Elevate Energy
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-4443093. Reported 89 grants totalling $13.6M to 69 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 Elevate Energy, the IRS classifies it under environment rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE C35) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 69 distinct organizations, with 42% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 42% 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 $48,532. Half of what it reported fell between $25,000 and $125,000; the smallest was $5,455 and the largest $1,596,780. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Ecology Inc | Boston, MA | $5,712,862 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Housing Partners | New York, NY | $1,146,926 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation | Chicago, IL | $781,012 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Solutions Project Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $612,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Goodell Place Unlimited Partnership | Maywood, IL | $535,608 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Health Nfp | Chicago, IL | $434,249 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Warren-Conner Development Coalition Inc | Detroit, MI | $382,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Madison Community Capital | Madison, WI | $288,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| U S Green Building Council-Illinois Chapter | Chicago, IL | $226,197 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Csi Support & Development Services (dunn) | Warren, MI | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fairway Ll Limited | Novi, MI | $197,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wisconsin Housing Preservation Corp | Madison, WI | $194,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| West Central Wisconsin Community Action Agency Inc | Glenwood City, WI | $180,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lac Du Flambeau Chippewa Ha | Lac Du Flambeau, WI | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Business Services Collective Nfp | Chicago, IL | $170,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ann Arbor Housing Development Corporation | Ann Arbor, MI | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Avalon Nonprofit Housing Corp | Ann Arbor, MI | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Develop Detroit Inc | Southfield, MI | $115,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 444 Realty | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nick & Eddie Construction | Oak Forest, IL | $99,882 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippeway | Eau Claire, WI | $99,864 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Slipstream Group Inc | Madison, WI | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Red Cliff Chippewa | Hammond, IN | $83,714 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Parker-Arntz Plumbing & Heating | Greenville, MI | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Polar Bear Sustainable Energy Co-Op | Highland Park, MI | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brilliant Detroit | Detroit, MI | $68,398 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Walnut Way Conservation Corp Charitable Org | Milwaukee, WI | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Soul Works L3C | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sustainable Options for Urban Living Inc | Dolton, IL | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aire Serv of Madison | Mcfarland, WI | $51,761 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Allied Media Projects Inc | Detroit, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Common Wealth Development Inc | Madison, WI | $48,532 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kelly Heating and Electric LLC | Eau Claire, WI | $46,764 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sustain Dane Inc | Madison, WI | $43,229 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Next Step Energy LLC | Eau Claire, WI | $39,423 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Avalon Village Inc | Highland Park, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| B a S S Inc | Highland Park, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Benton Harbor Community Development Corporation | Benton Harbor, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance Inc | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crsd | Dearborn, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Detroit Justice Center | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Detroit Revival Engaging American Muslims | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Four County Community Foundation | Romeo, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Rouge Park | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Networkand Fund Inc | Petoskey, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Growing Hope Inc | Ypsilanti, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hispanic Center of Western Michigan Inc | Grand Rapids, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ho-Chunk Housing and Community Development Agency | Tomah, WI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inter Tribal Council of Michigan Inc | Sault S Marie, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Keweenaw Community Foundation | Hancock, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Michigan Health Improvement Alliance Inc | Freeland, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| No Earth Wasted Living Ecological Awareness Farm Inc | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One Love Global Inc | Lansing, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Soulardarity | Highland Park, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision Project | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Urban Development Corporation | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washington Heights United Methodist Church | Battle Creek, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| We Want Green Too | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young Gifted & Green | Memphis, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Great Lakes Indian Housing Association | Red Lake, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Urban Core Collective | Grand Rapids, MI | $18,614 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marillac St Vincent Family Services Inc | Chicago, IL | $16,666 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trilogy Inc | Chicago, IL | $16,666 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers of America | Pittsburgh, PA | $12,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pentecostal House of Prayer | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Accurate-Airtight Exteriors LLC | Madison, WI | $9,615 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Illinois Finance Authority | Chicago, IL | $5,455 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
12 of 69 (17%) 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.
- New Ecology
Sub-grantee for national market expansion - New Ecology Inc
Subgrantee for national market expansion - Madison Community Capital
Subgrantee for Building Electrification Program retrofit program - Solutions Project
Subgrantee for Justice 40 initiative - Csi Support & Development Services (dunn)
Sub-grant facilitates elimination of fossil fuel usage in buildings - Ann Arbor Housing Development Corp
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What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 46 of 69 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 | 4 | $2,134,519 | $269,000 |
| 2022 | 12 | $2,488,563 | $98,000 |
| 2023 | 27 | $5,670,623 | $85,000 |
| 2024 | 46 | $3,267,832 | $25,000 |
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
42% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. 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 $48,532 -- 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 Massachusetts.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Elevate Energy'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.
Address of record on the latest return: 322 S Green Street 300, Chicago, IL, 60607.
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