· Public charity
Grid Alternatives
GRID ALTERNATIVES envisions a rapid, equitable transition to a world powered by renewable energy that benefits everyone.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $50k–250k24 grants · $4.2M
- $250k+2 grants · $500k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PINE POINT MICROGRID | $250,000 |
| TOIYABE INDIAN HEALTH PROJECT INC | $250,000 |
| CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE RADIO | $200,000 |
| HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA | $200,000 |
| DRY CREEK RANCHERIA | $200,000 |
| GUIDIVILLE RANCHERIA OF CALIFORNIA | $200,000 |
| MICCOSUKEE CORPORATION | $200,000 |
| WARM SPRINGS POWER & WATER ENTERPRISES | $200,000 |
| THREE AFFILIATED TRIBES | $200,000 |
| SOVEREIGN ENERGY | $200,000 |
| SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS | $200,000 |
| SAN ILDEFONSO SERVICES LLC | $200,000 |
| BAD RIVER TRIBE | $200,000 |
| PYRAMID LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE | $200,000 |
| SHOSHONE PAIUTE TRIBES | $200,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $200k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +87% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.8M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UTUNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE3× · 2019–2023 · $335k · revenue +40%
- NRNATIVE RENEWABLES INC2× · 2022–2023 · $195k · revenue +87%
AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND2× · 2019–2021 · $50k · revenue +138%
Funded once
- SISPOKANE INDIAN HOUSING AUTHORITYone grant, 2018 · $498k
- RCRED CLIFF BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA INDIANSone grant, 2023 · $250k
- LLLEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWEone grant, 2023 · $250k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Turtle mountain community college is committed to functioning as an autonomous indian controlled college on the turtle mountain chippewa reservation focusing on general studies, undergraduate education, career & technical education,…
California Indian college (cinc), is dedicated to building educational strength and will provide educational opportunities leading to degrees for American Indians and all students with indigenous backgrounds
To provide higher education opportunities, at the community college level, including vocational and technical training. as a tribal community college, we emphasize the teaching and learning of dakota culture and language toward the…
White earth tribal and community college, an anishinaabe controlled liberal arts institution of higher education, is dedicated to educational excellence through provision of culturally relevant curriculum, in partnership with students,…
Education: Building internal infrastructure and internal capacity for emergency management public health and public safety to include homeland security programs and law enforcement programs for any of the 574 Tribal Federally Recognized…
Little priest tribal college is established as an educational institution by the winnebago tribe of nebraska to fulfill the goal of its namesake, chief little priest, "be strong and educate my children".
Advancing tribal colleges through collaboration and shared goals. ndtcs leverages the higher education experience by sharing ideas and broadening networks and alliances, toward improving students' outcomes.
Provide educational and cultural leadership to the residents of the northern cheyenne reservation and surrounding communities.
We're dedicated to helping Native Americans have access to a quality education, while still preserving their culture and honoring their heritage. Our mission is to provide preparatory programs for youth and financial assistance for those…
We are a Native-led Indigenous rights organization. We are dedicated to our mission of protecting & revitalizing Indigenous cultures, empowering them in the direct application of their traditional knowledge & practices on their ancestral…
Research, develop, and administer social and economic development programs to meet the needs of indian and native american communities and individuals residing in the state of california. also for the conservation and preservation of…
To provide education and instruction in the scholarly study and preservation of indian art to empower creativity and leadership in native arts and cultures through higher education, life-long learning and outreach.
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 85 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Grid Alternatives funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Grid Alternatives. Bigger dots raise more.
- Miccosukee Corporation: 58% of income from government
How this is measured
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