Organization · EIN 74-2244146 · Boulder, CO
Who funds Rocky Mountain Institute?
85 private foundations reported paying Rocky Mountain Institute $22.7M on returns for tax year 2023.
85 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers
Funders 85
| Foundation | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sequoia Climate Foundation Irvine, CA · Preselected only |
$6,300,000 7 grant lines |
TO SUPPORT DECARBONIZATION OF THE POWER SECTOR AND IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH +5 more | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 11/2024 |
| Sall Family Foundation Cary, NC · Preselected only |
$2,900,000 | PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT; GENERAL OPERATING | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation San Francisco, CA · Preselected only |
$2,500,000 | CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVES | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment Boston, MA · Preselected only |
$1,653,700 | CLIMATE SCIENCE & POLICY RESEARCH Filed as “RMI” |
Same address 0.90 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation New York, NY · Preselected only |
$1,505,000 | ACCELERATE TRANSITION TO CLEAN ENERGY | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Lemelson Foundation Portland, OR · Preselected only |
$1,000,000 | TO ACCELERATE INDUSTRIAL DECARBONIZATION BY SOURCING, SELECTING, SUPPORTING, AND SCALING CLIMATE TECH STARTUPS THROUGH RMIS THIRD DERIVATIV… | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA |
$825,000 3 grant lines |
FOR THE CHINA PROGRAM'S SYSTEMATIC ENERGY TRANSITION AND EQUITABLE ENERGY TRANSITION WORK +2 more | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Rockefeller Brothers Fund New York, NY |
$800,000 2 grant lines |
FOR ITS STATE ENERGY BOOST PROJECT +1 more | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation The Woodlands, TX |
$550,000 3 grant lines |
To Develop the Critical 'Connective Tissue' Infrastructure in Texas for Powering a New Energy Economy +2 more | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) Chicago, IL |
$500,000 | to accelerate the development and deployment of sustainable mobility solutions in urban India | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation Los Altos, CA · Preselected only |
$400,000 | TO ADVANCE U.S. POWER AND TRANSPORTATION SECTOR TRANSFORMATION | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Foundation to Promote Open Society New York, NY · Preselected only |
$350,000 | TO PROVIDE PROGRAM-LEVEL SUPPORT TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE TO HELP ACCELERATE THE ENERGY TRANSITION IN SAINT LUCIA AND THE BAHAMAS TO… Filed as “THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE” |
Exact name 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Educational Foundation of America Bethesda, MD · Preselected only |
$350,000 3 grant lines |
INVESTMENT DRIVEN DECARBONIZATION OF UTILITY SECTOR (RMI ENACT INDEX) +2 more | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Rao Foundation Flower Mound, TX · Preselected only |
$350,000 | PROMOTE CLEAN ENERGY | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Gardener Foundation Sarasota, FL · Preselected only |
$250,000 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION | Exact name 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 06/2024 |
| The Argosy Foundation Milwaukee, WI · Preselected only |
$250,000 | RESEARCH PROJECT | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Leon Lowenstein Foundation New Haven, CT · Preselected only |
$250,000 | Charitable | Exact name 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC |
$150,000 | PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Eldred Foundation Westminster, CO · Preselected only |
$120,000 | General contribution | Exact name 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The McKnight Foundation Minneapolis, MN |
$100,000 | To provide technical assistance on transportation and energy decarbonization in the Midwest | 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 Rocky Mountain Institute
These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Rocky Mountain Institute, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Princeton, NJ
Paid 18 of the 25 closest peers · $19.9M to them - The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Los Altos, CA
Paid 18 of the 25 closest peers · $24.3M to them - The Rockefeller Foundation New York, NY
Paid 19 of the 25 closest peers · $10.5M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only - Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
Paid 18 of the 25 closest peers · $1.33M to them - Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
Paid 16 of the 25 closest peers · $565K to them - Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation Palo Alto, CA
Paid 18 of the 25 closest peers · $55.9M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only - Sempra Foundation San Diego, CA
Paid 16 of the 25 closest peers · $55.3K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only - The Cigna Group Foundation Philadelphia, PA
Paid 16 of the 25 closest peers · $109K to them
Organizations with the most funders in common
- Environmental Defense Fund New York, NY
33 shared funders · 492 funders in all - The Nature Conservancy Arlington, VA
28 shared funders · 1261 funders in all - Natural Resources Defense Council New York, NY
24 shared funders · 625 funders in all - Medecins Sans Frontieres USA New York, NY
22 shared funders · 2370 funders in all - The Union of Concerned Scientists Cambridge, MA
20 shared funders · 258 funders in all - Earthjustice San Francisco, CA
20 shared funders · 353 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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