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US Climate Action Network

To build trust & alignment among its members to fight climate change in a just & equitable way.

$79k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$19k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Environment$2.6MCommunity Improvement$472kReligion$265kCivil Rights$254kPublic Benefit$222kHuman Services$209kInternational$169kHealth$140kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $19,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $79,029 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $60,029 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.
$19,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DC Jobs with Justice$19,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $114k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%LOWCOUNTRY ALLIANCE FOR MODEL COMMUNITIES: $40k → 12%PEE DEE INDIAN TRIBE OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $14k → 30%Backbone Campaign: $60k → 9%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

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ID
MN
WI
MI
NY
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
AL
GA
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 29 repeat orgs$898k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +135% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 29 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
30

Total granted

$3.7M
$879k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+135%
0%

Still filing today

69%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentCommunity ImprovementReligionCivil RightsHuman ServicesEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SW
    SUSTAINING WAY
    6× · 2017–2023 · $302k · revenue +121%
  • GI
    Georgia Interfaith Power & Light Inc
    3× · 2020–2022 · $230k · revenue +217%
  • Earth Island Institute Inc
    5× · 2019–2023 · $170k · revenue +171%

Funded once

  • II
    IOWA INTERFAITH POWER AND LIGHT IOWA FAITH AND CLIMATE NETWORKgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $66k · revenue +34%
  • WA
    WHITNEY AND ANNE STONE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $62k · revenue +23% · 27% of their budget
  • SA
    SOUTHERN ALLIANCE FOR CLEAN ENERGYgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $60k · revenue +29%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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.

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Educator Collective for Envionmental Justice Inc

Environmental Justice & Equality

Education
2
Maine Climate Action Now

MCAN catalyzes transformative education and action in response to the climate crisis. We seek to honor, unite and amplify the voices of youth, frontline communities, and others historically excluded from the climate conversation and…

Environment
3
California Environmental Justice Alliance

Our mission is to fight against fossil fuel executives and industries that have turned our communities into dumping grounds for toxic waste, poisoning our air, water, lan, and bodies. We organize to oppose giant oil refineries, dirty…

Environment
4
Nw Energy Coalition

The NW Energy Coalition is an alliance of over 100 environmental, civic, and human service organizations, utilities, and businesses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia, plus many individual members. The NW Energy…

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5
Advocates for Climate Innovation
Philanthropy
6
Fresh Energy

Shape and drive bold policy solutions to achieve equitable carbon-neutral economies.

Environment
7
Climate Equity Action Fund

The climate equity action fund (ceaf) works hand-in-hand with community-based partners in critical states across the country to secure and sustain policy wins for climate and clean energy. building on over a decade of trust with leading…

Environment
8
Women's Earth and Climate Action Network

To strengthen and build womens leadership as an essential component in solutions that address climate change mitigation and adaptation, climate justice, human rights and environmental degradation.

Science & Tech
9
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

The national caucus of environmental legislators empowers a nonpartisan network of legislative champions to protect, conserve, and improve the natural and human environment.

Education
10
Environment Now
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11
International Council On Environmental Economics and Development Union
Human Services
12
Center for Contemporary Documentation Inc
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sunrise Movement Education Fund; the most unlike its peers is First Faith Baptist Church. 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

49 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. 49 of the 62 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/49
Grantees still filing
28/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Georgia Interfaith Power & Light Inc: $229,500 · EnvironmentGeorgia Interfaith Power & Light IncEarth Island Institute Inc: $170,000 · EnvironmentEarth Island Institute IncSoutheast Climate & Energy Network: $156,800 · EnvironmentSoutheast Climate & Energy NetworkGasp: $145,000 · EnvironmentGaspSol Nation Inc: $142,875 · EnvironmentSol Nation IncPEOPLE'S JUSTICE COUNCIL: $127,850 · EnvironmentPEOPLE'S JUSTICE COUNCILSUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUND: $125,920 · EnvironmentSUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUNDCARE ABOUT CLIMATE INC: $122,000 · EnvironmentCARE ABOUT CLIMATE INCFAIR FUTURE MOVEMENT INC: $91,500 · EnvironmentFAIR FUTURE MOVEMENT INCCLEAN AIR COALITION OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $87,720 · EnvironmentIOWA INTERFAITH POWER AND LIGHT IOWA FAITH AND CLIMATE NETWORK: $65,920 · EnvironmentSOUTHERN ALLIANCE FOR CLEAN ENERGY: $60,000 · EnvironmentNATIVE AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COALITION: $60,000 · Environment+3 more: $72,000 · EnvironmentDIVISION OF HOMELAND MINISTRY: $324,495 · OtherDIVISION OF HOMELAND MINISTRYMT ZION COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $181,400 · OtherMT ZION COMMUNITY OUTREACH INCNORTH CAROLINA COUNCIL OF CHURCHES: $171,270 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA COUNCIL OF CHURCHESORGANIZED UPLIFTING RESOURCES AND STRATEGIES: $117,875 · OtherORGANIZED UPLIFTING RESOURCES AND STRATEGIE…KCF KENTUCKY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $108,750 · OtherKCF KENTUCKY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INCTHE WHITNEY M SLATER FOUNDATION: $73,750 · OtherKingdom Living Temple: $68,800 · OtherCAN INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION: $65,000 · OtherWHITNEY AND ANNE STONE FOUNDATION: $62,000 · OtherEARTH MINISTRY: $60,000 · OtherBlack Appalachian Coalition: $69,075 · OtherNEW JERSEY RESOURCE PROJECT INC: $60,600 · Other+20 more: $407,650 · Other+20 moreSUSTAINING WAY: $302,244 · Community ImprovementSUSTAINING W…THE IMANI GROUP INC: $162,800 · Community ImprovementTHE IMANI GR…VIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC: $18,304 · Community Improvement+1 more: $10,000 · Community ImprovementAGRICULTURAL MISSIONS INC: $168,750 · ReligionOhio Interfaith Power & Light: $58,200 · ReligionMICHIGAN INTERFAITH POWER & LIGHT INC: $50,000 · ReligionTEXAS IMPACT EDUCATION FUND: $35,000 · ReligionPHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PENNSYLVANIA: $162,000 · HealthGEORGIA WAND EDUCATION FUND: $113,600 · Public BenefitElders Action Network Inc: $30,000 · Public BenefitBackbone Campaign: $60,000 · Human ServicesLOWCOUNTRY ALLIANCE FOR MODEL COMMUNITIE: $40,000 · Human ServicesPEE DEE INDIAN TRIBE OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $13,750 · Human Services
Environment$1,657,085Other$1,770,665Community Improvement$493,348Religion$311,950Health$162,000Public Benefit$143,600Human Services$113,750

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSUSTAINING WAY: $302,244 over 6y, 25% of budgetGeorgia Interfaith Power & Light Inc: $229,500 over 3y, 15% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $170,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAGRICULTURAL MISSIONS INC: $168,750 over 4y, 58% of budgetTHE IMANI GROUP INC: $162,800 over 4y, 29% of budgetPHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PENNSYLVANIA: $162,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetSoutheast Climate & Energy Network: $156,800 over 3y, 28% of budgetGasp: $145,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetSol Nation Inc: $142,875 over 5y, 17% of budgetPEOPLE'S JUSTICE COUNCIL: $127,850 over 3y, 28% of budgetSUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUND: $125,920 over 2y, 11% of budgetCARE ABOUT CLIMATE INC: $122,000 over 4y, 33% of budgetGEORGIA WAND EDUCATION FUND: $113,600 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetKCF KENTUCKY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $108,750 over 5y, 23% of budgetFAIR FUTURE MOVEMENT INC: $91,500 over 2y, 49% of budgetCLEAN AIR COALITION OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $87,720 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetBlack Appalachian Coalition: $69,075 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetWHITNEY AND ANNE STONE FOUNDATION: $62,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetNEW JERSEY RESOURCE PROJECT INC: $60,600 over 3y, 9.4% of budgetEARTH MINISTRY: $60,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetSOUTHERN ALLIANCE FOR CLEAN ENERGY: $60,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBackbone Campaign: $60,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COALITION: $60,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetOhio Interfaith Power & Light: $58,200 over 3y, 30% of budgetMICHIGAN INTERFAITH POWER & LIGHT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetSELKIRK CONSERVATION ALLIANCE: $40,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetUNITED PARENTS AGAINST LEAD - UPAL: $40,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetTEXAS IMPACT EDUCATION FUND: $35,000 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetElders Action Network Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetPOWER SHIFT NETWORK: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHONOR THE EARTH: $22,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetANTHROPOCENE ALLIANCE: $20,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH: $19,400 over 2y, 12% of budgetVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC: $18,304 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNAACP FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPEE DEE INDIAN TRIBE OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $13,750 over 1y, 11% of budgetStart Empowerment Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $6,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLIMATE GENERATION: $6,750 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

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.

United States Energy …Windward FundEnvironmental Defense…Solutions Project IncNatural Resources Def…The Regeneration Proj…Rockefeller Philanthr…The Partnership Proje…Tides CenterAmalgamated Charitabl…Tides FoundationCommon Counsel Founda…
United States Energy FoundationCA45.2× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United States Energy Foundation · Windward Fund · Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · Solutions Project Inc · Natural Resources Defense Council Inc · The Regeneration Project · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · The Partnership Project Inc · Tides Center · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · Common Counsel Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization US Climate Action Network funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from US Climate Action Network. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Anthropocene Alliance: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 62 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home