Rocky Mountain Institute
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is an independent, nonpartisan nonprofit founded in 1982 and based in Boulder, Colorado. It works to transform global energy systems through market-driven solutions, with the aim of securing a prosperous, resilient, clean energy future for all. RMI collaborates with businesses, policymakers, funders, communities, and other partners to scale clean energy, reduce energy waste, and expand access to affordable clean energy. Its website says RMI is active in more than 50 countries.
Rocky Mountain Institute at a glance
In short: Rocky Mountain Institute gave $2.9M across 31 grants in 2025 (avg $92K), top state California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $2,858,763
- -70.9% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 31
- +14.8% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $92,218
- -74.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $40,000
- Total assets
- $150,110,629
- +0.4% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- California (49% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Rocky Mountain Institute
- Contact
Mailing address: 2490 Junction Place 200, Boulder, CO 80301
Phone: (303) 245-1003
Website: https://rmi.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Rocky Mountain Institute funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was ADL Ventures LLC ($603K). Together the top 10 received $2.1M.
Grant Size Distribution
108 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 40 grants of 108 (37%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
RMI says it is active in more than 50 countries. Its 2025 grant dollars went primarily to organizations in California (49 percent), New York (18 percent), Minnesota (8 percent), Washington (7 percent), and Illinois (5 percent).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 31 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Rocky Mountain Institute gives
- 39% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−14%). Method
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 $300K (2020) to $9.8M (2024). In 2025 it made 31 grants totaling $2.9M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| ADL Ventures LLC San Francisco, CA | Support program | $603,004 |
| Association for Energy Affordability Inc Bronx, NY | Support program | $331,437 |
| GridLab Inc Berkeley, CA | Support program | $300,000 |
| Battelle Memorial Institute Richland, WA | Support program | $160,000 |
| Potential Energy Coalition Inc New York, NY | Support program | $152,500 |
| Signetron Inc Berkeley, CA | Support program | $132,482 |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA | Support program | $112,114 |
| David Baker Architects San Francisco, CA | Support program | $110,068 |
| American Lung Association Chicago, IL | Support program | $100,000 |
| Third Way Institute Washington, DC | Support program | $100,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists 31 grants; the 2024 and 2023 filings list 27 and 25 grants, respectively.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $150,110,629 | $174,917,694 | $159,013,013 | $2,858,763 | 31 | $2,840,339 |
| 2024 | $149,471,347 | $164,733,491 | $160,014,972 | $9,837,088 | 27 | $838,264 |
| 2023 | $140,735,486 | $139,396,668 | $141,157,018 | $4,965,957 | 25 | $8,804,384 |
| 2022 | $116,417,411 | $116,983,377 | $107,203,385 | $3,325,462 | 17 | $8,154,503 |
| 2021 | $107,274,324 | $115,107,316 | $66,413,297 | $1,445,500 | 8 | $8,773,608 |
| 2020 | $59,543,794 | $61,864,266 | $52,619,733 | $300,000 | 3 | $53,134 |
| 2019 | $47,374,815 | $53,502,081 | $44,945,015 | — | — | $-17,570 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
RMI’s stated mission is to transform the global energy system to secure a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future for all. Its 2024 filing describes work to decarbonize buildings, electricity, industry, and transportation, and to advance catalytic finance, climate intelligence, climate finance, workforce development, climate-tech entrepreneurship, and strategic communications. The organization’s website describes its approach as “think, do, scale”: using research and analysis to develop market-based solutions, working with partners to put them into practice, and convening stakeholders to expand them.
RMI’s 2025 grants included organizations working on energy efficiency, clean-energy policy and reliability, climate communications, public health, and energy-efficient buildings. For example, the Association for Energy Affordability says its mission is to make energy efficiency affordable in new and existing buildings. GridLab says it provides expert capacity and thought leadership on technical challenges and reliability in implementing clean-energy policies. Potential Energy Coalition says it uses evidence-based communications and public education campaigns to build public demand for clean-energy and climate solutions. Passive House Institute US says it promotes high-performance building standards, practices, and certifications.
Grantmaking
RMI reported 31 grants totaling $2,858,763 in filing year 2025. Grants ranged from $7,000 to $603,004, with a median of $40,000. The largest grants included $603,004 to ADL Ventures LLC, $331,437 to the Association for Energy Affordability, $300,000 to GridLab, $160,000 to Battelle Memorial Institute, and $152,500 to Potential Energy Coalition. Each was listed for “Support program.”
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Jon Creyts as chief executive officer. Dennis V. McGinn and Martha Brooks are listed as board co-chairs beginning April 2025; Martha Pickett is listed as board co-chair through April 2025 and general counsel. Sumant Sinha is listed as board chair through April 2025. The filing also lists trustees Amory Bloch Lovins, Bryan J. Hannegan, and Catherine Coleman Flowers.
Rocky Mountain Institute is led by Jon Creyts, Chief Executive Officer since 2023 (on filings since 2019); 11 of 21 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jon Creyts
Chief Executive Officer
Managing Director → Chief Officer of Programs, 2022
Chief Officer of Programs → Chief Executive Officer, 2023
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$344K (2019) → $610K (2025)
Sumant Sinha
Board Chair
Trustee → Board Chair, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leia Guccione
Managing Director
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$208K (2020) → $391K (2025)
Bryan Fisher
Managing Director
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$371K (2024) → $382K (2025)
Josh Henretig
Managing Director
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$369K (2024) → $383K (2025)
Kandeh Yumkella
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jessica Uhl
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anjali Bansal
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bryan J Hannegan
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Catherine Coleman Flowers
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Enki Tan
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ma Jun
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Heather McCreery
Chief Financial Officer
CFO → Chief Financial Officer, 2022
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$218K (2019) → $389K (2025)
Jennifer Stokes
Chief Development Officer
Managing Director → Managing Director - Development, 2022
Managing Director - Development → Chief Development Officer, 2023
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$221K (2019) → $335K (2025)
Lena Margaret Hansen
Chief Strategy Officer
Managing Director → Managing Director Chief Strate, 2023
Managing Director Chief Strate → Chief Strategy Officer, 2024
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$463K (2019) → $390K (2025)
Martha C. Pickett
Board Co-Chair
General Counsel & Secretary → General Counsel & Co-Chair, 2024
General Counsel & Co-Chair → Board Co-Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$349K (2019) → $421K (2025)
Heidi Johnson
Assistant Secretary
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$42K (2023) → $96K (2025)
Kylie Rogers
Chief People Officer
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$358K (2023) → $381K (2025)
Octavio Fuentes
Interim Chief Financial Officer
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$345K (2025)
Dennis V McGinn
Board Co-Chair
Trustee → Board Co-Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Martha Brooks
Board Co-Chair
Trustee → Board Co-Chair, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (45)
- Former: Amory Bloch Lovins (2019–2025) — Trustee & Contractor · Filing note: Thru 92019
- Former: Edward White (2019–2024) — Board Chair
- Former: Elizabeth Ann Sall (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: George Polk (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Jules Kortenhorst (2019–2024) — CEO
- Former: Rushad Nanvatty (2019–2024) — Managing Director
- Former: Todd Stern (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Steve Denning (2022–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Wei Ding (2022–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Audrey Zibelman (2023–2024) — Trustee
- Former: James Newcomb (2019–2023) — Managing Director Senior Exper
- Former: Jean Oelwang (2019–2023) — Lead Ind Trustee
- Former: Justin Locke (2019–2023) — Managing Director
- Former: Mark Ferron (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Michael Haas (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Peter Boyer (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Clay Stranger (2020–2023) — Managing Director
- Former: Stephanie Greene (2022–2023) — Managing Director
- Former: Sarah Ladislaw (2023) — Managing Director
- Former: Edward Lee Harvey (2019–2022) — Managing Director · Filing note: Thru 042021
- Former: Tom Dinwoodie (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Britta Gross (2020–2022) — Managing Director
- Former: James Mandel (2019–2021) — Managing Director · Filing note: Thru 042021
- Former: Maria Van Der Hoeven (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Mary Grace Powell (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Paul Bodnar (2019–2021) — Managing Director · Filing note: Thru 042021
- Former: Rachel Kyte (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Roy Bedlow (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Amory Bloch Lovinssee Sched O. (2021) — Trustee & Former Chief Scientist
- Former: Ding Wei (2021) — Trustee
- Former: Brad Mushovic (2019–2020) — Managing Director · Filing note: Thru 72019
- Former: David Allen (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Iain Campbell (2019–2020) — Managing Director
- Former: Jose Maria Figueres (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Lars Thomas Koch Blank (2019–2020) — Senior Principal
- Former: Lily Donge (2019–2020) — Principal · Filing note: Thru 122019
- Former: Mark Grundy (2019–2020) — Managing Director
- Former: Bruce Nilles (2020) — Managing Director
- Former: Koben Calhoun (2020) — Principal
- Former: Misty Burns (2020) — Managing Director
- Former: Richenda Van Leeuwen (2020) — Managing Director
- Former: Carol Nasta (2019) — Managing Director
- Former: Jeruld Weiland (2019) — Managing Director
- Former: Stephen Doig (2019) — Managing Director
- Former: Victor Olgyay (2019) — Principal
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 $610K, to Jon Creyts (Chief Executive Officer). 12 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Rocky Mountain Institute
How much does Rocky Mountain Institute give each year?
Rocky Mountain Institute gave $2.9M across 31 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $9.8M across 27 grants.
What is Rocky Mountain Institute's typical grant size?
Rocky Mountain Institute's median grant in 2025 was $40,000, and its average grant was $92,218, across 31 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Rocky Mountain Institute give grants?
Rocky Mountain Institute's top state is California, with 49% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990. The next largest states were New York (18%) and Minnesota (8%). The most frequent recipient cities were Berkeley, CA (4 grants), Saint Paul, MN (4 grants), Chicago, IL (3 grants) and San Francisco, CA (2 grants).
Does Rocky Mountain Institute give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 31 grants with a stated purpose on Rocky Mountain Institute's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Support program" (31 grants).
Who are Rocky Mountain Institute's largest grantees?
Rocky Mountain Institute's largest 2025 grantees include ADL Ventures LLC ($603,004), Association for Energy Affordability Inc ($331,437) and GridLab Inc ($300,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 43% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Rocky Mountain Institute?
Rocky Mountain Institute reported $150.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $174.9M.
What does Rocky Mountain Institute fund?
RMI’s stated mission is to transform the global energy system to secure a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future for all. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Rocky Mountain Institute?
Rocky Mountain Institute has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check rmi.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Rocky Mountain Institute's EIN?
Rocky Mountain Institute's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 74-2244146. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS December 13, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 18, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 2, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 12, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 12, 2026)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 13, 2020)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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