California · Nonprofit
FUEL FREEDOM FOUNDATION
FUEL FREEDOM FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $630,000 to it, the largest being THE MARCUS FOUNDATION INC ($500,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $75k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $630k
- Net assets
- $7k
What Fuel Freedom Foundation does
Mission
To reduce the strategic importance of oil to the economy of the u.s.; to seek toeliminate the dependence of the u.s. On foreign oil; and to reduce oil pricesworldwide, through, in each case, education, research, community involvement andother activities conducted either alone or in cooperation with others and infurtherance of one or more of the said purposes, all of which must be consistentwith the requirements of section 501(c)(3) of the code, and (b) to makedistributions to organizations that share a common purpose and that qualify asexempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986,or corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.
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 2019 to 2020, from $329k to $102k (−69%).
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: 2020 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of FUEL FREEDOM FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
Joseph Hollander
CEO/chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-PF.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $100k → $503k.
From the IRS filings of FUEL FREEDOM FOUNDATION’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
FUEL FREEDOM FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 80% · 2019 67% · 2020 100% — 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
FUEL FREEDOM FOUNDATION draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 3 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
FUEL FREEDOM FOUNDATION's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 498 science & tech nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like FUEL FREEDOM FOUNDATION
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.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FUEL FREEDOM FOUNDATION: 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 FUEL FREEDOM FOUNDATION?
- FUEL FREEDOM FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $630,000 to it, the largest being THE MARCUS FOUNDATION INC ($500,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FUEL FREEDOM FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $630,000 in grants to FUEL FREEDOM FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FUEL FREEDOM FOUNDATION?
- THE MARCUS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FUEL FREEDOM FOUNDATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing