Breakthrough Energy Foundation
EIN 85-3672460 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 109 grants · $79.6m
Who it funds most
96 of its 192 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Breakthrough Energy Foundation's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2023, filing 202413199349317296
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Form 990 | $149.4m | — | $107.7m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns5 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202543219349316849 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202413199349317296 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202303199349324325 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202243269349300529 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202211329349303771 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Breakthrough Energy Foundation made 392 grants across 2020–2024, totalling $272.4m as filed.
- Grants
- 392
- Total, as filed
- $272.4m
- Years
- 2020–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| RF CATALYTIC CAPITAL INC | 2 | $19.2m |
| WINDWARD FUND | 2 | $15.2m |
| MULTIPLIER | 3 | $11.0m |
| Climate Imperative Foundation | 1 | $10.0m |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE | 7 | $9.5m |
| CLIMATE JOBS NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER INC | 2 | $6.8m |
| NREL FOUNDATION | 4 | $6.4m |
| NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC | 4 | $5.8m |
| MANTEL CAPTURE INC | 3 | $5.0m |
| MOLTEN INDUSTRIES INC | 3 | $5.0m |
| MARS MATERIALS INC | 3 | $4.9m |
| HGEN | 3 | $4.8m |
| GREAT PLAINS INSTITUTE | 3 | $4.8m |
| QUEENS CARBON INC | 3 | $4.4m |
| THIRD WAY INSTITUTE | 4 | $4.1m |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | $175.0k |
| 2021 | 31 | $47.6m |
| 2022 | 91 | $85.3m |
| 2023 | 125 | $68.4m |
| 2024 | 144 | $70.9m |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-853672460. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified