Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
JUSTICE CLIMATE FUND INC
JUSTICE CLIMATE FUND INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,000,000 to it, the largest being RF CATALYTIC CAPITAL INC ($4,000,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.0M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $4.0M
- Net assets
- $-1337136
What Justice Climate Fund Inc does
Mission
To combat the climate crisis by mobilizing financing for greenhouse gas and air pollution reducing projects and activities in communities across the united states.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Program administration: in partnership with a national network of community development financial institutions (cdfis), minority depository institutions (mdis), green banks, and local partners, jcf mobilizes capital and resources to strengthen under-resourced communities by funding projects that provide clean energy, support cleaner air and water, improve public health, and build economic and environmental resilience. As program administrator of the clean communities investment accelerator (ccia) award received from the u.s. Environmental protection agency under the greenhouse gas reduction fund, jcf stewards a $940 million conditional contribution to be deployed through this network. (continued in schedule o)
$1,050,157 spent36% of program spendingTechnical assistance:to accelerate the capacity of community lenders to originate and deploy climate and clean energy financing, jcf (I) launched a flagship technical-assistance initiative in partnership with green bank 50, a national network of u.s.-based green banks; (ii) convened two sessions for more than 40 community lenders and funders to identify and develop solutions for closing clean energy financing gaps, culminating in a white paper titled "bridging institutional capital and community climate investments" that serves as a resource for the broader field; and (iii) sponsored its first community-lender webinar, drawing more than 70 participants from across the country to explore climate and clean energy funding solutions and technical capacity programs.
$1,829,084 spentof which $356,240 as grants62% of program spendingSorenson: in partnership with the sorenson impact institute at the university of utah, jcf developed an organization-wide impact measurement and management framework designed to track the impact of its work, guide decision-making, and provide transparency to funders. The framework tracks more than 20 metrics aligned with the organization's mission, including the number of under-resourced communities served, the number of jobs created, and the amount of greenhouse gas emissions avoided.
$62,926 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,942,167.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $4.1M to $967M (+23687%).
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
Amir Kirkwood
CEO
Board chair
Lenwood V Long Sr
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of JUSTICE CLIMATE FUND 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.
Where its funders are
JUSTICE CLIMATE FUND INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
JUSTICE CLIMATE FUND INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding JUSTICE CLIMATE FUND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $940.0M on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$940.0M
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 JUSTICE CLIMATE FUND 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
32% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JUSTICE CLIMATE FUND 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 JUSTICE CLIMATE FUND INC?
- JUSTICE CLIMATE FUND INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,000,000 to it, the largest being RF CATALYTIC CAPITAL INC ($4,000,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JUSTICE CLIMATE FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $4,000,000 in grants to JUSTICE CLIMATE FUND INC.
- Who is the largest funder of JUSTICE CLIMATE FUND INC?
- RF CATALYTIC CAPITAL INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JUSTICE CLIMATE FUND INC 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), 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