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HONNOLD FOUNDATION

EIN 83-0833980 SALT LAKE CTY, UT

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Revenue 2024
$3,473,710
Expenses 2024
$2,812,851

Program services were 82.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C12
Classification
1000
Street
159 W BROADWAY STE 200

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 200). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

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.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,473,710
    Expenses
    $2,812,851
    Contributions
    $3,451,715
    Grants paid
    $1,544,200
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,944,526
    Expenses
    $3,563,493
    Contributions
    $1,924,766
    Grants paid
    $2,266,014
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,977,163
    Expenses
    $2,838,169
    Contributions
    $6,966,588
    Grants paid
    $1,459,680

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,549,011
    Expenses
    $1,525,476
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,206,815

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,449,007
    Expenses
    $1,391,075
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,184,394

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,456,231
    Expenses
    $546,345
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,123,534

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

  • CHICAGO ECO HOUSE

    $175,000

    2023 CAPACITY BUILDING

  • FEED THE SECOND LINE

    $175,000

    2023 CAPACITY BUILDING

  • NATIVE RENEWABLES

    $175,000

    2023 CAPACITY BUILDING

  • BK ROT

    $175,000

    2023 CAPACITY BUILDING

  • Mesa Multisectorial Bosque Mo

    $120,000

    2024 solar energy

  • Sovereign Energy

    $100,000

    2024 solar energy

  • NATIVE RENEWABLES

    $100,000

    2023 SOLAR ENERGY

  • Feed the Second Line

    $80,000

    2024 solar energy

  • SAGE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

    $75,000

    2023 SOLAR ENERGY

  • Red Lake Band of Chippewa Ind

    $73,000

    2024 solar energy

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.