Funding search · EIN 943126848 · San Francisco, CA

The Energy Foundation

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

50
grants reported
$13.0M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$200,002
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educationanalysiscleanenergycarbonclimateadvancebuild

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Top recipients

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  • International Council On Clean Transportation4 grants · $2.3M
  • Rocky Mountain Institute3 grants · $2.1M
  • President & Fellows of Harvard College3 grants · $1.2M
  • Natural Resources Defense Council3 grants · $950,000
  • Institute for Transportation and Development Policy4 grants · $814,491
  • Regents of the University of California2 grants · $800,000
  • University of Maryland2 grants · $700,000
  • Asia Society2 grants · $400,008
  • Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs3 grants · $375,000
  • Institute for Sustainable Communities3 grants · $320,000

Giving over time

$7.5M
2022
$2.2M
2023
$3.2M
2024

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

  • $900,000

    Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2022

    To support education and analysis to advance climate leadership, to support education and analysis to advance low carbon cities, and to support education, analysis and outreach to build a clean energy future

  • $900,000

    Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2022

    To support education and analysis to advance climate leadership, to support education and analysis to advance low carbon cities, and to support education, analysis and outreach to build a clean energy future

  • $770,000

    International Council On Clean Transportation · Washington, DC · 2023

    To support education, research, and outreach to build a clean energy future; for the global inland waterway and coastal emissions to build a clean energy future; for the alternative refrigerant, and energy-saving techno read all
  • $550,000

    International Council On Clean Transportation · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support low-carbon alternative transportation

  • $492,477

    President & Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    To support engagement on carbon neutrality and climate change, to reduce emissions and address climate change, to support low-carbon alternative transportation

  • $480,000

    International Council On Clean Transportation · Washington, DC · 2022

    To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future, to promote education, analysis for the alternative refrigerant and energy-saving technology, to achieve the goals of carbon neutrality and emission peaki read all
  • $480,000

    International Council On Clean Transportation · Washington, DC · 2022

    To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future, to promote education, analysis for the alternative refrigerant and energy-saving technology, to achieve the goals of carbon neutrality and emission peaki read all
  • $400,000

    Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    To support education and analysis to advance climate leadership and to support education, analysis and outreach to build a clean energy future

  • $400,000

    Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    To support education and analysis to advance climate leadership and to support education, analysis and outreach to build a clean energy future

  • $375,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022

    To promote education and analysis to advance clean electricity and to support education and analysis to advance low carbon cities

  • $375,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022

    To promote education and analysis to advance clean electricity and to support education and analysis to advance low carbon cities

  • $360,000

    Institute for Transportation and Development Policy · New York, NY · 2024

    To support low-carbon alternative transportation

  • $350,000

    Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2023

    To support education, research, and outreach to build a clean energy future; for the global inland waterway and coastal emissions to build a clean energy future

  • $350,000

    President & Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    To support education, analysis and outreach to build a clean energy future and to narrow down the gap in narratives between different regions, to promote more joint efforts in improving global climate governance

  • $350,000

    President & Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    To support education, analysis and outreach to build a clean energy future and to narrow down the gap in narratives between different regions, to promote more joint efforts in improving global climate governance

  • $350,000

    University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2022

    To support education and analysis to phase out coal

  • $350,000

    University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2022

    To support education and analysis to phase out coal

  • $300,000

    Regents of the Uc at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    To reduce emissions and control air pollution

  • $300,000

    Regents of the University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2024

    To reduce emissions and address climate change

  • $254,491

    Institute for Transportation and Development Policy · New York, NY · 2023

    To support education, research, and outreach to build a clean energy future

  • $250,000

    University of Maryland College Park · College Park, MD · 2023

    To promote education and research to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health

  • $233,750

    The State Legislative Leaders Foundation · Marstons Mills, MA · 2024

    To support engagement on carbon neutrality and climate change

  • $220,000

    Rocky Mountain Institute - Boulder Co · Boulder, CO · 2024

    To support low-carbon alternative transportation

  • $200,004

    Asia Society · New York, NY · 2022

    To support education and analysis to advance climate leadership.

  • $200,004

    Asia Society · New York, NY · 2022

    To support education and analysis to advance climate leadership.

  • $200,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023

    To promote education and research to advance clean electricity

  • $190,620

    Bay Area Council Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To support engagement on carbon neutrality and climate change

  • $185,000

    Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support high-quality climate solutions

  • $175,000

    Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs · Jackson, WY · 2024

    To support green energy transition

  • $150,000

    Regents of the University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    To support education and outreach to build a clean energy future

  • $150,000

    The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    To promote education and research to advance clean, affordable energy that protects public health

  • $150,000

    Berkeley Lab Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022

    To promote education, analysis for the alternative refrigerant and energy-saving technology, to achieve the goals of carbon neutrality and emission peaking goals.

  • $150,000

    Berkeley Lab Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022

    To promote education, analysis for the alternative refrigerant and energy-saving technology, to achieve the goals of carbon neutrality and emission peaking goals.

  • $149,996

    Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2022

    To narrow down the gap in narratives between different regions, to promote more joint efforts in improving global climate governance

  • $149,996

    Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2022

    To narrow down the gap in narratives between different regions, to promote more joint efforts in improving global climate governance

  • $120,000

    Institute for Sustainable Communities · Montpelier, VT · 2024

    To support green energy transition

  • $100,000

    Institute for Sustainable Communities · Montpelier, VT · 2022

    To support education and analysis to advance low carbon cities

  • $100,000

    Institute for Sustainable Communities · Montpelier, VT · 2022

    To support education and analysis to advance low carbon cities

  • $100,000

    Institute for Transportation and Development Policy · New York, NY · 2022

    To support education, analysis and outreach to build a clean energy future

  • $100,000

    Institute for Transportation and Development Policy · New York, NY · 2022

    To support education, analysis and outreach to build a clean energy future

  • $100,000

    Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs · Jackson, WY · 2022

    To support education and analysis to phase out coal

  • $100,000

    Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs · Jackson, WY · 2022

    To support education and analysis to phase out coal

  • $100,000

    Regulatory Assistance Project · Montpelier, VT · 2022

    To promote education and analysis to advance clean electricity.

  • $100,000

    Regulatory Assistance Project · Montpelier, VT · 2022

    To promote education and analysis to advance clean electricity.

  • $80,000

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    To support education and research to advance low carbon cities

  • $50,000

    The Regents of Uc San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    To support engagement on carbon neutrality and climate change

  • $28,750

    The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To enhance air quality

  • $20,000

    Villanova University · Villanova, PA · 2024

    To reduce emissions and address climate change

  • $18,950

    Bay Area Council Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To support education, analysis and outreach to build a clean energy future

  • $18,950

    Bay Area Council Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To support education, analysis and outreach to build a clean energy future

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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.