Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
SMART SURFACES COALITION
SMART SURFACES COALITION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,885,665 to it, the largest being AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION ($1,680,665). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $733k
What Smart Surfaces Coalition does
Mission
Research and develop analysis, tools and support infrastructure to enable cities in the u.s. And globally to reverse rising urban heat, reduce flooding, and improve urban health and resilience outcomes
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Engaged with 10 cities and sfo international airport to provide heat analysis in order to identify and address urban heat factors
$1,659,128 spentof which $86,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,659,128.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $89k to $1.3M (+1339%).
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.
99% of SMART SURFACES COALITION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Gregory Kats
CEO
Board chair
Rashad Kaldany
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $270k → $900k.
From the IRS filings of SMART SURFACES COALITION’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
SMART SURFACES COALITION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
60% 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 SMART SURFACES COALITION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 83% · 2022 82% · 2023 50% — 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.
Where its funders are
60% of SMART SURFACES COALITION's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
SMART SURFACES COALITION has grown faster 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
Organizations like SMART SURFACES COALITION
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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 SMART SURFACES COALITION: 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 SMART SURFACES COALITION?
- SMART SURFACES COALITION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,885,665 to it, the largest being AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION ($1,680,665). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SMART SURFACES COALITION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $2,885,665 in grants to SMART SURFACES COALITION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SMART SURFACES COALITION?
- AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,680,665 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SMART SURFACES COALITION 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 6 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