Private foundation · EIN 82-1503941 · Chicago, IL · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31
Where Builders Initiative Foundation's grants went
It reported $81.7M in grants paid across 344 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 77.7% of those dollars to 246 recipient organizations.
- Matched to an EIN $63.5M 297 lines
- No confident match $16.7M 40
- Outside the US $1.56M 7
What its filing says about applications
Preselected only It checked the 990-PF box saying it only gives to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
- Website on filing
- https://www.buildersinitiative.org/
Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.
Grants paid 339 published lines
| Recipient | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walton Family Foundation Bentonville, AR · no confident EIN match | $9,500,000 | To support Grantee's Environment Program grantmaking to move the Midwest towards a more sustainable future with more climate smart and water smart agricultural practices | Unmatched Help match |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors New York, NY · EIN 13-3615533 | $5,000,000 | To coordinate climate-first donors to have a bigger impact on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improving water outcomes in Ameri… | Same city 1.00 |
| Forefront Chicago, IL · EIN 23-7376023 | $3,000,000 | To support the regranting efforts of the Chicago Region Food System Fund | Same city 1.00 |
| The Chicago Community Foundation Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3432023 | $1,800,000 | to support the Art Works Fund | Same address 1.00 |
| Creo Family Office Syndicate New York, NY · EIN 81-0960214 | $1,500,000 | To support building an effective climate and sustainability marketplace by 2025. | Same city 1.00 |
| Best Friends Animal Society Kanab, UT · EIN 23-7147797 | $1,000,000 | To support operational costs for the first 5 years of the Pet Resource Center in Bentonville, Arkansas - creating an innovative model for p… | Same address 1.00 |
| Elevate Energy Chicago, IL · EIN 36-4443093 | $1,000,000 | To support the Justice40 Accelerator's Midwest cohort and expand Elevate's Illinois workforce training and development programs | Same address 1.00 |
| Little Village Environmental Justice Org Chicago, IL · EIN 36-4259477 | $1,000,000 | To support Chicago's frontline-led EJ/CJ organizations and their partners. | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| The Nature Conservancy Arlington, VA · EIN 53-0242652 | $936,560 | To support the SOAR program | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Mission Investors Exchange New York, NY · EIN 47-5593271 | $900,000 | To create a database for new board and investment committee members | Same address 1.00 |
| Florida Atlantic University Foundation Boca Raton, FL · EIN 59-0917284 | $877,971 | To support community-based queen conch aquaculture development on Grand Bahama | Same street 1.00 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI · EIN 38-6006309 | $750,000 | To support the launch of the Climate Justice Movement Catalyst fellowship program | Same city 1.00 |
| Pashko Ancram, NY · no confident EIN match | $750,000 | TO FOSTER ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND JOB CREATION FOR SKILLED CRAFTSPEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES WHOSE INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN DECIMATED BY THE AUTOMATION AND OVERSEAS TRANSFER OF MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTION. | Unmatched Help match |
| Forefront Chicago, IL · EIN 23-7376023 | $700,000 | This grant is to support Year 2 and 3 of North Lawndale Fresh, a fund within Grantee's Fresh Taste project | Same city 1.00 |
| Public Media Institute Chicago, IL · EIN 20-2448077 | $610,000 | To support the growth and development of MdW, a coalition of artist-run spaces serving the midwest. | Same address 1.00 |
| Puget Sound Restoration Fund Bainbridge Is, WA · EIN 91-1773965 | $560,000 | To expand Olympia oyster, pinto abalone, and bull kelp restoration in Puget Sound | Same address 1.00 |
| Inner-City Muslim Action Network Chicago, IL · EIN 36-4167433 | $500,000 | To support operations and programming at the Fresh Market | Same address 1.00 |
| Island Institute Rockland, ME · EIN 22-2786731 | $500,000 | To catalyze innovation among Maine's lobster and aquaculture supply chains and build a sustainable blue economy ecosystem that is resilient… | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Little Village Environmental Justice Org Chicago, IL · EIN 36-4259477 | $500,000 | To launch a community center in Little Village that includes a commercial kitchen, solar training facility | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors New York, NY · EIN 13-3615533 | $500,000 | To provide technical assistance, policy expertise, and financial support to Midwest communities transitioning away from a dependence on fos… | Same city 1.00 |
| The Minneapolis Foundation Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-6029402 | $500,000 | To strengthen the Midwest Environmental Justice Network's capacity and ability to support its partners in accessing federal benefits. | Same street 1.00 |
| The Minneapolis Foundation Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-6029402 | $500,000 | To support the RE-AMP Network's collaboration with frontline organizations to advance equitable climate and clean energy policy across the… | Same street 1.00 |
| The Minneapolis Foundation Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-6029402 | $500,000 | To build climate policy and project capacity in Midwestern environmental justice organizations through grants, technical assistance, peer l… | Same street 1.00 |
| Windward Fund Washington, DC · EIN 47-3522162 | $500,000 | To support innovative solutions to climate justice in rural communities across the Midwest. | Same address 1.00 |
| Windward Fund Washington, DC · EIN 47-3522162 | $500,000 | To support organizations that are advancing equitable building electrification in frontline communities across the Midwest. | Same address 1.00 |
| Meridian Institute Dillon, CO · no confident EIN match | $500,000 | To support multisectoral aquaculture engagement | Unmatched Help match |
| No Kid Hungry by Share Our Strength Washington, DC · no confident EIN match | $500,000 | To support a program to implement Summer EBT with Illinois DHS | Unmatched Help match |
| University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA · EIN 95-6006145 | $461,325 | To support parametric fisheries insurance as a tool for conservation | Same ZIP 0.98 |
| Common Market Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · EIN 74-3240184 | $445,060 | To support expansion to the Great Lakes region | Same address 1.00 |
| Everyday People for Change Oakland, CA · EIN 46-3468086 | $435,000 | to support the launch and establishment of Runway's suite of services in Chicago | Exact name 1.00 |
| University of Maine Foundation Orono, ME · EIN 01-6011501 | $421,500 | To support the development of cost effective and scalable kelp cultivation strategies for deep-water exposed growing areas | Same city 1.00 |
| Secore International Canton, OH · EIN 47-5385160 | $419,176 | To support SECORE's work in sustaining coastal resilience and livelihoods of communities in the Caribbean through larval based coral restor… | Exact name 1.00 |
| Academy for Global Citizenship Charter School Chicago, IL · EIN 11-3748466 | $400,000 | to support the plant-based eating program development, implementation, and evaluation from. | Same city 1.00 |
| Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute San Diego, CA · EIN 95-2304740 | $400,000 | To advance restorative aquaculture opportunities in San Diego County | Same address 1.00 |
| Perry Institute for Marine Science Waitsfield, VT · EIN 59-1308004 | $399,959 | To expand on local efforts to develop a national framework for addressing Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) to reduce its spread and… | Same address 1.00 |
| Grow Greater Englewood Chicago, IL · EIN 47-2755538 | $380,000 | To support general operations | Same address 1.00 |
| Maine Coast Fishermens Assn Brunswick, ME · EIN 13-4337702 | $375,000 | To support the roll-out of mental and physical health and well-being programming to Maine fishing communities and the transfer of fishing q… | Same address 1.00 |
| Springboard for the Arts Saint Paul, MN · EIN 41-1690483 | $375,000 | To launch the Rural Regenerators Fellowship and lay the groundwork for Fergus Falls to become the home for the Center for Rural Creativity… | Same address 1.00 |
| Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences East Boothbay, ME · EIN 01-6006001 | $367,045 | To support developing pragmatic tools for quantifying and verifying carbon burial rates on operational farms, enabling farmers to implement… | Same address 1.00 |
| Ocean Strategies Seattle, WA · no confident EIN match | $355,000 | To support strategic engagement and education at the state, regional, and national level of the benefits of restorative aquaculture | Unmatched Help match |
| Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3866530 | $350,000 | To advance solar energy through legal and regulatory initiatives across the Midwest | Same address 1.00 |
| Pbfa Research and Education Fund San Francisco, CA · no confident EIN match | $350,000 | to support the Sustainable Sourcing Initiative | Unmatched Help match |
| San Diego Bird Alliance San Diego, CA · EIN 95-6100273 | $347,300 | To support the ReWild Mission Bay campaign to enhance and restore natural wetlands for cleaner water, climate resiliency, carbon sequestrat… | Same address 1.00 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund Boston, MA · EIN 11-0303001 | $346,060 | TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE MATCH PROGRAM OF BUILDERS INITIATIVE. | Known alias 1.00 |
| Illinois Arts Alliance Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3177592 | $340,000 | to support Arts Alliance's continued efforts to address the impact of COVID-19 on the arts and culture sector of Illinois. | Same street 1.00 |
| Wildcoast Del Mar, CA · EIN 77-0536297 | $330,000 | To support ongoing blue carbon restoration and protection in San Diego | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Center for Rural Affairs Lyons, NE · no confident EIN match | $330,000 | To support increasing the farm to school network and building local food access in Southwest Iowa | Unmatched Help match |
| Digital Harbor Foundation Baltimore, MD · EIN 45-2536579 | $315,790 | To support efforts to document feasibility and viability of achieving cost and price parity for alternative proteins versus current animal-… | Same address 1.00 |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego LA Jolla, CA · EIN 95-6006144 | $301,359 | To support Grantee's research to better understand the mechanisms of coral adaptation which can be applied in the context of conservation a… | Same street 1.00 |
| Ecology Center Ann Arbor, MI · EIN 38-1912803 | $300,000 | To support general operations | Same address 1.00 |
5 more lines ($1.12M) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.
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Where this comes from
Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.