Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND
CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,072,268 to it, the largest being NEW VENTURE FUND ($17,996,330). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $30M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $67M
- Net assets
- $42M
What Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund does
Mission
The equity fund believes that durable progress on climate action requires a broad, diverse, and powerful base of popular support that advances economic, gender and racial equity. We pair deep and sustained funding with expert policy analysis and narrative strategy to build authentic power in communities, state by state. Together with our partners, we deliver equitable climate progress, transform public narratives about climate change, and build political will for lasting public policies to secure a future we all deserve.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Grant programs: the equity fund provides catalytic and sustained funding, capacity-building, and technical assistance to multi-issue community-based organizations. We champion community-supported solutions that deliver equitable economic opportunities and address disparities in health, housing and job quality through a transition to clean energy.our grantmaking supports over 170 community partners across rural, urban and suburban geographies to lead large-scale advocacy, strategic communications, and nonpartisan civic engagement initiatives. We have raised more than $230 million to support more than 300 organizations in 13 states.
$19,317,963 spentof which $16,840,424 as grants93% of program spendingPolicy accelerator: our policy accelerator provides grantee partners with capacity-building and technical assistance including policy research, data analysis, and facilitating a cross-state policy learning community.
$1,357,731 spentof which $218,560 as grants7% of program spendingPhilanthropic organizing: the equity fund partners with other funders to grow investments that drive equitable climate action, and more broadly, to build an effective, diverse, and inclusive philanthropic infrastructure.our strategic partnerships team works in collaboration with more than two dozen grantmakers and partners who represent climate, civic engagement, racial justice, economic opportunity, and workforce development funders. As philanthropic advisors, our goal is to build a community of funders who move resources together with the intention of achieving systemic change.
$116,178 spentof which $62,250 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,791,872.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $39M to $53M (+36%).
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.
95% of CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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.
Chief executive
Jillian Murphy Chief Of Staff
Interim executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 24 funders, grant income rose $100k → $25M.
7 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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
CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% 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
48% 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 CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 74% · 2023 23% — 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.
Where its funders are
CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 329 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 329 environment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 9 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY 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 CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND?
- CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,072,268 to it, the largest being NEW VENTURE FUND ($17,996,330). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $67,072,268 in grants to CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND?
- NEW VENTURE FUND is the largest funder on record, with $17,996,330 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 37 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