California · Public charity
Spark Climate Solutions
Sparks mission is to accelerate progress in emerging, potentially high-impact approaches for climate mitigation and adaptation that will contribute to humanitys comprehensive portfolio of solutions and responses to enable our return to a safe climate while minimizing risk to societal stability.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $965k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $82,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $254,310
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $21M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Spark Climate Solutions funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $965k | 73% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $1.9M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $492k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $284k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 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, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| UltraPure Air LLC | $799,310 | 2 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $496,046 | 3 | 0% |
| Convergent Research Inc | $405,883 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $381,118 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $299,248 | 1 | 0% |
| Elysia Creative Biology | $298,641 | 1 | n/a |
| Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development | $150,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $120,003 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas A&M Foundation | $110,255 | 1 | 0% |
| Duke University | $102,432 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| UltraPure Air LLC | $799,310 | 2 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $496,046 | 3 | 0% |
| Convergent Research Inc | $405,883 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $381,118 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $299,248 | 1 | 0% |
| Elysia Creative Biology | $298,641 | 1 | n/a |
| Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development | $150,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $120,003 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas A&M Foundation | $110,255 | 1 | 0% |
| Duke University | $102,432 | 1 | 0% |
| Clean Air Task Force Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado State University | $82,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $51,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ctrees | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Gordon Research Conferences Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents Univ of California | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of California Davis | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aspen Global Change Institute Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($52k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Spark Climate Solutions supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Spark Climate Solutions
- How much does Spark Climate Solutions give?
- Spark Climate Solutions reported 11 itemized grants totaling $964,745, out of $1,303,326 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Spark Climate Solutions fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (43%), Science & Tech (30%), Environment (22%).
- Who are Spark Climate Solutions's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: UltraPure Air LLC ($799k), Cornell University ($496k), Convergent Research Inc ($406k).
- Does Spark Climate Solutions fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Spark Climate Solutions based?
- Spark Climate Solutions is based in CA.
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