Illinois · Nonprofit
Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund
Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $500,000 to it, the largest being The McKnight Foundation ($250,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $500k
- Net assets
- $916k
What Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund does
Mission
The Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Funds (CEJJF) mission is to advance a fair and inclusive transition to clean energy across Illinois by expanding access to capital for clean energy businesses that face barriers to traditional financing, facilitating frontline communities access to clean energy, and lowering utility costs for residents and businesses.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The organizations primary activities involve providing innovative financing opportunities and grants to remove capital barriers and fulfill its mission of ensuring equitable distribution of the benefits of the clean energy economy.
$879,073 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $879,073.
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
Memuna Lee
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund’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
Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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.
Where its funders are
Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund draws 50% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states in all.
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
Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund: 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 Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund?
- Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $500,000 to it, the largest being The McKnight Foundation ($250,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $500,000 in grants to Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund.
- Who is the largest funder of Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund?
- The McKnight Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 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