Massachusetts · Nonprofit
ENERGY OPTIONS NETWORK INC
ENERGY OPTIONS NETWORK INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,460,820 to it, the largest being BERNARD AND ANNE SPITZER CHARITABLE TRUST ($1,000,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $120k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $596k
What Energy Options Network Inc does
Mission
Energy Options Network Inc. Is an incubator created to multiply & accelerate the portfolio of zero carbon energy options available to tackle climate change.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.
Program
Eon is focused on multiplying and accelerating clean energy zero carbon options that are economically competitive, sustainable, adaptable, and have the potential to significantly impact global carbon emissions. Our technology, business and communications experts are charged with identifying and nurturing zero carbon "underdogs" who are developing emerging and new solutions--not solutions already in prominent circles of discussion. Our select (generally pre-investable) underdogs need to be understood, defined, accessed, and promoted if they are to become (investable)mighty dogs of the future. They need a "make-over" of sorts, in the form of independent technical, market, and financial assessments--as well as significant support developing their their story in a way that others can understand and share in the vision. In light of this, we have 1. Helped bring one underdog (a pulse gaseous fission developer) to mighty dog status--including bringing investors to the table to offer additional financial support. 2. Created innovative tools (I.e. Technical readiness assessment) to determine a developer's technical readiness as well as allow him/her use it to convey to investors and…
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $392k to $898k (+129%).
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 ENERGY OPTIONS NETWORK INC’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. 2 of the last 3 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
2018 → 2021: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $327k → $620k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 OPTIONS NETWORK INC’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
ENERGY OPTIONS NETWORK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
32% 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 ENERGY OPTIONS NETWORK INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 76% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 81% — 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.
Where its funders are
ENERGY OPTIONS NETWORK INC draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $370k 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
ENERGY OPTIONS NETWORK INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,655 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,655 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2021
Organizations like ENERGY OPTIONS NETWORK INC
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 ENERGY OPTIONS NETWORK INC: 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 OPTIONS NETWORK INC?
- ENERGY OPTIONS NETWORK INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,460,820 to it, the largest being BERNARD AND ANNE SPITZER CHARITABLE TRUST ($1,000,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ENERGY OPTIONS NETWORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,460,820 in grants to ENERGY OPTIONS NETWORK INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ENERGY OPTIONS NETWORK INC?
- BERNARD AND ANNE SPITZER CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ENERGY OPTIONS NETWORK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2021 (financials across 2019–2021), 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