Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Groundswell Inc
Groundswell builds community power by enabling neighbors to work together to share power through community solar. We connect solar power to economic empowerment by developing equitable community solar projects and delivering subscriber management programs. Our community solar projects deliver energy savings to low income households,…
- $105k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $104,505
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $104,505
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Groundswell Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $99k 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 | 1 | $105k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $99k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $281k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $135k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Doe | $203,512 | 2 | n/a |
| Elevate Energy | $155,653 | 4 | 0% |
| Clean Energy Works | $141,280 | 2 | 16% |
| Southface Energy Institute Inc | $99,236 | 3 | 1% |
| Partnership for Southern Equity | $14,786 | 2 | 0% |
| Spelman College | $5,171 | 2 | 0% |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: United States Energy Foundation
How this is measured
About Groundswell Inc
- How much does Groundswell Inc give?
- Groundswell Inc reported 1 grants totaling $104,505 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Groundswell Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (67%), Science & Tech (33%).
- Who are Groundswell Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: US Doe ($204k), Elevate Energy ($156k), Clean Energy Works ($141k).
- Does Groundswell Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Groundswell Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United States Energy Foundation.
- Where is Groundswell Inc based?
- Groundswell Inc is based in DC.
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