Maine · Nonprofit
A CLIMATE TO THRIVE
A CLIMATE TO THRIVE (Maine) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $945,486 to it, the largest being Elmina B Sewall Foundation ($190,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $425k
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $945k
- Net assets
- $264k
What A Climate to Thrive does
Mission
To achieve energy independence for mount desert island, maine by 2030.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community resilience programs: A Climate to Thrive worked to support the communities on mount desert island, and in the vicinity of mount desert island, on plans and implementation of projects to increase local resilience to climate related impacts.
$212,564 spent67% of program spendingEnergy transition programming: A Climate to Thrive supported the communities on mount desert island, and in the vicinity of mount desert island, on the planning and implementation of projects related to renewable energy and energy efficiency.
$95,989 spent30% of program spendingCommunity education programming: A Climate to Thrive developed and delivered educational programs including a community-driven climate solutions education series, the climate ambassadors program, and local leads the way, supporting community-driven climate action initiatives throughout maine. Actt also developed and delivered a workshop series on community-driven energy solutions in collaboration with the center for an ecology based economy and funded by the solve it prize from the department of energy.
$10,962 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $319,515.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $397k to $326k (−18%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 0% · 2021 0% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of A CLIMATE TO THRIVE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Caleb Davis
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $40k → $103k.
10 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of A CLIMATE TO THRIVE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
A CLIMATE TO THRIVE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
41% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund A CLIMATE TO THRIVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 66% · 2019 36% · 2020 39% · 2021 58% · 2022 24% · 2023 24% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
33% of A CLIMATE TO THRIVE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
A CLIMATE TO THRIVE draws 51% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $387k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
A CLIMATE TO THRIVE's funding base is broadening — from 5 funders to 11 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like A CLIMATE TO THRIVE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds A CLIMATE TO THRIVE?
- A CLIMATE TO THRIVE (Maine) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $945,486 to it, the largest being Elmina B Sewall Foundation ($190,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does A CLIMATE TO THRIVE have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $945,486 in grants to A CLIMATE TO THRIVE, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of A CLIMATE TO THRIVE?
- Elmina B Sewall Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $190,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like A CLIMATE TO THRIVE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 29 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing