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Urban Sustainability Directors Network
To connect local government leaders in the united states, canada and abroad to accelerate sustainability practices.
- $5.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 79%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $362k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 19
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $17M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 79% of the organizations Urban Sustainability Directors Network funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $667k 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 | 18 | $362k | 83% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $1.1M | 79% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $592k | 92% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $349k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $988k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $206k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Miami | $600,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Utah Clean Energy Alliance Inc | $325,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Solar United Neighbors Inc | $295,000 | 2 | 2% |
| San Francisco County Transportation Authority | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rheaply | $174,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Southface Energy Institute Inc | $155,300 | 2 | 2% |
| City of Durham | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| DC Public Schools | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chugach Electric Association Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Amsterdam | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Miami | $600,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Utah Clean Energy Alliance Inc | $325,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Solar United Neighbors Inc | $295,000 | 2 | 2% |
| San Francisco County Transportation Authority | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rheaply | $174,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Southface Energy Institute Inc | $155,300 | 2 | 2% |
| City of Durham | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| DC Public Schools | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chugach Electric Association Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Amsterdam | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Memphis-Shelby County | $81,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Reno | $74,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Elevate Energy | $69,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Philadelphia | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board | $64,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Madison Parks Division | $61,786 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Milwaukee | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Sacramento | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nelsonnygaard | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bayview-Hunters Point Center for Arts and Technology DBA BAYCAT | $40,000 | 1 | 2% |
| City of South Bend | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Cambium Carbon | $32,000 | 1 | n/a |
| County of Alameda | $31,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Boulder | $30,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Coastal Quest | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mayor & City Council of Baltimore | $26,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City and County of San Francisco | $26,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Austin | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yolo County of Environmental Health Services | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Louisville Zoological Gardens | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Omega Mentoring Program | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ceti | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Salt Lake City | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Ann Arbor | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe Streets Campaign | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| City of Green Bay | $19,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Alameda County Board of Supervisors | $19,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Csf Faciliation | $19,300 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Watsonville | $15,717 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Santa Cruz | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Cincinnati | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Booker T Washington Community Service Center | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Resilience Network | $15,000 | 1 | 24% |
| City of Shoreline | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Indianapolis Dept Of Parks & Recreation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Berkeley | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Asheville | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| King County Department of Community & Human Services | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Philadelphia City Fund Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Bend | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of San Luis Obispo | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Holland | $14,978 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland Fire and Rescue | $14,920 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Oakland OPRYD | $14,404 | 1 | n/a |
| Burlington Bicycle Project Corp | $13,750 | 1 | 2% |
| Waco-McLennan County Public Health District | $13,220 | 1 | n/a |
| City of St Petersburg Florida | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anchorage Neighborhood Housing Services Inc | $11,992 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Tucson | $10,655 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Richmond | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Dubuque | $9,005 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Cruz City Parks and Recreation Department | $6,812 | 1 | n/a |
| Lane County Public Health | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Duluth | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Urban Sustainability Directors Network 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: National League of Cities Institute Inc · Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund Inc · National Recreation and Park Association · AARP · The Recycling Partnership Inc · Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc · Center for Technology and Civic Life · The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc · National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States · FitLot · US Green Building Council Inc · Global Philanthropy Partnership
How this is measured
Compare Urban Sustainability Directors Network with peer funders
About Urban Sustainability Directors Network
- How much does Urban Sustainability Directors Network give?
- Urban Sustainability Directors Network reported 18 itemized grants totaling $362,074, out of $5,088,085 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 19 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Urban Sustainability Directors Network fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (47%), Public Benefit (15%), Community Improvement (14%).
- Who are Urban Sustainability Directors Network's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: City of Miami ($600k), Utah Clean Energy Alliance Inc ($325k), Solar United Neighbors Inc ($295k).
- Does Urban Sustainability Directors Network fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 79% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Urban Sustainability Directors Network?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National League of Cities Institute Inc, Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund Inc, National Recreation and Park Association.
- Where is Urban Sustainability Directors Network based?
- Urban Sustainability Directors Network is based in NC.
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