Nonprofit screen
Screen a listNREL Foundation
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$2.1Mrevenue
FY2024 · +51% in 3 yrs2staff
4 of 4years filed
’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin−4.7%
Months of reserve6.8mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+14.8%
Middle half of peersMedianNREL
Where the money goes FY2024 · $2.2M spent
Programs$2.0M91%Management and general$81k4%Fundraising$114k5%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$503k in FY2022 and −$98k in FY2024. Cash covers 6.8 months, above the peer median of 5.2.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 15% a year since FY2021, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort9funders
$3.7Ma year, last 3 years
53%from its largest funder
Funder’21’22’23Breakthrough Energy FoundationSince FY2022$5.5M$450kThe Rockefeller FoundationNew in FY2023$3.8MAlliance for Energy Innovation LLCNew in FY2023$200kJohn D and Catherine T Macarthur FoundationOn and off$20kMfi FoundationOn and off$1kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$300k$1.0M
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund