Washington · Nonprofit
Breakthrough Energy Action Inc
Breakthrough Energy Action Inc (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $49,771,031 to it, the largest being OPEN PHILANTHROPY ACTION FUND ($49,771,031). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.7M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $50M
- Net assets
- $24M
What Breakthrough Energy Action Inc does
Mission
The world's economic and energy policies are built around technologies that emit greenhouse gases. That must change. We develop and advocate for smart policies that public and private sector leaders can implement to support clean energy solutions.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Breakthrough energy action advances its mission by grant-making and working with industry experts and lawmakers in the following areas: education and advocacy, policy development, capacity building, and convening, coalition building, and education
$31,768,853 spentof which $29,479,864 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $31,768,853.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $52M to $24M (−53%).
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.
88% of Breakthrough Energy Action Inc’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. 2 of the last 4 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
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $48M → $592k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $4.0M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Breakthrough Energy Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money Breakthrough Energy Action Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Breakthrough Energy Action Inc’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.
Where its funders are
Breakthrough Energy Action Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Breakthrough Energy Action Inc's revenue fell 92% between 2021 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Breakthrough Energy Action Inc
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Breakthrough Energy Foundation · exempt
- Alzheimers Disease Data Initiative Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Breakthrough Energy Action Inc: 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 Breakthrough Energy Action Inc?
- Breakthrough Energy Action Inc (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $49,771,031 to it, the largest being OPEN PHILANTHROPY ACTION FUND ($49,771,031). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Breakthrough Energy Action Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $49,771,031 in grants to Breakthrough Energy Action Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Breakthrough Energy Action Inc?
- OPEN PHILANTHROPY ACTION FUND is the largest funder on record, with $49,771,031 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Breakthrough Energy Action Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 1 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