About Action for the Climate Emergency
This foundation is tightly focused on accelerating climate emergency advocacy, directing almost all of its funding to organizations that do policy campaigns, public mobilization, and advocacy infrastructure on climate. Grants are primarily concentrated in a small set of advocacy groups and intermediaries (including a large grant to an entity that appears to be the foundation’s primary operating partner/rebrand). The giving signals a priority on rapid-response campaigning, policy influence, and fiscal sponsorship or network-building rather than direct service delivery.
Focus Areas
National climate emergency advocacy and campaign organizationsAdvocacy infrastructure and fiscal sponsorship for climate campaigns (e.g., via Tides Center)Communications, rapid-response organizing and public mobilization around climate policySupport for climate policy think-tanks and advocacy networks (e.g., Sustainable Markets Foundation)
Who They Fund
environmental and climate advocacy organizationscommunities impacted by climate changegeneral public / voters engaged in climate issues
About Action for the Climate Emergency
Action for the Climate Emergency’s recent giving centers on climate advocacy at scale, with a $1,950,000 grant to Goodpower Inc, formerly Climate Emergency Advocates Inc, in Boston. That grant, paired with a $675,000 award to Climate Emergency Advocates in Charlestown, shows a close tie to organizations built for climate campaign work rather than direct service delivery. The foundation’s 2025 grants also include support for policy and network groups such as Sustainable Markets Foundation, the Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy, Ecotok, and Tides Center. Across those recipients, the pattern points to climate emergency messaging, public mobilization, and advocacy infrastructure as the main priorities. The grant list suggests a funder that works through intermediaries and campaign organizations, including fiscal sponsorship and policy-facing partners. Massachusetts organizations appear prominently in the recent awards, but the portfolio also reaches New York, Washington, DC, Minnesota, and California. The largest awards are reserved for entities tied directly to climate advocacy operations, while smaller grants extend the same theme into public policy and organizing support.
What Action for the Climate Emergency Funds
Climate policy advocacy is the clearest theme in the recent grants. Action for the Climate Emergency gave $1,950,000 to Goodpower Inc, formerly Climate Emergency Advocates Inc, for climate advocacy, and $675,000 to Climate Emergency Advocates for the same purpose. The foundation also supports policy and research-oriented advocacy. It awarded $125,000 to Sustainable Markets Foundation for climate advocacy and $38,000 to the Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy for climate advocacy. Advocacy infrastructure appears as another focus. A $10,000 grant to Tides Center was also tagged climate advocacy, and the $23,500 grant to Ecotok in Minnesota shows the same campaign-centered orientation in a different local setting.
How Action for the Climate Emergency Gives
Typical grant sizes cluster around a median of $125,000, with a lower quartile of $74,250 and an upper quartile of $400,000. The 2025 list shows a steep size spread, from a $10,000 award to a $1,950,000 grant, which indicates a mix of major operating support and smaller targeted awards. The recent pattern is concentrated rather than broad, and it appears to favor repeat climate-advocacy entities and intermediaries. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its grants are regional in scope, and the 2025 grants all go to organizations rather than people.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.8M
Total Assets
$5.5M
Total Revenue
$14.3M
Total Expenses
$18.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $74K and $400K, with a median of $125K.
25th Percentile
$74K
Median
$125K
75th Percentile
$400K
Geographic Reach
National5 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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Leadership
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