Virginia · Nonprofit
LOCAL ENERGY ALLIANCE PROGRAM INC
LOCAL ENERGY ALLIANCE PROGRAM INC (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $690,550 to it, the largest being THE OAK HILL FUND ($489,248). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $691k
- Net assets
- $231k
What Local Energy Alliance Program Inc does
Mission
LEAP was born out of a growing concern for environmental sustainability and the desire to reduce energy costs for local residents and businesses. Our vision is to create a more energy-efficient and resilient community, reducing our carbon footprint while improving the quality of life for all. LEAP's primary goal is to empower individuals and organizations to make smart energy choices that benefit both the environment and their wallets. We offer a wide range of services, from home energy assessments to solar installations, helping our community reduce energy consumption and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Energy Efficiency Programs: LEAP provides residential energy assessments, consulting, and improvement services to both market-rate and income-qualified clients. Services include consultations and comprehensive assessments, direct install measures, market rate improvements, and community outreach and energy education in Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville. LEAP also operates an Energy Resource Hub that connects residents with energy information, referrals, and available incentives. Certain outreach and service activities are supported by local grant funding. All services are delivered in accordance with applicable program guidelines, and related documentation and reporting are maintained to ensure compliance with funding requirements.
$659,043 spent$656,756 earned by the program24% of program spendingSolarize Campaign: Solarize Virginia is a community-based outreach initiative that simplifies and makes solar more affordable for homeowners. Through partnerships with local governments and vetted solar installers, the program provides residents with trusted information, free solar assessments, and discounted solar pricing. LEAP manages outreach, education, and customer support throughout the process, helping participants navigate decisions and move confidently toward solar adoption. Funding for Solarize Virginia comes from fees paid by participating installers for completed installations. These funds are reinvested directly into the program's operations to support outreach, homeowner education, and personalized guidance, ensuring residents are well informed and confident throughout the process. This model allows LEAP to continually improve and expand the program's reach.
$150,329 spent$329,760 earned by the program5% of program spendingLow-Income Weatherization Program: LEAP implements low-income weatherization and home performance services on behalf of multiple utility, nonprofit, and local government funding partners. Through programs including Dominion Virginia Power's IAQHIP and EnergyShare Programs and Albemarle County's Assisted Home Performance program, LEAP provides energy assessments and energy-saving improvements at no cost to qualifying households, including low-income, elderly, and disabled residents, in both single-family and multi-family housing. Services may include direct-install measures, air sealing, insulation upgrades, duct sealing, HVAC improvements, attic insulation, and other energy-saving and health-and-safety measures. LEAP staff perform assessments and certain installations, and subcontract specialized services such as insulation and HVAC work in accordance with program and procurement requirements. Income eligibility, scope of work, project completion, and invoicing are documented and maintained in accordance with utility and local funding requirements. LEAP's service area includes the greater Charlottesville and Northern Virginia regions and surrounding communities.
$1,554,970 spent$1,619,756 earned by the program55% of program spendingAll other programs
$439,755 spent$351,268 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,804,097.
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 $455k to $1.0M (+125%).
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 15% · 2018 20% · 2019 30% · 2020 24% · 2021 24% · 2022 12% · 2023 13% · 2024 5% · 2025 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
23% of LOCAL ENERGY ALLIANCE PROGRAM INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 4 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Jesse Warren
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $169k → $266.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 LOCAL ENERGY ALLIANCE PROGRAM 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
LOCAL ENERGY ALLIANCE PROGRAM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 69% · 2021 58% · 2022 100% · 2023 94% — 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
100% of LOCAL ENERGY ALLIANCE PROGRAM INC's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $164k 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
LOCAL ENERGY ALLIANCE PROGRAM INC has grown faster than half of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LOCAL ENERGY ALLIANCE PROGRAM 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LOCAL ENERGY ALLIANCE PROGRAM INC?
- LOCAL ENERGY ALLIANCE PROGRAM INC (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $690,550 to it, the largest being THE OAK HILL FUND ($489,248). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LOCAL ENERGY ALLIANCE PROGRAM INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $690,550 in grants to LOCAL ENERGY ALLIANCE PROGRAM INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LOCAL ENERGY ALLIANCE PROGRAM INC?
- THE OAK HILL FUND is the largest funder on record, with $489,248 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LOCAL ENERGY ALLIANCE PROGRAM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing