Michigan · Public charity
Conservative Energy Network
To champion secure, reliable, affordable, clean American energy.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $209,690
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $592,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Conservative Energy Network funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $600k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $2.4M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $2.6M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $2.7M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $1.9M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $2.3M | 40% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $1.5M | 44% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $967k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $108k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservatives for Clean Energy Inc | $4,908,447 | 7 | 89% |
| The Western Way Organization | $1,590,000 | 4 | 97% |
| Ohio Conservative Energy Forum Attn Tony Zartman | $1,374,922 | 7 | 99% |
| Minnesota Conservative Energy Forum | $1,287,711 | 8 | 89% |
| Michigan Conservative Energy Forum | $1,255,236 | 7 | 69% |
| Pennsylvania Conservative Energy Forum | $1,056,299 | 6 | 83% |
| Wisconsin Conservative Energy Forum Inc | $894,851 | 6 | n/a |
| Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation | $752,717 | 2 | n/a |
| Indiana Conservative Alliance For | $551,734 | 5 | n/a |
| Iowa Conservative Energy Forum | $355,944 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservatives for Clean Energy Inc | $4,908,447 | 7 | 89% |
| The Western Way Organization | $1,590,000 | 4 | 97% |
| Ohio Conservative Energy Forum Attn Tony Zartman | $1,374,922 | 7 | 99% |
| Minnesota Conservative Energy Forum | $1,287,711 | 8 | 89% |
| Michigan Conservative Energy Forum | $1,255,236 | 7 | 69% |
| Pennsylvania Conservative Energy Forum | $1,056,299 | 6 | 83% |
| Wisconsin Conservative Energy Forum Inc | $894,851 | 6 | n/a |
| Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation | $752,717 | 2 | n/a |
| Indiana Conservative Alliance For | $551,734 | 5 | n/a |
| Iowa Conservative Energy Forum | $355,944 | 2 | n/a |
| Earth Stewardship Alliance | $180,350 | 4 | 27% |
| Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy | $135,000 | 2 | 53% |
| The University of Texas Foundation No 1 | $63,078 | 1 | n/a |
| Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions Forum | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Legislative Exchange Council | $27,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Reason Foundation | $24,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Conservation Coalition Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
Where it is load-bearing
Conservative Energy Network supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Energy Foundation · United States Energy Foundation · Conservatives for a Clean Energy Future
How this is measured
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About Conservative Energy Network
- How much does Conservative Energy Network give?
- Conservative Energy Network reported 10 grants totaling $2,454,575 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Conservative Energy Network fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (84%), Public Benefit (16%), Education (0%).
- Who are Conservative Energy Network's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Conservatives for Clean Energy Inc ($4.9M), The Western Way Organization ($1.6M), Ohio Conservative Energy Forum Attn Tony Zartman ($1.4M).
- Does Conservative Energy Network fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Conservative Energy Network?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Energy Foundation, United States Energy Foundation, Conservatives for a Clean Energy Future.
- Where is Conservative Energy Network based?
- Conservative Energy Network is based in MI.
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