Utah · Public charity
Honnold Foundation
Funding solar energy solutions, building capacity, and amplifying local leadership for those experiencing the greatest impacts from climate change, economic instability, and social injustice.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $645k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 15
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Honnold Foundation 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; $1.3M 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 | 12 | $645k | 83% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $1.3M | 100% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $172k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $577k | 58% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $540k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $328k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grid Alternatives | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Grid Alternatives | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Grid Alternatives Colorado Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Grassroots International Inc | $193,704 | 2 | 1% |
| Native Renewables Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Coalfield Development Corporation | $140,020 | 2 | 2% |
| Borderlands Restoration Network | $137,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Feed the Second Line | $130,000 | 2 | 8% |
| North End Woodward Community Coalition | $120,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Sovereign Energy | $100,000 | 1 | 11% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grid Alternatives | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Grid Alternatives | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Grid Alternatives Colorado Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Grassroots International Inc | $193,704 | 2 | 1% |
| Native Renewables Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Coalfield Development Corporation | $140,020 | 2 | 2% |
| Borderlands Restoration Network | $137,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Feed the Second Line | $130,000 | 2 | 8% |
| North End Woodward Community Coalition | $120,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Sovereign Energy | $100,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Mariposa DR Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | 7% |
| One Family Memphis | $55,587 | 2 | 2% |
| Blue World Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Bridging Communities Inc | $44,630 | 1 | 3% |
| Ofrenda Inc | $36,144 | 1 | 9% |
| Yosemite Climbing Association | $32,000 | 4 | 4% |
| United Parents Against Lead - Upal | $30,303 | 1 | 26% |
| Amigos de Santa Cruz Foundation | $27,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Solidaire Network Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bk Rot Inc | $14,336 | 1 | 5% |
| 350org | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| South Union Community Development Inc South Union CDC | $13,250 | 1 | 7% |
| Congress of Communities | $12,370 | 1 | 2% |
| Giv Communities | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Hopelink of Southern Nevada | $7,285 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Honnold Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Enterprise Community Partners Inc · United States Energy Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Tides Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Honnold Foundation
- How much does Honnold Foundation give?
- Honnold Foundation reported 12 itemized grants totaling $644,644, out of $1,544,200 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 15 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Honnold Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (75%), Food & Nutrition (7%), Youth Development (5%).
- Who are Honnold Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Grid Alternatives ($200k), Grid Alternatives ($200k), Grid Alternatives Colorado Inc ($200k).
- Does Honnold Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Honnold Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Enterprise Community Partners Inc, United States Energy Foundation, Patagoniaorg.
- Where is Honnold Foundation based?
- Honnold Foundation is based in UT.
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