Ohio · Nonprofit
GREEN UMBRELLA
GREEN UMBRELLA (Ohio) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,934,228 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($1,327,292). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 70
- Grants received
- $5.9M
- Net assets
- $233k
What Green Umbrella does
Mission
Green Umbrella's mission is to lead cross-sector collaboration to accelerate climate action across greater cincinnati.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Climate policy/action: while climate change is a global issue, local governments end up absorbing many of the costs. Policies and programs to address climate impacts are often most effective at the local level, and more than ever local governments need more capacity to adapt and build resiliency. Greater cincinnati will need more than its individual jurisdictions acting alone to adapt to heat, flooding and other environmental impacts, protect public health, reduce emissions, and foster an equitable and just transition to more resilient communities. Green Umbrella launched its climate policy work to facilitate collaboration among regional government leaders. We are equipping local governments with proven models, helping them tell their success stories and connecting them to each other through educational and convening opportunities.
$580,412 spentof which $1,000 as grants$475 earned by the program37% of program spendingGreater cincinnati regional food policy council: a cross sector collaboration of organizations and individuals, community influencers, and decision makers, collaborating to drive impact in creating healthy, equitable, sustainable food systems for all in the greater cincinnati region. Current focus areas include 1)connecting local farmers to schools and students to learn about where food comes from, 2) encourage availability of healthy, desirable food options across our region, for all income levels, 3) dialogue with residents who have experienced food insecurity to better inform emergency food systems based on their needs, 4) convene regional partners to develop a comprehensive approach to regional food system planning, 5) telling the story of our region's foodshed through the cincinnati's foodshed atlas.
$256,943 spentof which $2,500 as grants$30,335 earned by the program17% of program spendingCommon orchard project: the common orchard project is working to install and maintain hundreds of small orchard plantings on vacant lots and public land across greater cincinnati. It partners with communities characterized by low access to fresh and healthy food and low tree canopy coverage, to design, plant and maintain public orchards where fruit can be grown and distributed to neighbors. These pockets of greenspace provide shade, habitat, community gathering spaces and exposure and access to fresh fruit growing right where it is needed most. The common orchard project plants approximately 10 orchards per year and trains neighbors to serve as orchard stewards, who care for and harvest from the trees and other plants at the right times.
$138,384 spent$55,081 earned by the program9% of program spendingGu event series: a variety of one-time and on-going public events supporting or aligning with the organization's primary focus of advancing environmental sustainability in the greater cincinnati region. Public programs include midwest regional sustainability summit, green drinks, annual meeting, and cultivate+connect. Cincinnati 2030 district: the district's mission is to create a network of healthy, high-performing buildings in the city of cincinnati. Participating members make a collective commitment to reduce their buildings' energy use, water consumption, and transportation emissions by 50% by the year 2030. The cincinnati district also includes a healthy building pillar with a goal of improving the health of building occupants, with interventions tailored to the most pressing needs in our city. Members of the cincinnati 2030 district are property owners and managers, developers, and commercial tenants who commit to assisting the district to achieve its reduction goals through the implementation of sustainable, emissions-reducing solutions in their buildings. Currently, our 42 members have committed 318 buildings and 27.7 million square feet to the cincinnati 2030 district. By…
$576,514 spentof which $118,688 as grants$384,737 earned by the program37% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,552,253.
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 2022 to 2023, from $9.0M to $682k (−92%).
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 12% · 2018 14% · 2019 12% · 2020 8% · 2021 4% · 2022 6% · 2023 16% · 2024 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
74% of GREEN UMBRELLA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Ryan Mooney-Bullock
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $146k → $932k.
16 of 70 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $13k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Green Umbrella). These are real filings, and they are not money GREEN UMBRELLA raised.
From the IRS filings of GREEN UMBRELLA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 70 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
GREEN UMBRELLA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
61% 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 GREEN UMBRELLA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 78% · 2019 27% · 2020 63% · 2021 23% · 2022 21% · 2023 18% — 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
35% of GREEN UMBRELLA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% 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
71% of GREEN UMBRELLA's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
GREEN UMBRELLA's funding base is broadening — from 8 funders to 19 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding GREEN UMBRELLA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.4M on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$1.6M
- Department of Agriculture$753k
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 GREEN UMBRELLA
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GREEN UMBRELLA: 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 GREEN UMBRELLA?
- GREEN UMBRELLA (Ohio) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,934,228 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($1,327,292). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREEN UMBRELLA have?
- IRS filings report 70 organizations giving $5,934,228 in grants to GREEN UMBRELLA, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREEN UMBRELLA?
- THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,327,292 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREEN UMBRELLA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 70 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