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Sustainable Energy Utility Inc

To serve the sustainable energy needs of all delaware energy consumers using all fuels.

$5.7M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
32
Grants FY2025
65
Organizations funded FY2024
68%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$113,938
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,500,000
Organizations funded a year
12 to 65
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$163M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 68% of the organizations Sustainable Energy Utility Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 71% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Housing & ShelterEnvironmentHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterHealthEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving32$5.7M47%
FY202465$14M68%
FY202332$12M66%
FY202216$7.0M19%
FY202117$7.1M59%
FY202012$2.9M33%
FY201913$2.9M62%
FY201815$6.6M80%
82% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$32MHousing & Shelter$10MPublic Benefit$2.5MHuman Services$1.9MEducation$1.7MPublic Safety & Disaster$980kPhilanthropy$575kCommunity Improvement$438kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
MD
DE

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of Sustainable Energy Utility Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Help Initiative Inc$3,765,162674%
New Ecology Inc$2,978,71588%
Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County$1,004,15036%
Mid Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub Inc$1,000,000118%
University of Delaware$700,00070%
United Way of Delaware$575,00022%
Energy Coordinating Agency of Philadelphia Inc$408,12412%
Green Building United$382,911311%
Lewes Public Library Inc$240,94519%
Wilmington Senior Center$233,4812n/a
Georgetown Public Library Inc$223,900131%
Roofs From the Heart$200,184238%
Milford Housing Development Corp$200,00012%
The Lorelton Foundation$177,99232%
Lewes Fire Department Inc$168,04813%
Frankford Public Library Ltd$166,401222%
Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company$113,9381n/a
Food Bank of Delaware Inc$108,00010%
Delaware Interfaith Power & Light$96,447221%
Cranston Heights Fire Company$87,06612%
What Is Your Voice Inc$86,613116%
The Ministry of Caring Inc$76,10611%
Home Performance Coalition Inc$75,00022%
St Michael's School and Nursery Inc$75,00021%
Elsmere Fire Company No 1 Inc$74,70414%
Tidalhealth Nanticoke Inc$63,01210%
Neighborgood Partners Inc$55,50010%
Todmorden Foundation$54,55011%
Community Service Building Corp$37,23812%
Kingswood Community Center Inc$34,74030%
Houston Volunteer Fire Company$33,87812%
Eastside Charter School$31,88210%
Beebe Medical Center Inc$28,90210%
Odyssey Charter School$25,20110%
Latin American Community Center Inc$15,05010%
Police Athletic League of Wilmington Inc$10,66311%
Wesley College Inc$10,66010%
Bayhealth Medical Center Inc$8,20010%
American Legion$7,7451n/a
Brandywine Community Resource Council Inc$7,49511%
First Presbyterian Church$6,2431n/a
Goldey-Beacom College$5,25010%
Selbyville Volunteer Fire Company Inc$5,02810%

Plus 85 recipients with no EIN on record ($47M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Sustainable Energy Utility Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHelp Initiative Inc: $3,765,162 over 6y, 74% of budgetNew Ecology Inc: $2,978,715 over 8y, 8.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of New Castle County: $1,004,150 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetMid Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetUniversity of Delaware: $700,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Delaware: $575,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetEnergy Coordinating Agency of Philadelphia Inc: $408,124 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetGreen Building United: $382,911 over 3y, 11% of budgetLewes Public Library Inc: $240,945 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetGeorgetown Public Library Inc: $223,900 over 1y, 31% of budgetRoofs From the Heart: $200,184 over 2y, 38% of budgetMilford Housing Development Corp: $200,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetThe Lorelton Foundation: $177,992 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetLewes Fire Department Inc: $168,048 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetFrankford Public Library Ltd: $166,401 over 2y, 22% of budgetFood Bank of Delaware Inc: $108,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDelaware Interfaith Power & Light: $96,447 over 2y, 21% of budgetCranston Heights Fire Company: $87,066 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetWhat Is Your Voice Inc: $86,613 over 1y, 16% of budgetThe Ministry of Caring Inc: $76,106 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHome Performance Coalition Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSt Michael's School and Nursery Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetElsmere Fire Company No 1 Inc: $74,704 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetTidalhealth Nanticoke Inc: $63,012 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNeighborgood Partners Inc: $55,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTodmorden Foundation: $54,550 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Service Building Corp: $37,238 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetKingswood Community Center Inc: $34,740 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHouston Volunteer Fire Company: $33,878 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetEastside Charter School: $31,882 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBeebe Medical Center Inc: $28,902 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOdyssey Charter School: $25,201 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLatin American Community Center Inc: $15,050 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPolice Athletic League of Wilmington Inc: $10,663 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWesley College Inc: $10,660 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBayhealth Medical Center Inc: $8,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrandywine Community Resource Council Inc: $7,495 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGoldey-Beacom College: $5,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSelbyville Volunteer Fire Company Inc: $5,028 over 1y, 0.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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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.

Delaware Community Foundation IncDE46.5× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Longwood Foundation Inc · Welfare Foundation Inc · Crestlea Foundation Inc · United Way of Delaware · Laffey-McHugh Foundation · Marmot Foundation · Chichester Dupont Foundation Inc · Christiana Care Health Services Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Ellice & Rosa McDonald Foundation

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.

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How do I get to Sustainable Energy Utility Inc?

Find your warmest path to Sustainable Energy Utility Inc 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.

About Sustainable Energy Utility Inc

How much does Sustainable Energy Utility Inc give?
Sustainable Energy Utility Inc reported 32 grants totaling $5,680,894 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 65 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Sustainable Energy Utility Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (53%), Housing & Shelter (17%), Public Benefit (4%).
Who are Sustainable Energy Utility Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Help Initiative Inc ($3.8M), New Ecology Inc ($3.0M), Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County ($1.0M).
Does Sustainable Energy Utility Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 68% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Sustainable Energy Utility Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Delaware Community Foundation Inc, Longwood Foundation Inc, Welfare Foundation Inc.
Where is Sustainable Energy Utility Inc based?
Sustainable Energy Utility Inc is based in DE.

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 129 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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