California · Nonprofit
CENTRAL COAST ENERGY SERVICES INC
CENTRAL COAST ENERGY SERVICES INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $123,556 to it, the largest being LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ($92,953). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $124k
- Net assets
- $3.8M
What Central Coast Energy Services Inc does
Mission
The mission of central coast energy services, inc. ("cces") is to improve household safety, health, and economic security within communities in california. We provide energy conservation, consumer education & advocacy, home improvement, utility assistance, job training, work force development, and other services to people in need. We promote an environment of safety, hard work, teamwork, and high quality services.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The agency is a low-income home energy assistance program (liheap) service provider. The agency assists families with staying safe and healthy through the following initiatives that lower and help manage energy costs: payment assistance for home energy bills, emergency assistance and resources during energy crises, weatherization, and energy-related minor home repairs. The agency also provides similar weatherization assistance to eligible participants residing in the service area under the u.s. Department of energy (doe) weatherization assistance program for low-income persons.
$10,541,119 spent90% of program spendingThe agency provides servtraq software as a service to other agencies that are also liheap service providers. Servtraq is an application software specifically designed for california local energy service providers to facilitate data management and reporting for the liheap, doe, and other low-income programs. The primary function of servtraq is to provide data management and automation in customer tracking, payment assistance processing, weatherization job management, and reporting. Additional services include crew scheduling, materials tracking, and contract compliance.
$562,872 spent$837,062 earned by the program5% of program spendingThe agency provides consulting and compliance services through the 831 conserve contractor service program (831 conserve). 831 conserve's main service is providing home energy rating system (hers) testing and calculations performed on location, as well as related consulting. Once testing is completed, the agency provides certification of the results as evidence of compliance. Additionally, the agency services nonresidential projects with duct leakage, as well as individual heating and cooling systems testing. The agency also provides whole house rating and home performance testing and certifications to various customers.
$235,445 spent$204,511 earned by the program2% of program spendingThe agency administers the portable battery pilot program for pacific gas and electric (pg&e) company to provide relief to low-income households during public safety power shutoffs. A public safety power shutoff, also called a psps, occurs in response to severe weather conditions. Pg&e turns off power to help prevent wildfires. The agency provides solar batteries to low-income households to power life sustaining devices during a psps event. The agency contracted with pg&e to support marketing, education, and outreach efforts for multiple programs targeting "hard to reach" populations, as well as local and tribal governments and community based organization across the service area. Specifically, the agency performs marketing and outreach for the california alternate rates and energy (care), family electric rate assistance (fera), and other energy service assistance programs.
$395,723 spent$1,120,496 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,735,159.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $4.7M to $6.3M (+34%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 86% · 2018 88% · 2019 88% · 2020 65% · 2021 91% · 2022 88% · 2023 88% · 2024 85%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of CENTRAL COAST ENERGY SERVICES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Dennis Osmer
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Dr Tiffany Wise-West
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of CENTRAL COAST ENERGY SERVICES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CENTRAL COAST ENERGY SERVICES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CENTRAL COAST ENERGY SERVICES INC.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
CENTRAL COAST ENERGY SERVICES INC draws 75% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CENTRAL COAST ENERGY SERVICES INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,288 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,288 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding CENTRAL COAST ENERGY SERVICES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.0M on record.
- Department of Energy$2.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CENTRAL COAST ENERGY SERVICES INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTRAL COAST ENERGY SERVICES INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTRAL COAST ENERGY SERVICES INC?
- CENTRAL COAST ENERGY SERVICES INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $123,556 to it, the largest being LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ($92,953). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTRAL COAST ENERGY SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $123,556 in grants to CENTRAL COAST ENERGY SERVICES INC.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTRAL COAST ENERGY SERVICES INC?
- LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $92,953 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTRAL COAST ENERGY SERVICES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing