Equation Campaign and Global Climate
Novato, CA · EIN 87-3636370. Reported 79 grants totalling $11.2M to 79 organizations across tax years 2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Equation Campaign and Global Climate, the IRS classifies it as a philanthropic organization (NTEE T99).
- How spread out its giving is. 79 distinct organizations, with 6% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $120,000. Half of what it reported fell between $60,000 and $200,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $700,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unkitawa | Kent, WA | $700,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bold Education Fund Inc | Omaha, NE | $691,900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| West Virginia Rivers Coalition Inc | Charleston, WV | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Louisiana | New Orleans, LA | $325,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chisholm Legacy Project Inc | Baltimore, MD | $320,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Virginia Organizing Inc | Charlottesvle, VA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Louisiana Bucket Brigade | New Orleans, LA | $275,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Affordable Energy | New Orleans, LA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 7 Directions of Service Inc | Reidsville, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Appalachian Voices | Boone, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians | Ashland, WI | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bay Mills Indian Community | Brimley, MI | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clean Wisconsin Inc | Madison, WI | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eastern Woodland Lacrosse | Reidsville, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians | Peshawbestown, MI | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Honor the Earth | Colstrip, MT | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Indigenous Educational Network of Turtle Island | Bemidji, MN | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Michigan Environmental Council | Lansing, MI | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tikkun Olam Productions Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wild Virginia Incorporated | Charlottesvle, VA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Partnership Project Inc | Washington, DC | $178,100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Floodlight Inc | Washington, DC | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Descendants Project | Vacherie, LA | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Partnership for Civil Justice Fund | Washington, DC | $170,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Memphis Community Against Pollution Inc | Memphis, TN | $165,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | Tucson, AZ | $152,206 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Occidental Arts and Ecology Center | Occidental, CA | $152,160 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Constitutional Rights Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Climate Defense Project | Laguna Beach, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| For a Better Bayou | Lake Charles, LA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greenfaith | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oficina Legal Del Pueblo Unido Inc | Austin, TX | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | Charlottesville, VA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wildearth Guardians | Santa Fe, NM | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Healthy Gulf | New Orleans, LA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Laudato Si Movement | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stand | San Francisco, CA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The 88 Project | Evanston, IL | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oil & Gas Action Network | Berkeley, CA | $112,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institute for Enhanced Equity | New Orleans, LA | $102,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Society of Native Nations | San Antonio, TX | $102,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Business Capacity Development Alliance Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Efforts of Grace Inc | New Orleans, LA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greenpeace Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mountain Watershed Association | Melcroft, PA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Womens Earth and Climate Action Network | Mill Valley, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breach Collective | Eugene, OR | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Border Workers United | El Paso, TX | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Center for Not-for- Profit Law Inc | Washington, DC | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Climate Emergency Fund | West Hollywood, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Indigenous Life Ways | Gallup, NM | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Organizers Institute South and West Iaf | Austin, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Promote Pt | Harrison City, PA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Protect Elizabeth Township | Mckeesport, PA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southwest Organizing Project | Albuquerque, NM | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dakota Resource Council | Bismarck, ND | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dakota Rural Action | Sioux Falls, SD | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| South Texas Human Rights Center | Falfurrias, TX | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eco-Justice Collaborative Nfp | Champaign, IL | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Haw River Assembly Inc | Bynum, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heal the Bay | Santa Monica, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Netcentric Campaigns Inc | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Solidaire Network Inc | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Surfrider Foundation | San Clemente, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tribal Images Museum Inc | Vinton, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Global Exchange | San Francisco, CA | $31,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | Berkeley, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Extensive Empowerment Project Inc | Gonzales, LA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American University | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Environmental Health Sciences | Bozeman, MT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | New York, NY | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Save Rgv | Brownsville, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dulac Community Center | Dulac, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ecology Center Inc | Ann Arbor, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Unkitawa
SUPPORT FOR THE GINIW COLLECTIVE - Bold Education Fund Inc
SUPPORT LEGAL FEES/COSTS-PIPELINE WORK - West Virginia Rivers Coalition Inc
GENERAL OPERATING AND VOLUNTEER SUPPORT - Foundation for Louisiana
FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM - Chisholm Legacy Project Inc
JUST TRANSITION LAWYERING INSTITUTE - Virginia Organizing
SUPPORT ARTIVISM VIRGINIA
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 71 of 79 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Where its money goes
14% of its giving went to organizations in Louisiana. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
Down to the city
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
5 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 5 grants totalling $5,995,000 to Equation Campaign and Global Climate. That is 50% of the 10 funders we can see giving to it. Those 5 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a grantmaking organization.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waverley Street Foundation | California | $5,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur | Illinois | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Sands Family Foundation Inc | Florida | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation to Promote Open Society | New York | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Willow Redistribution Foundation | California | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
A linked name has a page of its own. We publish one for a foundation that takes no unsolicited requests only when a real share of its giving goes to organizations that make grants themselves, and that page opens by saying it does not take requests.
Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $120,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Louisiana.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Equation Campaign and Global Climate's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 2 returns (tax years 2023-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 79 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 5 Hamilton Landing 200, Novato, CA, 94949.
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