California · Public charity
Environment California Inc
The corporation is organized and operated exclusively for social welfare purposes. The corporations activities may include public education, research, litigation, and advocacy on issues affecting the environment and the public interest.
- $726k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $650,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $22M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Environment California Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 3 | $725k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $90k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $58k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $1.4M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $2.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environment America Action | $2,296,993 | 2 | n/a |
| Environment America Inc | $850,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Environment America Action Fund | $650,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Conservation Groups | $130,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalition for Clean Air | $118,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The Greenlining Institute | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Communities for a Better Environment | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brightline Defense Project | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Meals on Wheels of San Francisco Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacoima Beautiful | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.
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: Resources Legacy Fund · United States Energy Foundation · Natural Resources Defense Council Inc · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Environment California Inc
- How much does Environment California Inc give?
- Environment California Inc reported 3 grants totaling $725,588 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Environment California Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (75%), Public Benefit (23%), Community Improvement (1%).
- Who are Environment California Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Environment America Action ($2.3M), Environment America Inc ($850k), Environment America Action Fund ($650k).
- Does Environment California Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Environment California Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Resources Legacy Fund, United States Energy Foundation, Natural Resources Defense Council Inc.
- Where is Environment California Inc based?
- Environment California Inc is based in CA.
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