Deployus Inc
Deployus Inc is a public charity based in Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2015. It describes itself as a nonpartisan convener, regrantor, and accelerator of climate leadership across the political spectrum, with a goal of advancing ambitious, fair, durable decarbonization policies with bipartisan support.
Deployus Inc at a glance
In short: Deployus Inc gave $18.4M across 31 grants in 2025 (avg $595K), mostly in District of Columbia. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $18,442,250
- +50.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 31
- +14.8% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $594,911
- +30.6% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $478,000
- Total assets
- $18,266,739
- +243.9% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- District of Columbia (54% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
How to apply to Deployus Inc
- Contact
Mailing address: 68 Harrison Avenue 605, Boston, MA 02111
Phone: (617) 917-5665
Website: https://deployus.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Deployus Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1.7M). Together the top 10 received $13.0M.
Grant Size Distribution
97 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 29 grants of 97 (30%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
DEPLOYUS describes itself as a national organization. In 2025, its grant dollars were reported as going primarily to recipients in the District of Columbia (54%), California (16%), Virginia (12%), Michigan (8%), and Indiana (5%).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 31 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Deployus Inc gives
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $355K (2020) to $18.4M (2025). In 2025 it made 31 grants totaling $18.4M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation Mountain View, CA | To support the org's efforts related to clean energy and pollution mitigation | $1,725,000 |
| Climate Leadership Council Inc Washington, DC | To support the org's efforts related to clean energy and pollution mitigation | $1,637,500 |
| Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy Washington, DC | To support the org's efforts related to clean energy and pollution mitigation | $1,552,500 |
| Conservative Energy Network Lansing, MI | To Support Educational Efforts Related to Clean Energy | $1,527,500 |
| Clearpath Inc (CPI) Washington, DC | To support the org's efforts related to clean energy and pollution mitigation | $1,525,000 |
| Conservative Coalition for Climate Solutions Falls Church, VA | To support the org's efforts related to clean energy and pollution mitigation | $1,435,500 |
| American Flood Coalition Washington, DC | To support educational efforts related to flooding and resilience | $1,002,500 |
| San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Foundation (Cice) San Francisco, CA | To support the org's efforts related to clean energy and pollution mitigation | $1,002,500 |
| Evangelical Environmental Network Noblesville, IN | To support the org's efforts related to clean energy and pollution mitigation | $902,500 |
| American Conservative Coalition (ACC) Washington, DC | To support the org's efforts related to clean energy and pollution mitigation | $702,500 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $18,266,739 | $31,977,569 | $22,685,164 | $18,442,250 | 31 | $179,337 |
| 2024 | $5,311,612 | $16,168,147 | $15,553,658 | $12,297,000 | 27 | $174,823 |
| 2023 | $3,565,794 | $4,237,264 | $3,713,290 | $1,042,500 | 10 | $45,067 |
| 2022 | $3,080,987 | $6,215,765 | $5,166,100 | $2,948,000 | 15 | $2,662 |
| 2021 | $2,976,414 | $4,253,205 | $3,321,874 | $1,507,250 | 14 | $1,332 |
| 2020 | $1,218,109 | $2,095,577 | $1,366,457 | $355,000 | 5 | $2,952 |
| 2019 | $313,435 | $905,758 | $646,667 | — | — | $296 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
DEPLOY/US states its mission as mobilizing, coordinating, and strengthening the impact of organizations advancing conservative clean-energy leadership and bipartisan decarbonization solutions. Its stated goal is net-zero by 2050. It describes its strategy as supporting work that shapes conservative media narratives, develops research and thought leadership, and engages constituencies to educate lawmakers and demonstrate support for climate leadership.
In 2025, the organization reported convening environmental civil society organizations and leaders, supporting communications infrastructure and partner grantees’ expertise and capacity, convening philanthropists for educational dialogues, and expanding direct grantmaking and fieldwide learning and assessment.
Grantees’ stated missions illustrate the range of organizations supported. The Conservative Energy Network says it champions secure, reliable, affordable, clean American energy; ClearPath says it works to accelerate American innovation to reduce global energy emissions; and the American Flood Coalition says it drives adaptation to protect communities from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding. The Climate Leadership Council says it promotes a carbon-dividends framework, while the American Conservation Coalition says it is dedicated to building the conservative environmental movement.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, DEPLOYUS reported 31 grants totaling $18,442,250. Grants ranged from $6,250 to $1,725,000, with a median grant of $478,000. The reported purposes include supporting clean-energy and pollution-mitigation efforts, clean-energy education, and education related to flooding and resilience. The organization says it monitors grants through periodic meetings with partner grantees and regular review of grant reports.
Among the largest 2025 grants were $1,725,000 to Silicon Valley Community Foundation; $1,637,500 to Climate Leadership Council Inc; $1,552,500 to Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy; $1,527,500 to Conservative Energy Network; and $1,525,000 to ClearPath Inc.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Andrea S Yodsampa as board chair, director, and CEO; Abigail Linnington as clerk; and Jennifer Cope as treasurer and vice president of finance. Directors listed are Kim Syman, Julia Nesheiwat, Neil Chatterjee, Dave Miller, Rob Sisson, Susan Bodine, and Catrina Rorke.
Deployus Inc is led by Andrea S. Yodsampa, Board Chair, Director & CEO on every filing since 2019; 9 of 17 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Andrea S. Yodsampa
Board Chair, Director & CEO
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$198K (2019) → $379K (2025)
Michael Lehmann
Director of Commun. Program
Director of Communications Programs → Director of Commun. Programs, 2022
Director of Commun. Programs → Director of Commun. Program, 2023
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$150K (2021) → $189K (2025)
Herbert Gibson
Director of Field Programs
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$190K (2024) → $185K (2025)
Dave Miller
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kim Syman
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julia Nesheiwat
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Neil Chatterjee
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rob Sisson
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan Bodine
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Catrina Rorke
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Denise Bush
Manager Development Operations
Clerk & Program Administrator → Executive Adminstrator & Development Associate, 2023
Executive Adminstrator & Development Associate → Manager Development Operations, 2025
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$69K (2020) → $152K (2025)
Alex Bozmoski
Executive Vice President
Vice President Programs → Executive Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$294K (2022) → $322K (2025)
Jennifer Cope
Treasurer & Vice President Finance
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$193K (2023) → $262K (2025)
Johnna Fontenot
Producer of State Media Pr
Producer of State Media Programs → Producer of State Media Pr, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$149K (2024) → $150K (2025)
Ashley Roberts
Chief Operating Officer
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$171K (2025)
Laur Hesse Fisher
Vice President Impact Learning
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$227K (2025)
Abigail Linnington
Clerk
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (10)
- Former: Ashley Moir (2022–2024) — Senior Producer & Committee Program
- Former: Magaly Fuentes (2023–2024) — Programs Officer
- Former: Peter Begley (2019–2023) — CFO & Treasurer
- Former: Regina Clemente (2023) — Director of Philanthropic Acceleration
- Former: Liesl Hickey (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Alan Clarance - Former (2022) — Treasurer, COO & CFO
- Former: Alexander Bozmoski (2020–2021) — Vice President of Programs
- Former: Abilgail Linnington - Current (2021) — Director & Clerk
- Former: Denise Bush - Fmr Clerk As (2021) — Program Administrator & Clerk -Partial Year
- Former: Lara Slachta (2019) — Treasurer, Clerk & Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $379K, to Andrea S Yodsampa (Board Chair/Director/CEO). 9 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Deployus Inc
How much does Deployus Inc give each year?
Deployus Inc gave $18.4M across 31 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $12.3M across 27 grants.
What is Deployus Inc's typical grant size?
Deployus Inc's median grant in 2025 was $478,000, and its average grant was $594,911, across 31 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Deployus Inc give grants?
Deployus Inc gives mostly in District of Columbia: 54% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest states were California (16%) and Virginia (12%). The most frequent recipient cities were Washington, DC (14 grants), Austin, TX (2 grants) and Boston, MA (2 grants).
Does Deployus Inc give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 31 grants with a stated purpose on Deployus Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.
Who are Deployus Inc's largest grantees?
Deployus Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,725,000), Climate Leadership Council Inc ($1,637,500) and Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy ($1,552,500), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 27% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Deployus Inc?
Deployus Inc reported $18.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $32.0M.
What does Deployus Inc fund?
DEPLOY/US states its mission as mobilizing, coordinating, and strengthening the impact of organizations advancing conservative clean-energy leadership and bipartisan decarbonization solutions. Its stated goal is net-zero by 2050. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Deployus Inc?
Deployus Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check deployus.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Deployus Inc's EIN?
Deployus Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 47-2818525. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS July 28, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 3, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 20, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 29, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 28, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 22, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024
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