How much does The Sunrise Project Inc give?

The Sunrise Project Inc reported 75 itemized grants totaling $17,338,500, out of $29,450,836 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 47 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.

What does The Sunrise Project Inc fund?

By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (55%), Public Benefit (19%), Philanthropy (8%).

Who are The Sunrise Project Inc's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Potential Energy Coalition Inc ($2.8M), Democracy Forward Foundation ($2.4M), Sierra Club Foundation ($1.5M).

Does The Sunrise Project Inc fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 98% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as The Sunrise Project Inc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, United States Energy Foundation, Sustainable Markets Foundation.

Where is The Sunrise Project Inc based?

The Sunrise Project Inc is based in DE.

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Delaware · Public charity

The Sunrise Project Inc

Driven by the imperative of climate justice, the sunrise project's mission is to scale social movements to drive the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy as fast as possible.

$29M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 75
Itemized grants FY2024: 47
Organizations funded FY2023: 98%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $17M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $150,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $2,500,000
Organizations funded a year: 2 to 47; FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 17
Total assets, FY2024: $14M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 98% of the organizations The Sunrise Project Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	70	$16M	53%
FY2023	47	$14M	98%
FY2022	2	$680k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Environment$19MPublic Benefit$6.4MPhilanthropy$2.7MEducation$2.5MCivil Rights$2.3MCommunity Improvement$610kInternational$386kHuman Services$330kOther$0

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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Potential Energy Coalition Inc	$2,750,000	2	9%
Democracy Forward Foundation	$2,350,000	2	16%
Sierra Club Foundation	$1,480,000	2	1%
Sustainable Markets Foundation	$1,270,000	2	2%
Ceres Inc	$1,250,000	2	2%
Public Citizen Foundation Inc	$1,160,000	3	4%
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund	$1,100,000	2	12%
Majorityaction	$1,000,000	1	27%
Georgetown University	$840,000	2	0%
Ffwd	$825,000	1	4%

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All grantees of The Sunrise Project Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Potential Energy Coalition Inc	$2,750,000	2	9%
Democracy Forward Foundation	$2,350,000	2	16%
Sierra Club Foundation	$1,480,000	2	1%
Sustainable Markets Foundation	$1,270,000	2	2%
Ceres Inc	$1,250,000	2	2%
Public Citizen Foundation Inc	$1,160,000	3	4%
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund	$1,100,000	2	12%
Majorityaction	$1,000,000	1	27%
Georgetown University	$840,000	2	0%
Ffwd	$825,000	1	4%
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis Inc	$800,000	2	5%
Stand	$760,000	2	4%
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility	$760,000	2	n/a
As You Sow	$700,000	2	9%
The Eden Project USA Inc	$650,000	1	100%
New York Communities For Change Inc	$590,000	2	11%
ACCE Institute	$530,000	2	9%
Climate Cabinet Action	$500,000	2	20%
Centerline Liberties Inc	$450,000	2	13%
New York University	$450,000	2	0%
US Sif Foundation	$400,000	2	40%
Oil Change International Inc	$386,500	2	2%
Training for Change	$380,000	2	53%
New York Communities Organizing Fund Inc	$360,000	1	15%
Mighty Earth Inc	$350,000	2	3%
Third Act Initiative Inc	$330,000	2	10%
Global 2050 Inc	$320,000	1	n/a
Goodnation Foundation Inc	$305,000	2	1%
Climate Finance Action Inc	$300,000	2	57%
Powerpac Foundation	$300,000	1	29%
Earthworks	$300,000	1	3%
Rainforest Action Network	$300,000	1	3%
Fair Shot Texas	$300,000	2	8%
Oil & Gas Action Network	$295,000	2	12%
People's Action Institute	$280,000	1	2%
Amaericas Future Project	$270,000	1	n/a
Center for Media and Democracy Inc	$250,000	2	11%
Congregations Caring for Creation	$250,000	2	18%
Voices for a Sustainable Future	$250,000	2	10%
Evergreen Collaborative	$250,000	1	3%
Connecticut Citizen Research Group Inc	$220,000	2	21%
More Perfect Union Foundation	$200,000	1	4%
For the Long Term	$200,000	1	17%
Calstart Inc	$200,000	1	0%
Earth Quaker Action Team	$200,000	1	42%
The Hack Foundation D/B/A Hack Club	$155,000	1	1%
350 Seattle	$150,000	1	7%
Carbon Tracker Initiative Inc	$150,000	1	14%
The Climate Group Inc	$150,000	1	3%
Friends of the Earth	$145,000	1	1%
Fossil Free California	$140,000	2	23%
Ground Game Fund	$126,000	2	3%
Florida Rising Together Inc	$125,000	1	1%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated	$125,000	1	0%
Virginia New Majority Education Fund	$125,000	1	2%
350org	$120,000	1	1%
A Strong Economy for All Coalition	$110,000	1	59%
NEO Philanthropy Inc	$100,000	1	0%
World Resources Institute	$100,000	1	0%
Rise Economy	$100,000	1	4%
Oxfam-America Inc	$100,000	1	0%
The Aspen Institute Inc	$100,000	1	0%
Invest Ahead fka Thirty Percent Coalition	$100,000	1	29%
Just Capital Foundation Inc	$100,000	1	1%
Unkitawa	$85,000	2	1%
Amazon Watch Inc	$80,000	1	2%
Capital & Main	$75,000	1	2%
Institute for Public Affairs	$50,000	1	2%
Communications Workers of America Afl-Cio Clc	$50,000	1	0%
American Sustainable Business Institute Inc	$50,000	1	3%
350 Colorado	$50,000	1	10%
Movement Alliance Project	$50,000	1	1%
Empowerment Works Inc	$50,000	1	2%
Centerline Action Inc	$50,000	1	2%
Greenfaith Inc	$50,000	1	2%
Rutgers the State University	$50,000	1	n/a
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators	$45,000	1	2%
Accelerate Change Inc	$30,000	1	0%
Regents Univ of California	$30,000	1	n/a
Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund	$25,000	1	1%
Earth Island Institute Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Waterkeeper Alliance Inc	$15,000	1	0%
Virginia Organizing Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Ayni Institute Inc	$10,000	1	1%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($236k), not named here.

The Sunrise Project Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 79 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 79.

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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.

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncDC45.9× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Sunrise Project Inc

How much does The Sunrise Project Inc give?: The Sunrise Project Inc reported 75 itemized grants totaling $17,338,500, out of $29,450,836 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 47 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does The Sunrise Project Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (55%), Public Benefit (19%), Philanthropy (8%).
Who are The Sunrise Project Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Potential Energy Coalition Inc ($2.8M), Democracy Forward Foundation ($2.4M), Sierra Club Foundation ($1.5M).
Does The Sunrise Project Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 98% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Sunrise Project Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, United States Energy Foundation, Sustainable Markets Foundation.
Where is The Sunrise Project Inc based?: The Sunrise Project Inc is based in DE.