Virginia · Nonprofit
NATIONAL ENERGY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INC
NATIONAL ENERGY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INC (Virginia) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,615,803 to it, the largest being EXELON FOUNDATION ($11,816,693). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.0M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $12M
What National Energy Education Development Project Inc does
Mission
The mission of the national energy education development project, inc. (need) is to promote an energy conscious and educated society by creating effective networks of students, educators, business, and government and community leaders to design and deliver objective, multi-sided energy education programs. Need designs and delivers energy education curriculum and training to k-12 classrooms and supports educators seeking to integrate energy into local curriculum.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Workshops and conferences: throughout the school year, need offers teacher professional development on energy and energy issues including the science of energy, energy sources, electricity, transportation, and residential and school energy efficiency and conservation. The workshops are one hour to five days in length and need provides participating educators with substitute reimbursement, classroom curriculum materials, and professional development credits. In any given year, need hosts approximately 300-600 workshops in diverse geographic areas. There are some special topic workshops that include content specific to certain energy issues - I.e. Solar, wind, hydrogen, hydropower, oil and natural gas, efficiency and conservation. All curriculum taught and provided at the workshops is aligned to the next generation science standards, common core standards and state education standards. Additional teacher professional development opportunities (weeklong conferences) are held during the summer. In addition to teacher professional development, need hosts numerous student energy workshops and workforce development programs across the united states. These programs range from 3 hours to…
$4,779,890 spentof which $81,577 as grants42% of program spendingProgram administration: need's mission is to design and deliver comprehensive energy education curriculum and training. As part of this effort, need establishes and administers many signature programs for agencies, companies and organizations who provide funding for energy education outreach, classroom support, and curriculum design. These programs include curriculum, training workshops, and kits are mentioned throughout need's federal form 990, but these programs also include turn-key staff support of local schools - providing classroom visits, local community support for programming, in-class teaching opportunities, teacher support and classroom trouble-shooting, design and delivery of websites to support programmatic goals, and overall administration of the energy education programs need has underway each year. In addition, need has developed a strong grant-making capability and administers a number of grant programs thanks to the support of several donors. All of these grant programs have a rubric and independent reviewers. Need both administers the recruitment/marketing phase of the grants and the online application, selection, and actual payment of the grant to the…
$2,670,355 spentof which $2,155,576 as grants23% of program spendingScholarships: need has developed expertise in scholarship management for students and provides turn-key support for several scholarship programs ranging from a semester scholarship to a full ride scholarship. Students receive mentorship and internship opportunities and workforce, life, and career skills opportunities and wrap-around support.
$1,481,411 spentof which $1,401,261 as grants13% of program spendingKits and materials: need's kits and materials are delivered to teachers with sponsorship support via need teacher workshops and conferences.
$1,281,422 spent11% of program spendingNeed's youth awards for energy achievement recognizes schools and students who make a commitment to energy education outreach in their communities. Projects reviewed as exceptional are invited to attend the need youth energy conference and awards each year.
$423,852 spentof which $3,000 as grants$106,223 earned by the program4% of program spendingNeed maintains, expands and develops new curriculum within its 150 module curriculum portfolio on a regular basis. This curriculum is available online and via need's teacher and student workshops.
$395,529 spent3% of program spendingNeed hosts the need energy conference for educators each year. Designed as an intensive energy course for teachers, the week-long program provides participating educators with a depth of energy knowledge, classroom plans, and networking opportunities.
$233,503 spentof which $5,000 as grants$32,000 earned by the program2% of program spendingProgram development
$118,565 spent1% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,384,527.
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 $11M to $16M (+44%).
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 10% · 2018 5% · 2019 8% · 2020 8% · 2021 10% · 2022 9% · 2023 5% · 2024 5% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of NATIONAL ENERGY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Mary E Spruill
Executive director
Board chair
Maggie Downey
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $107k → $3.9M.
7 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 NATIONAL ENERGY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 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
NATIONAL ENERGY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 90%; 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: 2017 68% · 2018 72% · 2019 94% · 2020 96% · 2021 58% · 2022 68% · 2023 66% — 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.
How long its funders stay
57% of NATIONAL ENERGY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
NATIONAL ENERGY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INC draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
NATIONAL ENERGY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding NATIONAL ENERGY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $243k on record.
- Department of Energy$243k
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 ENERGY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
46%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL ENERGY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INC?
- NATIONAL ENERGY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INC (Virginia) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,615,803 to it, the largest being EXELON FOUNDATION ($11,816,693). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL ENERGY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $16,615,803 in grants to NATIONAL ENERGY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ENERGY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INC?
- EXELON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $11,816,693 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL ENERGY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 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.
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 22 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