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US Green Building Council Inc
Washington, DC · EIN 52-1822816. Reported 70 grants totalling $687,067 to 64 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, 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 US Green Building Council Inc, the IRS classifies it under environment rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE C03) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 64 distinct organizations, with 4% 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 much its list changes. 14% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $9,323. Half of what it reported fell between $8,000 and $12,300; the smallest was $5,101 and the largest $24,714. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado State University | Fort Collins, CO | $24,714 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs, CO | $21,323 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Government of the District of Columbia | Washington, DC | $21,040 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City of Claremont Ca | Birmingham, AL | $17,402 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| City of Ithaca Ny | Ithaca, NY | $15,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Jacksonville | Jacksonville, FL | $15,100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 2030 Inc | Santa Fe, NM | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Coral Gables Fl | Miami, FL | $14,501 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Long Beach Housing Development Marlie Miranda | Long Beach, CA | $13,801 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Amesbury Ma | Amesbury, MA | $12,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Cape Canaveral Fl | Cape Canaveral, FL | $12,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Davidson Nc | Davidson, NC | $12,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Dayton Oh | Dayton, OH | $12,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Fort Lauderdale Fl | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $12,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Issaquah Wa | Issaquah, WA | $12,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of La Crescent Mn | La Crescent, MN | $12,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oakland County Mi | Pontiac, MI | $12,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| State College Borough Pa | State College, PA | $12,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Jupiter Inlet Colony Fl | Jupiter, FL | $12,301 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City of Carrollton | Carrollton, TX | $12,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of El Paso | El Paso, TX | $12,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Gainesville | Gainesville, FL | $12,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Gary | Gary, IN | $12,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $12,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $12,123 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Grand Junction | Grand Junction, CO | $11,823 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Largo | Largo, FL | $11,823 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Lexington | Lexington, KY | $11,823 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of North Miami | North Miami, FL | $11,823 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Palm Coast | Palm Coast, FL | $11,823 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of South Bend | South Bend, IN | $11,823 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Lantana | Lantana, FL | $11,823 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Columbia Sc | Columbia, SC | $10,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Henderson Nv | Henderson, NV | $10,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Tucson Az | Tucson, AZ | $10,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Des Moines | Des Moines, IA | $9,323 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Plano | Plano, TX | $9,323 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Scottsdale | Scottsdale, AZ | $9,323 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Explore Lawrence Inc | Lawrence, KS | $9,323 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Atlantic Beach Fl | Atlantic Beach, FL | $8,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of West Palm Beach Fl | West Palm Beach, FL | $8,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Cleveland Ohio | Cleveland, OH | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Costa Mesa | Costa Mesa, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Miami Beach | Miami Beach, FL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Northampton | Northampton, MA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Santa Monica | Santa Monica, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Sarasota Fl | Sarasota, FL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Tampa | Tampa, FL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Discover Palm Beach County Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Johnson County Ks | Olathe, KS | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Gov | Louisville, KY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Miami-Dade County Florida | Miami, FL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Orange County Fl | Orlando, FL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Orange County Nc | Hillsborough, NC | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Durango Co | Durango, CO | $5,801 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Hattiesburg Ms | Hattiesburg, MS | $5,801 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Racine Wi | Racine, WI | $5,801 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Wilmington Nc | Wilmington, NC | $5,801 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Abington Township Pa | Abington, PA | $5,101 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Baltimore MD | Baltimore, MD | $5,101 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Nashua Nh | Nashua, NH | $5,101 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kane County Il | Geneva, IL | $5,101 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Population Connection | Washington, DC | $5,101 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
4 of 64 (6%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
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.
- City of Ithaca Ny
LEED FOR CITIES PROJECT AWARDEE - FUNDED BY BOFA GRANT - City of Jacksonville
LEED FOR CITIES PROJECT AWARDEE - FOUNDED BY BOFA GRANT - City of Davidson Nc
LEED FOR CITIES PROJECT AWARDEE FUNDED BY BOFA GRANT - Government of the District of Columbia
LEED FOR CITIES PROJECT AWARDEE - FOUNDED BY NRC CHAPTER
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 3 of 64 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | $117,714 | $8,000 |
| 2022 | 34 | $303,214 | $8,350 |
| 2023 | 14 | $155,039 | $11,823 |
| 2024 | 9 | $111,100 | $12,300 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
28% of its giving went to organizations in Florida. 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.
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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 the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
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 $9,323 -- 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 Florida.
- 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 US Green Building Council Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 9 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: 2101 L Street Nw 600, Washington, DC, 20037.
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