Our mission is to relieve poverty, create jobs, and improve social and environmental health by investing in impactful companies that lack access to financing from conventional sources. We make impact investing easy, rewarding, and possible for everyone.
Realize Impact uses recoverable grants and impact investments to move philanthropic capital into work that conventional financing often misses. Its recent activity includes a $3,168,000 fiscal sponsorship grant to The New Climate in Menlo Park, along with a $1,462,500 grant to Delta40 Venture Studio Corporation in Lake Placid and a $1,225,256 grant to Beneficial Returns in Portland. Those awards sit within a broader mix that includes low-cost, reusable capital, fiscal sponsorship, and investment partnerships. The foundation’s stated mission is to relieve poverty, create jobs, and improve social and environmental health by investing in impactful companies. That shows up in grantmaking tied to climate, affordable housing, sustainable agriculture, and support for mission-driven for-profit entrepreneurs. Realize Impact also works through structures such as Model C fiscal sponsorship and philanthropic investment grants, which let it channel capital to fiscally sponsored projects, emerging initiatives, and nonprofit organizations acting as fiscal sponsors. Its recent grants show repeated support for intermediaries and projects that blend charitable purpose with financial structure, including multiple awards to Denkyem, Artha Networks, and Small Business Silver Lining. The pattern is less about one-off gifts than about sustained, structured capital aimed at projects that can reuse or recycle funds.
Climate and decarbonization appear in both grants and investment structures. Realize Impact gave $3,168,000 to The New Climate in Menlo Park through fiscal sponsorship grants, and another climate-linked award went to Tailwind Climate in Berkeley for fiscal sponsorship support. The foundation also lists climate change / decarbonization among its existing focus areas. Economic opportunity shows up through small-business and entrepreneurship support. It provided $358,424 to Denkyem in Renton for fiscal sponsorship grants, and the example investment to Denkyem Coop describes affordable loans for Black-owned businesses in the Puget Sound / Seattle region. The funder also supports mission-driven venture and platform organizations. It granted $975,000 to GitLab Foundation in San Francisco and $536,250 to Mission Driven Finance LLC in San Diego, both through fiscal sponsorship grants, indicating a willingness to back intermediated vehicles that can deploy capital toward aligned ventures and community work.
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Most grants fall between $10K and $167K, with a median of $46K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$46K
75th Percentile
$167K
About 13% of grants go to recipients in CA.
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Typical awards are mid-sized but wide-ranging: the 25th percentile is $10,120, the median is $45,968, and the 75th percentile is $167,101. The recent grant list includes repeated recipients across years, including Artha Networks in 2024 and 2025, Denkyem in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Beneficial Returns in 2023, 2024, and 2025, which points to ongoing relationships rather than isolated gifts. Realize Impact is a pure DAF provider and also makes program-related investments. Unsolicited applications are accepted for several active programs, including Fiscal Sponsorship (Model C) and Philanthropic Investment Grants.
Grant recipients are entirely U.S.-based in the recent sample, with 82 grants going to U.S. organizations. The top state by grant count is Colorado, while 13% of grants go to recipients in Washington. Recent recipient cities include Menlo Park, Lake Placid, Portland, New York, San Francisco, Renton, Chicago, and Berkeley. The grant map also includes Alaska through Ocean Plastics Recovery Project in Kodiak.
It supports fiscally sponsored projects, emerging and early-stage nonprofit initiatives, and nonprofit organizations acting as fiscal sponsors. The active programs also include Model C fiscal sponsorship, investment partnerships, and philanthropic investment grants.
Yes, for several active programs. Fiscal Sponsorship (Model C), the Truss Fund managed by Beneficial Returns, and Philanthropic Investment Grants all accept unsolicited applications, while some partnership-based programs do not.
The grant-size distribution centers on a median of $45,968, with a 25th percentile of $10,120 and a 75th percentile of $167,101. That suggests many awards are relatively modest, while some reach much higher levels.
Its listed focus areas include poverty alleviation, job creation and economic opportunity, climate change and decarbonization, affordable housing, support for mission-driven for-profit entrepreneurs, and sustainable agriculture and food systems.
The recent grant sample is entirely U.S.-based, with 82 grants to U.S. recipients. Its program descriptions also include global and emerging-market activity through Philanthropic Investment Grants, and the Truss Fund covers Latin America and Southeast Asia.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Current and upcoming funding from Realize Impact that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Project must propose charitable activities that align with Realize Impact's tax-exempt mission. Independent legal entity (project) is required; funds must be used for charitable project; Realize Impact maintains discretion and control over fund use.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The New Climate | Menlo Park, CA | $3,168,000 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| GitLab Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $975,000 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Beneficial Returns | Portland, OR | $651,510 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Delta40 Venture Studio Corporation | Lake Placid, NY | $609,375 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Small Business Silver Lining | New York, NY | $463,125 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Denkyem | Renton, WA | $358,424 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| gDiapers | West Linn, OR | $266,136 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Making Space | Tujunga, CA | $243,750 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Tailwind Climate | Berkeley, CA | $219,375 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Artha Networks | Belmont, MA | $195,000 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| SOCAP | San Francisco, CA | $190,125 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Ocean Plastics Recovery Project | Kodiak, AK | $100,001 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Campus Evolve | Medina, WA | $95,000 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Vanguard Charitable | Warwick, RI | $77,859 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Up Until Now | Brooklyn, NY | $71,092 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| ClimeOn | Shoreline, WA | $68,250 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Mission Driven Finance | San Diego, CA | $58,500 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Daintree Capital | Chevy Chase, MD | $49,500 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Kokua Country Foods Cooperative | Honolulu, HI | $43,407 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| thirdACT | Nassau, NY | $40,364 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Community Foundation of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | $34,650 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Seattle Foundation | Seattle, WA | $34,530 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Investors Circle | Durham, NC | $32,824 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Bessemer Giving Trust | Seattle, WA | $29,807 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Heroic Enterprises | Austin, TX | $24,564 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| GiveTeam | Menlo Park, CA | $20,963 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Impact Assets | Bethesda, MD | $19,596 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Schwab Charitable | San Francisco, CA | $18,891 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Impact Entrepreneur | Sheffield, MA | $15,863 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $15,098 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Agrarian Craft Inc (dba Bonsall Berry Farm) | Bonsall, CA | $13,650 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Black Lives Matter | Denver, CO | $11,105 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Tiny Superheroes | Chesterfield, MO | $10,617 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| The Flip | New York, NY | $9,750 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| RiseKit | Chicago, IL | $8,385 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Relationspot | New York, NY | $5,363 | 2025 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Delta40 Venture Studio Corporation | Lake Placid, NY | $1,462,500 | 2024 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Beneficial Returns | Portland, OR | $1,225,256 | 2024 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Small Business Silver Lining | New York, NY | $1,218,750 | 2024 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| RiseKit | Chicago, IL | $356,400 | 2024 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Denkyem | Renton, WA | $323,362 | 2024 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Artha Networks | Belmont, MA | $195,000 | 2024 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Impact Entrepreneur | Sheffield, MA | $175,505 | 2024 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| The AMP Community | New York, NY | $117,000 | 2024 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Impact Assets | Bethesda, MD | $102,463 | 2024 | General Support |
| Silvaseed Company | Roy, WA | $100,000 | 2024 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Campus Evolve | Medina, WA | $100,000 | 2024 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Kokua Country Foods Cooperative | Honolulu, HI | $85,742 | 2024 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
| Seattle Foundation | Seattle, WA | $60,367 | 2024 | General Support |
| Black Lives Matter | Denver, CO | $54,365 | 2024 | Fiscal Sponsorship Grants |
The New Climate
$3,168,000Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
GitLab Foundation
$975,000Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Beneficial Returns
$651,510Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Delta40 Venture Studio Corporation
$609,375Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Small Business Silver Lining
$463,125Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Denkyem
$358,424Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
gDiapers
$266,136Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Making Space
$243,750Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Tailwind Climate
$219,375Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Artha Networks
$195,000Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
SOCAP
$190,125Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Ocean Plastics Recovery Project
$100,001Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Campus Evolve
$95,000Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Up Until Now
$71,092Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
ClimeOn
$68,250Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Mission Driven Finance
$58,500Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Daintree Capital
$49,500Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Kokua Country Foods Cooperative
$43,407Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Investors Circle
$32,824Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Bessemer Giving Trust
$29,807Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Heroic Enterprises
$24,564Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
GiveTeam
$20,963Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Impact Entrepreneur
$15,863Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Agrarian Craft Inc (dba Bonsall Berry Farm)
$13,650Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Tiny Superheroes
$10,617Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
The Flip
$9,750Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
RiseKit
$8,385Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Relationspot
$5,363Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Delta40 Venture Studio Corporation
$1,462,500Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Beneficial Returns
$1,225,256Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Small Business Silver Lining
$1,218,750Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
RiseKit
$356,400Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Denkyem
$323,362Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Artha Networks
$195,000Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Impact Entrepreneur
$175,505Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
The AMP Community
$117,000Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Silvaseed Company
$100,000Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Campus Evolve
$100,000Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
Kokua Country Foods Cooperative
$85,742Fiscal Sponsorship Grants
