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.
Against its field
Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,184 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,184 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The Energy Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- United States Energy Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- United Way of Rock River Valleylocal
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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 2 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Energy Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchCA · backs 50 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- United States Energy Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchCA · backs 74 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- United Way of Rock River ValleylocalIL · funds 76 organizations near you
- Illinois Science and Energy Innovation Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Illinois Environmental Council General Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Illinois Environmental Council Educationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Climate Imperative Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rf Catalytic Capital Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Climate Jobs National Resource Center Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Energy Action Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Union of Concerned Scientists Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Breakthrough Energy Action Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
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 2funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing