Grant Guidelines
Climate Ride approves non-profit organizations that:
- Are tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations.
- Align well with Climate Ride’s mission and goals.
- Are highly rated by donors and volunteers.
- Have at least two people ready to register and participate in a Climate Ride event who wish to select the organization. Beneficiary Partners will need at least two people to select their organization as a Beneficiary to remain on the list for the following year.
- Complete the Beneficiary application process and provide the required documentation.
Organizations are only eligible for a Climate Ride grant if participants select them and raise funds on their behalf. Therefore, preference is given to organizations nominated by participants.
In order to become a Beneficiary Partner, the organization must commit to doing outreach and engaging supporters to select them as a Beneficiary of any Climate Ride event.
If your organization is interested in becoming a Beneficiary, or if you would like to nominate an organization, please contact us. We will schedule a call for the organization and Climate Ride to discuss if this could be a beneficial partnership.
Since 2008, Climate Ride has granted millions of dollars to more than 375 organizations working on sustainability, bicycle advocacy, conservation, and climate change issues. Those organizations and their grant totals are listed below.
Grants to Beneficiaries, 2008 through 2023
| Name | Total Grant | |
|---|---|---|
| Climate One | $817,956 | |
| Glacier National Park Conservancy | $748,107 | |
| SolarFest | $593,462 | |
| Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition | $419,744 | |
| The Climate Center | $392,195 | |
| Wild Tomorrow Fund | $387,320 | |
| 350.org | $347,008 | |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $288,351 | |
| Dear Tomorrow | $276,415 | |
| San Francisco Bicycle Coalition | $256,199 | |
| Marin County Bicycle Coalition | $239,467 | |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | $235,003 | |
| Rails-to-Trails Conservancy | $227,101 | |
| Bike East Bay | $218,219 | |
| Citizens Climate Lobby | $177,535 | |
| Freecycles | $161,562 | |
| Washington Area Bicyclist Association | $154,306 | |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | $143,358 | |
| Ceres | $135,346 | |
| Vote Solar | $125,537 | |
| GRID Alternatives | $118,604 | |
| Focus the Nation | $112,616 | $64,483 |
| 1% for the Planet | $107,225 | |
| Clean Air - Cool Planet | $105,838 | $64,483 |
| TransForm | $105,220 | |
| Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition | $104,484 | |
| Alliance for the Great Lakes | $98,400 | |
| The Nature Conservancy | $97,586 | |
| Transportation Alternatives | $86,873 | |
| Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy | $86,783 | |
| WILD Foundation | $86,287 | |
| Environmental Defense Fund | $85,988 | |
| Bike Santa Cruz County | $84,698 | |
| B Lab | $83,926 | |
| Action for the Climate Emergency | $82,576 | |
| World Bicycle Relief | $82,021 | |
| Greenbelt Alliance | $80,573 | |
| Friends of Rye Nature Center | $79,278 | |
| Green America | $76,494 | |
| California Straw Building Association | $73,259 | |
| Earthjustice | $72,058 | |
| Climate Smart Missoula | $71,927 | |
| Sierra Club Connecticut | $66,444 | |
| Sierra Club California | $63,866 | |
| Marine Applied Research & Exploration (MARE) | $62,163 | |
| Boston Cyclists Union | $61,684 | |
| Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment - UCLA School of Law | $59,800 | |
| Walk San Francisco | $57,624 | |
| Chesapeake Climate Action Network | $56,064 | |
| Acterra | $55,532 | |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | $55,001 | |
| Sycamore Land Trust | $53,956 | |
| West Michigan Environmental Action Council | $49,475 | |
| PODER | $49,023 | |
| I Challenge Myself | $47,432 | |
| Yosemite Conservancy | $46,182 | |
| SustainaFest | $44,398 | |
| Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition | $42,816 | |
| Active Transportation Alliance | $42,075 | |
| Sunrise Movement | $41,644 | |
| Windustry | $37,915 | |
| Food & Water Watch | $37,581 | |
| California Bicycle Coalition | $36,798 | |
| Bikes Not Bombs | $34,108 | |
| University of Washington School of Public Health | $34,077 | |
| Adventure Cycling Association | $32,291 | |
| Experience Learning | $31,667 | |
| Active San Gabriel Valley | $31,605 | |
| Environmental Working Group | $31,011 | |
| Rainforest Alliance | $30,186 | |
| Families for a Livable Climate | $29,820 | |
| Greater Grand Rapids Bicycle Coalition | $28,391 | |
| American Forests | $27,197 | |
| Well House | $26,803 | |
| Harlem Grown | $26,687 | |
| Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition | $26,652 | |
| African Wildlife Foundation | $26,448 | |
| American Solar Energy Society (ASES) | $26,209 | |
| Bike New York | $24,555 | |
| East Coast Greenway Alliance | $24,224 | |
| Center for Climate Protection | $23,459 | |
| League of American Bicyclists | $23,390 | |
| National Park Foundation | $22,565 | |
| Center for Biological Diversity | $21,847 | |
| Soil Cycle | $21,252 | |
| Beyond Fistula | $21,232 | |
| 350 Vermont | $20,335 | |
| Climate Protection Campaign | $20,301 | |
| Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) | $20,194 | |
| Climate Counts | $19,579 | |
| Intersectional Environmentalist | $19,156 | |
| Young Voices on Climate Change | $18,926 | |
| Better Future Project | $18,501 | |
| Greenagers | $18,450 | |
| 350 Colorado | $18,168 | |
| Bike San Gabriel Valley | $17,996 | |
| Grist | $17,931 | |
| Climate Generation | $16,964 | |
| Sustainable Westchester | $16,949 | |
| Architecture 2030 | $16,912 | |
| GivePower | $16,608 | |
| American Geophysical Union | $16,051 | |
| Rich City RIDES | $15,631 | |
| Solar Living Institute | $15,624 | |
| Climate Solutions | $15,413 | |
| TreePeople | $15,281 | |
| Institute for Sustainable Communities | $14,997 | |
| CDI - Miles of Trees | $14,988 | |
| Alliance for Biking and Walking | $14,905 | |
| Chautauqua Institution | $14,649 | |
| WRISE (Women of Renewable Industry and Sustainable Energy) | $14,250 | |
| Sierra Club National | $14,114 | |
| Interfaith Power and Light | $13,938 | |
| National Geographic Society | $13,905 | |
| Institute for Transportation and Development Policy | $13,895 | |
| CommonWheels Bicycle Co-op | $13,861 | |
| Front and Centered | $13,780 | |
| The Nature Conservancy Forest Health Program | $13,366 | |
| Saha Global | $12,782 | |
| Women in Solar Energy (WISE) | $12,705 | |
| GreenWave | $12,539 | |
| Outward Bound California | $12,442 | |
| Carbon War Room | $12,316 | |
| Green Ninja Project | $12,269 | |
| National Interscholastic Cycling Association | $12,080 | |
| Trips for Kids-Denver | $11,957 | |
| Louisiana Bucket Brigade | $11,725 | |
| CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) | $11,547 | |
| New Jersey Bike and Walk Coalition | $11,519 | |
| Napa Climate NOW! | $11,418 | |
| Woods Hole Research Center | $11,270 | |
| Citizens' Greener Evanston | $11,264 | |
| Vida Verde Nature Education | $11,216 | |
| Sivananda Yoga Ranch | $11,172 | |
| Uplift | $11,040 | |
| Clean Energy Coalition | $10,898 | |
| Albany Strollers & Rollers | $10,752 | |
| Ecology Center - Ann Arbor | $10,669 | |
| Prime Ability | $10,495 | |
| International Green Industry Hall of Fame | $10,382 | |
| Spoke Folks | $10,373 | |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | $9,832 | |
| Sustainable Harvest International | $9,816 | |
| Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Safe Routes to School | $9,775 | |
| Mothers Out Front | $9,743 | |
| The Flyway Trail | $9,704 | |
| Chautauqua Lake Association | $9,650 | |
| Climate Foundation | $9,400 | |
| 350 Bay Area | $9,210 | |
| Bikes for the World | $9,121 | |
| Fossil Free California | $9,039 | |
| The Ocean Cleanup | $9,007 | |
| Chicago Fair Trade | $8,877 | |
| Bike San Diego | $8,852 | |
| San Diego County Bicycle Coalition | $8,796 | |
| Spokeland | $8,717 | |
| Black Girls Do Bike | $8,489 | |
| League to Save Lake Tahoe (Keep Tahoe Blue) | $8,468 | |
| Renewable Energy Long Island | $8,432 | |
| Farming Hope | $8,422 | |
| Conservation International | $8,369 | |
| National Park Trust | $8,298 | |
| Ceres Community Project | $8,262 | |
| Global Awareness Local Action (G.A.L.A.) | $8,242 | |
| San Francisco Green Film Festival | $8,063 | |
| Bike Pittsburgh | $7,963 | |
| US Green Building Council - Natl Capital Region | $7,867 | |
| Triangle Land Trust | $7,856 | |
| Illinois Green Alliance | $7,816 | |
| The Earth Institute at Columbia University | $7,798 | |
| Sage School | $7,624 | |
| Bainbridge Island Land Trust | $7,415 | |
| Sierra Club Illinois | $7,365 | |
| Old Spokes Home | $7,244 | |
| Our Climate | $7,144 | |
| Mountain Bike Afghanistan | $7,116 | |
| Michigan Climate Action Network | $6,953 | |
| The Clean Energy Leadership Institute | $6,892 | |
| School for Field Studies | $6,779 | |
| Cascade Bicycle Club | $6,616 | |
| Denver Food Rescue | $6,425 | |
| Vermont Green Building Network | $6,354 | |
| Glacier Nordic Club | $6,222 | |
| Southern Alliance for Clean Energy | $6,216 | |
| Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation | $6,144 | |
| Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates | $6,131 | |
| Maine Farmland Trust | $6,055 | |
| The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation | $5,939 | |
| Growing Up Wild | $5,847 | |
| Outdoor Afro | $5,808 | |
| Climate Disobedience Center | $5,773 | |
| Sonoma Land Trust | $5,691 | |
| Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust | $5,536 | |
| Green World Health Net | $5,420 | |
| Sequoia Riverlands Trust | $5,386 | |
| Integral Heart Foundation | $5,156 | |
| Conservation Media Group | $5,088 | |
| Triangle Land Conservancy | $5,081 | |
| Iowa Bicycle Coalition | $5,015 | |
| Arts Earth Partnership | $5,009 | |
| Bhutan Foundation | $5,000 | |
| Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program | $5,000 | |
| Native Sun Community Power Development | $5,000 | |
| Honor the Earth | $5,000 | |
| Centro del Obrero Fronterizo dba La Mujer Obrera | $5,000 | |
| The Lenape Nation of Pa | $5,000 | |
| Native Seeds Search | $5,000 | |
| Ride for Racial Justice | $5,000 | |
| People for Mobility Justice | $5,000 | |
| Climate Equity Policy Center | $4,995 | |
| Ecology Center Ann Arbor | $4,944 | |
| Bike Cleveland | $4,772 | |
| North American Association for Environmental Education | $4,770 | |
| Save Our Snow Foundation | $4,760 | |
| Alliance for Environmental Sustainability | $4,528 | |
| Surf Rider Marin Chapter | $4,419 | |
| Salmon Protection and Watershed Network | $4,404 | |
| Oil Change International | $4,391 | |
| League of Illinois Bicyclists | $4,292 | |
| Northern California Solar Energy Association | $4,186 | |
| Sustainable Marin | $4,171 | |
| International Association for Human Values | $4,149 | |
| Green For All | $3,968 | |
| Eco.Logic | $3,944 | |
| Friends of Acadia | $3,914 | |
| Help Educate | $3,879 | |
| Illinois Green Economy Network | $3,821 | |
| Center for Resource Solutions | $3,691 | |
| Friends of UNFPA | $3,684 | |
| Adventure Scientists | $3,655 | |
| Local First | $3,601 | |
| SeaTrees | $3,445 | |
| Solar Village Project | $3,432 | |
| Imagine H2O | $3,415 | |
| Environmental Advocates of New York | $3,384 | |
| Boston Area Solar Energy Association | $3,333 | |
| WE ACT for Environmental Justice | $3,279 | |
| Delta Bike Project | $3,260 | |
| WALKSacramento | $3,151 | |
| Ecology Action Center | $3,124 | |
| Sustainable Hudson Valley | $2,977 | |
| PeopleForBikes Foundation | $2,967 | |
| Fibershed | $2,942 | |
| Woodwell Climate Research Center | $2,927 | |
| Pie Ranch | $2,891 | |
| Protect Our Winters | $2,870 | |
| Boulder Food Rescue | $2,754 | |
| Natural Resources Council of Maine | $2,736 | |
| Sierra Club Florida | $2,722 | |
| Presidio Graduate School | $2,702 | |
| Rochester People's Climate Coalition | $2,685 | |
| University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Lab | $2,680 | |
| American Bird Conservancy | $2,660 | |
| Maine Natural Resource Council | $2,613 | |
| River Partners | $2,590 | |
| HEET (Home Energy Efficiency Team) | $2,577 | |
| Solar Roots | $2,564 | |
| Oceanites | $2,544 | |
| Sustainable Saratoga | $2,536 | |
| San Jose Parks Foundation | $2,470 | |
| Project Adapt | $2,453 | |
| The Street Trust | $2,364 | |
| Gearin' Up Bicycles | $2,348 | |
| Parks & Trails New York | $2,342 | |
| Bomazeen Land Trust | $2,305 | |
| Ice911 Research | $2,240 | |
| Protect Bears Ears | $2,200 | |
| Save The Redwoods League | $2,126 | |
| Sane Energy Project | $2,083 | |
| League of Michigan Bicyclists | $2,072 | |
| LeedCo | $2,055 | |
| Vermont Center for Ecostudies | $2,048 | |
| IISD - United Nations Office | $1,822 | |
| Center for Large Landscape Conservation | $1,821 | |
| Turtle Island Restoration Network | $1,721 | |
| CUCSD | $1,590 | |
| Bike Maryland | $1,579 | |
| Greenhouse Gas Management Institute | $1,562 | |
| All Hands Volunteers | $1,513 | |
| Coastside on Bikes | $1,501 | |
| Flint Rising | $1,476 | |
| Kentuckians for the Commonwealth | $1,454 | |
| Local First Chicago | $1,451 | |
| Cycles of Change | $1,425 | |
| National Center for Appropriate Technology | $1,416 | |
| International Living Future Institute | $1,406 | |
| Bikemore | $1,405 | |
| Sierra Club DC Chapter | $1,388 | |
| Plant Chicago | $1,374 | |
| Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage | $1,353 | |
| Bike Walk Montana | $1,340 | |
| Project Drawdown | $1,340 | |
| Antioch University New England's Community Garden Connections | $1,328 | |
| Fairfax Alliance for Better Bicycling (FABB) | $1,325 | |
| Connecticut Citizen Research Group | $1,313 | |
| Marin School of Environmental Leadership | $1,306 | |
| Florida International University Foundation - Sea Level Solutions Center | $1,280 | |
| Whitefish Legacy Partners | $1,280 | |
| Solar Action Alliance | $1,254 | |
| Ohio Environmental Council | $1,213 | |
| Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota | $1,203 | |
| Ride Richmond | $1,200 | |
| Corporate Accountability International | $1,160 | |
| Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility | $1,129 | |
| ReCYCLEry NC | $1,085 | |
| Openlands | $1,055 | |
| Sustainable Travel International | $1,028 | |
| Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Ohio Chapter | $968 | |
| World Ride | $925 | |
| Cool the Earth | $872 | |
| Strategic Energy Innovations | $864 | |
| Bangor Land Trust | $828 | |
| Bicycle Coalition of Maine | $828 | |
| Seamless Bay Area Alliance | $809 | |
| Climate Smart Glacier Country | $768 | |
| Bicycle Works | $761 | |
| NAMI | $751 | |
| AFSP | $751 | |
| Berkeley Law Ctr for Law Energy & the Env | $747 | |
| Pacific Environment | $747 | |
| Whitefish Community Emergency Response Fund | $742 | |
| RETREET | $738 | |
| Center for EcoTechnology | $718 | |
| David Susuki Foundation | $718 | |
| Beautiful PB | $690 | |
| Community Cycles | $647 | |
| Daily Acts Organization | $646 | |
| PATH (People for Active Transportation Hawaii) | $594 | |
| Local First of West Michigan | $568 | |
| NextGen Climate America | $539 | |
| SRIC | $526 | |
| Bike Austin | $502 | |
| Streets For All | $495 | |
| Climate Cycle | $494 | |
| New England Grassroots Environment Fund | $434 | |
| Cool Davis | $413 | |
| Everybody Solar | $384 | |
| San Luis Obispo County Bicycle Coalition | $349 | |
| Lagnua de Santa Rosa Foundation | $348 | |
| University of Washington College of the Environment | $300 | |
| Non-GMO Project | $273 | |
| Contra Costa County Climate Leaders | $268 | |
| Change is Simple | $267 | |
| Breathe California - Golden Gate Public Health Partnership | $256 | |
| Wenatchee River Institute | $240 | |
| Sustainable Princeton | $224 | |
| GObike Buffalo | $165 | |
| The Original Scraper Bike Team | $108 | |
| Ohio City Bicycle Co-op | $65 | |
| Bob Marshall WF | $56 | |
| FAMB | $56 | |
| MT Conservation Corps | $56 | |
| Environment California Research and Policy Center | $7 | |
| Connecticut Citizens Research Group | $0 | |
