Minnesota · Nonprofit
MINNESOTA CONSERVATIVE ENERGY FORUM
MINNESOTA CONSERVATIVE ENERGY FORUM (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,506,711 to it, the largest being Conservative Energy Network ($1,287,711). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $252k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $11k
What Minnesota Conservative Energy Forum does
Mission
Facilitate a clean energy dialogue among center-right leaders and activists. By depoliticizing the issue, we will then have created the capacity and credibility to educate and advocate for clean energy policy among conservatives and lead to a more cohesive political environment in which to pursue both state and federal future clean energy policy.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Program
Meet with local gatherings of conservatives and engage them in discussions of emerging clean energy initiatives in other states. Engage with media outlets to help encourage people to support clean energy.
$186,060 spent$80,992 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $186,060.
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 2020 to 2021, from $169k to $62k (−64%).
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.
68% of MINNESOTA CONSERVATIVE ENERGY FORUM’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (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.
Board chair
Chris Villarreal
Chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $190k → $198k.
From the IRS filings of MINNESOTA CONSERVATIVE ENERGY FORUM’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
MINNESOTA CONSERVATIVE ENERGY FORUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% 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
100% 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 MINNESOTA CONSERVATIVE ENERGY FORUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 100% · 2019 73% · 2020 87% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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
MINNESOTA CONSERVATIVE ENERGY FORUM draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 2 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
MINNESOTA CONSERVATIVE ENERGY FORUM's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,135 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like MINNESOTA CONSERVATIVE ENERGY FORUM
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% 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 MINNESOTA CONSERVATIVE ENERGY FORUM: 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 MINNESOTA CONSERVATIVE ENERGY FORUM?
- MINNESOTA CONSERVATIVE ENERGY FORUM (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,506,711 to it, the largest being Conservative Energy Network ($1,287,711). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MINNESOTA CONSERVATIVE ENERGY FORUM have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,506,711 in grants to MINNESOTA CONSERVATIVE ENERGY FORUM, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MINNESOTA CONSERVATIVE ENERGY FORUM?
- Conservative Energy Network is the largest funder on record, with $1,287,711 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MINNESOTA CONSERVATIVE ENERGY FORUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2019–2023), and the filings of 4 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