Funding search · EIN 262303250 · San Francisco, CA

Climateworks Foundation

Name: Climateworks Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

446
grants reported: $334.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $225,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

climate transition sustainable protect change system carbon reduce

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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.

Where the money goes

Global transition to clean transportation: road, freight, aviation, maritime shipping
Climate, pollution, and economy policy advocacy in the US and abroad
Sustainable cooling, efficiency, and non-carbon pollutant reduction
Transition to a sustainable financial system and climate disclosure
Responsible carbon removal, forests, and other landscape mitigation
Minerals for the energy transition and communities most affected by climate change

Typical grant

Median grant is $225,000, with the middle half between $100,000 and roughly $533,000. The very large checks, $2 million to $12.7 million, go to a small set of intermediary regranters and global technical shops: Energy Foundation, ICCT, International Sustainable Energy Foundation, EDF, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Global Energy Monitor, NRDC. With 446 grants to 285 recipients over three years, repeat giving is the norm, and many recipients receive several tranches in one year tagged to different themes.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“THE GLOBAL TRANSITION TO CLEAN TRANSPORTATION”
“TO PROTECT THE CLIMATE, REDUCE POLLUTION, AND STRENGTHEN ECONOMIES”
“TO SUPPORT RESPONSIBLE CARBON REMOVAL AND RESTORE THE CLIMATE”
“TO EXPAND ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE COOLING AND REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS”
“THE TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL SYSTEM”
“TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES MOST AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE”

Positioning adjacent work

Name one of their exact themes, such as sustainable maritime shipping or responsible carbon removal, in your framing.
Ask $150,000 to $500,000 for a first engagement; multi-million awards go to established regranting intermediaries.
Emphasize global reach and policy influence, not local demonstration; their transportation and cooling money is international.
University work lands best when tied to finance, minerals, or food system analysis, as at Columbia and Maryland.

Worth knowing: Money is heavily concentrated: the top ten recipients absorb well over half the total, and DC and California organizations dominate the count. Awards are frequently split across several thematic lines within one recipient, which suggests program officers build portfolios around known partners rather than discrete one-off projects.

26 grants matching “mitigation” · $7.0M

$1.5M
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($400,000); to support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($300,000); the global transition to clean transportation ($165,000); the transition t… read allTo support the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($400,000); to support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($300,000); the global transition to clean transportation ($165,000); the transition to a sustainable financial system ($100,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($300,000); for climate-related research and analysis ($275,000) less
$756,823
Climate Advisers · Washington, DC · 2024
To reduce emissions from non-carbon pollutants ($700,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($56,823)
$650,000
Environmental Investigation Agency · Washington, DC · 2024
To expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions ($350,000); to reduce emissions from non-carbon pollutants ($200,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to… read allTo expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions ($350,000); to reduce emissions from non-carbon pollutants ($200,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($100,000) less
$600,000
Friends of the Earth · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the transition to a sustainable financial system ($150,000); sustainable maritime shipping ($300,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($150,00… read allTo support the transition to a sustainable financial system ($150,000); sustainable maritime shipping ($300,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($150,000) less
$500,000
The Asia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change
$425,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
To support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($100,000); communities most affected by climate change ($225,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate… read allTo support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($100,000); communities most affected by climate change ($225,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($100,000) less
$350,000
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2024
To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($100,000); the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($250,000)
$300,000
Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2024
To support the transition to a sustainable food system ($250,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($50,000)
$300,000
Project On Organizing Development Education & Research (Poder) · New York, NY · 2024
To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change
$210,000
Natural Resource Governance Institute · New York, NY · 2024
To support the transition to a sustainable financial system ($160,000);to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($50,000)
$200,000
Stand · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support the transition to a sustainable financial system ($140,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($60,000)
$170,000
Oxfam America · Boston, MA · 2024
To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change
$150,000
Amazon Conservation Team · Falls Chruch, VA · 2024
To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change
$100,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change
$100,000
Climate Rights International · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change
$100,000
Dalberg Catalyst · Washington, DC · 2024
To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change
$100,000
Rewild · Austin, TX · 2024
To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change
$85,000
Rainforest Foundation Inc (Rfus) · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change
$75,000
Actionaid USA · Washington, DC · 2024
To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change
$50,000
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide · Eugene, OR · 2024
To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change
$50,000
Trees Water & People · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change
$41,697
If Not US Then Who · Venice, CA · 2024
To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change
$30,750
Mongabay Org Corp · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change
$30,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2024
To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change
$25,000
University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2024
To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change
$20,000
Bank Information Center · Washington, DC · 2024
To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change

Top recipients

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

United States Energy Foundation3 grants · $28.3M
The Energy Foundation2 grants · $22.3M
International Sustainable Energy Foundation3 grants · $19.1M
International Council On Clean Transportation3 grants · $14.6M
Energy Foundation1 grant · $12.9M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors3 grants · $10.3M
Rocky Mountain Institute3 grants · $9.6M
Natural Resources Defense Council3 grants · $9.3M
Thousand Currents2 grants · $8.5M
World Resources Institute (Wri)2 grants · $8.5M

Giving over time

$148.8M

2022

$89.3M

2023

$96.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 446 grants.

$12.9M
Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program & project support
$12.8M
The Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions ($750,000); to protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($1,670,000); sustainable maritime shipping ($1,300,000); the gl… read allTo expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions ($750,000); to protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($1,670,000); sustainable maritime shipping ($1,300,000); the global transition to clean transportation ($8,839,098); for climate-related research and analysis ($200,000) less
$10.2M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Project support
$9.5M
The Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Project support, program support
$9.1M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Project support, program support
$9.0M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support the global transition to clean transportation
$8.8M
International Council On Clean Transportation · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($330,473); responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($89,527); sustainable maritime shipping ($1,100,000); the global transition to clean transportat… read allTo support the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($330,473); responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($89,527); sustainable maritime shipping ($1,100,000); the global transition to clean transportation ($6,125,000); general operating support ($800,000); to reduce emissions from non-carbon pollutants ($400,000) less
$8.5M
Thousand Currents · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program & project support
$7.5M
World Resources Institute (Wri) · Washington, DC · 2022
Project support
$7.2M
International Sustainable Energy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023
Project support, program support
$7.2M
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Program & project support
$6.2M
Climate Advisers · Washington, DC · 2022
Project support
$6.1M
International Sustainable Energy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
To support the global transition to clean transportation
$6.0M
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Project support
$5.8M
International Sustainable Energy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2022
Program support
$5.6M
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022
Project support
$5.6M
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2022
Project support
$5.4M
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Project support
$5.3M
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2022
Program & project support
$5.0M
Environmental Resources Trust Llc As Part of Winrock International · North Little Rock, AR · 2022
Project support
$4.2M
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
To support the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($250,000); sustainable maritime shipping ($650,000); the transition to a sustainable finance system ($100,000); responsible carbon removal and restore the clim… read allTo support the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($250,000); sustainable maritime shipping ($650,000); the transition to a sustainable finance system ($100,000); responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($110,000); decarbonization efforts and the transition to clean energy in china ($2,000,000); to support the transition to a sustainable food system ($350,000); to protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($722,129) less
$3.7M
Rockefeller Brothers Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Project support
$3.7M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
To support communities in building inclusive models for clean energy transition ($100,000); communities most affected by climate change ($950,000); the global transition to clean transportation ($2,025,000); reliable ac… read allTo support communities in building inclusive models for clean energy transition ($100,000); communities most affected by climate change ($950,000); the global transition to clean transportation ($2,025,000); reliable access to minerals that benefit energy transition ($150,000); the transition to a sustainable finance system ($250,000); for climate-related research and analysis ($180,000) less
$3.4M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
Project support, program support
$3.2M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Program & project support
$3.1M
International Council On Clean Transportation · Washington, DC · 2022
Project support
$3.0M
Coal Swarm Dba Global Energy Monitor · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support the global energy transition to renewables ($2,600,000); to protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($350,000)
$2.9M
Stand · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Project support
$2.8M
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
To expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions ($746,302); the global transition to clean transportation ($100,000); to protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($1,98… read allTo expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions ($746,302); the global transition to clean transportation ($100,000); to protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($1,987,000) less
$2.8M
Climate Policy Initiative · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Project support
$2.6M
International Council On Clean Transportation · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support, program support, general support
$2.4M
United Nations Environment Prog Unep · New York, NY · 2022
Project support
$2.4M
Pacific Environment and Resources Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support sustainable maritime shipping
$2.4M
Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Program & project support
$2.3M
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2023
Project support
$2.0M
Regulatory Assistance Project the · Montpelier, VT · 2022
Project support
$2.0M
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2024
To expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions ($605,344); sustainable maritime shipping ($460,000); the global transition to clean transportation ($748,000); the transition to a sustainable… read allTo expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions ($605,344); sustainable maritime shipping ($460,000); the global transition to clean transportation ($748,000); the transition to a sustainable financial system ($130,000); for an event ($30,000) less
$1.9M
Calstart · Pasadena, CA · 2024
To support the global transition to clean transportation
$1.9M
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
Project support
$1.9M
Calstart · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Project support
$1.8M
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group · New York, NY · 2024
To protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($400,000); to support the global transition to clean transportation ($1,350,000)
$1.7M
Clasp · Washington, DC · 2024
To expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
$1.6M
Coal Swarm Dba Global Energy Monitor · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Project support
$1.6M
Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Program support
$1.6M
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group · New York, NY · 2022
Project support
$1.5M
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($400,000); to support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($300,000); the global transition to clean transportation ($165,000); the transition t… read allTo support the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($400,000); to support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($300,000); the global transition to clean transportation ($165,000); the transition to a sustainable financial system ($100,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($300,000); for climate-related research and analysis ($275,000) less
$1.5M
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Project support
$1.5M
Climate Strategies Lab · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Project support, program support
$1.4M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Project support
$1.4M
Coal Swarm Dba Global Energy Monitor · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Project support
$1.4M
Public Citizen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($972,188); to support the transition to a sustainable financial system ($441,399)
$1.4M
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Project support
$1.3M
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Project support
$1.3M
Rockefeller Family Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Project support
$1.2M
Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2024
To protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($150,000); to support the global transition to clean transportation ($1,050,000)
$1.2M
Bluegreen Alliance Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Project support
$1.1M
Clasp · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support
$1.1M
Climate Strategies Lab · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
To protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies
$1.1M
Institute for Transportation & Development Policy · New York, NY · 2024
To support the global transition to clean transportation
$1.1M
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group · New York City, NY · 2023
Project support
$1.1M
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2023
Project support
$1.0M
World Resources Institute (Wri) · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support
$1.0M
Gridlab · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Program support
$1.0M
Rockefeller Brothers Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Project support
$996,000
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2022
Project support
$987,763
Environmental Law Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Project support
$980,386
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024
To support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate (-$34,614); reliable access to minerals that benefit energy transition ($315,000); the transition to a sustainable financial system ($700,000)
$940,000
Rights and Resources Institute (Rri) · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support
$930,000
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs · New York, NY · 2023
Project support
$900,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024
To support sustainable maritime shipping
$846,722
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2024
To support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($27,500); reliable access to minerals that benefit energy transition ($150,000); the transition to a sustainable financial system ($669,222)
$842,971
United Nations Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Project support
$832,714
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023
Project support, program support
$810,000
Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2024
To support the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($500,000); responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($150,000); to protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($160,000)
$795,833
Aspen Institute the · Washington, DC · 2022
Project support
$784,000
Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2024
To support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate
$765,000
Rainforest Foundation Inc (Rfus) · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Project support
$756,823
Climate Advisers · Washington, DC · 2024
To reduce emissions from non-carbon pollutants ($700,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($56,823)
$750,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
To protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($450,000); to support the global transition to clean transportation ($300,000)
$750,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Project support
$750,000
Rainforest Action Network · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Project support
$735,000
Bank Information Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Project support
$731,209
2030 · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Project support
$719,634
Mission Possible Partnership USA · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$701,000
Cultural Survival · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Project support, program support, general support
$700,000
Great Plains Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Project support
$695,000
Regents of the University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2024
To support the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($35,000); the global transition to clean transportation ($660,000)
$665,198
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
For climate-related research and analysis ($465,198); to support the global transition to clean transportation ($200,000)
$660,000
The Roosevelt Institute · New York, NY · 2022
Project support
$657,000
Regents of the University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2022
Project support
$650,000
Environmental Investigation Agency · Washington, DC · 2024
To expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions ($350,000); to reduce emissions from non-carbon pollutants ($200,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to… read allTo expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions ($350,000); to reduce emissions from non-carbon pollutants ($200,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($100,000) less
$650,000
Institute for Transportation & Development Policy · New York, NY · 2022
Project support
$610,268
American Council for An Energy Efficient Economy · Washington, DC · 2024
To expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions ($425,268); to protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($185,000)
$600,000
Friends of the Earth · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the transition to a sustainable financial system ($150,000); sustainable maritime shipping ($300,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($150,00… read allTo support the transition to a sustainable financial system ($150,000); sustainable maritime shipping ($300,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($150,000) less
$600,000
The Roosevelt Institute · New York, NY · 2024
To protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies
$600,000
Livermore Lab Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Project support
$600,000
Rewild · Austin, TX · 2023
Project support
$600,000
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis · Lakewood, OH · 2022
Program support
$600,000
Inter-American Foundation (Iaf) · Washington, DC · 2022
Project support
$590,000
Center for Strategic and International Studies · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the global transition to clean transportation ($280,000); decarbonization efforts ($100,000); the transition to a sustainable financial system ($300,000)

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