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Who does Climateworks Foundation fund?

Climateworks Foundation has awarded $457 million across 710 grants to 342 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $200,000, with most between $100,000 and $500,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $250,000 versus $150,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$456.8M
Typical grant
$200K
Grantees
342
Grants
710
Years
2020–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 342 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
United States Energy Foundation $33.9M52020–20242024CA
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC $23.2M52020–20242024NY
The Energy Foundation $22.3M22023–20242024CA
E Energy Foundation $21.2M32020–20222022— —
I International Sustainable Energy Foundation $19.1M32022–20242024TX
International Council on Clean Transportation $18.3M52020–20242024DC
Rocky Mountain Institute $12.6M52020–20242024CO
World Resources Institute $12.4M52020–20242024DC
Natural Resources Defense Council INC $11.2M52020–20242024NY
Ceres INC $9.8M52020–20242024MA
Thousand Currents $9.0M32021–20242024CA
Sierra Club Foundation $8.1M32021–20242024CA
C Climate Advisers INC $8.0M42021–20242024— —
Rockefeller Brothers Fund INC $7.5M42020–20232023NY
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated $7.4M52020–20242024NY
T The Regents of the University of California at Davis $7.2M92020–20242024— —
Global Energy Monitor $7.2M52020–20242024CA
The Partnership Project INC $6.4M52020–20242024DC
The Nature Conservancy $6.4M42020–20242024VA
U United Nations Environment Prog Unep $6.2M32020–20222022— —
Resources Legacy Fund $6.0M120222022CA
Pacific Environment and Resources Center $5.5M42020–20242024CA
Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development $5.3M42020–20232023AR
Calstart INC $5.2M52020–20242024CA
The Sasb Foundation $5.0M220212021CA
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group INC $4.9M52020–20242024NY
Clasp $4.5M52020–20242024DC
The Aspen Institute INC $4.2M52020–20242024DC
Stand $3.9M42021–20242024CA
Rockefeller Family Fund INC $3.8M32020–20222022NY
Climate Policy Initiative INC $3.7M42020–20232023CA
New Venture Fund $3.5M52020–20242024DC
C Climate Strategies Lab $3.1M32022–20242024— —
Bluegreen Alliance Foundation $2.9M42020–20232023MN
The Asia Foundation $2.7M52020–20242024CA
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $2.6M52020–20242024NY
Environmental Investigation Agency $2.5M52020–20242024DC
Calcef Innovations $2.5M42020–20242024CA
Center for American Progress $2.5M52020–20242024DC
Earth Genome $2.5M22021–20222022CA
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy $2.4M52020–20242024NY
National Wildlife Federation $2.2M42021–20242024VA
U University of Washington $2.0M32022–20242024— —
Regulatory Assistance Project $2.0M120222022VT
Clean Air Task Force INC $1.9M42020–20242024MA
Cdp North America INC $1.9M42020–20242024NY
Bank Information Center $1.8M52020–20242024DC
Public Citizen Foundation INC $1.8M32022–20242024DC
R Regents of the University of California at Berkeley $1.7M52020–20242024CA
National Academy of Sciences $1.7M22020–20222022DC
World Wildlife Fund INC $1.6M52020–20242024DC
University of Maryland Foundation INC $1.6M32020–20222022MD
Friends of the Earth $1.6M52020–20242024DC
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development $1.6M32020–20232023MN
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis INC $1.5M32020–20222022OH
Ocean Conservancy INC $1.5M32021–20242024DC
Meridian Institute $1.4M52020–20242024CO
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund $1.3M52020–20242024DC
Bipartisan Policy Center INC $1.3M32020–20232023DC
Center for Carbon Removal $1.3M22020–20212021DC
Livermore Lab Foundation $1.3M32021–20232023CA
The Roosevelt Institute $1.3M22022–20242024NY
Gridlab INC $1.2M22021–20222022CA
American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy $1.2M32022–20242024DC
Vital Strategies INC $1.2M32020–20232023NY
Rainforest Foundation INC $1.1M32020–20242024NY
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs INC $1.1M42020–20242024CA
Earthjustice $1.1M42021–20242024CA
Village Empowerment INC $1.1M32021–20232023MA
The Niskanen Center INC $1.1M32020–20232023DC
United Nations Foundation INC $1.0M32021–20232023DC
C Center for Strategic and International Studies $1.0M42020–20232023— —
Environmental Law Institute INC $988K120222022DC
Rights and Resources Institute INC $960K22023–20242024DC
T Third Way Institute $952K42020–20242024DC
Amazon Conservation Team $941K42020–20242024VA
U United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs $930K120232023— —
Windward Fund $859K42021–20242024DC
The Rand Corporation $856K32022–20242024CA
S Sustainable Markets Foundation $855K32020–20242024NY
Atlantic Council of the United States $850K22021–20222022DC
U University of Maryland $847K120242024— —
Project on Organizing Development Education and Research Ltd $800K32020–20242024NY
The Partnership Project Action Fund $800K32022–20242024DC
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INC $784K120242024CO
Cultural Survival INC $776K22022–20232023MA
Rainforest Action Network $750K120222022CA
Occidental College $750K32021–20232023CA
2030 INC $750K22022–20232023NM
Mission Possible Partnership USA INC $720K120242024DC
Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance $700K32021–20242024WA
Rewild $700K22023–20242024TX
Building Decarbonization Coalition $700K32022–20242024CA
Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management INC $690K22021–20222022MA
M Mongabay Org Corp $687K42020–20242024CA —
Solutions Project INC $650K22021–20222022CA
Ocean Visions INC $650K32020–20232023VA
C Collective Conscience $636K22020–20212021— —
Give2asia $633K22023–20242024CA
Energy Programs Consortium $615K22022–20232023DC

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