Colorado · Nonprofit
CLEAN ENERGY ACTION
CLEAN ENERGY ACTION (Colorado) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $159,569 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($78,715). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $52k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $160k
- Net assets
- $43k
What Clean Energy Action does
Mission
Public energy and electricity education
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Clean Energy Action implemented a community resilience education and outreach program supported by a $30,000 grant from Clean Energy Group. The program developed and distributed educational resources focused on solar energy, battery storage, resilience hubs, and funding opportunities for solar-plus-storage projects serving underserved communities. Staff and volunteers conducted webinars, office hours, public outreach events, and technical assistance activities that reached approximately 2,600 individuals and community stakeholders, educating participants about reducing utility costs, improving energy resilience, and maintaining backup power during grid outages. The program also provided information to organizations interested in developing resilience hubs capable of supporting community members during emergencies and extreme weather events. Activities included website development, educational materials, and community engagement efforts carried out in collaboration with local partners. Program expenses included staff time, outreach materials, and website-related costs. The program also helped connect participating community organizations with future resilience and clean energy…
$28,092 spent69% of program spendingPublic education and outreach: Clean Energy Action's public education and outreach program informed and engaged approximately 2,200 individuals through a series of free virtual educational events and action-oriented communications focused on clean energy, climate, utility policy, and environmental stewardship. In partnership with Empower Our Future, the organization co-hosted 11 "Empower Hour" webinars during 2025 featuring energy experts, utility leaders, policymakers, scientists, and community advocates. Topics included renewable energy, grid modernization, resilience hubs, sustainable energy utilities, legislative updates, public utility regulation, and climate and energy policy. Events included presentations, panel discussions, and public question-and-answer sessions designed to increase public understanding of energy issues and encourage civic engagement. Program expenses included staff time, volunteer coordination, and virtual meeting platform costs, including a Zoom account subscription. In addition to webinars, the program distributed educational email newsletters and action alerts 2-5 times monthly to provide the public with information on clean energy developments,…
$8,313 spent20% of program spendingResearch and reporting: Clean Energy Action's research and reporting program informed approximately 1,200-1,400 individuals through ongoing public education, analysis, and communications related to energy, electricity, climate, and utility issues. The program conducted research and provided accessible reporting on emerging developments, regulatory proceedings, and policy issues affecting Colorado's clean energy transition. Information was disseminated through monthly newsletters, social media outreach, action alerts, and website content updates designed to connect the public with relevant educational resources and opportunities for civic engagement. Program expenses included website hosting and maintenance fees, staff time, and volunteer support necessary to develop, manage, and distribute educational materials and communications. Activities were carried out in collaboration with Empower Our Future.
$2,491 spent6% of program spendingDirect educational engagement: Clean Energy Action's direct educational engagement program informed and engaged approximately 1,000-1,200 individuals through public education, advocacy, and community collaboration related to clean energy and electricity policy. Volunteers and staff worked with partner organizations to educate the public and encourage civic participation on issues before the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, the State Legislature, and local governments. Program activities included monitoring utility and energy proceedings, organizing citizen written and oral comments, and providing education regarding renewable energy, demand-side management, electric and gas rate increases, and utility accountability related to stranded and undepreciated coal plant costs. The organization also monitored, commented on, and provided testimony regarding clean energy and climate-related legislation and policies at the state and municipal levels. Clean Energy Action collaborated with organizations including Colorado Coalition for a Livable Climate, 350 Colorado, Empower Our Future, and Colorado Renewable Energy Society on educational outreach and policy engagement efforts. Program…
$1,805 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $40,701.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $11k to $29k (+157%).
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.
100% of CLEAN ENERGY ACTION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $14k → $21k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CLEAN ENERGY ACTION’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
CLEAN ENERGY ACTION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
83% 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 CLEAN ENERGY ACTION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 91% · 2019 92% · 2020 56% · 2021 52% · 2022 61% · 2023 48% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
75% of CLEAN ENERGY ACTION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
71% of CLEAN ENERGY ACTION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $47k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $113k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
CLEAN ENERGY ACTION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like CLEAN ENERGY ACTION
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
58%
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 CLEAN ENERGY ACTION: 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 CLEAN ENERGY ACTION?
- CLEAN ENERGY ACTION (Colorado) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $159,569 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($78,715). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CLEAN ENERGY ACTION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $159,569 in grants to CLEAN ENERGY ACTION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLEAN ENERGY ACTION?
- COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $78,715 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLEAN ENERGY ACTION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 9 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