Funding search · EIN 204952986 · San Francisco, CA

Sea Change Foundation

Name: Sea Change Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

46
grants reported: $129.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $1.4M
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

energy promote clean efficiency about climate educate public

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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.

United States Energy Foundation9 grants · $69.3M
Partnership Project6 grants · $11.8M
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund2 grants · $9.8M
Building Decarbonnization Coalition2 grants · $9.5M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors3 grants · $8.1M
Potential Energy Coalition2 grants · $6.5M
Multiplier1 grant · $5.0M
Vote Solar3 grants · $2.9M
Tides Foundation3 grants · $1.7M
Ceres2 grants · $1.3M

Giving over time

$46.6M

2022

$45.5M

2023

$37.4M

2024

Grant history

All 46 reported grants, largest first.

$20.1M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Promote clean energy
$19.3M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Promote clean energy
$9.8M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Promote clean energy
$7.3M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Promote energy efficiency
$5.3M
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Educate public about climate and clean energy
$5.0M
Building Decarbonnization Coalition · Petaluma, CA · 2024
Promote clean energy
$5.0M
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Promote clean energy
$4.5M
Building Decarbonnization Coalition · Petaluma, CA · 2023
Promote clean energy
$4.5M
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Educate public about climate and clean energy
$3.8M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Promote clean energy
$3.5M
Potential Energy Coalition · New York, NY · 2023
Educate public about climate and clean energy
$3.3M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Promote clean energy
$3.1M
Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Educate public about climate and clean energy
$3.0M
Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Educate public about climate and clean energy
$3.0M
Potential Energy Coalition · New York, NY · 2024
Educate public about climate and clean energy
$3.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
Educate public about climate and clean energy
$2.8M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Educate public about climate and clean energy
$2.3M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Promote clean energy
$2.0M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$2.0M
Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Educate public about climate and clean energy
$2.0M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$2.0M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$1.4M
Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Educate public about climate and clean energy
$1.3M
Vote Solar · Oakland, CA · 2023
Promote clean energy
$1.3M
Vote Solar · Oakland, CA · 2022
Promote clean energy
$1.3M
Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Promote clean energy
$1.3M
Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Promote clean energy
$1.0M
Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Educate public about climate and clean energy
$750,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2022
Promote energy efficiency
$750,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Promote clean energy
$665,000
Gridlab · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Promote clean energy
$562,500
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2023
Promote energy efficiency
$500,000
Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Promote energy efficiency
$300,000
Vote Solar · Oakland, CA · 2023
Promote clean energy
$300,000
Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Educate public about climate and clean energy
$200,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Promote energy efficiency
$200,000
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
Promote energy efficiency
$175,000
2030 · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Promote energy efficiency
$175,000
Bluegreen Alliance Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Promote energy efficiency
$175,000
Bluegreen Alliance Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Promote energy efficiency
$150,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Promote energy efficiency
$150,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Promote energy efficiency
$150,000
Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Educate public about climate and clean energy
$150,000
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
Promote energy efficiency
$100,000
Bluegreen Alliance Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Promote energy efficiency
$100,000
Climate Solutions · Seattle, WA · 2022
Promote energy efficiency

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