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MULTIPLIER

MULTIPLIER (California) receives grants from 271 organizations whose IRS filings report $235,841,314 to it, the largest being Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc ($20,500,000). 150 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$66M
Funders on record
271
Grants received
$236M
Net assets
$57M
150/271 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 69%
01What it does

What Multiplier does

Mission

To accelerate impact for initiatives focused on protecting and fostering a healthy, sustainable, resilient, and equitable world.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Resilient communities: communities are prepared to anticipate, prevent and minimize threats to their residents, businesses, infrastructure, environment, and economies. Community-based approaches proactively address resilience to the impacts of climate change and other natural disasters, economic stability and social equity.

    $41,422,716 spentof which $33,515,138 as grants$171,577 earned by the program
    57% of program spending
  2. Sustainable, equitable economies: workers, their families, and the communities in which they live are sustained by economically healthy local and regional businesses. Industries with core values that reflect minimal environmental impact are fostered, sustained and enabled to thrive.

    $16,516,898 spentof which $2,519,853 as grants$2,062,393 earned by the program
    23% of program spending
  3. Secure natural resources: natural resources achieve sustainable yield, keep humans and other species alive, and support the world's economies. Policies and practices are in place to ensure that natural resources are not degraded or depleted. After periodic disturbances within ecosystems, resources are able to quickly recover or return to equilibrium.

    $11,304,990 spentof which $557,632 as grants$788,762 earned by the program
    16% of program spending
  4. Healthy planet and people: biodiverse plants and animals, including humans, live in balanced ecosystems that provide the nutrients they need and a place to live, grow and thrive.

    $3,337,064 spentof which $123 as grants$157,000 earned by the program
    5% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $72,581,668.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($18M) Expenses 100 ($16M) Net assets 100 ($10M)2018 Revenue 99 ($18M) Expenses 104 ($17M) Net assets 108 ($11M)2020 Revenue 191 ($34M) Expenses 152 ($25M) Net assets 277 ($28M)2021 Revenue 220 ($40M) Expenses 180 ($30M) Net assets 381 ($38M)2022 Revenue 312 ($56M) Expenses 217 ($36M) Net assets 581 ($58M)2023 Revenue 415 ($75M) Expenses 377 ($62M) Net assets 689 ($69M)2024 Revenue 364 ($66M) Expenses 476 ($78M) Net assets 567 ($57M)
2017201820202021202220232024
Revenue (364)Expenses (476)Net assets (567)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $43M to $65M (+50%).

$11M
$14M
$35M
$43M
$65M
$77M
$63M
2017201820202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 5% · 2018 5% · 2020 2% · 2021 6% · 2022 4% · 2023 3% · 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

92% of MULTIPLIER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 364 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.6M
’17
$796k
’18
$9.5M
’20
$10M
’21
$21M
’22
$13M
’23
−$13M
’24
0.1
months of
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

Laura Griffin-Deaton

Executive director

Board chair

Phillip Gover

Board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2017201820202021202220232024
Listed15151615151614
Joined·+2·+2+3+5+4
No longer listed·2·3346
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 48 funders to 111 funders, grant income rose $6.6M → $52M.

54 of 271 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 MULTIPLIER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 271 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

MULTIPLIER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 9% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left

44% 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 MULTIPLIER.

9%
largest funder
23%
top three
~25
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 21% · 2019 29% · 2020 31% · 2021 15% · 2022 14% · 2023 20% — 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

41% of MULTIPLIER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

53% of MULTIPLIER's grant income comes from California funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $80M arriving through sponsors registered in 23 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MULTIPLIER has grown faster than half of the 330 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−19% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)20% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 330 environment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024

Government funding MULTIPLIER receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $29.6M on record — $29.6M federal, $16k state.

Federal$29.6M
grants $29.2Mcontracts $423k
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Top agencies
  • Department of Commerce$23.8M
  • Department of Agriculture$3.1M
  • Department of the Interior$1.5M
  • Environmental Protection Agency$760k
  • National Science Foundation$447k
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration$24k
State$16k
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25
By state
  • NJ$16k
  • FL$40

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 MULTIPLIER

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 7%Fundraising 1%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

83%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MULTIPLIER: 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 MULTIPLIER?
MULTIPLIER (California) receives grants from 271 organizations whose IRS filings report $235,841,314 to it, the largest being Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc ($20,500,000). 150 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MULTIPLIER have?
IRS filings report 271 organizations giving $235,841,314 in grants to MULTIPLIER, 150 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MULTIPLIER?
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc is the largest funder on record, with $20,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MULTIPLIER 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.

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 271 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing