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Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense

The mission of ecgcld is to provide funding, technical and legal help to community members and leaders.

$14M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
79
Itemized grants FY2025
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Itemized, FY2025
$11M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$120,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$700,000
States reached, FY2025
24
Total assets, FY2025
$18M

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2025 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Unkitawa$700,0001n/a
Bold Education Fund Inc$691,9001n/a
West Virginia Rivers Coalition Inc$450,000123%
Foundation for Louisiana$325,00014%
The Chisholm Legacy Project Inc$320,0001n/a
Virginia Organizing Inc$300,0001n/a
Louisiana Bucket Brigade$275,00018%
Alliance for Affordable Energy$250,000116%
Clean Wisconsin Inc$200,0001n/a
Indigenous Environmental Network$200,00013%
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All grantees of Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Unkitawa$700,0001n/a
Bold Education Fund Inc$691,9001n/a
West Virginia Rivers Coalition Inc$450,000123%
Foundation for Louisiana$325,00014%
The Chisholm Legacy Project Inc$320,0001n/a
Virginia Organizing Inc$300,0001n/a
Louisiana Bucket Brigade$275,00018%
Alliance for Affordable Energy$250,000116%
Clean Wisconsin Inc$200,0001n/a
Indigenous Environmental Network$200,00013%
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians$200,0001n/a
Wild Virginia Incorporated$200,0001n/a
Eastern Woodland Lacross$200,0001n/a
Natural Resources Department$200,0001n/a
Honor the Earth$200,00018%
Michigan Enviromental Council$200,0001n/a
7 Directions of Service Inc$200,0001n/a
Appalachian Voices$200,0001n/a
Bay Mills Indian Community$200,0001n/a
Tikkun Olam Productions Inc$200,0001n/a
The Partnership Project Inc$178,1001n/a
The Descendants Project$175,0001n/a
Floodlight Inc$175,0001n/a
Partnershipforciviljusticefund$170,0001n/a
Memphis Community Against Pollution Inc$165,0001n/a
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$152,2061n/a
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center$152,1601n/a
Center for Constitutional Rights$150,00011%
For A Better Bayou$150,0001n/a
Southern Environmental Law Center$150,00010%
New York University$150,0001n/a
Climate Defense Project$150,0001n/a
Wildearth Guardians$150,0001n/a
Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc$150,0001n/a
Greenfaith Inc$150,0001n/a
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$125,0001n/a
Healthy Gulf$125,0001n/a
Laudato Si Movement$125,0001n/a
Stand$125,0001n/a
The 88 Project$120,000114%
Oil & Gas Action Network$112,0001n/a
Society of Native Nations$102,0001n/a
Institute for Enhanced Equity$102,0001n/a
Efforts of Grace Inc$100,0001n/a
Business Capacity Development Alliance Inc$100,00017%
Greenpeace Fund Inc$100,0001n/a
Women's Earth and Climate Action Network$100,0001n/a
Sierra Club Foundation$100,00010%
Mountain Watershed Association Inc$100,00014%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$100,0001n/a
Breach Collective$90,0001n/a
International Center for Not-For-Profit Law Inc$85,00011%
Border Workers United$85,0001n/a
Organizing Institute South and West IAF$75,0001n/a
Southwest Organizing Project$75,00016%
Promote Pt$75,0001n/a
Indigenous Lifeways$75,0001n/a
Protect Elizabeth Townshipinc$75,000132%
Climate Emergency Fund$75,0001n/a
Dakota Rural Action$60,0001n/a
Dakota Resource Council$60,0001n/a
South Texas Human Rights Center Inc$60,000151%
Eco-Justice Collaborative Nfp$55,000125%
Heal the Bay$50,00011%
Tribal Images Museum Inc$50,0001n/a
The Surfrider Foundation$50,0001n/a
Haw River Assembly Inc$50,0001n/a
Solidaire Network Inc$50,00010%
Netcentric Campaigns$50,0001n/a
Global Exchange$31,00011%
Extensive Empowerment Project Inc$30,000124%
Earth Island Institute Inc$30,00010%
American University$25,00010%
Environmental Health Sciences$20,0001n/a
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$17,5001n/a
Save Rgv$15,0001n/a
Dulac Community Center$10,0001n/a
Ecology Center$10,0001n/a
Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy$10,00011%

Where it is load-bearing

Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWest Virginia Rivers Coalition Inc: $450,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetFoundation for Louisiana: $325,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetLouisiana Bucket Brigade: $275,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetAlliance for Affordable Energy: $250,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetIndigenous Environmental Network: $200,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetHonor the Earth: $200,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetCenter for Constitutional Rights: $150,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSouthern Environmental Law Center: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe 88 Project: $120,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetBusiness Capacity Development Alliance Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMountain Watershed Association Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetInternational Center for Not-For-Profit Law Inc: $85,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSouthwest Organizing Project: $75,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetProtect Elizabeth Townshipinc: $75,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetSouth Texas Human Rights Center Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetEco-Justice Collaborative Nfp: $55,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetHeal the Bay: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSolidaire Network Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGlobal Exchange: $31,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetExtensive Empowerment Project Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Environmental Justice Advocacy: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 24.

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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.

Rockefeller Philanthr…Rockefeller Family Fu…The Schmidt Family Fo…Windward FundPatagoniaorgTides FoundationUnited States Energy …Amalgamated Charitabl…Resources Legacy FundNatural Resources Def…Sierra ClubSolutions Project Inc
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncNY76.9× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Rockefeller Family Fund Inc · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Windward Fund · Patagoniaorg · Tides Foundation · United States Energy Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Resources Legacy Fund · Natural Resources Defense Council Inc · Sierra Club · Solutions Project 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.

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How do I get to Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense?

Find your warmest path to Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense

How much does Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense give?
Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense reported 79 itemized grants totaling $11,158,866, out of $14,446,778 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing.
What does Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense fund?
By grant dollars over FY2025 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (57%), Civil Rights (14%), Community Improvement (9%).
Who are Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2025 to FY2025: Unkitawa ($700k), Bold Education Fund Inc ($692k), West Virginia Rivers Coalition Inc ($450k).
Which funders back the same organizations as Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc, Rockefeller Family Fund Inc, The Schmidt Family Foundation.
Where is Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense based?
Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense is based in CA.

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 79 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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