California · Nonprofit
Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet
Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet (California) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,954,681 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,324,100). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 48
- Grants received
- $4.0M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet does
Mission
To bring people together to create local solutions for a healthy planet.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Electrification of energy end-uses in homes and buildings is a major strategy for combating climate change. Beneficial electrification must meet three criteria: reduction of long-term costs; improvement of grid reliability or reduction in grid instability; and avoidance of negative environmental impacts. Switching from fossil energy sources-such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas-offers many tangible benefits: less pollution, improved human health, customer savings, and less atmospheric warming. The Organization's Beneficial Electrification program prioritizes and accelerates the adoption of all-electric appliances, buildings, and vehicles that operate on clean energy instead of fossil fuels. Beneficial Electrification program supports the general public, small businesses, industry, municipalities, counties, regional authorities, the state, utilities and NGOs toward meeting the climate goals of the entire region. The Organization plays a role in advocating for the move away from fossil fuel devices. The Organization develops and shares materials and strategies to encourage the wider adoption of fossil-free devices and technologies in both the commercial and residential sectors.…
$637,117 spentof which $72,612 as grants$226,511 earned by the program29% of program spendingSponsored Programs: The Bay Area Climate Adaptation Network (BayCAN) is a collaborative network of local government staff and partnering organizations working to help the Bay Area region to respond effectively and equitably to the impacts of climate change. Developed by local government, for local government and the communities they serve, BayCAN focuses on adaptation challenges in water supply, sea level rise, wastewater and stormwater management, wildfires, ecosystems, and public health. We collaborate with current initiatives in these sectors to maximize impact and build on existing knowledge. The Alliance of Regional Collaboratives for Climate Adaptation (ARCCA) is a network of leading regional collaboratives and allies from across California that work together to advance adaptation statewide and increase local capacity to build community resilience. Through ARCCA, adaptation practitioners connect with peers across the state to exchange knowledge, engage in targeted problem-solving, and implement joint campaigns, effectively breaking down silos across sectors and jurisdictions. Let Us Contribute Initiative (LUCI): The program is a movement-building program led by incarcerated…
$517,124 spent$51,772 earned by the program24% of program spendingA key goal is to compel the wider public to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and to increase people's willingness to take appropriate actions. The Organization's main tool for encouraging behavior change is education. The Organization Education Program includes the Public Lecture Series, which invites leading voices from academia, business, and policy to discuss global change issues; and the You(th) Be the Change climate-based education and leadership program.
$421,204 spentof which $500 as grants$11,355 earned by the program19% of program spendingIn the San Francisco Bay Area, food is one of the biggest contributors to the average person's carbon footprint, fueling climate change. The Organization's Healthy Plate, Healthy Planet Program works together with local Bay Area communities to promote two easy and impactful ways to reduce collective food print. The Organization educates on the benefits of adopting a more plant-forward lifestyle and reducing the amount of wasted food, with the goal for all to enjoy a healthier, well-fed life. The Organization develops and shares materials and strategies to encourage the wider adoption of plant-forward diets and the reduction of food waste. Specifically, the Organization facilitates outreach to residents and professionals on the climate and health benefits of reducing meat and dairy intake.
$399,624 spentof which $300 as grants18% of program spendingThe Organization's advocacy work is a more inclusive and community-centered climate action movement that creates systemic change toward sustainable and equitable practices and policies for the benefit of all. The Organization brings together individuals, communities and organizations to create a powerful collective voice that advocates for change focusing on actively involving communities that have been historically excluded or unheard. By implementing base building strategies in the programming ensures that these communities unique experiences, needs and challenges are central in the agenda and decision-making processes.
$186,875 spent9% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,161,944.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2020 to 2021, from $1.1M to $1.8M (+60%).
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: 2017 0% · 2021 28% · 2022 38% · 2023 36% · 2024 61% · 2025 49%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet’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. 6 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $220k → $352k.
13 of 48 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 48 funders by total. 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
Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
77% 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 Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 20% · 2018 19% · 2019 37% · 2020 35% · 2021 42% · 2022 50% · 2023 39% — growing more concentrated.
“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
38% of Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
69% of Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.2M that is directly attributable, 84% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.7M 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
Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet's revenue grew 36% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $359k on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$359k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet?
- Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet (California) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,954,681 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,324,100). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet have?
- IRS filings report 48 organizations giving $3,954,681 in grants to Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,324,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 48 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing