Washington · Nonprofit
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS (Washington) receives grants from 100 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,671,219 to it, the largest being SEATTLE FOUNDATION ($2,620,100). 55 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.6M
- Funders on record
- 100
- Grants received
- $22M
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What Climate Solutions does
Mission
Climate Solutions works to accelerate clean energy solutions to the climate crisis to create a thriving, equitable northwest, powered by clean energy, inspiring the transition to sustainable prosperity across the nation and beyond.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Wa policy: advocated for washington to adopt policies to get to 100% clean electricity. Expanded our work on reducing pollution from the transportation sector with a primary focus on electrifying our cars and buses.
$1,614,912 spentof which $227,556 as grants31% of program spendingOr policy: advocated for policies to reduce climate pollution in oregon, including policies to cap pollution and invest in cleaner sources of energy. Expanded our work on reducing pollution from the transportation sector with a primary focus on electrifying our cars andbuses.
$1,140,688 spentof which $196,113 as grants$1,800 earned by the program22% of program spendingCommunications: provided education and information about climate and clean energy efforts in our region to the public via blogs, social media, email and other efforts.
$942,165 spentof which $105,016 as grants18% of program spendingLobbying: in support of the 100% clean wa and 100% clean or programs, Climate Solutions used direct and grassroots lobbying to get our policies adopted in the two states and various cities and counties within those states. Climate champions: engage potential leaders on the issue of climate and provide education and resources to increase the voice of solutions to the climate crisis.breaking barriers collaborative: provide clean fleet and other climate education and assistance to businesses, state agencies, counties, and cities.maritime shipping: support policies, ports, and companies in cleaning up their shipping carbon footprints through research and advocacy.
$1,523,708 spentof which $40,014 as grants$206,825 earned by the program29% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,221,473.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $3.7M to $5.4M (+46%).
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: 2021 7% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Gregg Small
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 25 funders to 41 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $2.6M.
23 of 100 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 SOLUTIONS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 100 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 SOLUTIONS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
62% 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 SOLUTIONS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 31% · 2019 31% · 2020 32% · 2021 21% · 2022 20% · 2023 14% — 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.
How long its funders stay
49% of CLIMATE SOLUTIONS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS draws 55% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 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.
Government funding CLIMATE SOLUTIONS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $950 on record.
- TRAINING, EDUCATION OR INSTRUCTION SRVC$950
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 CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
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 CLIMATE SOLUTIONS: 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 SOLUTIONS?
- CLIMATE SOLUTIONS (Washington) receives grants from 100 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,671,219 to it, the largest being SEATTLE FOUNDATION ($2,620,100). 55 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CLIMATE SOLUTIONS have?
- IRS filings report 100 organizations giving $21,671,219 in grants to CLIMATE SOLUTIONS, 55 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLIMATE SOLUTIONS?
- SEATTLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,620,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLIMATE SOLUTIONS 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 100 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