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CITIZENS ENERGY CORPORATION

CITIZENS ENERGY CORPORATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being MARY A CRABTREE FUND #0710800 NUTTER MCCLENNEN & FISH LLP ($3,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$3.0M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$3k
Net assets
$121M
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Citizens Energy Corporation does

Mission

Citizens Energy Corporation provides low cost energy services to low-income families in the u.s. By developing successful energy projects and using the profits to fund assistance programs.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Citizens provides deeply discounted electricity credits to approximately 12,000 low-income ratepayers in the imperial irrigation district (iid), from its 39-megawatt low-income community solar project citizens imperial solar, llc commissioned in 2019. A combination of free electricity funded from citizens sunrise transmission llc (cst) and low-cost wholesale electricity sold directly to iid provides approximately $4.2 million of electricity savings per year to needy ratepayers struggling to stay cool in the region's 115-degree heat.

    $1,544,827 spentof which $1,544,249 as grants$186,279 earned by the program
    38% of program spending

  2. In 2019, citizens began a program to provide increased access to the benefits of electric vehicle (ev) transportation to disadvantaged communities in san diego county by providing funding to purchase ev's to non-profit organizations that provide services to low-income families. Funding for this program comes from citizens sycamore-penasquitos transmission, llc (cspt). In 2023, this program funded grants to provide ev vans and the associated charging infrastructure to two critically important non-profit organizations: neighborhood house association (https://www.neighborhoodhouse.org/), and meals on wheels of san diego county (www.meals-on-wheels.org).

    $832,044 spentof which $832,044 as grants
    21% of program spending

  3. Citizens energy shelter winter assistance program: since 1984, citizens energy has contributed grants to over 125 homeless shelters in massachusetts and rhode island to cover their energy costs during the winter season.

    $250,000 spentof which $250,000 as grants
    6% of program spending

  4. Unrestricted donations made to non-profitsrelated of $391,606 and including grants of $391,606natural gas assistance fund:related of $86,850 and including grants of $86,850during 1984, Citizens Energy Corporation began a natural gas assistance program for the purpose of providing the benefit of lower-cost natural gas to low-income & elderly people throughout the united states and heating assistance for homeless shelters. The assistance fund is administered by local social services agencies within their area to provide grants to needy users.other programs note:in 2019, citizens launched its "joe-4-sun" low-income community solar program. The program provides retail electricity bill credits at a 50% discount to more than 2,500 income-qualified needy families across massachusetts and new york, saving each family approximately $300 per year. The bill credits originate from solar projects developed, built, owned, and operated by citizens enterprises' subsidiaries. Joe-4-sun provides approximately $600,000 per year of electricity savings to low-income families.in addition to the joe-4-sun low-income community solar program, citizens also provides approximately $1.8 million/year of…

    $1,430,221 spentof which $605,378 as grants
    35% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,057,092.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($4.4M) Expenses 100 ($2.2M) Net assets 100 ($73M)2018 Revenue 57 ($2.5M) Expenses 146 ($3.2M) Net assets 96 ($70M)2019 Revenue 56 ($2.5M) Expenses 148 ($3.3M) Net assets 137 ($100M)2020 Revenue 51 ($2.3M) Expenses 144 ($3.2M) Net assets 117 ($86M)2021 Revenue 99 ($4.4M) Expenses 162 ($3.6M) Net assets 123 ($90M)2022 Revenue 42 ($1.8M) Expenses 176 ($3.9M) Net assets 151 ($111M)2023 Revenue 60 ($2.7M) Expenses 217 ($4.8M) Net assets 153 ($113M)2024 Revenue 68 ($3.0M) Expenses 193 ($4.3M) Net assets 165 ($121M)
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Revenue (68)Expenses (193)Net assets (165)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $71M to $101M (+43%).

$74M
$71M
$101M
$87M
$91M
$112M
$113M
$122M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$2.2M
’17
−$723k
’18
−$799k
’19
−$923k
’20
$796k
’21
−$2.1M
’22
−$2.2M
’23
−$1.3M
’24
5.8
months of
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

Peter F Smith

CEO

Board chair

Joseph P Kennedy Ii

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1011111111111111
Joined·+1+0+0+0+0+0+1
No longer listed·0000001
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'20
total
funders
1

Left out of every figure on this page: $1.1M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Citizens Programs Corporation). These are real filings, and they are not money CITIZENS ENERGY CORPORATION raised.

From the IRS filings of CITIZENS ENERGY CORPORATION’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.

Where its funders are

100% of CITIZENS ENERGY CORPORATION's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like CITIZENS ENERGY CORPORATION

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 Massachusetts

The Community Builders Inc82%Community Catalyst Inc82%The New England Council Inc81%People Acting in Community Endeavors Inc80%Center for Economic Democracy Inc80%South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc80%Quincy Community Action Programs Inc80%Children's Medical Center Corporation80%

Nationally

John F Kennedy Medical Center Foundation Inc84%The Community Builders Inc82%Community Catalyst Inc82%Growth Energy81%Enterprise Community Investment Inc81%Cec Stuyvesant Cove Inc81%Charlestown Benevolent Care Foundation Inc81%The Community Hospital Group Inc81%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 20%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
75%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

Part of a family of 21 related entities

  • Citizens Program Corp · exempt
  • Angola Educational Assistance Fund · exempt
  • Citisuns V LLC · partnership
  • Citisuns VI LLC · partnership
  • Citisuns VII LLC · partnership

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Questions and answers

Who funds CITIZENS ENERGY CORPORATION?
CITIZENS ENERGY CORPORATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being MARY A CRABTREE FUND #0710800 NUTTER MCCLENNEN & FISH LLP ($3,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CITIZENS ENERGY CORPORATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,000 in grants to CITIZENS ENERGY CORPORATION.
Who is the largest funder of CITIZENS ENERGY CORPORATION?
MARY A CRABTREE FUND #0710800 NUTTER MCCLENNEN & FISH LLP is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CITIZENS ENERGY CORPORATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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 1 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