California · Public charity
Vote Solar
Vote Solar's mission is to realize a 100% clean energy future through a solutions-driven, people-first approach.
- $95k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $88k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $19,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $42,625
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Vote Solar funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 4 | $88k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $268k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $285k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $280k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $280k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar United Neighbors Inc | $1,060,000 | 4 | 6% |
| GridLab Inc | $42,625 | 1 | 1% |
| Solar Rights Alliance | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Community Power | $19,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Soulardarity | $19,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Environmental Justice Coalition for Water | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Center for Energy Education Fka Solar Center for Excellence | $9,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Illinois Peoples Action | $6,500 | 1 | 1% |
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: The Energy Foundation · United States Energy Foundation · Windward Fund · New Venture Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Vote Solar
- How much does Vote Solar give?
- Vote Solar reported 4 itemized grants totaling $88,125, out of $94,625 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Vote Solar fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (99%), Community Improvement (1%).
- Who are Vote Solar's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Solar United Neighbors Inc ($1.1M), GridLab Inc ($43k), Solar Rights Alliance ($35k).
- Does Vote Solar fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Vote Solar?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Energy Foundation, United States Energy Foundation, Windward Fund.
- Where is Vote Solar based?
- Vote Solar is based in CA.
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