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Where grants from THE ENERGY FOUNDATION went next

The 10 largest grantees of this organization, by cash, that also file with the IRS — and for each, its own 5 largest grants, from its returns for the same tax years.

Each figure is one return, as filed. A grantee's grants out are not shown to be the money it received: money is interchangeable, and two organizations' tax years can cover different months, so a grant received in one organization's 2023 can sit beside grants made in the other's 2023 without being the same dollars. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and a private foundation's grants are not followed here: it reports them in its 990-PF's Part XV, which names no recipient EIN to join.

  1. INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON CLEAN TRANSPORTATION EIN 20-3076690

    Received $1,800,000 from THE ENERGY FOUNDATION · 2022, 2023, 2024 returns

    Its grants paid, 2022: $61,812

    Its grants paid, 2023: $3,327,599

    Its grants paid, 2024: $8,350,132

  2. ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE EIN 74-2244146

    Received $1,470,000 from THE ENERGY FOUNDATION · 2022, 2023, 2024 returns

    Its grants paid, 2022: $8,697,316

    Its grants paid, 2023: $14,675,465

  3. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE EIN 04-2103580

    Received $922,477 from THE ENERGY FOUNDATION · 2022, 2023, 2024 returns

    Its grants paid, 2022: $888,636,059

    Its grants paid, 2023: $953,713,268

    Its grants paid, 2024: $1,089,639,465

  4. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY EIN 94-6002123

    Received $850,000 from THE ENERGY FOUNDATION · 2022, 2023, 2024 returns

    No itemized grants on its 2022, 2023, 2024 returns.

  5. INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY EIN 52-1399520

    Received $714,491 from THE ENERGY FOUNDATION · 2022, 2023, 2024 returns

    Its grants paid, 2022: $0

    Its grants paid, 2023: $0

    Its grants paid, 2024: $0

    No itemized grants on its 2022, 2023, 2024 returns.

  6. NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC EIN 13-2654926

    Received $575,000 from THE ENERGY FOUNDATION · 2022, 2023 returns

    Its grants paid, 2022: $17,616,853

    Its grants paid, 2023: $11,970,154

  7. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EIN 94-3067788

    Received $328,750 from THE ENERGY FOUNDATION · 2024 return

    No itemized grants on its 2024 return.

  8. JACKSON HOLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS INC EIN 30-0075389

    Received $275,000 from THE ENERGY FOUNDATION · 2022, 2024 returns

    Its grants paid, 2022: $0

    Its grants paid, 2024: $0

    No itemized grants on its 2022, 2024 returns.

  9. STATE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS EIN 23-7148478

    Received $233,750 from THE ENERGY FOUNDATION · 2024 return

    No itemized grants on its 2024 return.

  10. INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES EIN 22-3098727

    Received $220,000 from THE ENERGY FOUNDATION · 2022, 2024 returns

    Its grants paid, 2022: $2,504,965

    Its grants paid, 2024: $1,377,943

The API serves every itemized grant, in both directions.