Skip to content
Ask
Change charity

Funders to approach for Sustainable Systems Research Foundation

Santa Cruz, California$460k revenue5 funders on file

The Sustainable Systems Research Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit green think tank and project incubator based in Santa Cruz, California. SSRF seeks to: Address complex and wicked environmental and sustainability problems that confound communities, defy singular technical or social solutions and cannot be addressed successfully at a global scale. Bring together numerous stakeholders with competing interests, capacities and approaches while addressing the critical importance of equity and justice. Collaborate with partner organizations to incubate and develop local projects and programs that promote community sustainability and development. Pursue projects that are replicable and scalable, based on best practices and insights drawn from successful projects. Our philosophy is that a project or program implemented successfully at one site can be replicated in many other places, with appropriate adjustments to local…

Your prospects by chance and grant size

a funder to approach

Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$33k, your typical grantunder 1 in 1001 in 1001 in 401 in 20$10k$30k$100k$300kChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$13k–$170kover two years, from 1–3 new funders
Last two years (2023–24)$30kfrom 2 new funders

Half the value is in your top 6 funders, of 158

$0$100k$200khalf from the top 6likely range1st10thAll 158
FunderWay inChanceLikely grant
  1. 1Community Foundation Santa Cruz CountyGives in California (287 of 449)Similar grantees: Elkhorn Slough Foundation ($290k/yr), Sustainable Conservation ($64k/yr), Monterey Bay Salmon & Trout Project ($98k/yr)1 in 23$31k
  2. 2The David and Lucile Packard FoundationSimilar grantees: Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network ($230k/yr), Life Lab Science Program ($97k/yr), Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1.9M/yr)1 in 27$42k
  3. 3The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationSimilar grantees: Sustainable Conservation ($400/yr), Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($560k/yr), Grassroots Ecology ($800/yr)1 in 28$41k

155 more funders on the list for Sustainable Systems Research Foundation

The full ranking, every way in, an approach plan for each funder and the CSV are included from the $75 plan up.

See plans