MacArthur Foundation donations made to Energy Foundation

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Basic donor information

ItemValue
Country United States
Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._and_Catherine_T._MacArthur_Foundation
Facebook username macarthurfdn
Websitehttps://www.macfound.org/
Donations URLhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/
Twitter usernamemacfound
Page on philosophy informing donationshttps://www.macfound.org/about/how-we-work/
Grant application process pagehttps://www.macfound.org/info-grantseekers/
Data entry method on Donations List WebsiteSQL insertion commands generated by script https://github.com/riceissa/macarthur-foundation

Brief history: https://www.macfound.org/about/our-history/

Full donor page for donor MacArthur Foundation

Basic donee information

We do not have any donee information for the donee Energy Foundation in our system.

Full donee page for donee Energy Foundation

Donor–donee relationship

Item Value

Donor–donee donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 11 10,000,000 9,024,250 100,000 125,000 600,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 10,000,000 11,941,748 13,500,000 13,500,000 15,000,000 29,500,000
FIXME 11 10,000,000 9,024,250 100,000 125,000 600,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 10,000,000 11,941,748 13,500,000 13,500,000 15,000,000 29,500,000

Donation amounts by cause area and year

If you hover over a cell for a given cause area and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.

Note: Cause area classification used here may not match that used by donor for all cases.

Cause area Number of donations Total 2017 2015 2014 2012 2005 1999 1996 1993 1990
FIXME (filter this donor) 11 99,266,748.00 15,000,000.00 5,000,000.00 700,000.00 125,000.00 11,941,748.00 29,500,000.00 13,500,000.00 13,500,000.00 10,000,000.00
Total 11 99,266,748.00 15,000,000.00 5,000,000.00 700,000.00 125,000.00 11,941,748.00 29,500,000.00 13,500,000.00 13,500,000.00 10,000,000.00

Graph of spending by cause area and year (incremental, not cumulative)

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Graph of spending by cause area and year (cumulative)

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Full list of documents in reverse chronological order (0 documents)

There are no documents associated with this combination of donor and donee.

Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (11 donations)

Graph of all donations (with known year of donation), showing the timeframe of donations

Graph of donations and their timeframes
Amount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 11)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
15,000,000.0022017FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- in support of state-level advocacy for clean energy policies. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: San Francisco.
2,000,000.0082015FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- support of state-level advocacy for clean energy policies. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: San Francisco.
3,000,000.0072015FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- In support of general operations (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: San Francisco.
600,000.0092014FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To change the public perception in Ohio about clean energy investments. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: San Francisco.
100,000.00112014FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To organize a convening on affordable multifamily housing energy efficiency improvements. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: San Francisco.
125,000.00102012FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To identify opportunities for philanthropic action to scale energy efficiency throughout the built environment. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: San Francisco.
11,941,748.0052005FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- In support of general operations (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: San Francisco.
29,500,000.0011999FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- In support of general operations (over six years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: San Francisco.
13,500,000.0031996FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- In support of general operations (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: San Francisco.
13,500,000.0031993FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- In support of general operations (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: San Francisco.
10,000,000.0061990FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- In support of general operations as well as grants and initiatives in five sectors: utilities and industry, buildings, transportation, renewable energy, and integrated issues. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: San Francisco.