Funding search · EIN 853694865 · Kirkland, WA

Breakthrough Energy Action

Name: Breakthrough Energy Action 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.

94
grants reported: $79.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $375,114
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

policy implementation development clean climate innovation energy policies

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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.

1 grant matching “renewable energy” · $2.5M

$2.5M
American Council On Renewable Energy · 2022
Support for macro grid initiative (mgi)

Top recipients

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

League of Conservation Voters3 grants · $14.1M
Future Forward USA Action3 grants · $6.5M
League of Conservation Voters3 grants · $6.4M
Climate Power4 grants · $5.9M
Climate Power3 grants · $4.8M
Clearpath Action for Conservative Clean Energy2 grants · $3.7M
Clearpath Action for Conservative Clean Energy2 grants · $3.1M
American Council On Renewable Energy1 grant · $2.5M
Catf Action2 grants · $2.2M
Third Way2 grants · $2.1M

Giving over time

$32.3M

2022

$18.0M

2023

$29.5M

2024

Grant history

All 94 reported grants, largest first.

$10.5M
League of Conservation Voters · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy implementation
$5.0M
League of Conservation Voters · 2022
General operating support
$4.0M
Climate Power · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy development
$3.3M
League of Conservation Voters · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy implementation
$3.3M
Future Forward USA Action · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy implementation
$3.0M
Future Forward USA Action · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy implementation
$2.7M
Climate Power · 2022
General operating support.
$2.5M
American Council On Renewable Energy · 2022
Support for macro grid initiative (mgi)
$2.0M
Climate Jobs National Resource Center · New York, NY · 2024
Policy development
$2.0M
Climate Power · 2022
Climate policy support comms
$1.9M
Clearpath Action for Conservative Clean Energy · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Policy development
$1.9M
Clean Air Task Force Action · 2022
Us clean energy innovation policies
$1.8M
Clearpath Action for Conservative Clean Energy · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Policy implementation
$1.7M
Clearpath Action for Conservative Clean Energy · 2022
Us clean energy innovation policies
$1.6M
Third Way · 2022
Us clean energy innovation policies
$1.4M
Clearpath Action for Conservative Clean Energy · 2022
General operating support.
$1.3M
Catf Action · Boston, MA · 2024
Policy implementation
$1.2M
Clean Energy Buyers Association · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy implementation
$1.2M
Bluegreen Allliance · 2022
Climate and jobs in industry
$1.1M
Clean Energy Buyers Association · 2022
General operating support
$955,701
Bluegreen Alliance · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Policy implementation
$950,000
Sierra Club · 2022
Advancing industrial decarb policy
$900,000
Catf Action · Boston, MA · 2023
Policy implementation
$850,000
Building Back Together · 2022
Climate policy support comms
$800,000
League of Conservation Voters · 2022
General operating support.
$750,000
Potential Energy Action Network · New York, NY · 2023
Policy implementation
$750,000
Advanced Energy Works · Washington, DC · 2022
Transmission state engagement
$750,000
Climate Power · 2022
Us clean energy innovation policies
$745,000
Rainey Center Freedom Project · 2022
Funding bipartisan climate innovation
$725,000
Environmental Defense Action Fund · 2022
Us clean energy innovation policies
$713,080
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions · 2022
Mobilizing business advocacy
$666,000
Clean Energy for America · 2022
Mobilizing business advocacy
$650,000
Clean Energy for America · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy implementation
$600,000
Rainey Center Freedom Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy implementation
$600,000
Climate Power · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy implementation
$600,000
League of Conservation Voters · 2022
Climate policy support comms
$599,547
Nrdc Action Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Policy implementation
$517,884
Bipartisan Policy Center Action · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy development
$508,227
Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy implementation
$500,000
Third Way · 2022
General operating support
$470,000
Conservatives for a Clean Energy Future · Lansing, MI · 2023
Policy implementation
$458,124
Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions · 2022
Republicans & pathways to net zero
$450,000
Rainey Center Freedom Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy implementation
$450,000
Climate Power · 2022
Climate policy support comms
$450,000
Evergreen Action · 2022
Implementing local climate investments
$400,000
Counterspark · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy development
$377,348
Nrdc Action Fund · 2022
Low carbon fuels & industrial decarb
$372,880
Nrdc Action Fund · 2022
Low carbon fuels & industrial decarb
$370,000
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy implementation
$310,500
Nrdc Action Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Policy development
$307,000
Conservatives for a Clean Energy Future · Lansing, MI · 2024
Policy development
$300,000
Clean Energy Buyers Association · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy development
$300,000
Clean Energy Grid Action · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy development
$300,000
Carbon Removal Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy implementation
$280,000
Clean Power Campaign · 2022
Ca long duration storage policy
$272,315
Bluegreen Alliance · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Policy implementation
$257,341
Third Way · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy implementation
$250,000
Climate Power · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy implementation
$250,000
Evergreen Action · Seattle, WA · 2024
Policy implementation
$250,000
Future Forward USA Action · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy development
$250,000
In Union USA Action · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy implementation
$250,000
League of Conservation Voters · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy development
$250,000
Pew Charitable Trusts · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy development
$250,000
Clean Energy Grid Action · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy implementation
$250,000
Evergreen Action · Seattle, WA · 2023
Policy implementation
$250,000
Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions · 2022
General operating support
$227,685
Bluegreen Alliance · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Policy development
$219,500
Tides Advocacy · 2022
Carbon removal & industrial decarb
$210,000
Bipartisan Policy Center Action · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy development
$206,700
Renewable Hydrogen Alliance · 2022
Clean H2 regional implementation
$200,000
American Concrete Pavement Association · Rosemont, IL · 2024
Policy implementation
$200,000
Bbt · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy implementation
$200,000
Clean Energy Business Network · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy implementation
$200,000
Energy Action Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Policy development
$200,000
Third Way · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy development
$200,000
Bbt · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy implementation
$200,000
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions · Arlington, VA · 2023
Policy implementation
$200,000
Clean Energy Business Network · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy implementation
$200,000
Energy Action Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Policy implementation
$175,000
Electricity Consumers Resource Council · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy implementation
$150,000
Texas Transmission Project · Hudson, WI · 2024
Policy development
$150,000
The Advanced Power Alliance · Austin, TX · 2024
Policy development
$150,000
Researchamerica · 2022
Science & tech action committee
$100,000
Clean Energy for America · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy implementation
$100,000
Securing Americas Future Energy Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Policy development
$100,000
Gen-Z for Change · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy implementation
$75,000
Ohio Environmental Council Action Fund · Columbus, OH · 2024
Policy development
$75,000
Texas Geothermal Energy Alliance · Austin, TX · 2024
Policy development
$75,000
Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy development
$70,781
Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy development
$50,000
Conservative Coalition for Climate Solutions Action · Falls Church, VA · 2023
Policy implementation
$50,000
Conservative Coalition for Climate Solutions Action · 2022
Us clean energy innovation policies
$40,000
Bipartisan Policy Center Action · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy implementation
$28,594
Third Way · Washington, DC · 2023
Policy development

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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.