Oregon · Nonprofit
OREGON SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FUND
OREGON SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FUND (Oregon) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $268,103 to it, the largest being Constructing Hope Pre-Apprenticeship Program ($167,907). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $691k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $268k
- Net assets
- $259k
What Oregon Solar Energy Education Fund does
Mission
What is the organization's primary exempt purpose: the purposes of Oregon Solar Energy Education Fund are exclusively those allowed for organizations defined under 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code. In acknowledgment of the fact that the sun provides us with vast amounts of untapped energy in the form of direct solar radiation, wind currents, biomass growth, and ocean temperature gradients, the Oregon Solar Energy Education Fund is incorporated to promote solar energy development in accord with the following purposes: (a) to promote, foster and advance, through cooperative action of the solar energy industry of the state served by the education fund, the economic application and public understanding of solar energy. (b) to provide cooperation and liaison with other persons, organizations and institutions having an interest in solar energy. (c) to cooperate in and contribute towards the enhancement of widespread understanding of the various applications of solar energy through publ
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Oseef's largest accomplishment was implementing programs to make the solar workforce more inclusive, as demonstrated both by staff salary and by sub- grant expenses. Our second largest success was participating in regulatory processes to increase access to solar, as expressed by our staff salaries.
$409,331 spent$63,482 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $409,331.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $39k to $262k (+565%).
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: 2024 46%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of OREGON SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FUND’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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 5 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
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $47k → $56k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $215k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Oregon Solar Energy Industries Association). These are real filings, and they are not money OREGON SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FUND raised.
From the IRS filings of OREGON SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FUND’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
OREGON SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% 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 OREGON SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 68% · 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
100% of OREGON SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FUND's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
OREGON SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FUND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding OREGON SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FUND receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $207k on record.
- OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS TO SUBRECIPIENTS$207k
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 OREGON SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FUND
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
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 OREGON SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FUND: 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 OREGON SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FUND?
- OREGON SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FUND (Oregon) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $268,103 to it, the largest being Constructing Hope Pre-Apprenticeship Program ($167,907). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OREGON SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FUND have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $268,103 in grants to OREGON SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FUND, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OREGON SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FUND?
- Constructing Hope Pre-Apprenticeship Program is the largest funder on record, with $167,907 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OREGON SOLAR ENERGY EDUCATION FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 6 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