Grants made by Climateworks Foundation
Climateworks Foundation (EIN 26-2303250) reported 140 grants totaling $96.3M in FY2024 on Schedule I of its IRS Form 990 — the 100 largest are listed below. See the full financial profile for revenue, ratings and leadership.
Grant recipients (FY2024) · $96.3M total
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Energy Foundation | To expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions ($750,000); to protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($1,670,000); sustainable maritime shipping ($1,300,000); the global transition to clean transportation ($8,839,098); for climate-related research and analysis ($200,000) | $12,759,098 |
| United States Energy Foundation | To support the global transition to clean transportation | $9,039,098 |
| International Council On Clean Transportation | To support the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($330,473); responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($89,527); sustainable maritime shipping ($1,100,000); the global transition to clean transportation ($6,125,000); general operating support ($800,000); to reduce emissions from non-carbon pollutants ($400,000) | $8,845,000 |
| International Sustainable Energy Foundation | To support the global transition to clean transportation | $6,148,938 |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | To support the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($250,000); sustainable maritime shipping ($650,000); the transition to a sustainable finance system ($100,000); responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($110,000); decarbonization efforts and the transition to clean energy in china ($2,000,000); to support the transition to a sustainable food system ($350,000); to protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($722,129) | $4,182,129 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | To support communities in building inclusive models for clean energy transition ($100,000); communities most affected by climate change ($950,000); the global transition to clean transportation ($2,025,000); reliable access to minerals that benefit energy transition ($150,000); the transition to a sustainable finance system ($250,000); for climate-related research and analysis ($180,000) | $3,655,000 |
| Global Energy Monitor | To support the global energy transition to renewables ($2,600,000); to protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($350,000) | $2,950,000 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | To expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions ($746,302); the global transition to clean transportation ($100,000); to protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($1,987,000) | $2,833,302 |
| Pacific Environment and Resources Center | To support sustainable maritime shipping | $2,410,000 |
| Rocky Mountain Institute | To expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions ($605,344); sustainable maritime shipping ($460,000); the global transition to clean transportation ($748,000); the transition to a sustainable financial system ($130,000); for an event ($30,000) | $1,973,344 |
| Calstart Inc | To support the global transition to clean transportation | $1,950,000 |
| C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc | To protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($400,000); to support the global transition to clean transportation ($1,350,000) | $1,750,000 |
| Clasp | To expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions | $1,705,659 |
| World Resources Institute | To support the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($400,000); to support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($300,000); the global transition to clean transportation ($165,000); the transition to a sustainable financial system ($100,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($300,000); for climate-related research and analysis ($275,000) | $1,540,000 |
| Public Citizen Foundation Inc | To protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($972,188); to support the transition to a sustainable financial system ($441,399) | $1,413,587 |
| Partnership Project Inc | To protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($150,000); to support the global transition to clean transportation ($1,050,000) | $1,200,000 |
| Climate Strategies Lab | To protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies | $1,100,000 |
| Institute For Transportation and Development Policy | To support the global transition to clean transportation | $1,100,000 |
| Trustees of Columbia University | To support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate (-$34,614); reliable access to minerals that benefit energy transition ($315,000); the transition to a sustainable financial system ($700,000) | $980,386 |
| Ocean Conservancy Inc | To support sustainable maritime shipping | $900,000 |
| University of Maryland | To support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($27,500); reliable access to minerals that benefit energy transition ($150,000); the transition to a sustainable financial system ($669,222) | $846,722 |
| Clean Air Task Force Inc | To support the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($500,000); responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($150,000); to protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($160,000) | $810,000 |
| Donor Advised Charitable Giving | To support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate | $784,000 |
| Climate Advisers Inc | To reduce emissions from non-carbon pollutants ($700,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($56,823) | $756,823 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | To protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($450,000); to support the global transition to clean transportation ($300,000) | $750,000 |
| Mission Possible Partnership USA Inc | General support | $719,634 |
| Regents of the University of California Davis | To support the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($35,000); the global transition to clean transportation ($660,000) | $695,000 |
| New Venture Fund | For climate-related research and analysis ($465,198); to support the global transition to clean transportation ($200,000) | $665,198 |
| Environmental Investigation Agency | To expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions ($350,000); to reduce emissions from non-carbon pollutants ($200,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($100,000) | $650,000 |
| American Council For An Energy Efficient Economy | To expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions ($425,268); to protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($185,000) | $610,268 |
| The Roosevelt Institute | To protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies | $600,000 |
| Friends of the Earth | To support the transition to a sustainable financial system ($150,000); sustainable maritime shipping ($300,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($150,000) | $600,000 |
| Center For Strategic and International Studies Inc | To support the global transition to clean transportation ($280,000); decarbonization efforts ($100,000); the transition to a sustainable financial system ($300,000) | $590,000 |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Lab | To expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions | $575,000 |
| Ceres Inc | To support the global transition to clean transportation ($260,000): the transition to a sustainable financial system ($310,000) | $570,000 |
| Sunrise Project Inc | To support the global transition to clean transportation | $500,000 |
| Asia Foundation | To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change | $500,000 |
| Council On Foreign Relations Inc | To support the transition to a sustainable financial system | $500,000 |
| Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Us Ltd | To support communities in building inclusive models for clean energy transition | $486,612 |
| Multiplier | To support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate | $450,000 |
| Americans For Financial Reform Education Fund | To support the transition to a sustainable financial system | $449,522 |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | To support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate | $437,000 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | To support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($100,000); communities most affected by climate change ($225,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($100,000) | $425,000 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | To support communities most affected by climate change ($200,000); the transition to a sustainable financial system ($170,221) | $370,221 |
| Initiative For Responsible Mining Assurance | To support reliable access to minerals that benefit energy transition | $350,000 |
| National Wildlife Federation | To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($100,000); the transition to a sustainable aviation sector ($250,000) | $350,000 |
| California Environmental Voters Education Fund | To support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate ($300,000); the global transition to clean transportation ($40,000) | $340,000 |
| Give2asia | To protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies | $333,000 |
| Tides Center | To support reliable access to minerals that benefit energy transition ($100,000); the transition to a sustainable financial system ($50,000); to reduce emissions from non-carbon pollutants ($150,000) | $300,000 |
| Project On Organizing Development Education and Research Ltd | To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change | $300,000 |
| Center For American Progress | To protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies | $300,000 |
| Innovation Center For Energy and Sustainability | To support the transition to a sustainable aviation sector | $300,000 |
| Meridian Institute | To support the transition to a sustainable food system ($250,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($50,000) | $300,000 |
| Global 2050 Inc | To support the transition to a sustainable financial system | $288,032 |
| Global Greengrants Fund Inc | To support the transition to a sustainable food system | $276,000 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | To support communities most affected by climate change | $275,000 |
| Calcef Innovations | To support communities most affected by climate change | $275,000 |
| Windward Fund | To protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($34,000); to support communities most affected by climate change ($225,000) | $259,000 |
| Bay Area Council Foundation | To support decarbonization efforts and the transition to clean energy in china | $250,000 |
| Center For International Environmental Law Inc | To support the transition to a sustainable food system | $250,000 |
| Partnership Project Action Fund | To support the global transition to clean transportation | $250,000 |
| Vasudha Foundation USA Inc | To reduce emissions from non-carbon pollutants | $250,000 |
| North American Council For Freight Efficiency | To support the global transition to clean transportation | $250,000 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | To support the transition to a sustainable food system | $247,500 |
| Fund For Constitutional Government | To support communities most affected by climate change | $225,000 |
| Sustainable Finance Institute | To support the transition to a sustainable financial system | $220,000 |
| Natural Resource Governance Institute | To support the transition to a sustainable financial system ($160,000);to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($50,000) | $210,000 |
| California Environmental Voters | To support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate | $200,000 |
| Climate Leadership Council Inc | To support the transition to a sustainable financial system | $200,000 |
| Stand | To support the transition to a sustainable financial system ($140,000); to protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change ($60,000) | $200,000 |
| Cdp North America Inc | To support decarbonization efforts | $200,000 |
| Climate Resolve | To support the cooling sector by reducing greenhouse gas emissions | $200,000 |
| Xbrl International Inc | For climate-related research and analysis ($100,000); to support the transition to a sustainable financial system ($100,000) | $200,000 |
| Institute For Governance and Sustainable Development Inc | To expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions | $194,442 |
| Nature Conservancy | To support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate | $180,000 |
| Movilizatorio USA LLC | To support the global energy transition to renewables | $175,000 |
| West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project | To support sustainable maritime shipping | $173,400 |
| Oxfam-america Inc | To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change | $170,000 |
| American India Foundation | To support decarbonization efforts | $165,000 |
| Building Decarbonization Coalition | To expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions | $152,754 |
| New York University | To support the transition to a sustainable financial system | $150,000 |
| Amazon Conservation Team | To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change | $150,000 |
| Oil Change International | To support the transition to a sustainable financial system | $150,000 |
| Foundation For the Global Compact | To support the global energy transition to renewables ($50,000); the transition to a sustainable financial system ($100,000) | $150,000 |
| The Climate Center | To support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate | $150,000 |
| Employ America | To support the transition to a sustainable financial system | $150,000 |
| Nonprofit Enterprise and Self-sustainability Team Inc | General support | $150,000 |
| Regents of the University of California At Berkeley | To support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate | $147,778 |
| High Ambition Climate Collective | To support sustainable maritime shipping | $125,000 |
| Yale University | To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change | $100,000 |
| California Ocean Science Tr | To support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate | $100,000 |
| Climate Rights International | To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change | $100,000 |
| Dalberg Catalyst | To protect and support the potential of forested and other landscapes to mitigate climate change | $100,000 |
| Data For Progress Education Fund | To support responsible carbon removal and restore the climate | $100,000 |
| Earthjustice | To support the global transition to clean transportation | $100,000 |
| Global Impact Investing Network Inc | To support the transition to a sustainable financial system | $100,000 |
| Greenlight America | General support | $100,000 |
| Institute For Agriculture and Trade Policy | To support the transition to a sustainable food system | $100,000 |
| March On Maryland Inc | To support communities most affected by climate change | $100,000 |
| New Buildings Institute Inc | To expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions | $100,000 |
Grant data comes from Schedule I of Climateworks Foundation's e-filed Form 990, via CharityIndex. Recipients link to their own profiles where the EIN matches our directory.