Funding search · EIN 134188834 · New York, NY

Sustainable Markets Foundation

Name: Sustainable Markets Foundation grants, 2021–2023
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

216
grants reported: $25.9M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

clean just energy transition conservation environmental change climate

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “watchdog” · $1.0M

$265,500
Consumer Watchdog · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Clean enrg & just trans, env consrv
$250,000
Consumer Watchdog · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Environmental conservation
$160,000
Consumer Watchdog · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Clean energy and just transition
$360,000
Consumer Watchdog · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Climate change & envirn. Conservtn

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Spun1 grant · $3.4M
The Years Project1 grant · $3.4M
Initiative for Respon Mining3 grants · $2.0M
350seattle3 grants · $1.4M
Essential Information3 grants · $1.1M
Third Act Educ Fund1 grant · $1.1M
Consumer Watchdog4 grants · $1.0M
Third Act Initiative3 grants · $1.0M
Yellow Dot Studios1 grant · $776,000
Changing Markets Fdn2 grants · $675,000

Giving over time

$5.5M

2021

$7.2M

2022

$13.2M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 216 grants.

$3.4M
Spun · Dover, DE · 2023
Environmental conservation
$3.4M
The Years Project · New York, NY · 2023
Pollution prevention
$1.6M
Initiative for Respon Mining · Port Towsend, WA · 2022
Environmental conservation
$1.1M
Third Act Educ Fund · Nassau, NY · 2023
Pollution prevention
$776,000
Yellow Dot Studios · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Climate change
$618,750
350seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$500,000
350seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023
Clean energy and just transition
$467,500
The Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Clean energy and just transition
$450,000
Third Act Initiative · Nassau, NY · 2023
Pollution prevention
$443,000
Essential Information · Washington, DC · 2021
Climate change
$425,000
Changing Markets Fdn · New York, NY · 2023
Clean energy and just transition
$406,698
Comm Fdn of Gtr Johnstown · Johnstown, PA · 2023
Clean energy and just transition
$400,000
Players Philanthropy Fund · Towson, MD · 2021
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$385,000
Essential Information · Washington, DC · 2023
Pollution prevention
$375,900
Third Act Initiative · Nassau, NY · 2021
Climate change
$360,000
Consumer Watchdog · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Climate change & envirn. Conservtn
$306,000
Essential Information · Washington, DC · 2022
Climate change
$300,000
Calif Env Justice Alliance · Huntington Park, CA · 2023
Clean energy and just transition
$282,100
350seattle · Seattle, WA · 2021
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$279,234
Rewild · Austin, MA · 2023
Environmental conservation
$265,500
Consumer Watchdog · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Clean enrg & just trans, env consrv
$262,400
Oil Change International · Washington, DC · 2023
Clean energy and just transition
$250,000
Changing Markets Fdn · New York, NY · 2022
Clean energy and just transition
$250,000
Consumer Watchdog · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Environmental conservation
$220,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2021
Journalism and civics
$200,000
Fund for Constitutional Govt · Washington, DC · 2023
Journalism and civics
$200,000
Third Act Initiative · Nassau, NY · 2022
Climate change
$200,000
Center for Democraticenvirn · Spokane, WA · 2021
Environmental conservation
$200,000
Science and Envirn Hlth Nwk · Ames, IA · 2021
Environmental conservation
$200,000
The Story of Stuff Project · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Environmental Conservation
$195,000
Nypirg Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Environmental conservation
$190,000
Initiative for Respon Mining · Port Towsend, WA · 2021
Environmental conservation
$165,000
Center for Biological Diversi · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Clean energy and just transition
$162,500
The Story of Stuff Project · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Environmental conservation
$160,000
Consumer Watchdog · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Clean energy and just transition
$154,925
Center for Justice & Democrac · New York, NY · 2022
Journalism and civics
$154,500
Center for Justice & Democrac · New York, NY · 2021
Journalism and civics
$150,000
Make Polluters Pay · Concord, NH · 2023
Clean energy and just transition
$149,070
Initiative for Respon Mining · Port Townsend, WA · 2023
Environmental conservation
$147,000
Center for Just & Democracy · New York, NY · 2023
Journalism and civics
$145,000
Nypirg Fund · New York, NY · 2021
Agriculture & Envirn. Conservation
$141,358
Catskills Agrarian Alliance · Hamden, NY · 2022
Agriculture
$134,464
Oil Change International · Washington, DC · 2022
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$131,750
350 Bay Area · Oakland, CA · 2022
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$125,000
Center for Media & Democracy · Madison, WI · 2022
Journalism and civics
$121,030
Nypirg Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Environmental conservation
$110,756
Oil Change International · Washington, DC · 2021
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$110,000
San Diego 350 · San Diego, CA · 2021
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$100,000
Trustees of the Univ of Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Journalism and civics
$100,000
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Journalism and civics
$100,000
The Story of Stuff Project · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Environmental Conservation
$100,000
Food & Water Watch · Washington, DC · 2021
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$100,000
Fund for Constitutional Govt · Washington, DC · 2021
Journalism and civics
$100,000
New World Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
Environmental conservation
$100,000
Press Watch · Washington, DC · 2021
Journalism and civics
$93,212
Ny Communities Org Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Clean energy and just transition
$90,000
Container Recycling Institute · Culver City, CA · 2021
Environmental Conservation
$77,423
The Institute for Enhanced Eq · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$75,582
Global Energy Monitor · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$71,300
Oil & Gas Action Network · Oakland, CA · 2022
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$71,092
March On Foundation · Serverna Park, MD · 2021
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$70,200
350 Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2021
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$68,625
Deployus · Boston, MA · 2021
Climate change
$65,000
Vermont Piref · Montpelier, VT · 2023
Environmental conservation
$65,000
Vermont Piref · Montpelier, VT · 2022
Environmental Conservation
$65,000
Vermont Piref · Montpelier, VT · 2021
Environmental Conservation
$62,500
350 Colorado · Boulder, CO · 2021
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$62,500
Arizona State University Fdn · Tempe, AZ · 2021
Climate change
$60,000
Container Recycling Institute · Culver City, CA · 2022
Environmental Conservation
$60,000
Emergency Legal Responders · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Clean energy and just transition
$55,000
350 Bay Area · Oakland, CA · 2021
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$55,000
Better Future Project · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$55,000
Mn350 · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$55,000
New Hampshire Peace Action · Concord, NH · 2021
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$54,450
Deployus · Boston, MA · 2022
Climate change
$52,300
Oil & Gas Action Network · Oakland, CA · 2021
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$50,015
Cambio Pr · San Juan, PR · 2022
Climate change
$50,000
Education for Sharing · San Diego, CA · 2023
Environmental conservation
$50,000
Global Impact · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Pollution prevention
$50,000
Savanna Institute · Madison, WI · 2023
Environmental conservation
$50,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Clean energy and just transition
$50,000
Toxic-Free Future · Seattle, WA · 2023
Environmental conservation
$50,000
Commission Shift · Laredo, TX · 2022
Climate change
$50,000
Siempre Unidos · Mill Valley, CA · 2022
Climate change
$50,000
The Institute for Enhanced Eq · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Climate change
$50,000
Action for the Climate Emerg · Boulder, CO · 2021
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$50,000
Nc Conservation Network · Raliegh, NC · 2021
Climate change
$50,000
Nc Sustainable Energy Assn · Raliegh, NC · 2021
Climate change
$50,000
North Carolina Justice Center · Raliegh, NC · 2021
Clean Energy and Just Transition
$50,000
The Intl Wilderness Ldr Fdn · Boulder, CO · 2021
Climate change
$49,000
Turnout Activism · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Climate change
$47,500
Center for Invest Rep · Emeryville, CA · 2022
Films
$47,500
Barn Raising Media · Chicago, IL · 2021
Journalism and civics
$47,000
Urban Sustainability Dir Ntwk · Asheville, NC · 2022
Climate change
$46,000
Alliance for Sust Colorado · Denver, CO · 2021
Environmental Conservation
$45,000
Hawthorne Valley Assoc · Ghent, NY · 2023
Environmental conservation
$44,723
Healthy Gulf · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Clean energy and just transition
$42,590
F Minus · Ardmore, PA · 2023
Journalism and civics
$40,000
The Hack Foundation · West Hollywood, CA · 2023
Clean energy and just transition
$39,000
Climate Emergency Fund · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
Clean energy and just transition

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.