Funding search · EIN 852150251 · New York, NY

Rf Catalytic Capital

Name: Rf Catalytic Capital 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.

152
grants reported: $229.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $972,500
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

technical capacity building energy climate federal development investments

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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

Technical assistance helping communities access federal clean energy funding
Capacity building for green banks and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund intermediaries
Clean energy workforce development and union-linked job pipelines
State and local organizing in TX, WI, OH, PA, NC
Energy access in developing and emerging markets
Tribal and rural clean energy program capacity

Typical grant

The median grant is $972,500 and the middle half falls between $500,000 and $1,525,000, so a seven-figure ask is normal here rather than ambitious. The largest checks go to global and national intermediaries that redeploy money or run technical assistance at scale, with $15,000,000 to The World Bank, $4,000,000 each to Justice Climate Fund and Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and $3,880,000 to Global Impact; the $350,000 to $650,000 range goes to state and regional groups like Power A Clean Future Ohio and Local First Arizona. With 152 grants to 118 recipients, repeat and stacked funding is common, and several grantees received two grants in the same year for different purposes, such as Windward Fund, Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy, Great Plains Institute, and Lawyers for Good Government.

Their words

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

“TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE”
“TO SUPPORT CAPACITY BUILDING”
“TO SUPPORT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT”
“GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT”
“TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE ENERGY IN DEVELOPING AND EMERGING MARKETS”

Positioning adjacent work

Frame the work as technical assistance that helps under-resourced communities capture clean energy capital, not as research.
Ask $500,000 to $1,500,000 for a first grant; reserve multi-million framing for national intermediary or regranting roles.
Tie to a named theme they already fund: green bank capacity, workforce pipelines, tribal energy, or energy access abroad.
For-profits are fundable here; Rhodium Group LLC, CrossBoundary LLC, and Factor-E Ventures PBC all received grants.

Worth knowing: Money is heavily concentrated in Washington, DC intermediaries and fiscal sponsors such as Windward Fund, New Venture Fund, Multiplier, and Amalgamated Charitable Foundation, so a fiscally sponsored project is a normal shape here rather than a disadvantage. The 2024 portfolio reads as a deliberate push to move federal clean energy dollars into states, including politically contested ones like Texas, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina, which means proposals built on a specific federal funding stream should account for how that stream has changed.

1 grant matching “infectious disease” · $800,000

$800,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2022
Global dataset for emerging infectious diseases

Top recipients

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

The World Bank2 grants · $30.0M
Ihealth Labs2 grants · $22.6M
American Heart Association2 grants · $9.3M
Rocky Mountain Institutedba Rmi5 grants · $7.4M
Pact2 grants · $7.1M
Windward Fund3 grants · $7.0M
United States Energy Foundation1 grant · $5.5M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation4 grants · $5.3M
Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund2 grants · $5.0M
Center for Law and Social Policy1 grant · $4.5M

Giving over time

$49.8M

2022

$54.8M

2023

$124.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 152 grants.

$15.2M
Ihealth Labs · San Jose, CA · 2022
Equitable access to covid-19 rapid test kits
$15.0M
The World Bank · Washington, DC · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$15.0M
The World Bank · Washington, DC · 2022
Data governance framework for pandemic prevention
$7.4M
Ihealth Labs · San Jose, CA · 2023
Equitable access to covid-19 rapid test kits
$5.5M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Build capacity of organizations to implement federal climate investments
$5.5M
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2022
To help launch periodic table of food initiative
$4.5M
Center for Law and Social Policy · Washington, DC · 2022
Improve energy efficient appliance affordability
$4.4M
Rocky Mountain Institutedba Rmi · Boulder, CO · 2022
Improve electricity services in nigeria
$4.0M
Justice Climate Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To support capacity building
$4.0M
Puerto Rico Community Foundation · San Juan, PR · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$4.0M
Climate Power Education Fund · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
Federal climate investments in priority states
$3.9M
Global Impact · Alexandra, VA · 2024
To support capacity building
$3.9M
Pact · Washington, DC · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$3.8M
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2023
To help launch periodic table of food initiative
$3.3M
Pact · New York, NY · 2023
Solar projects and mini-grids in myanmar
$3.3M
Coalition for Green Capital · Washington, DC · 2024
To support capacity building
$2.5M
Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy · Washington, DC · 2024
To support capacity building
$2.5M
Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To support capacity building
$2.5M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
In support of capacity building
$2.5M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
To support implementation of the inflation reduction act
$2.5M
Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To support implementation of federal climate investments
$2.5M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Build capacity of organizations to implement federal climate investments
$2.4M
Farm-To-Power · Grand Rapids, MN · 2024
To support capacity building
$2.0M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To support workforce development
$2.0M
Fair Shot Texas · Austin, TX · 2024
General operating support
$2.0M
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To support capacity building
$2.0M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
In support of capacity building
$2.0M
Clasp · Washington, DC · 2023
Improve energy efficient appliance affordability
$2.0M
Clean Future Forum · Washington, DC · 2023
Building public support for clean technology
$2.0M
Climate Jobs National Resource Center · New York, NY · 2023
To support local renewable energy siting
$2.0M
Community Initiative · Oakland, CA · 2023
Inflation reduction act in bipoc
$2.0M
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Communicate benefits of federal climate investments
$2.0M
Factore Ventures Pbc · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
In support of ideas(investing in energy access solutions)
$1.9M
Acumen Fund · New York, NY · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$1.8M
Factor-E Ventures Pbc · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
To support access to affordable energy in developing and emerging markets.
$1.7M
Grid Alternatives · Oakland, CA · 2024
To support workforce development
$1.6M
Inclusiv · New York, NC · 2024
To support capacity building
$1.6M
United States Energy · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$1.5M
Climate Jobs National Resource Center · New York, NC · 2024
To support workforce development
$1.5M
Forward Together Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
In support of increasing clean energy workforce and communications
$1.5M
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$1.5M
Lawyers for Good Government · Washington, DC · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$1.5M
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support capacity building
$1.5M
Solar United Neighbors · Washington, DC · 2024
To support capacity building
$1.5M
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NC · 2024
To support capacity building
$1.5M
The Greenlining Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$1.5M
Western Conservation Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$1.5M
Youthbuild Global · Roxbury, MA · 2024
To support workforce development
$1.5M
Rocky Mountain Institutedba Rmi · Boulder, CO · 2023
Grid connected bess and innovative utility business
$1.5M
Western Conservation Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Renewable energy sitting and communications in the western us
$1.4M
Greenlight America · Washington, DC · 2024
To support capacity building
$1.3M
Community Health Center Capital Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$1.3M
Rhodium Group Llc · New York, NC · 2024
To support maintenance of a free public database on clean energy investment
$1.2M
Jobs With Justice Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To support workforce development
$1.2M
State Democracy Project · Brooklyn, NC · 2024
To support capacity building
$1.1M
Odyssey Energy Solutions · Boulder, CO · 2022
Renewable energy cost reduction in sub-saharan africa
$1.1M
North Carolina Clean Energy Fund · Raleigh, NC · 2024
To support capacity building
$1.1M
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Energy enabled enterprise development for women
$1.1M
Appalachian Community · Christiansburg, VA · 2024
To support capacity building
$1.0M
Action for the Climate Emergency · Charleston, MA · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$1.0M
Beneficial Electrification League · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operating support
$1.0M
Center for Community Change · Washington, DC · 2024
To support capacity building
$1.0M
Civic Nation · Washington, DC · 2024
In support of communications
$1.0M
Clean Power Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To support workforce development
$1.0M
Conservative Energy Network · Lansing, MI · 2024
To support capacity building
$1.0M
Groundswell · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$1.0M
Jobs To Move America · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$1.0M
Marin Community Foundation · Novato, CA · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$1.0M
Pennsylvania United · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$1.0M
Rewiring America · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$1.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NC · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$1.0M
The Housing Partnership Network · Boston, MA · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$1.0M
United Nations Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$1.0M
Elevate Energy · Chicago, IL · 2023
Build capacity of bipoc communities to implement climate solutions
$1.0M
Rocky Mountain Institutedba Rmi · Boulder, CO · 2023
Implantation of electrification in nigeria
$1.0M
Crossboundary Llc · Washington, DC · 2022
Improve electricity affordability in sierra leone
$945,000
Crossboundary Llc · Washington, DC · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$800,000
Re-Volv · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
$800,000
Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project · Billings, MT · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$800,000
Global Resilient Cities Network · New York, NY · 2023
Support of green and equitable recovery program
$800,000
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Accelerate implementation of climate pollution reduction grants
$800,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2022
Global dataset for emerging infectious diseases
$750,000
Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy · Washington, DC · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$750,000
The Afl-Cio Working for America Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To support capacity building
$750,000
Working Power · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$750,000
Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy · Washington, DC · 2023
Technical assistance to tribes to support implementation of federal grants
$729,500
Climate United Fund · Bethesda, MD · 2024
To support capacity building
$700,000
Clean Energy Fund of Texas · Houston, TX · 2024
General operating support
$700,000
Elevate Energy · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$650,000
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund · San Antonio, TX · 2024
To support capacity building
$650,000
We Are Down Home · Greensboro, NC · 2024
In support of capacity building
$643,000
Southeast Sustainability Directors Network · Denver, CO · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$625,000
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$600,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To support capacity building
$600,000
Environmental Protection Network · Washington, DC · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$600,000
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$600,000
Santa Fe Community Foundation · Sante Fe, NM · 2024
To support capacity building
$600,000
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$600,000
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative · Youngstown, OH · 2024
To provide technical assistance
$600,000
Climate United Fund · Bethesda, MD · 2023
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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.