Organization · EIN 46-4396728 · Oakland, CA · Environment

Who funds Vote Solar?

18 private foundations reported paying Vote Solar $3M on returns for tax year 2023.

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

Funders 18

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Sea Change Foundation
San Francisco, CA · Preselected only
$1,600,000
2 grant lines
Promote clean energy Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Jpb Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$500,000 EXPANDING SOLAR ACCESS Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Builders Initiative Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$250,000
3 grant lines
To provide technical expertise and policy support in aide of CEJA Implementation in IL. +2 more Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Barr Foundation
Boston, MA · Preselected only
$125,000 CLIMATE: TO SUSTAIN AND EXPAND DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES IN THE NORTHEAST Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial
Chicago, IL
$120,000
3 grant lines
PROGRAM +1 more Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Lafetra Foundation
Berkeley, CA · Preselected only
$100,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Tortuga Charitable Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$75,000 GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The McKnight Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$50,000 To drive clean energy progress through partnership, regulatory intervention, and legislative strategy in Minnesota Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Stolte Family Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$50,000 FUNDING FOR GENERAL CHARITABLE OPERATIONS Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Bellwether Foundation II
Wilmington, DE · Preselected only
$50,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 09/2024
Park Foundation
Ithaca, NY
$40,000 ENVIRONMENT - PROJECT SUPPORT Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation
San Francisco, CA · Preselected only
$25,000 TO CARRY OUT SPECIFIC CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL PROJECTS Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Rudolph J & Daphne a Munzer Foundation
Long Beach, CA
$5,000 SOLAR ADVOCACY Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Enhancing Tomorrow
Weston, MA · Preselected only
$5,000 CHARITABLE Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Pazala
San Rafael, CA · Preselected only
$1,030 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Bfk Foundation
Granville, OH · Preselected only
$1,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Cream Hill Foundation
Carmel, IN · Preselected only
$500 CHARITABLE Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$130 GENERAL SUPPORT Same city 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 Vote Solar

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Vote Solar, 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. John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) Chicago, IL
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $26.9M to them
  2. The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $53.7M to them
  3. Sequoia Climate Foundation Irvine, CA
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $59.9M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  4. The Marisla Foundation Laguna Beach, CA
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $4.69M to them
  5. The Heising-Simons Foundation Los Altos, CA
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $15.6M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. The Kresge Foundation Troy, MI
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $6.88M to them
  7. Skyline Foundation San Francisco, CA
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $12.3M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Los Altos, CA
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $20.8M to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Sierra Club Foundation Oakland, CA
    7 shared funders · 246 funders in all
  2. Windward Fund Washington, DC
    7 shared funders · 60 funders in all
  3. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors New York, NY
    9 shared funders · 150 funders in all
  4. New Venture Fund Washington, DC
    8 shared funders · 192 funders in all
  5. League of Conservation Voters Education Fund Washington, DC
    6 shared funders · 43 funders in all
  6. Tides Foundation San Francisco, CA
    8 shared funders · 180 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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