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    GROWALD CLIMATE FUND INC

    Private FoundationIRS data 2020–2024
    BROOKLINE, MAEIN 464209325

    Annual Giving

    $28.0M

    Grants

    170

    Median Grant

    $40K

    Organizations Funded

    51

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    Foundation Overview

    Mission

    The Growald Climate Fund recognizes that climate change poses significant risks to social and racial justice, human health, biodiversity, and sustainable agriculture; They believe that innovative approaches, bold vision, and coordinated action are needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, and that philanthropy plays a key role in nurturing new climate solutions, building vibrant civil society, and supporting objective research and analysis; Growald Climate Fund is dedicated to minimizing climate change and works both domestically and internationally, using a venture philanthropy approach; The organization invests grants in a portfolio of organizations poised to create an outsized impact on the transformation of the electricity sector.

    Focus Areas

    climate mitigation and decarbonizationclimate policy and advocacysustainable finance and green bondsenergy transition and clean energyenvironmental protectionclimate research and analysiscapacity building and technical assistancecommunity and indigenous/tribal clean energy

    Grant Types

    project supportprogram supportgeneral supportcore supportlegal defense

    Funded Initiatives

    The organization uses venture philanthropy to foster the development of start-up and early-stage innovators into world-class climate leaders; They identify and target key bottlenecks and challenges for the energy transition field and support research, convening and initiative seeding to solve them; They help grantees and others across the field grow into healthy, self-sustaining organizations; Featured partners include ClimateVoice, Power Shift Africa, and various organizations working on green finance and climate policy; They take high risk/high reward projects with measurable results, scalability, and clear exit strategies.

    Based on publicly available information from the foundation's 990 filings and website.

    Giving History

    2024

    $28.0M

    Grants

    170

    Median

    $40K

    States

    15

    2023+87%

    $28.2M

    Grants

    132

    Median

    $2K

    States

    17

    2022

    $15.1M

    Grants

    127

    Median

    $2K

    States

    15

    Grant Size Distribution

    $40K

    Typical Grant (Median)

    $100

    Smallest

    $500

    25th Pctile

    $250K

    75th Pctile

    $2.5M

    Largest

    Excludes grants ≤ $5K. Half fall between $500 and $250K.

    Largest Recent Grants

    $2.5M

    2024

    EUROPEAN CLIMATE FOUNDATION

    PROJECT SUPPORT

    $1.2M

    2024

    INT'L RESEARCH & EXCHANGES BOARD (IREX)

    DC · PROJECT SUPPORT

    $1.0M

    2024

    SUNRISE PROJECT INC - US

    NY · PROJECT SUPPORT

    $1.0M

    2024

    EUROPEAN CLIMATE FOUNDATION

    PROJECT SUPPORT

    $1.0M

    2024

    THE ENERGY FOUNDATION

    CA · PROJECT SUPPORT

    Geographic Focus

    CA
    $3.9M17 grants
    DC
    $3.6M8 grants
    NY
    $3.0M19 grants
    MA
    $515K3 grants
    CO
    $500K1 grants

    Top states by total grant dollars. Based on IRS filing data.

    Financial Overview

    YearTotal AssetsGrants Paid
    2024
    $41.0M
    $28.0M(68.4%)
    2023
    $22.8M
    $28.2M(124.1%)
    2022
    $22.5M
    $15.0M(66.4%)
    2020
    $15.0M
    $6.7M(44.8%)

    Grants paid shown as percentage of total assets

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    Data sourced from IRS 990 and 990-PF filings and publicly available foundation websites. Grant data, financial figures, and organizational details reflect historical filings and may not represent current operations or funding priorities. Verify directly with the foundation before applying. See an issue? Let us know.

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