Texas · Nonprofit
CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION
CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,413,717 to it, the largest being Conservative Energy Network ($752,717). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $45k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $77k
What Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation does
Mission
To educate, inform, and activate concerned texans who seek to advance clean energy, lower energy costs, and expand consumer choice.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Ctei seeks to advocate our positions to the general public, the texas legislature, the executive branch, regulators, policymakers, key stakeholders, the media, and other audiences.primarily focused in texas, these activities and efforts are carried out by the staff , leadership, and supporters of the organization through various meetings, briefings, conferences, news interviews, tradeshows, digital media communications, etc.as conservatives, we encourage competition and free markets, which allow for vibrant, sustainable economies. Texas inventors, entrepreneurs, and manufacturers are leaders in a global transformation toward cleaner, more secure energy choices that create american jobs and protect our environment.all activities of the organization are funded by philanthropic donations from outside sources seeking to amplify our efforts and activities. We estimate that 80 percent of our activity is oriented toward education and 20 percent is oriented toward legislative advocacy.
$10,880 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $10,880.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $62k to $77k (+24%).
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 CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $170k → $683k.
From the IRS filings of CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION’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
CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
89% 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 CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 88% · 2023 56% — 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.
Where its funders are
CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,152 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION: 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 CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION?
- CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,413,717 to it, the largest being Conservative Energy Network ($752,717). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,413,717 in grants to CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION?
- Conservative Energy Network is the largest funder on record, with $752,717 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 5 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