…Environmental Defense…Resources Legacy FundSequoia Climate Found…Rockefeller Brothers …
United States Energy FoundationCA104.1× affinity67 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United States Energy Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The Energy Foundation · Climate Imperative Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Windward Fund · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Natural Resources Defense Council Inc · Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · Resources Legacy Fund · Sequoia Climate Foundation · Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc

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 Climateworks Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Climateworks Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • New Buildings Institute: 100% of income from government
  • Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute: 8% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Ceres Inc: 0% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 368 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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