Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $978,377 to it, the largest being EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE INC ($221,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $978k
- Net assets
- $15M
What National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners does
Mission
Founded in 1889, the national association of regulatory utility commisioners (naruc) is a non-profit organization dedicated to representing the state public service commisions who regulate the utilities that provide essential services such as energy, telecommunications, water and transportation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education, grants and research - purpose is to study the development of diverse energy resources, including clean energy; to study emerging issues in the electric power and natural gas industries, including competitive market forces, energy security and resilience, and system planning as it relates to grid modernization; to exchange information about new utility commissions in developing countries worlwide; and to facilitate training and consulting support to state commissions.
$5,554,292 spentof which $821,265 as grants$261,084 earned by the program56% of program spendingMeetings - purpose is to promote the study and discussion of means to make public utilities and carriers more responsive to the needs of the public.
$1,744,070 spent$4,142,405 earned by the program18% of program spendingGovernment affairs - purpose is to assist its principal members, state regulatory agencies engaged in the regulation of public utilities, as a liaison to and advocate before the u.s. Congress, agencies and the federal courts.
$1,501,991 spent$1,602,056 earned by the program15% of program spendingPolicy development - purpose is to provide staff support and guidance to its committees responsible for devleoping the association's policy positions on issues involved in the regulation of telecom, energy and water utilities. These policy positions are subsequently adopted by the naruc board of directors to represent the consensus views of naruc's membership.
$668,656 spent7% of program spendingProfessional development - provides in-person, live online, and on-demand training courses to regulators, commission staff, consumer advocates, utility representatives, and other stakeholders to increase their knowledge of regulatory and technical issues and processes.
$377,147 spent$1,034,575 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,846,156.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $13M to $16M (+23%).
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 61% · 2018 62% · 2019 66% · 2020 63% · 2021 66% · 2022 66% · 2023 64% · 2024 58%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $47k → $196k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.1M from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners). These are real filings, and they are not money NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS raised.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS’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
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
91% 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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 36% · 2019 26% · 2020 51% · 2021 27% · 2022 38% · 2023 36% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
72% of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. 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.
Government funding NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $67.2M on record.
- Agency for International Development$34.1M
- Department of Energy$25.2M
- Department of State$7.3M
- Department of Commerce$670k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS?
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $978,377 to it, the largest being EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE INC ($221,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $978,377 in grants to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS?
- EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE INC is the largest funder on record, with $221,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 12 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