Totals
- Total revenue
- $3,473,710
- Total expenses
- $2,812,851
- Contributions and grants received
- $3,451,715
- Grants paid
- $1,544,200
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $21,995
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,906,225
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $845,706
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,060,519
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,332,175
- Management and general expenses
- $175,141
- Fundraising expenses
- $305,535
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,332,175
Program services were 82.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$3,451,715
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$4,456
-
3 · Investment income
total $21,995 · excluded $21,995
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $674,548 · program services $674,548
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $869,652 · program services $869,652
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $164,600 · program services $94,999 · management and general $27,276 · fundraising $42,325
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $438,000 · program services $252,791 · management and general $72,584 · fundraising $112,625
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $92,138 · program services $50,183 · management and general $21,169 · fundraising $20,786
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $51,997 · program services $30,030 · management and general $8,427 · fundraising $13,540
-
11a · Fees: management
total $304,123 · program services $253,519 · fundraising $50,604
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $11,288 · management and general $11,288
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $3,378 · program services $3,378
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $24,721 · program services $16,528 · management and general $556 · fundraising $7,637
-
13 · Office expenses
total $14,029 · program services $58 · management and general $13,888 · fundraising $83
-
14 · Information technology
total $29,738 · program services $13,471 · management and general $8,980 · fundraising $7,287
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $0
-
17 · Travel
total $32,794 · program services $14,723 · management and general $6,621 · fundraising $11,450
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $38,797 · program services $3,295 · management and general $920 · fundraising $34,582
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $2,145 · management and general $2,145
-
24a · Other expenses: Communication and storytelling
total $55,000 · program services $55,000
-
24b · Other expenses: in kind expenses
total $4,456 · fundraising $4,456
-
24c · Other expenses: bank fees
total $1,447 · management and general $1,287 · fundraising $160
-
24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,011,955 · end of year $1,132,758
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $643,666 · end of year $329,938
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $63,639 · end of year $409,730
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $18,557 · end of year $33,799
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $4,043 · end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $66,182 · end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $8,030 · end of year $5,554
-
18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $1,237,882 · end of year $840,152
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $498,490 · end of year $773,299
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $63,640 · end of year $287,220
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
FUNDING SOLAR ENERGY SOLUTIONS, BUILDING CAPACITY, AND AMPLIFYING LOCAL LEADERSHIP FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING THE GREATEST IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, ECONOMIC INSTABILITY, AND SOCIAL INJUSTICE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Honnold Foundation partners with marginalized communities to expand equitable solar energy access.
-
CORE FUND: THE HONNOLD FOUNDATION FOCUSES ITS WORK AROUND THREE CORE STRATEGIES: RESOURCING COMMUNITY-LED RENEWABLE ENERGY ACCESS, STRENGTHENING GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS AND NETWORKS, AND AMPLIFYING GRASSROOTS VOICES THROUGH STORYTELLING AND POLICY ADVOCACY. AS PART OF THIS WORK, THE HONNOLD FOUNDATION PROVIDES UNRESTRICTED GRANTS FOR GRASSROOTS NONPROFITS DOING SOLAR ENERGY ACCESS WORK WORLDWIDE. DETAILS OF DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL GRANTS MADE IN 2024 CAN BE FOUND IN SCHEDULE I.
Expenses $2,232,031 · Grants $1,544,200
-
Microgrid Program: This program designs and implements cooperatively-managed, locally owned solar microgrids serving communities especially impacted by the effects of climate change. The Honnold Foundation's Microgrid Program is a flagship initiative that develops community-owned solar microgrids in places especially susceptible to the impacts of climate change. Our inaugural project is the Adjuntas Microgrid, a 187 kW photovoltaic system powering 13 businesses in a small town in Puerto Rico. In 2022, we finalized all solar installations and began preparations for battery storage finalization in 2023.
Expenses $100,144
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Emily Teitsworth
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $180,911
- From this org
- $173,738
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,173
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $173,738
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $6,950
- Nontaxable benefits
- $223
- Filer's total
- $180,911
-
Kate Trujillo
Deputy Director
- Total calculated
- $130,351
- From this org
- $121,193
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $9,158
- Hours/week
- 45
-
Alex Honnold
Founder
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Vipul Gupta
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Armando Cordoves
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Maury Birdwell
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brady Robinson
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 45
-
Len Necefer
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Peter Martin
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nancy Feagin
Treasurer (out)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shaandiin Cedar
Treasurer (inc)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
-
Mesa Multisectorial Bosque Mo
$120,000
solar energy
-
Sovereign Energy
$100,000
solar energy
-
Feed the Second Line
$80,000
solar energy
-
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Ind
$73,000
solar energy
-
Mariposa DR Foundation
$60,000
solar energy
-
Blue World Fdn Inc
$50,000
solar energy
-
EarthSeed via CMB
$40,000
solar energy
-
Ofrenda Inc
$36,144
solar energy
-
CLIMA Fund
$30,000
Advocacy
-
Amigos de Santa Cruz Fdn
$27,500
solar energy
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 24 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202532979349301233
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