California · Nonprofit
ECONIC EARTH FOUNDATION
ECONIC EARTH FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,037 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $126k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $35k
- Net assets
- $28k
What Econic Earth Foundation does
Mission
Econic Earth Foundation is dedicated to advancing charitable, educational, and environmental purposes by expanding access to clean energy, education, and environmental protection in underserved and off-grid communities. The organization improves educational outcomes, health, safety, and community resilience by providing solar-powered solutions and supporting school and learning-space development for students without reliable electricity. Econic Earth also engages in environmental conservation activities, including tree planting, and conducts public education through documentary filmmaking, media production, storytelling, and information-sharing about clean energy, climate change, conservation, and partner-led impact. The organization engages in non-partisan advocacy and educational outreach related to energy access, education equity, and environmental protection, with all activities conducted exclusively for charitable and educational purposes and without private benefit.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
WATTS On Lighting Program Kenya
$46,987 spentof which $75,000 as grants60% of program spendingWATTS On Lighting Sierra Leone
$14,871 spent19% of program spendingWATTS On Lighting Program Zambia (Grant issued in 2024)
$16,806 spent21% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $78,664.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Nicole Watson
CEO / Marketing
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5 → $16.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 ECONIC EARTH FOUNDATION’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
ECONIC EARTH FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% 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
57% 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 ECONIC EARTH FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
57% of ECONIC EARTH FOUNDATION'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. Of the $15k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
ECONIC EARTH FOUNDATION receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $35k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ECONIC EARTH FOUNDATION
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
60%
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 ECONIC EARTH FOUNDATION: 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 ECONIC EARTH FOUNDATION?
- ECONIC EARTH FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,037 to it, the largest being THE DENVER FOUNDATION ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ECONIC EARTH FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $35,037 in grants to ECONIC EARTH FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ECONIC EARTH FOUNDATION?
- THE DENVER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ECONIC EARTH FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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