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Prime Coalition Inc

Prime coalition empowers donors to advance untapped climate solutions with speed and scale through its three programs: catalytic investing, knowledge sharing, and technical advising.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$315k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

53% of Prime Coalition Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 9 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’17
3
’18
1
’19
1
’21
0
’23
9
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$689kEducation$442kScience & Tech$367kEnvironment$292kArts & Culture$224kCommunity Improvement$187kHealth$8k
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $1,420,988, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,569,787 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $148,799 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $183k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $598k
  • $250k+2 grants · $622k
$28,023
Median grant
9
States reached
$90M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$315,254
AMPLE CARBON PBC$307,000
WOKA FOUNDATION$224,181
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$164,021
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST$154,124
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$56,045
THE DALE KUTNICK AND LAURA GORDON KUTNICK FOUNDATION$28,023
THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$28,023
THE HARTFIELD FOUNDATION INC$28,023
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC (MS GIFT)$26,061
BRANSON FAMILY FOUNDATION$16,814
THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION$14,011
THREE GRACES FOUNDATION INC$14,011
CHARLOTTESVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$14,011
SHANK FAMILY FOUNDATION$14,011
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 55% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AZOLLA MANAGEMENT COMPANY LP: $187k → 8%WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $60k → 11%FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $315k → 16%NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $154k → 7%THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $14k → 11%THE HARTFIELD FOUNDATION INC: $28k → 22%THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $250k → 7%BRANSON FAMILY FOUNDATION: $17k → 8%WOKA FOUNDATION: $224k → 10%OPUS 12 INC: $10k → 10%DAFGIVING360 (SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND UNTIL 061824): $3k → 10%CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $56k → 14%AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $6k → 10%SHANK FAMILY FOUNDATION: $14k → 9%LILAC SOLUTIONS INC: $100k → 7%MALLINDA INC: $142k → 10%MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC (MS GIFT): $26k → 16%THE DALE KUTNICK AND LAURA GORDON KUTNICK FOUNDATION: $28k → 11%CHARLOTTESVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $14k → 8%THREE GRACES FOUNDATION INC: $14k → 6%THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $28k → 8%ANFIRO INC: $40k → 8%THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $164k → 7%AMPLE CARBON PBC: $307k → 10%THE MENTAL WELLNESS FOUNDATION INC: $8k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MA
IN
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

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.

1
Wt Stanford Foundation
Philanthropy
2
The Grant Foundation
Philanthropy
3
The International Foundation
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4
Stanbridge University Foundation
Education
5
The Goldman Sachs Foundation
Philanthropy
6
Washington Federal Foundation
Philanthropy
7
The Taft Foundation
Philanthropy
8
Commonwealth Foundation
Philanthropy
9
The Ford Foundation
Philanthropy
10
The Wilson Foundation
—
11
Wallace Trust Foundation
—
12
John & Florence Fortune Foundation
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Hartfield Fdn Inc 0739-80-42. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

19 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. 19 of the 24 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
7/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMPLE CARBON PBC: $307,000 · OtherAMPLE CARBON PBCAZOLLA MANAGEMENT COMPANY LP: $187,000 · OtherAZOLLA MANAGEMENT COMPANY LPMALLINDA INC: $142,000 · OtherMALLINDA INCLILAC SOLUTIONS INC: $100,000 · OtherLILAC SOLUTIONS INCWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $60,000 · OtherWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTEANFIRO INC: $39,500 · Other+2 more: $38,223 · OtherTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $414,021 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES…NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $154,124 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHRO…CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $56,045 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNIT…DALE & LAURA KUTNICK FOUNDATION INC: $28,023 · PhilanthropyDALE & LAURA KUTNIC…THE HARTFIELD FDN INC 0739-80-42: $28,023 · PhilanthropyTHE HARTFIELD FDN I…MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $26,061 · PhilanthropyMORGAN STANLEY GLOB…BRANSON FAMILY FOUNDATION: $16,814 · PhilanthropyCHARLOTTESVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $14,011 · PhilanthropyTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $14,011 · PhilanthropyShank Family Foundation: $14,011 · PhilanthropyThree Graces Foundation Inc: $14,011 · Philanthropy+3 more: $17,375 · PhilanthropyFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $315,254 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTM…Woka Foundation: $224,181 · ReligionWoka Founda…
Other$873,723Education$414,021Philanthropy$382,509Community Improvement$315,254Religion$224,181

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $414,021 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $315,254 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWoka Foundation: $224,181 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $154,124 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $56,045 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $28,023 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDALE & LAURA KUTNICK FOUNDATION INC: $28,023 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE HARTFIELD FDN INC 0739-80-42: $28,023 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $26,061 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRANSON FAMILY FOUNDATION: $16,814 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCHARLOTTESVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $14,011 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $14,011 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShank Family Foundation: $14,011 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetThree Graces Foundation Inc: $14,011 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Mental Wellness Foundation Inc: $8,407 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,605 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $3,363 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Prime Coalition Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Prime Coalition Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 24 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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