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Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions Forum

To educate the public and influence the national conversation about commonsense clean energy solutions.

$850k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Environment$2.6MPublic Benefit$630kPhilanthropy$255kEducation$190kArts & Culture$10k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $290k
  • $250k+2 grants · $550k
$150,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEARPATH INC$300,000
CONSERVATIVE CLIMATE FOUNDATION$250,000
CONSERVATIVE ENERGY NETWORK$150,000
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY$90,000
BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY$50,000
CAPITOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 83% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Conservative Climate Foundation: $336k → 14%Conservation Energy Network: $115k → 16%American Conservation Coal: $50k → 7%Conservatives for Clean En: $25k → 8%Vanguard Charitable: $135k → 7%Western Governors Assoc: $15k → 12%C3 Solutions: $150k → 4%GMU Foundation: $100k → 6%Natl Assoc of State Ener: $230k → 7%Donors Trust Inc: $120k → 9%LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: $90k → 19%CleanTech Leaders Roundtab: $5k → 8%Conservative Climate Foundation: $138k → 14%CONSERVATIVE ENERGY NETWORK: $150k → 16%C3 Solutions: $125k → 4%CONSERVATIVE CLIMATE FOUNDATION: $250k → 14%CONSERVATIVE CLIMATE FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%Americans for Tax Reform Foundation: $65k → 14%Business Council for Susta: $60k → 14%BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: $50k → 14%Americans for Tax Reform F: $50k → 14%Americans for Tax Reform Foundation: $50k → 14%BCSE Foundation: $50k → 14%National Taxpayers Union Foundation: $50k → 14%National Taxpayers Union Foundation: $50k → 14%National Taxpayers Union Foundation: $50k → 14%BCSE Foundation: $50k → 14%Business Council for Susta: $5k → 14%CLEARPATH INC: $300k → 14%National Taxpayers Union F: $50k → 14%Western Caucus Foundation: $10k → 14%CLEARPATH FOUNDATION: $300k → 14%ClearPath Inc: $100k → 14%ClearPath: $50k → 14%ClearPath: $50k → 14%ACCF Center for Policy Res: $5k → 14%CAPITOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10k → 14%ACORE: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
MI
RI
CO
VA
MD
NC
DC
LA
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 9 repeat orgs$495k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +160% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
8

Total granted

$2.9M
$395k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+160%
+21%

Still filing today

89%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementEducationScience & TechArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CI
    CLEARPATH INC
    2× · 2020–2025 · $400k · revenue +160%
  • TC
    The Conservative Coalition for Climate Solutions
    2× · 2021–2023 · $275k · revenue +187%
  • CE
    Conservative Energy Network
    2× · 2020–2025 · $265k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • NA
    NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE ENERGY OFFICIALSgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $230k · revenue +100%
  • GM
    GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue -24%
  • CF
    CONSERVATIVES FOR CLEAN ENERGY INC
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +21%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
American Common Ground Council Inc

ConservAmerica is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to the development and advancement of market based energy, environmental, and conservation policy.

Environment
2
Cleaner Economy Coalition Inc

Driving american jobs and competitiveness by leveraging our cleaner economy and enabling u.s. manufacturers to lead in advanced energy technologies.

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3
Conservatives for a Clean Energy Future

CCEF works with policymakers and stakeholders across the nation to promote policies that secure affordable, reliable, and increasingly efficient and clean energy. Commonsense, market-driven energy policies will create local jobs, spark…

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4
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

The national caucus of environmental legislators empowers a nonpartisan network of legislative champions to protect, conserve, and improve the natural and human environment.

Education
5
Advocates for Climate Innovation
Philanthropy
6
United for Clean Power

United for Clean Power is focused on public policies that build a 21st century energy future.

Environment
7
Policy Action for a Clean Tomorrow Inc

Clean Tomorrow advances policies that reduce climate emissions by turning policy ambition into action. We work to catalyze rapid change that will accelerate the innovation and growth of clean energy.

Environment
8
Nw Energy Coalition

The NW Energy Coalition is an alliance of over 100 environmental, civic, and human service organizations, utilities, and businesses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia, plus many individual members. The NW Energy…

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9
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
10
Coalition for Green Capital D/B/a American Green Bank Consortium

Cgc operates as a nonprofit financial institution that invests directly and through partners to transform financial markets by using public and private investing to accelerate the deployment of projects that strengthen the grid, reduce…

Environment
11
Clean Energy Group Inc

Clean energy research and advocacy. Clean Energy Group promotes effective clean energy policies, develops low carbon technology innovation strategies and promotes new financial tools to strengthen the economy and stabilize climate change.

Environment
12
Clean Energy for America Inc

Clean Energy for Americas purpose is to engage with clean energy workers and advance the clean energy movement. CE4A highlights the feasibility and positive impact of a clean energy economy, educates policymakers and the general public on…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Clearpath Inc; the most unlike its peers is United States Capitol Historical Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 21 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Conservative Climate Foundation Inc: $824,300 · EnvironmentConservative Climate Foundation IncCLEARPATH INC: $400,000 · EnvironmentCLEARPATH INCConservative Energy Network: $265,000 · EnvironmentConservative Energy NetworkAMERICAN CONSERVATION COALITION INC: $150,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN CONSERVATION COALITION INC+2 more: $30,000 · EnvironmentCLEARPATH FOUNDATION: $400,000 · OtherCLEARPATH FOUNDATIONThe Conservative Coalition for Climate Solutions: $275,000 · OtherThe Conservative Coalition for Climate Sol…NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE ENERGY OFFICIALS: $230,000 · OtherNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE ENERGY OFFIC…NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION FOUNDATION: $200,000 · OtherNATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION FOUNDATIONTholos Foundation: $165,000 · OtherTholos FoundationLOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: $90,000 · OtherLOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY+1 more: $15,000 · OtherVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $135,000 · PhilanthropyDonors Trust Inc: $120,000 · PhilanthropyBUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: $215,000 · Community ImprovementGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · EducationWESTERN CAUCUS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Public BenefitAMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH: $5,000 · Public BenefitUNITED STATES CAPITOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Council On Renewable Energy: $5,000 · Science & Tech
Environment$1,669,300Other$1,375,000Philanthropy$255,000Community Improvement$215,000Education$100,000Public Benefit$15,000Arts & Culture$10,000Science & Tech$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetConservative Climate Foundation Inc: $824,300 over 4y, 18% of budgetCLEARPATH INC: $400,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetThe Conservative Coalition for Climate Solutions: $275,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetConservative Energy Network: $265,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE ENERGY OFFICIALS: $230,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetBUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: $215,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetNATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetTholos Foundation: $165,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetAMERICAN CONSERVATION COALITION INC: $150,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONSERVATIVES FOR CLEAN ENERGY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetUNITED STATES CAPITOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWESTERN CAUCUS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetCLEANTECH LEADERS ROUNDTABLE: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetAmerican Council On Renewable Energy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Clean Future Forum IncEdison Electric Insti…Breakthrough Energy F…United States Energy …The William & Flora H…Centerline Liberties …American Gas Associat…Nuclear Energy Instit…The Energy FoundationThe Pew Charitable Tr…Silicon Valley Commun…Vanguard Charitable E…
Clean Future Forum IncDC17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Clean Future Forum Inc · Edison Electric Institute Inc · Breakthrough Energy Foundation · United States Energy Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Centerline Liberties Inc · American Gas Association · Nuclear Energy Institute Inc · The Energy Foundation · The Pew Charitable Trusts · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions Forum funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions Forum. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions Forum?

    Find your warmest path to Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions Forum through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 21 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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