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CLEAN FUELS OHIO

CLEAN FUELS OHIO (Ohio) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,745,522 to it, the largest being EAST TENNESSEE CLEAN FUELS COALITION ($1,490,901). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$321k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$2.7M
Net assets
$-82300
5/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 37%
01What it does

What Clean Fuels Ohio does

Mission

Clean Fuels Ohio is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the use of cleaner, domestic fuels and efficient vehicles to the transportation industry, government officials, and the general public. We provide hands on technical support to transportation professionals, conduct outreach on sustainable transportation energy policies, and serve as an educational resource clearinghouse for fleets, policymakers, and the public.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Consulting: Clean Fuels Ohio provides fee for service work for fleets and organizations looking for assistance in evaluating their fuel and technology options to reduce their environmental footprint and economic burden. Clean Fuels Ohio assists in developing fleet planning, sustainability plants, and grant writing for projects that provide long term cost savings and fuel reductions for vehicle fleets.

    $6,883 spent
    2% of program spending
  2. Education & outreach: as unbiased subject matter experts around alternative fuels and efficiency technologies, Clean Fuels Ohio provides educational resources to public and private fleets, government agencies, and industry stakeholders. Through educational events, webinars,monthly newsletters, and various reports and communications, Clean Fuels Ohio keeps all stakeholders up to date on the latest developments in the alternative fuels industry, providing a fuel-neutral perspective. Clean Fuels Ohio regularly meets with stakeholders to provide expertanalysis and opinion, and performs outreach through social media, traditional media, and regular events held across the state.

    $38,747 spent
    13% of program spending
  3. Green fleets: the ohio green fleets program recognizes and assists ohio fleets in taking steps towards reducing their petroleum usage and vehicle emissions. Through educational opportunities, trainings, events, and connections with stakeholders, Clean Fuels Ohio guides fleets through the decision-making process and implementation of various technologies and fuels. After implementation, the ohio green fleets program certifies and recognizes fleets who have achieved emissions reductions, fuel usage reductions, and cost savings through use of such technologies. Clean Fuels Ohio regularly hosts the ohio green fleets awards, recognizing the annual class for their environmental and economic achievements. The program is designed on a performance-based metric, and encompasses all fuel and technology options includingbiodiesel, natural gas, propane, electric, clean diesel, idle-reduction and fuel economy strategies.

    $203,962 spentof which $69,656 as grants
    70% of program spending
  4. Policy: as a subject matter expert and unbiased nonprofit organization, Clean Fuels Ohio works to reduce or eliminate barriers to the adoption of alternative transportation fuel by working directly with the legislature to address these issues. Clean Fuels Ohio regularly meets with legislators, government officials, and stakeholders to educate around alternative fuels and to identify any policy related challenges that may need to be addressed.

    $41,318 spent$67,008 earned by the program
    14% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $290,910.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($973k) Expenses 100 ($929k) Net assets 100 ($288k)2018 Revenue 98 ($954k) Expenses 100 ($925k) Net assets 96 ($276k)2019 Revenue 93 ($905k) Expenses 93 ($863k) Net assets 111 ($319k)2020 Revenue 135 ($1.3M) Expenses 135 ($1.3M) Net assets 130 ($376k)2021 Revenue 225 ($2.2M) Expenses 209 ($1.9M) Net assets 215 ($620k)2022 Revenue 232 ($2.3M) Expenses 278 ($2.6M) Net assets 100 ($287k)2023 Revenue 172 ($1.7M) Expenses 198 ($1.8M) Net assets 40 ($115k)2024 Revenue 33 ($321k) Expenses 51 ($471k) Net assets -29 ($-82300)
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Revenue (33)Expenses (51)Net assets (-29)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $736k to $83k (−89%).

$487k
$625k
$608k
$766k
$1.3M
$928k
$736k
$83k
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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

Government-grant reliance: 2017 34% · 2018 54% · 2019 55% · 2020 82% · 2021 82% · 2022 70% · 2023 89% · 2024 65%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

80% of CLEAN FUELS OHIO’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,629 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$43k
’17
$28k
’18
$42k
’19
$57k
’20
$245k
’21
−$333k
’22
−$172k
’23
−$149k
’24
0.8
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

Kristina Ramey

Chief executive officer

Board chair

Tom Bullock

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1616151415161312
Joined·+1+3+5+3+2+1+0
No longer listed·1462141
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $56k → $613k.

Funder
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'21
'22
'23
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'25*
total
$100k
Energy Action Fundunclassified
$6k
funders
2
2
2
3
5
3
3
1
1

1 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 FUELS OHIO’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 FUELS OHIO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

76% 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 FUELS OHIO.

54%
largest funder
82%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 57% · 2019 52% · 2020 41% · 2021 45% · 2022 82% · 2023 82% — growing more concentrated.

“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

20% of CLEAN FUELS OHIO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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 FUELS OHIO draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 6 states in all.

IL
OH
CA
WV
TN
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CLEAN FUELS OHIO's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−46% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.8mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−15% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding CLEAN FUELS OHIO receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.1M on record.

Federal$3.1M
grants $3.1Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Energy$3.1M

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 CLEAN FUELS OHIO

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 Ohio

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

62% of spending goes to programs.

Program 62%Management 33%Fundraising 5%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

98%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CLEAN FUELS OHIO: 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 FUELS OHIO?
CLEAN FUELS OHIO (Ohio) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,745,522 to it, the largest being EAST TENNESSEE CLEAN FUELS COALITION ($1,490,901). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CLEAN FUELS OHIO have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $2,745,522 in grants to CLEAN FUELS OHIO, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CLEAN FUELS OHIO?
EAST TENNESSEE CLEAN FUELS COALITION is the largest funder on record, with $1,490,901 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CLEAN FUELS OHIO find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 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