Minnesota · Public charity
Green Cities Accord
Green Cities Accord is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering climate resilient communities through investments in tree canopy infrastructure to improve environmental health, climate resilience, and equity in communities. We focus on securing funding for urban forestry, building public-private partnerships, and supporting…
- $220k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $32,582
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $90,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Green Cities Accord funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $220k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $110k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $7k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District | $222,895 | 4 | 1% |
| City of Saint Paul | $82,402 | 2 | n/a |
| Urban Forest Carbon Registry | $32,582 | 1 | 2% |
| The Loppet Foundation Inc | $26,076 | 1 | 1% |
| The Loring Greenway Association | $10,000 | 1 | 19% |
About Green Cities Accord
- How much does Green Cities Accord give?
- Green Cities Accord reported 6 grants totaling $219,627 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Green Cities Accord fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (60%), Environment (40%).
- Who are Green Cities Accord's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District ($223k), City of Saint Paul ($82k), Urban Forest Carbon Registry ($33k).
- Does Green Cities Accord fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Green Cities Accord based?
- Green Cities Accord is based in MN.
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