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Electric Power Research Institute Inc

Organization's mission and most important activities electric power research institute (the institute or epri) conducts research and development relating to generation, delivery and use of electricity for the benefit of the public.

$874k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$400k
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.

Education$7.6MScience & Tech$467kEnvironment$375kInternational$40kPublic Safety & Disaster$30kHuman Services$20k
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $106k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $420k
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$25,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$402M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$400,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$150,000
DREXEL UNIVERSITY$115,457
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE$80,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA$75,000
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION$35,750
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$25,000
IEEE INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND TECHNOL$15,714
THE GRIDWISE ALLIANCE INC$15,000
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGI$15,000
SMART GRID NORTHWEST$6,000
THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS (IEEE)$5,500
AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY INCORPORAT$5,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LITTLE BROTHERS FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $7k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA LITTLE BRO: $7k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA LITTLE BROTHERS: $6k → 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

WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
MO
VA
AZ
TN
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DC
GA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.6M · 23 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
22

Total granted

$6.6M
$831k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+78%
+46%

Still filing today

61%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $258k 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
EducationEnvironmentScience & TechCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • US
    UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $2.4M · revenue +78%
  • CM
    Carnegie Mellon University
    6× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +15%
  • GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $220k · revenue +116%

Funded once

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $95k · revenue +46%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS
    one grant, 2022 · $80k
  • FA
    FOUNDATION AT NJ INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $60k · revenue +74%
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

Founded in 1889, the national association of regulatory utility commisioners (naruc) is a non-profit organization dedicated to representing the state public service commisions who regulate the utilities that provide essential services such…

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4
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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5
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
6
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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7
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
8
American Geophysical Union

Agu's mission is to advance and support an inclusive community of earth and space scientists and partners dedicated to discovery and solutions to societal challenges. agu seeks to catalyze discovery and solutions to scientific and societal…

Science & Tech
9
Acec Research Institute

Acec research institute serve as the leading source of knowledge and thought leadership for creating a more sustainable, safe, secure, and technically advanced built environment. identify, fund, and provide industry wide research forecasts…

Unclassified
10
American Society of Civil Engineers Inc

To provide essential value to our members, their careers, our partners, and the public, asce will: facilitate the advancement of technology; encourage and provide the tools for lifelong learning; promote professionalism and the profession;…

Science & Tech
11
Pipeline Research Council International Inc

Foster an international, industry-wide collaborative community that delivers innovative applied research, and develops the means for stakeholders to leverage/implement the research.

Community Improvement
12
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Georgia Tech Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Smart Grid Oregon. 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

44 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. 44 of the 54 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/44
Grantees still filing
33/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $2,400,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATIONTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $776,667 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR U…GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $220,000 · EducationGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC+11 more: $615,707 · Education+11 moreCarnegie Mellon University: $1,442,768 · OtherCarnegie Mellon UniversityREGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA: $570,000 · OtherREGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIATHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE: $517,200 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEEARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $501,910 · OtherARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY+17 more: $701,945 · Other+17 moreTHE GRIDWISE ALLIANCE INC: $68,000 · Science & TechNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND: $53,000 · Science & TechMRIGlobal: $50,000 · Science & TechAMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY INCORPORATED: $37,000 · Science & TechNORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR FREIGHT EFFICIENCY INC: $25,000 · Science & TechNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $25,000 · Science & TechUT-BATTELLE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15,000 · Science & TechENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $60,000 · EnvironmentNEW BUILDINGS INSTITUTE: $50,000 · EnvironmentSmart Electric Power Alliance: $37,000 · EnvironmentResources for the Future Inc: $25,000 · EnvironmentPLUG IN AMERICA: $25,000 · EnvironmentVELOZ: $20,000 · EnvironmentCalCef Innovations: $20,000 · EnvironmentGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $135,750 · HealthUnited States Nuclear Industry Council: $28,000 · Community ImprovementISTO Inc: $15,714 · Community ImprovementSMART GRID OREGON: $6,000 · Community ImprovementATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC: $40,000 · International
Education$4,012,374Other$3,733,823Science & Tech$273,000Environment$237,000Health$135,750Community Improvement$49,714International$40,000

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 budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $2,400,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $1,442,768 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $776,667 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $220,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $135,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $115,457 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $95,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE: $83,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE GRIDWISE ALLIANCE INC: $68,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $59,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND: $53,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMRIGlobal: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW BUILDINGS INSTITUTE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY INCORPORATED: $37,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSmart Electric Power Alliance: $37,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FIRE PROTECTION RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUnited States Nuclear Industry Council: $28,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetNORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR FREIGHT EFFICIENCY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetResources for the Future Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPLUG IN AMERICA: $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVELOZ: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCalCef Innovations: $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $19,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetUS National Committee of CIGRE co Dr Don Russell: $19,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetISTO Inc: $15,714 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUT-BATTELLE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEURAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE ENERGY OFFICIALS: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEnergy Storage Association Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMART GRID OREGON: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Climateworks Foundati…The William & Flora H…Johns Hopkins Univers…Breakthrough Energy F…The Energy FoundationUnited States Energy …Northeastern Universi…Silicon Valley Commun…T Rowe Price Program …The Ayco Charitable F…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Pfizer Foundation…
Climateworks FoundationCA17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Climateworks Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Johns Hopkins University · Breakthrough Energy Foundation · The Energy Foundation · United States Energy Foundation · Northeastern University · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Pfizer Foundation 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 Electric Power Research Institute Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Electric Power Research Institute Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 50%
  • New Buildings Institute: 100% of income from government
  • The Fire Protection Research Foundation: 50% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 54 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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