Texas · Private foundation
Sunpower Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $172k
- Granted FY2023
- 3
- Grants FY2023
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $41,250
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $171k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Sunpower Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 82% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $141k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 3 | $172k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $302k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $158k | 78% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $125k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $97k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $86k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $255k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Funds Foundation | $658,859 | 6 | 1% |
| We Care Solar | $102,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Thrive Scholars | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Sun | $77,680 | 2 | n/a |
| Solar Energy International | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Cec Stuyvesant Cove Inc | $41,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Rising Sun Center for Opportunity fka RISING SUN ENERGY CENTER | $23,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Tech Interactive | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Intersectional Environmentalist | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Brighten Haiti | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Funds Foundation | $658,859 | 6 | 1% |
| We Care Solar | $102,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Thrive Scholars | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Sun | $77,680 | 2 | n/a |
| Solar Energy International | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Cec Stuyvesant Cove Inc | $41,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Rising Sun Center for Opportunity fka RISING SUN ENERGY CENTER | $23,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Tech Interactive | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Intersectional Environmentalist | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Brighten Haiti | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Texas Food Bank Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Footprint Project | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| East Bay Bicycle Coalition DBA Bike East Bay | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the River Foundation | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($81k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sunpower Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Impactassetsinc · Marin Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Sunpower Foundation
- How much does Sunpower Foundation give?
- Sunpower Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $172,215 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sunpower Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (55%), Environment (30%), Education (9%).
- Who are Sunpower Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Bright Funds Foundation ($659k), We Care Solar ($103k), Thrive Scholars ($100k).
- Does Sunpower Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sunpower Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sunpower Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Impactassetsinc, Marin Community Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Sunpower Foundation based?
- Sunpower Foundation is based in TX.
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