Colorado · Nonprofit
ICLEI - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY USA INC
ICLEI - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY USA INC (Colorado) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,934,924 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($3,909,006). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $5.9M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Iclei - Local Governments for Sustainability USA Inc does
Mission
Engage local governments in sustainability, climate protection, and clean energy iniatives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Climate program: conducted greenhouse gas emissions inventories and trainings for dozens of local governments across the country. Created guidance and protocols to standardize the process of conducting greenhouse gas emissions inventories at the community scale. Created resilience and adaptation resources for local governments to prepare for climate change.
$3,861,378 spentof which $1,182,123 as grants$741,453 earned by the program96% of program spendingMembership and outreach: recruited, maintained and provided technical assistance for hundreds of members and regional affiliates, clearpath users, and communities committed to the compact of mayors.
$153,000 spent$768,932 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,014,378.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.1M to $4.3M (+283%).
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: 2023 21% · 2024 53%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of ICLEI - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY USA INC’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. 4 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.
Board chair
Brigid Shea
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $581k.
5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% 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 ICLEI - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY USA INC’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
ICLEI - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY USA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
89% 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 ICLEI - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY USA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 60% · 2020 100% · 2021 85% · 2022 63% · 2023 86% — 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
25% of ICLEI - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY USA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% 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
84% of ICLEI - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY USA INC'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 $976k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.0M 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
ICLEI - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY USA INC has grown faster than half of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding ICLEI - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY USA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.2M on record.
- Department of State$4.2M
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 ICLEI - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY USA INC
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ICLEI - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY USA INC: 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 ICLEI - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY USA INC?
- ICLEI - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY USA INC (Colorado) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,934,924 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($3,909,006). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ICLEI - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY USA INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $5,934,924 in grants to ICLEI - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY USA INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ICLEI - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY USA INC?
- TIDES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,909,006 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ICLEI - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY USA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 11 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