Minnesota · Nonprofit
CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY MINNESOTA
CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY MINNESOTA (Minnesota) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,174,444 to it, the largest being The McKnight Foundation ($1,700,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $4.2M
- Net assets
- $124k
What Clean Energy Economy Minnesota does
Mission
To provide educational leadership, collaboration, and policy analysis that accelerates clean energy market growth and smart energy policies.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
State policy analysis:Clean Energy Economy Minnesota and its member businesses played a crucial role in elevating the business case in educating the walz-flanagan administration and policymakers on both sides of the aisle in what resulted in an unprecedented and historic 2023 minnesota legislative session for clean energy and climate policy. The organization's top priorities were all passed by the minnesota legislature and signed into law by governor walz. These included a nation-leading 100% clean energy by 2040 law, the creation of a state competitiveness fund with a total of $190 million appropriated, significant investments into the workforce and innovation initiatives led by the funding of minnesota energy alley, and key updates to commercial building codes and investments into electric vehicles and infrastructure which will accelerate decarbonization in the transportation and buildings sector. Notable investments also included a $15 million grant for a high voltage transmission line between north dakota and minnesota, $13 million total for an electric school bus program and $45 million for the minnesota climate innovation finance authority to finance clean energy projects.…
$334,850 spent47% of program spendingStakeholder convening:in 2023, the organization alongside its member businesses hosted and participated in numerous educational events, business and policy delegations, as well as expert roundtables and programs involving policymakers and the public. All of these stakeholder engagements and discussions provided ceem the opportunity to highlight the economic impact, investments, and jobs that the clean energy industry is delivering that is helping grow and strengthen the state's economy. These activities included hosting and facilitating a series of lunch and learns and delegations of policymakers and other decision makers focused on microgrids and resiliency, the future of clean transportation, energy innovation in tribes and native communities, and the interconnection of data and decarbonization. The organization also participated in governor walz' trade mission to australia as well as led several interactions with international business and trade delegations including hosting finland's ambassador to the us in cooperation with the minnesota trade office. Ceem also hosted the 2024 minnesota legislative preview event attended by over 100+ participants in-person as well as another…
$133,940 spent19% of program spendingPublic education:Clean Energy Economy Minnesota further elevated the business voice showcasing to the public and policymakers tangible, real-world progress that is happening in all corners of the state that is being fueled by the inflation reduction act (ira) and other federal and state policies. The organization provided a diverse array of communications, videos, ltes, and op-ed's highlighting the clean energy business community, business case, and local economic impact and jobs supported by the ira and suite of federal and state policies. Ceem also undertook several public educational activities regarding the need for transmission capacity expansion in miso north engaging and helping to educate the public on these critical investments to modernize the electricity grid to ensure reliability and improve resiliency. Timely and efficient transmission investment is critical to minnesota and the midwest's clean energy transition as it will unlock the region's vast renewable energy potential, promote market and business expansion, improve grid reliability, and support ambitious decarbonization goals including minnesota's historic 100% clean energy by 2040 law passed by the minnesota…
$200,910 spent28% of program spendingClean Energy Economy Minnesota continued to serve as fiscal sponsor for grid catalyst. Grid catalyst provides programming and support to bolster the energy innovation ecosystem in minnesota and create more equitable pathways for founders and startups working to solve northern climate challenges. In 2023, the minnesota legislature appropriated $3 million to the minnesota energy alley initiative. Ceem executed a grant contract with the state of minnesota to administer the initiative and grid catalyst is a subcontractor for the initiative. Together, the organizations and its partners, including the minnesota department of commerce, will utilize the appropriation to establish and support the initiative, provide seed funding for businesses, develop a training and development program, support recruitment of entrepreneurs to minnesota, and secure funding from federal programs and corporate partners to establish a self-sustaining, long-term revenue model. For this state appropriation, the grant contract term ends june 30, 2026 or until all obligations have been fulfilled, whichever occurs first.
$45,956 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $715,656.
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 2022 to 2023, from $59k to $248k (+321%).
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: 2024 45%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY MINNESOTA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Gregg Mast
Executive director
Board chair
Holly Lahd
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $255k → $698k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 ECONOMY MINNESOTA’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 ECONOMY MINNESOTA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
58% 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 ECONOMY MINNESOTA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 85% · 2019 49% · 2020 51% · 2021 49% · 2022 55% · 2023 50% — 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
43% of CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY MINNESOTA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY MINNESOTA draws 57% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $70k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 ECONOMY MINNESOTA has grown faster than half of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY MINNESOTA
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 Minnesota
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
75%
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 ECONOMY MINNESOTA: 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 ECONOMY MINNESOTA?
- CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY MINNESOTA (Minnesota) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,174,444 to it, the largest being The McKnight Foundation ($1,700,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY MINNESOTA have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $4,174,444 in grants to CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY MINNESOTA, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY MINNESOTA?
- The McKnight Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,700,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY MINNESOTA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 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