California · Nonprofit
ENERGY AND POLICY INSTITUTE
ENERGY AND POLICY INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,571,150 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($2,571,150). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $375k
What Energy and Policy Institute does
Mission
Expose the harms posed by fossil-fuel and monopoly utility interests to ratepayers and the environment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In furtherance of its charitable purpose and goals, the Energy and Policy Institute conducted research and public education in 2024. Epi informed the public about utilities' use of political influence operations to grow their profits at the expense of human health and the environment. By publishing articles and reports, and by educating stakeholders including other advocates and media outlets, epi informed the public about the activities of electric and gas utilities that led to higher utility costs, and impeded the transition to a cleaner, more affordable and more sustainable economy. Key accomplishments included: -epi published a report on the sources of support for opposition to wind and solar energy development, and funding of those efforts by interests affiliated with the fossil fuel industry. -epi published a report showing how utilities charged ratepayers for their political activities, lobbying, corporate branding, and public relations expenses. -epi educated the public about activities by gas and electric utilities to misinform the public about the environmental effects of their activities. -epi published articles and reports explaining how utility companies, their…
$693,482 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $693,482.
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
David Pomerantz
Executive director
Board chair
Cosa Bullock
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 ENERGY AND POLICY INSTITUTE’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 ENERGY AND POLICY INSTITUTE'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M 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.
Against its field
ENERGY AND POLICY INSTITUTE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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 ENERGY AND POLICY INSTITUTE
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ENERGY AND POLICY INSTITUTE: 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 ENERGY AND POLICY INSTITUTE?
- ENERGY AND POLICY INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,571,150 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($2,571,150). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ENERGY AND POLICY INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,571,150 in grants to ENERGY AND POLICY INSTITUTE.
- Who is the largest funder of ENERGY AND POLICY INSTITUTE?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,571,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ENERGY AND POLICY INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2024–2024), 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