New York · Nonprofit
TERREFORM ONE CORPORATION
TERREFORM ONE CORPORATION (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $318,726 to it, the largest being THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($250,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $239k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $319k
- Net assets
- $3k
What Terreform One Corporation does
Mission
We develop innovative concepts and technologies for local sustainability in energy, transportation, infrastructure, buildings, waste treatments, food, water, and to educate the public.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Elm home alive prototype: design and fabrication of a living, plant-based dwelling prototype exploring sustainable, regenerative architecture. Located in upstate new york, the 1,000 square foot prototype nurtures biodiversity and serves as an educational public observatory, challenging traditional architectural paradigms.
$41,608 spentof which $40,000 as grants21% of program spendingMiami-dade: community-focused urban public art project in miami-dade county addressing ghost nets around coastal resilience and public space activation as part of the new rail line.
$47,071 spent$34,500 earned by the program23% of program spendingOne lab summer studio: founded in 2009, is terreform ones education arm with annual steam-based design research studio merging biology, computation, and urbanism for students based in the brooklyn navy yard.
$42,252 spentof which $40,000 as grants$54,320 earned by the program21% of program spendingKosice Workshop: Educational urban design and innovation workshop in Koice, Slovakia, engaging local stakeholders in speculative urban solutions around climate adaptation. R&D/Project Development (to replace Biz Dev): Research and development of new design methodologies and project development activities to support organizational growth. Rice Project in Greece: Biodesign-based public art exhibition celebrating and educating the public about the use of biomaterials, such as rice, integrating its material and construction properties into a sculptural art form. Rome Project: Terreform ONE was invited to participate and showcase its models in this urban exhibition project investigating historical and contemporary issues in public space. Singapore Design Festival: Participation in an international design festival, showcasing innovative design prototypes and research. Venice Biennale: Terreform entered the 19th International La Biennale di Venezia Architettura Exhibition: Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective. showcasing a project designed around its research on ocean kelp and coding plants as a response to climate adaptation. Costa Rica: Eco-design research and design services…
$69,424 spent$52,949 earned by the program35% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $200,355.
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 $171k to $880k (+415%).
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: 2022 4% · 2023 19% · 2024 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
41% of TERREFORM ONE CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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.
Chief executive
Mark Chambers
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $5 → $11k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 TERREFORM ONE CORPORATION’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
TERREFORM ONE CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 93% — 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
78% of TERREFORM ONE CORPORATION's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
TERREFORM ONE CORPORATION's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like TERREFORM ONE CORPORATION
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TERREFORM ONE CORPORATION: 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 TERREFORM ONE CORPORATION?
- TERREFORM ONE CORPORATION (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $318,726 to it, the largest being THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($250,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TERREFORM ONE CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $318,726 in grants to TERREFORM ONE CORPORATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TERREFORM ONE CORPORATION?
- THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TERREFORM ONE CORPORATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 4 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