Funding search · EIN 742244146 · Boulder, CO

Rocky Mountain Institute

Name: Rocky Mountain Institute grants, 2021–2024
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.

100
grants reported: $21.0M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $80,663
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

Top recipients

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

Canary Media1 grant · $3.9M
Mission Possible Partnership2 grants · $3.0M
We Mean Business Coalition3 grants · $1.8M
Adl Ventures Llc3 grants · $1.6M
Association for Energy Affordability3 grants · $937,780
Resource Legacy Fund (Climate Mayors)2 grants · $800,000
Preservation of Affordable Housing1 grant · $750,000
World Resources Institute2 grants · $725,000
Buildings Decarbonization Coalition1 grant · $500,000
David Baker Architects3 grants · $444,626

Giving over time

$3.3M

2021

$5.0M

2022

$9.8M

2023

$2.9M

2024

Grant history

All 100 reported grants, largest first.

$3.9M
Canary Media · Asheville, NC · 2023
Related entity grant
$2.2M
Mission Possible Partnership · Washington, DC · 2023
Support former related entity
$1.6M
We Mean Business Coalition · New York, NY · 2021
Support Program
$796,250
Mission Possible Partnership · Washington, DC · 2022
Support Program
$750,000
Preservation of Affordable Housing · Boston, MA · 2023
Support program
$603,004
Adl Ventures Llc · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support program
$602,207
Adl Ventures Llc · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support program
$500,000
Buildings Decarbonization Coalition · Petaluma, CA · 2022
Support Program
$437,780
Association for Energy Affordability · Bronx, NY · 2022
Support Program
$423,742
Adl Ventures Llc · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support Program
$400,000
Action for Boston Community Development · Boston, MA · 2023
Support program
$400,000
Spark Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support program
$400,000
Resource Legacy Fund (Climate Mayors) · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Support Program
$400,000
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Support Program
$400,000
Resource Legacy Fund (Climate Mayors) · Sacramento, CA · 2021
Support Program
$331,437
Association for Energy Affordability · Bronx, NY · 2024
Support program
$325,000
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2021
Support Program
$300,000
Gridlab · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Support program
$300,000
Gistearth Llc · Washington, DC · 2021
Support Program
$295,375
New Buildings Institute · Portland, OR · 2021
Support Program
$215,283
David Baker Architects · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support Program
$200,000
Solutions Projects · Oakland, CA · 2022
Support Program
$199,895
Carbon Mapper · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Support Program
$198,000
American Lung Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support Program
$198,000
US Public Interest Research Group Education Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
Support Program
$168,563
Association for Energy Affordability · Bronx, NY · 2023
Support program
$160,000
Battelle Memorial Institute · Richland, WA · 2024
Support program
$155,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Support Program
$152,500
Potential Energy Coalition · New York, NY · 2024
Support program
$150,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Support program
$140,000
International Council On Clean Transportation · Washington, DC · 2021
Support Program
$132,482
Signetron · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Support program
$119,275
David Baker Architects · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support program
$112,114
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Support program
$110,068
David Baker Architects · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support program
$108,333
American Council for An Energy-Efficient Economy · Washington, DC · 2022
Support Program
$108,333
National Housing Trust · Washington, DC · 2022
Support Program
$100,000
American Lung Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support program
$100,000
Third Way Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Support program
$100,000
US Public Interest Research Group Education Fund (Pirg) · Boston, MA · 2024
Support program
$100,000
American Lung Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support program
$100,000
United Nations Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Support program
$100,000
US Public Interest Research Group Education Fund (Pirg) · Denver, CO · 2023
Support program
$100,000
We Mean Business Coalition · New York, NY · 2023
Support program
$100,000
New Buildings Institute · Portland, OR · 2022
Support Program
$100,000
We Mean Business Coalition · New York, NY · 2022
Support Program
$96,265
Vermont Energy Investment Corporation · Winooski, VT · 2022
Support Program
$95,092
The Regents of the University of California · Davis, CA · 2024
Support program
$93,512
Tk Fabricate Llc · Manlius, NY · 2023
Support program
$86,326
Hour Car · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Support program
$75,000
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2023
Support program
$75,000
Move Minnesota · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Support program
$70,000
Naacp Co Mt Wy State Conference · Aurora, CO · 2023
Support program
$65,000
Power-To-X Analytics Llc · Hancock, MN · 2024
Support program
$60,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlotesville, VA · 2022
Support Program
$53,254
Integral Group · Oakland, CA · 2022
Support Program
$52,860
Tk Fabricate Llc · Manluis, NY · 2022
Support Program
$50,000
Climate Strategies Lab Llc Dba Industrious Labs · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Support program
$50,000
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2023
Support program
$50,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2023
Support program
$50,000
Colorado School of Mines · Golden, CO · 2022
Support Program
$50,000
Energy Efficiency Business Coalition (Eebc) · Denver, CO · 2021
Support Program
$50,000
The Regents of the University of California · Davis, CA · 2021
Support Program
$49,800
Patillas Farmacia Jomari · Rivera, PA · 2021
Support Program
$47,865
Passive House Institute US · Portland, OR · 2022
Support Program
$45,525
Passive House Institute US · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support program
$44,228
The Regents of the University of California · Davis, CA · 2022
Support Program
$44,004
Open Market Esco Llc · Boston, MA · 2023
Support program
$40,419
Signetron · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Support program
$40,000
Farmers Union Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Support program
$40,000
Strong Towns · Brainerd, MN · 2023
Support program
$36,742
Integral Group · Oakland, CA · 2024
Support program
$35,878
Integral Group · Oakland, CA · 2023
Support program
$35,000
Community Development Corporation of Pembroke Hopkins Park · Pembroke Township, IL · 2023
Support program
$34,658
Vermont Energy Investment Corporation · Winooski, VT · 2024
Support program
$34,500
Passive House Institute US · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support program
$31,500
Rdh Building Science · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support program
$31,195
Rdh Building Science · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support program
$26,250
Sustaera · Durham, NC · 2024
Support program
$25,000
Colorado School of Mines · Golden, CO · 2021
Support Program
$25,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2021
Support Program
$25,000
Philadelphia Green Capital Corp · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Support Program
$23,091
Open Market Esco Llc · Boston, MA · 2024
Support program
$20,273
Washington State University · Pullman, WA · 2024
Support program
$20,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Support program
$20,000
Fresh Energy · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Support program
$19,893
Vermont Energy Investment Corporation · Winooski, VT · 2023
Support program
$18,000
Hua Nani Partners Llc · Kailua, HI · 2021
Support Program
$17,115
Twelve Benefit Corporation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Support program
$15,978
Tk Fabricate Llc · Manlius, NY · 2024
Support program
$15,800
American Thoracic Society · New York, NY · 2022
Support Program
$15,000
Main South Cdc Worchester Heart · Boston, MA · 2021
Support Program
$13,206
Mobility Development Partners Llc · Chicago, IL · 2024
support program
$11,827
Forth Mobility Fund · Portland, OR · 2024
Support program
$10,000
American Red Cross · Denver, CO · 2021
Support Program
$10,000
Eco Infinity Nation Llc · Seattle, WA · 2021
Support Program
$8,600
East Metro Strong · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Support program
$8,600
People for Community Recovery · Chicago, IL · 2021
Support Program
$7,000
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners · Washington, DC · 2024
Support program
$5,069
Rdh Building Science · Seattle, WA · 2022
Support Program

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Similar purposes

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Shelter Partnership675 grants · $42.4M

Similar grant size

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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.