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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UTILITY CONSUMER ADVOCATES (NASUCA)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UTILITY CONSUMER ADVOCATES (NASUCA) (Maryland) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $185,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION ($62,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$673k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$185k
Net assets
$568k
4/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (Nasuca) does

Mission

To improve communication among members, enhance their impact on public policy and assist them in representation of utility consumer interests

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Meeting the needs of approximately 61 state government agencies and non-government organizations which represent the consumers of utility services through maintaining and enhancing the flow of information among policy makers.

    $685,765 spent$520,667 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $685,765.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($509k) Expenses 100 ($428k) Net assets 100 ($240k)2018 Revenue 105 ($534k) Expenses 105 ($451k) Net assets 135 ($323k)2019 Revenue 90 ($460k) Expenses 103 ($443k) Net assets 142 ($340k)2020 Revenue 89 ($451k) Expenses 94 ($401k) Net assets 163 ($390k)2021 Revenue 98 ($502k) Expenses 97 ($414k) Net assets 199 ($478k)2022 Revenue 104 ($531k) Expenses 112 ($478k) Net assets 221 ($531k)2023 Revenue 111 ($564k) Expenses 115 ($491k) Net assets 252 ($604k)2024 Revenue 110 ($558k) Expenses 136 ($582k) Net assets 242 ($581k)2025 Revenue 132 ($673k) Expenses 160 ($686k) Net assets 237 ($568k)
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Revenue (132)Expenses (160)Net assets (237)

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 $390k to $478k (+22%).

$240k
$323k
$340k
$390k
$478k
$531k
$604k
$581k
$568k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$81k
’17
$83k
’18
$16k
’19
$50k
’20
$88k
’21
$53k
’22
$73k
’23
−$24k
’24
−$13k
’25
9.9
months of
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.

Chief executive

David Springe

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed131412121212121212
Joined·+3+3+0+2+3+6+2+3
No longer listed·25023623
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $8k → $35k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
$63k
AARPunclassified
$35k
funders
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
1

From the IRS filings of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UTILITY CONSUMER ADVOCATES (NASUCA)’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 funders by total. 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 STATE UTILITY CONSUMER ADVOCATES (NASUCA) leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UTILITY CONSUMER ADVOCATES (NASUCA).

34%
largest funder
86%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 43% · 2019 36% · 2021 33% · 2022 42% · 2023 43% — 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

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UTILITY CONSUMER ADVOCATES (NASUCA) draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 2 states in all.

PA
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’21
’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

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In Maryland

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

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Questions and answers

Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UTILITY CONSUMER ADVOCATES (NASUCA)?
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UTILITY CONSUMER ADVOCATES (NASUCA) (Maryland) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $185,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION ($62,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UTILITY CONSUMER ADVOCATES (NASUCA) have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $185,000 in grants to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UTILITY CONSUMER ADVOCATES (NASUCA), 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UTILITY CONSUMER ADVOCATES (NASUCA)?
AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $62,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UTILITY CONSUMER ADVOCATES (NASUCA) find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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