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Global Warming Mitigation Project

Awarding the keeling curve prize to organizations or individuals who make a substantial impact in efforts to mitigate global warming as it affects the united states and elsewhere.

$626k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
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 FY2018–2024.

Environment$1.2M
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 5 grants below total $250,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $626,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $376,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$864k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ISLA URBANA$50,000
BLUE FOREST$50,000
BIOSORRA$50,000
ITSELECTRIC$50,000
CLIMATIZE$50,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Sanergy Inc: $50k → 10%EV Match: $25k → 7%Enzinc: $25k → 8%Natal Energy Inc: $25k → 10%Nitricity Inc: $25k → 10%Citizen's Climate Education: $25k → 11%BLUE FOREST: $50k → 12%CLIMATIZE: $50k → 13%Symbrosia Inc: $25k → 15%Cornell University: $13k → 16%Air Company: $25k → 17%Clip Bike Inc: $25k → 20%Solar Sister Inc: $25k → 14%Clean Energy Works: $25k → 8%Health In Harmony: $50k → 12%BIOSORRA: $50k → 11%Educated Choices Program Inc: $25k → 9%Savory Instituteorg Inc: $25k → 12%Bridges to Prosperity: $25k → 12%MEETS Accelerator Coalition: $25k → 9%Lanza Tech Inc: $25k → 14%Global Water Challenge: $25k → 7%BasiGo Inc: $25k → 10%Opus 12 Inc: $25k → 10%Standearth: $50k → 10%Wildcoast: $25k → 11%Solar Cookers International: $25k → 12%C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc: $50k → 17%GreenMax Capital Advisors: $25k → 20%World Resources Institute: $25k → 14%Our Climate Education Fund: $25k → 12%Waste to Energy Partners LLC Boulder Industries: $25k → 12%New Energy Nexus: $25k → 10%Project Vesta PBC: $50k → 10%ISLA URBANA: $50k → 11%ITSELECTRIC: $50k → 20%Odyssey Energy Solutions: $25k → 12%WattTime Corporation: $25k → 10%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.

Which US states your grants reach

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Grants abroad, by region — $250k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 3 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

South America$100k · 40% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: CLIMATE CHANGE

North America (Canada and Mexico)$100k · 40% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: CLIMATE CHANGE

South Asia$50k · 20% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: CLIMATE CHANGE

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. 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.

03Your 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
Climate Catalyst Inc

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

Environment
2
Climate Foundation

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

Science & Tech
3
Climate Breakthrough Inc

To launch breakthrough climate mitigation efforts by identifying, supporting, and unleashing innovative leaders with transformative strategies.

Human Services
4
Cascade Climate Inc

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

Environment
5
Advocates for Climate Innovation
Philanthropy
6
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
7
Climate Innovation Action Inc

To educate policymakers about climate policies generally and to directly advocate for specific legislation on climate change.

Environment
8
Work on Climate

Supporting industry transformation towards climate-positive and make green careers transitions and driving the adoption of green workforce development practices broadly.

Environment
9
Sustainable World Inc

See schedule o part i for description of the organizations mission.

Environment
10
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
11
The Climate Group Inc

Climate group advances climate action by mobilizing business and government leadership to drive systemic decarbonization across energy, transport, and industry, while engaging the public through large-scale convenings and global platforms.…

Environment
12
Environment Next Inc

Environment next supports individuals, nonprofits and businesses around the world on solutions to complex climate issues. we provide leadership, outreach and communication support, grants, and investments to empower leaders and their ideas…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is World Resources Institute and the most unlike its peers is Isla Urbana Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyChristian Missionary Organi…Environmental Advocacy Orga…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Urban Agriculture & Food Ac…Land Conservation Organizat…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

04the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 39 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
16/20
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BIOSORRA — $50,000 · OtherBIOSORRAITSELECTRIC — $50,000 · OtherITSELECTRICSanergy Inc — $50,000 · OtherSanergy IncCLIMATIZE — $50,000 · OtherCLIMATIZEPROJECT VESTA PBC — $50,000 · OtherPROJECT VESTA PBCClip Bike Inc — $25,000 · OtherEnzinc — $25,000 · OtherWaste to Energy Partners LLC Boulder Industries — $25,000 · OtherEVMATCH INC — $25,000 · OtherNatal Energy Inc — $25,000 · OtherLanzaTech Inc — $25,000 · OtherSYMBROSIA INC — $25,000 · OtherBasiGo Inc — $25,000 · OtherOPUS 12 INC — $25,000 · OtherNITRICITY INC — $25,000 · OtherCLEAN ENERGY WORKS INC — $25,000 · OtherOdyssey Energy Solutions Inc — $25,000 · OtherAir Company — $25,000 · OtherGreenMax Capital Advisors — $25,000 · OtherMEETS Accelerator Coalition — $25,000 · OtherC40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc — $50,000 · EnvironmentC40 Cities Climate Leadership Group…Isla Urbana Inc — $50,000 · EnvironmentIsla Urbana IncBLUE FOREST FINANCE INC — $50,000 · EnvironmentBLUE FOREST FINANCE INCSTAND — $50,000 · EnvironmentSTANDSAVORY INSTITUTEORG INC — $25,000 · EnvironmentSAVORY INSTITUTEORG INCOUR CLIMATE EDUCATION FUND — $25,000 · EnvironmentOUR CLIMATE EDUCATION FUNDWILDCOAST — $25,000 · EnvironmentWILDCOASTGLOBAL WATER CHALLENGE — $25,000 · EnvironmentGLOBAL WATER CHALLENGECalCef Innovations — $25,000 · EnvironmentCalCef InnovationsCITIZENS CLIMATE EDUCATION CORP — $25,000 · EnvironmentCITIZENS CLIMATE EDUCATION CORPSolar Cookers International — $25,000 · EnvironmentSolar Cookers InternationalWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE — $25,000 · InternationalWORLD RES…POLLINATE GROUP — $25,000 · InternationalPOLLINATE…BRIDGES TO PROSPERITY INC — $25,000 · InternationalBRIDGES T…SOLAR SISTER INC — $25,000 · InternationalSOLAR SIS…Health in Harmony — $50,000 · HealthEDUCATED CHOICES PROGRAM INC — $25,000 · EducationCornell University — $12,500 · EducationWATTTIME CORPORATION — $25,000 · Science & Tech
Other$625,000Environment$375,000International$100,000Health$50,000Education$37,500Science & Tech$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 budgetHealth in Harmony — $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetC40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIsla Urbana Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetBLUE FOREST FINANCE INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSTAND — $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSAVORY INSTITUTEORG INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetOUR CLIMATE EDUCATION FUND — $25,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILDCOAST — $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPOLLINATE GROUP — $25,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetGLOBAL WATER CHALLENGE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBRIDGES TO PROSPERITY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCalCef Innovations — $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSOLAR SISTER INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetEDUCATED CHOICES PROGRAM INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCITIZENS CLIMATE EDUCATION CORP — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWATTTIME CORPORATION — $25,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetSolar Cookers International — $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCornell University — $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Climateworks Foundati…ImpactassetsincRsf Social Finance IncTides FoundationNew Venture FundResources Legacy FundSilicon Valley Commun…The Rockefeller Found…The David and Lucile …California Community …National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…
Climateworks FoundationCA17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Climateworks Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Tides Foundation · New Venture Fund · Resources Legacy Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Rockefeller Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · California Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation

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 Global Warming Mitigation Project 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Global Warming Mitigation Project?

    Find your warmest path to Global Warming Mitigation Project 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.

    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 39 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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