Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE
ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $81 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($81). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2018
- $410k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $81
- Net assets
- $63k
What Ecologic Institute does
Mission
The conduct and promotion of independent research in the areas of nature conservation and environmental protection, ecologically sustainable resource management, and environmentally friendly economic and social development.
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.
Program
Urban Sustainability - The Urban Sustainability program at Ecologic Institute works with urban communities across the globe, leveraging the dynamism and diversity of urban spaces to develop sustainable solutions to issues impacting the environmental, economic, and social future of the world's cities. Collaborating with stakeholders, government representatives, community organizations, academic institutions, businesses, potential investors, and local residents, POCACITO (Post-Carbon Cities of Tomorrow) creates a space to exchange the most innovative and evocative sustainability initiatives from cities in Europe, Asia, and the US, as well as provide support and inspiration for grassroots efforts to build community participation in local urban sustainability efforts. In 2018, POCACITO went to Berlin, Dresden and Hannover in Germany.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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. 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 2017 to 2018, from $168k to $87k (−48%).
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: 2017 53% · 2018 39%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
72% of ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (79% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $40 → $41.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE’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
100% of ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $81 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $81 to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 459 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2018
Organizations like ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Ecologic Institute Gemeinnuetzige · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE: 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 ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE?
- ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $81 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($81). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $81 in grants to ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $81 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), 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