California · Nonprofit
INNOVATION CENTER FOR ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY
INNOVATION CENTER FOR ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,107,000 to it, the largest being THE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($1,767,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $863k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $566k
What Innovation Center for Energy and Sustainability does
Mission
Promote clean energy and sustainable transportation to mitigate climate change around the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Transportation: Innovation Center for Energy and Sustainability (ices) promotes transportation electrification policies and zero emission vehicle ideas around the globe to achieve real increases in electric vehicle sales and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The specific tasks under this program are: 1.transportation electrification roadmap development 2.sustainable aviation fuel policies 3.electric commerecial vehicle promotion and policy research.
$233,926 spent$400,000 earned by the program52% of program spendingClean energy: ices promotes u.s. Clean energy and environmental technologies in emerging markets, and provides services for us firms to showcase their products & services in asian and greater china markets in order to increase market demand and sales for us clean tech companies.
$152,052 spent$325,000 earned by the program34% of program spendingClimate change: with support from philanthropic foundations and multilateral agencies, ices is working with partners in governments and business to develop and promote energy and carbon management best practices to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions from corporations as well as local economic development areas. Ices is developing a climate financing mechanism to reduce ghg emissions from industry and transportation sector. The goal of this working area is to produce reliable,consistent and verifiable progress and information on energy consumption and carbon emissions on thecorporation and local municipality level.
$63,628 spent$136,000 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $449,606.
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 2023 to 2024, from $330k to $726k (+120%).
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: 2017 53% · 2018 6% · 2019 18% · 2020 35% · 2021 29% · 2022 19% · 2023 13% · 2024 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of INNOVATION CENTER FOR ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY’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. 5 of the last 8 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $330k → $300k.
From the IRS filings of INNOVATION CENTER FOR ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY’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
INNOVATION CENTER FOR ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% 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 INNOVATION CENTER FOR ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 59% · 2020 100% · 2021 76% · 2022 100% · 2023 67% — 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
94% of INNOVATION CENTER FOR ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY's grant income comes from California funders.
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
INNOVATION CENTER FOR ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like INNOVATION CENTER FOR ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Icet-China · exempt
- U S - China Cleantech Center · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INNOVATION CENTER FOR ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY: 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 INNOVATION CENTER FOR ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY?
- INNOVATION CENTER FOR ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,107,000 to it, the largest being THE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($1,767,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INNOVATION CENTER FOR ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $3,107,000 in grants to INNOVATION CENTER FOR ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INNOVATION CENTER FOR ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY?
- THE ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,767,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INNOVATION CENTER FOR ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY 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.
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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 2017–2024), 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