Organization · EIN 22-3053747 · Boston, MA · Environment

Who funds Ceres?

61 private foundations reported paying Ceres $11.4M on returns for tax year 2023.

61 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 61

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
The Bloomberg Family Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$2,700,000 ACCELERATE TRANSITION TO CLEAN ENERGY Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)
Chicago, IL
$1,250,000
2 grant lines
in support of general operations +1 more Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Schauble Family Foundation
Larkspur, CA · Preselected only
$1,010,000 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Walton Family Foundation
Bentonville, AR · Preselected only
$700,000 To continue work with the investor community to engage with food and beverage companies on how to address water risk. Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Sequoia Climate Foundation
Irvine, CA · Preselected only
$700,000 TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND AWARENESS TO FURTHER CLIMATE FINANCE EFFORTS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 11/2024
Sea Change Foundation
San Francisco, CA · Preselected only
$562,500 Promote energy efficiency Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Heising-Simons Foundation
Los Altos, CA · Preselected only
$425,000 TO ADVANCE TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION AND CLIMATE FINANCE SECTOR REFORM Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Barr Foundation
Boston, MA · Preselected only
$350,000 CLIMATE: TO MOBILIZE BUSINESSES AND INVESTORS IN SUPPORT OF CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
Boston, MA · Preselected only
$300,000 CLIMATE FINANCE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Tandem Philanthropies
Menlo Park, CA · Preselected only
$250,800 TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Arthur V Davis Foundation Pf #3
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
$250,000 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The McCance Foundation
North Scituate, MA · Preselected only
$250,000 General Support Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Charlotte, NC
$230,100
2 grant lines
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Sall Family Foundation
Cary, NC · Preselected only
$200,000 GENERAL OPERATING Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Wallace Genetic Foundation II
Washington, DC · Preselected only
$200,000 FEDERAL POLICYEDUCATIONPROGRAM Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Inherent Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$180,000 General Unrestricted Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Los Altos, CA
$150,000 Environment and Science Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Bernard F & Alva B Gimbel Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$150,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Sobecki Family Foundation
Jackson, WY · Preselected only
$125,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, NJ
$100,000 81347 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR CERES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Ceres

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Ceres, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA
    Paid 21 of the 25 closest peers · $58.2M to them
  2. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation Palo Alto, CA
    Paid 16 of the 25 closest peers · $51.6M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  3. Analog Devices Foundation Boston, MA
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $32.4K to them
  4. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $183K to them
  5. Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $25.4K to them
  6. The Prentice Foundation Wilmington, DE
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $45K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  7. The Rockefeller Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $10.4M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. The Yelp Foundation San Francisco, CA
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $1,037 to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Environmental Defense Fund New York, NY
    24 shared funders · 492 funders in all
  2. Conservation Law Foundation Boston, MA
    16 shared funders · 108 funders in all
  3. Natural Resources Defense Council New York, NY
    20 shared funders · 625 funders in all
  4. Earthjustice San Francisco, CA
    16 shared funders · 353 funders in all
  5. New Venture Fund Washington, DC
    16 shared funders · 192 funders in all
  6. The Union of Concerned Scientists Cambridge, MA
    16 shared funders · 258 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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