California · Public charity
Grid Alternatives
GRID ALTERNATIVES envisions a rapid, equitable transition to a world powered by renewable energy that benefits everyone. Our mission is to build community-powered solutions to advance economic and environmental justice through renewable energy.
- $4.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 74%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $4.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $64M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 74% of the organizations Grid Alternatives funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M 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 | 27 | $4.7M | 81% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $2.6M | 74% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $3.4M | 73% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $393k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $1.6M | 92% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $1.6M | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $498k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanana Chiefs Conference | $555,174 | 3 | 0% |
| Pueblo of Santa Ana | $506,994 | 3 | n/a |
| Spokane Indian Housing Authority | $497,791 | 1 | n/a |
| Hopland Band of Pomo Indians | $424,895 | 3 | n/a |
| Dry Creek Rancheria | $399,391 | 2 | n/a |
| Cahuilla | $369,213 | 2 | n/a |
| Ojo Encino Chapter | $363,150 | 2 | n/a |
| United Tribes Technical College | $335,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Yurok Tribe | $300,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Big Pine Paiute | $265,332 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanana Chiefs Conference | $555,174 | 3 | 0% |
| Pueblo of Santa Ana | $506,994 | 3 | n/a |
| Spokane Indian Housing Authority | $497,791 | 1 | n/a |
| Hopland Band of Pomo Indians | $424,895 | 3 | n/a |
| Dry Creek Rancheria | $399,391 | 2 | n/a |
| Cahuilla | $369,213 | 2 | n/a |
| Ojo Encino Chapter | $363,150 | 2 | n/a |
| United Tribes Technical College | $335,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Yurok Tribe | $300,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Big Pine Paiute | $265,332 | 2 | n/a |
| Pine Point Microgrid | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Ildefonso Services LLC | $250,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Toiyabe Indian Health Project | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chemehuevi Indian Tribe | $233,892 | 2 | n/a |
| Shinnecock Indian Nation | $225,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pinoeville Pomo Nation | $219,209 | 2 | n/a |
| Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Warm Springs Power & Water Enterprises | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sovereign Energy | $200,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Three Affiliated Tribes | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Radio | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bay Mills Indian Community | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sage Development Authority | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Housing Authority of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Miccosukee Corporation | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Guidiville Rancheria of California | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shoshone-Paiute Tribes | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jamestown S'Klallam | $199,993 | 1 | n/a |
| Elko Band Council | $199,979 | 1 | n/a |
| Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation | $199,866 | 1 | n/a |
| Manzanita Band of Kumeyaay Nation | $196,605 | 2 | n/a |
| Housing Authority of the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes | $195,680 | 1 | n/a |
| Native Renewables Inc | $195,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Shoshone Bannock Tribes | $194,880 | 1 | n/a |
| Prairie Band of Potawatomie Nation | $191,140 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest Indian College | $180,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Klamath Tribes | $180,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Round Valley Indian Housing Authority(Rviha) | $172,188 | 1 | n/a |
| Oglala Lakota Sioux Housing | $167,291 | 2 | n/a |
| Rosebud Sioux Tribe | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| College of the Menominee Nation | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Los Coyotes Bank of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians | $146,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Healy Lake Trad Council | $136,865 | 1 | n/a |
| Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria | $133,879 | 1 | n/a |
| La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians | $125,983 | 1 | n/a |
| Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake | $125,676 | 1 | n/a |
| Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin | $125,312 | 1 | n/a |
| Coeur D'Alene Tribe | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Cheyenne Tribe | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians | $121,433 | 1 | n/a |
| Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians | $121,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heart Butte School | $120,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Circle Indian Housing Authority | $118,966 | 1 | n/a |
| Robinson Rancheria | $118,397 | 1 | n/a |
| Pit River Tribal Housing | $118,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of The | $102,596 | 1 | n/a |
| Pueblo of Picuris | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Campo Band of Mission Indians | $94,657 | 1 | n/a |
| Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians | $92,334 | 1 | n/a |
| Cook Inlet Housing Authority | $92,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Solomon | $87,000 | 1 | n/a |
| B&GC of the Coyote Valley | $85,708 | 1 | n/a |
| Bad River Housing Authority | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bishop Paiute Tribe | $59,336 | 1 | n/a |
| Pit River Tribe | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tebughna Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Native Village of Eklutna | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Indian College Fund | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wiyot Tribe | $47,815 | 1 | n/a |
| Timbisha Shoshone Tribe | $42,278 | 1 | n/a |
| Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma | $36,060 | 1 | n/a |
| Tamaya Housing Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ha of the Iowa Tribe of Ks & Ne | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tule River Economic Development Corp | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mary Erickson Community Housing A Non-Profit Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Grid Alternatives supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: First Nations Development Institute · Ndn Collective Inc · Northern California Indian Development Council Inc · Indian Land Tenure Foundation · Boys & Girls Clubs of America · Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc · National Indian Health Board · National Congress of American Indians Fund · Resources Legacy Fund · National Association of Tribal Historic Officers Inc · Humboldt Area Foundation · Enterprise Community Partners Inc
How this is measured
About Grid Alternatives
- How much does Grid Alternatives give?
- Grid Alternatives reported 27 itemized grants totaling $4,749,229, out of $4,884,667 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Grid Alternatives fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (71%), Philanthropy (13%), Housing & Shelter (6%).
- Who are Grid Alternatives's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Tanana Chiefs Conference ($555k), Pueblo of Santa Ana ($507k), Spokane Indian Housing Authority ($498k).
- Does Grid Alternatives fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 74% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Grid Alternatives?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Nations Development Institute, Ndn Collective Inc, Northern California Indian Development Council Inc.
- Where is Grid Alternatives based?
- Grid Alternatives is based in CA.
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