Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,962,804 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($857,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $690k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $240k
What Sustainable Business Education Initiative Inc does
Mission
The mission of sustainable business network is to build a just, green, and thriving economy in the greater philadelphia region. The organization accomplishes this by educating and growing a broad base of local, independent business and educating policymakers and the public.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Sustainable business services and special projects: the sustainable business network of greater philadelphia (sbn) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has been serving the greater philadelphia region for over 25 years, with a mission to build a just, green, and thriving economy by advancing sustainability, equity, and opportunity for local and regional businesses, communities, and the environment. Guided by the triple bottom line framework of people, planet, and prosperity, sbn delivers programming across three pillars, environmental stewardship, business growth & stability, and people, community & prosperity, through education, advocacy, financial opportunity, and community building.
$453,645 spentof which $287,500 as grants$75,909 earned by the program86% of program spendingMembership services: sbn offers a variety of programs to members and the broader local business community throughout the year. Sbn connects members with each other, as well as decision makers, to exchange learning and best practices, bond over commonalities, and discuss how policies and processes could better support the local impact economy. Sbn also promotes its members within and outside of its network, as well as the strengths of the local economy and triple bottom line practices. Sbn advocates on members' behalf throughout the year to ensure that local, independently-owned, and socially and environmentally responsible businesses are fully supported to start, grow, and thrive.
$75,409 spent$34,453 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $529,054.
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 2021 to 2022, from $679k to $353k (−48%).
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: 2021 22% · 2023 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $153k → $490k.
2 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS EDUCATION INITIATIVE 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
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 85% · 2019 75% · 2020 65% · 2021 79% · 2022 45% · 2023 61% — 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
50% of SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
52% of SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $80k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS EDUCATION INITIATIVE 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
37%
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 SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS EDUCATION INITIATIVE 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 SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC?
- SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,962,804 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($857,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,962,804 in grants to SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC?
- THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $857,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 14 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