Funding search · EIN 831740146 · Grantmaking charity · San Francisco, CA

United States Energy Foundation

$458.9M
in grants paid: 1,859
grants: 942
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

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.

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$21.0M
Climate Power · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$2.6M
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
To support education and outreach to build an equitable clean energy future.
$2.6M
The Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build an equitable clean energy future. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation.
$2.3M
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support education and outreach to build an equitable clean energy future.
$2.1M
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation. To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that pro… read allTo support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation. To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health. less
$2.1M
Utility Information Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$2.0M
Conservative Energy Network · Lansing, MI · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$2.0M
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
To promote education and analysis to advance energy optimization. To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation.
$2.0M
Advanced Energy Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation. To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. General operating support.
$1.7M
West Harlem Environmental Action · New York City, NY · 2024
To support education and outreach to build an equitable clean energy future. To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health. To promote education and analysis to advanc… read allTo support education and outreach to build an equitable clean energy future. To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health. To promote education and analysis to advance energy optimization. less
$1.6M
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation. To promote education and analysis to advance energy optimization. To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$1.6M
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis to advance energy optimization. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean industry. To promote educati… read allTo support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis to advance energy optimization. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean industry. To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health. less
$1.6M
Solar United Neighbors · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build an equitable clean energy future. General operating support.
$1.6M
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health. To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future
$1.5M
Lawyers for Good Government · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$1.3M
Tides Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation. To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that pro… read allTo support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation. To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health. To promote education and analysis to advance energy optimization. less
$1.3M
Clean Grid Alliance · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$1.2M
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation.
$1.2M
The Greenlining Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
General operating support. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation. To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$1.2M
Citizens Action Coalition Education Fund · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health.
$1.1M
Action for the Climate Emergency · Charlestown, MA · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$1.1M
Bluegreen Alliance Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean industry. To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects … read allTo support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean industry. To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation. less
$1.1M
Cub Consumer Education and Research Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health.
$1.0M
Energy Action Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$983,958
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · New York, NY · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation.
$970,000
Environmental Law & Policy Center of the Midwest · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$958,840
Western Conservation Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating support.
$925,000
Elevate Energy · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$919,917
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation.
$880,000
American Lung Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health. To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$834,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation. To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$815,000
Clean Energy Buyers Association · Washington, DC · 2024
To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health.
$805,000
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$805,000
Solar and Storage Industries Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health.
$775,000
American Council for An Energy-Efficient Economy · Washington, DC · 2024
To promote education and analysis to advance energy optimization. To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation.
$755,000
Evergreen Collaborative · Washington, DC · 2024
To promote education and analysis to advance energy optimization. To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation.
$750,000
Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$735,000
Gridlab · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health.
$728,425
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$700,000
Beneficial Electrification League · Arlington, VA · 2024
To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health. To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$698,000
Southwest Energy Efficiency Project · Boulder, CO · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$695,000
Institute for Energy Innovation · Lansing, MI · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$690,000
Arkansas Advanced Energy Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health.
$675,000
Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition · Bloomfield Township, MI · 2024
To promote education and analysis to advance energy optimization. General operating support.
$675,000
Renew Missouri Advocates · Columbia, MO · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health.
$665,000
Institute for Market Transformation · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. General operating support.
$658,980
Michigan Environmental Council · Lansing, MI · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$652,500
Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund · Columbus, OH · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. General operating support.
$650,000
Voto Latino Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$650,000
North Carolina League of Conservation Voters Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$641,666
Building Decarbonization Coalition · Lewes, DE · 2024
To promote education and analysis to advance energy optimization.
$630,000
Georgia Conservation Voters Education Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health. To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$630,000
Mighty Earth · Washington, DC · 2024
To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean industry.
$630,000
Southern Renewable Energy Association · Little Rock, AR · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$630,000
Alliance for Affordable Energy · New Orleans, LA · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$625,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation.
$611,000
Clean Energy States Alliance · Montpelier, VT · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health.
$604,000
Vote Solar · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$600,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$587,000
Fresh Energy · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$580,000
Deep South Center for Environmental · New Orleans, LA · 2024
To support education and outreach to build an equitable clean energy future.
$552,500
Ecology Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$550,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation.
$550,000
Clean Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$550,000
Groundswell · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$535,000
Resource Media · Beaverton, OR · 2024
To promote education and analysis to advance energy optimization. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation. To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$532,000
Iowa Environmental Council · Des Moines, IA · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health.
$529,000
The Ohio Environmental Council · Columbus, OH · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$500,000
Greenlight America · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$500,000
Nextgen Education Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$500,000
Center for Applied Environmental Law and Policy · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health.
$500,000
Intetribal Council of Michigan · Sault Sainte Marie, MI · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$498,000
Clean Water Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation. To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$490,000
Walnut Way Conservation Corporation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$485,000
Rural Arizona Engagement · Coolidge, AZ · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$475,000
Home Energy Efficiency Team · Boston, MA · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis to advance energy optimization.
$460,000
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy · Knoxville, TN · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$460,000
Virginia League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Richmond, VA · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$459,000
Power a Clean Future Ohio · Columbus, OH · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$450,000
North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association · Raleigh, NC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$450,000
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$440,000
State Power Fund · Youngstown, OH · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$438,000
Clean Up the River Environment · Montevideo, MN · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health.
$425,000
Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies · Sacramento, CA · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$425,000
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$424,250
North Carolina Conservation Network · Raleigh, NC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$420,000
Energy Right · Richmond, VA · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$420,000
Virginia Organizing · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation. To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$415,000
Black Environmental Leaders Association · Solon, OH · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. General operating support.
$410,000
Faith in Place · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. General operating support.
$406,000
Conservation Nebraska · Lincoln, NE · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$403,500
Public Citizen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation.
$400,000
Clean Energy Works · Washington, DC · 2024
To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation. To support education and outreach to build an equitable clean energy future.
$400,000
Regulatory Assistance Project · Montpelier, VT · 2024
To promote education and analysis to advance energy optimization.
$400,000
United Nations Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$390,000
Environmental Protection Network · Washington, DC · 2024
To promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean transportation. To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. General operating support.
$390,000
Virginia Conservation Network · Richmond, VA · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$390,000
Center for Progressive Reform · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$377,500
Conservation Voters of South Carolina Education Fund · Columbia, SC · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future.
$376,000
Copal-Education Fund Comunidades Organizando El Poder Y La Accion Latina · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future. General operating support.

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Unlike private foundations, grantmaking charities and associations often run formal grant programs with real application cycles — check their website for current opportunities. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.