Iowa · Nonprofit
IOWA BUSINESS FOR CLEAN ENERGY
IOWA BUSINESS FOR CLEAN ENERGY (Iowa) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $875,000 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION ($655,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $527k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $875k
- Net assets
- $419k
What Iowa Business for Clean Energy does
Mission
To educate the general public, the business community and policymakers on clean energy, and in particular on how the electric grid is currently managed, and issues that will impact the availability of clean energy, energy efficiency and demand management in the future.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Helped initiate support for organization to foster investment into carbon reduction strategies in iowa; the new entity was created, the iowa energy fund, a statewide board was recruited, and stakeholders from the state was organized.
$121,554 spentof which $67,272 as grants63% of program spendingRegulatory reform - educate the network and the public on energy policy in iowa. Presented to various organizations, and provided informational newsletter. Participated in iowa utilities board utility regulation review, including engaging consulting organization to provide expert input and testimony to the iowa utilties board.
$50,404 spent26% of program spendingNetwork development - the organization works to develop a network of individuals and interested organizations in iowa's energy policy to foster discussion, dialogue and the exchange of ideas. The network plus individuals interacting over social media reached nearly 1,000 iowans.
$21,495 spent11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $193,453.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $109k to $419k (+286%).
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 IOWA BUSINESS FOR CLEAN ENERGY’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. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $75k → $110k.
From the IRS filings of IOWA BUSINESS FOR CLEAN ENERGY’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
IOWA BUSINESS FOR CLEAN ENERGY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
77% 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 IOWA BUSINESS FOR CLEAN ENERGY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
IOWA BUSINESS FOR CLEAN ENERGY draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, 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
IOWA BUSINESS FOR CLEAN ENERGY 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 IOWA BUSINESS FOR CLEAN ENERGY
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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for IOWA BUSINESS FOR CLEAN ENERGY: 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 IOWA BUSINESS FOR CLEAN ENERGY?
- IOWA BUSINESS FOR CLEAN ENERGY (Iowa) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $875,000 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION ($655,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IOWA BUSINESS FOR CLEAN ENERGY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $875,000 in grants to IOWA BUSINESS FOR CLEAN ENERGY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IOWA BUSINESS FOR CLEAN ENERGY?
- UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $655,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IOWA BUSINESS FOR CLEAN ENERGY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 3 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