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Filing year 2023

SEA CHANGE FOUNDATION

San Francisco, California·EIN 20-4952986·NTEE P20 · Human Services·501(c)(3)
Total revenue
$7M
Total assets
$225.3M
Total expenses
$48.2M
Reported officers
4

Reported officers (all unpaid)

No paid executives reported in 2023. SEA CHANGE FOUNDATION reported 4 unpaid officers and board members on its 990-PF.

President
Cfo/secretary
Former Exec Dir
Exec Dir

Grants paid

Itemized grants reported on this foundation's 2023 Form 990-PF, Part XV.

Total granted

$45.5M

Itemized grants

14

Median grant

$2M

RecipientLocationPurposeAmount
UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATIONSAN FRANCISCO, CAPromote clean energy$19.3M
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUNDWashington, DCEducate public about climate and clean energy$5.3M
BUILDING DECARBONNIZATION COALITIONPETALUMA, CAPromote clean energy$4.5M
POTENTIAL ENERGY COALITION INCNEW YORK, NYEducate public about climate and clean energy$3.5M
UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATIONSAN FRANCISCO, CAPromote clean energy$3.3M
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INCNew York, NYEducate public about climate and clean energy$3M
UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATIONSAN FRANCISCO, CAGeneral support$2M
PARTNERSHIP PROJECT INCWASHINGTON, DCEducate public about climate and clean energy$2M
VOTE SOLAROAKLAND, CAPromote clean energy$1.3M
CERES INCBOSTON, MAPromote energy efficiency$563k
VOTE SOLAROAKLAND, CAPromote clean energy$300k
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATIONOAKLAND, CAPromote energy efficiency$200k
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATIONSEATTLE, WAPromote energy efficiency$200k
BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE FOUNDATIONMINNEAPOLIS, MNPromote energy efficiency$175k
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This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($150M - $1B), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.

Sector benchmark

What Human Services executives earn in California

SEA CHANGE FOUNDATION reported no executive compensation in its latest filing. For context, the highest-paid executive at a comparable human services organization in California earns a median of $101,781.

25th percentile
$48k
Median
$101,781
75th percentile
$168k
90th percentile
$261k

These are human services sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 2,689 organizations across 2,689 filings (2020 – 2024).

See full Human Services pay data for California
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What are SEA CHANGE FOUNDATION's revenue and expenses?

In 2023, SEA CHANGE FOUNDATION reported $7M in total revenue and $48.2M in total expenses on its IRS Form 990.

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This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($150M - $1B), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.