South Dakota · Nonprofit
RED CLOUD RENEWABLE
RED CLOUD RENEWABLE (South Dakota) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,831,549 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($512,725). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Red Cloud Renewable does
Mission
Empowering native american communities from across the country by fostering career readiness pathways in the clean energy industry, with energy sovereignty initiatives, workforce development training, and sustainable building deployment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Red Cloud Renewable's energy sovereignty program tackles one of the most urgent needs on pine ridge - safe, efficient homes that protect families through the harsh extremes of south dakota's climate. What began as weatherization has grown into a movement for energy sovereignty, ensuring that families aren't just surviving winters and summers, but thriving in homes that conserve energy, cut utility costs, and create healthier living environments. By upgrading insulation, sealing leaks, and modernizing heating systems, we give families immediate relief while strengthening long-term energy independence for native communities.
$830,802 spent$21,189 earned by the program59% of program spendingOur workforce development program is about more than career training - it's a pathway to energy sovereignty, sustainability, and cultural resilience. Our programs combine hands-on skill building with the values and traditions of native communities, preparing participants to thrive in the renewable energy industry while staying grounded in their heritage. From our pre-apprenticeship readiness programs (pre-arp) to the women-focused bridge initiative, we create opportunities that empower individuals and strengthen entire communities. Discover how we are shaping a skilled native workforce, uniting tradition with innovation to advance energy independence across indian country.
$232,464 spent$161,332 earned by the program16% of program spendingOur sustainable building program tackles the housing crisis on pine ridge with innovation and respect for the land. One of the ways we do this is by constructing durable, hexagon-shaped homes made from cellular concrete - a material that allows entire homes to be built fairly quickly. These homes are designed to provide safe, efficient, and affordable housing solutions while setting a new standard for sustainable living on the reservation.in addition, we work with compressed earth block (ceb) construction, using natural materials from the land itself to build strong, beautiful homes and community structures. Together, these approaches bring immediate relief to the housing shortage while honoring a vision of resilience and self-sufficiency.
$356,808 spent25% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,420,074.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2022 to 2023, from $1.3M to $2.5M (+100%).
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: 2021 0% · 2022 18% · 2023 13% · 2024 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of RED CLOUD RENEWABLE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Henry Red Cloud
President/executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $22k → $1.1M.
10 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 RED CLOUD RENEWABLE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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
RED CLOUD RENEWABLE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% 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
66% 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 RED CLOUD RENEWABLE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 45% · 2020 46% · 2021 62% · 2022 44% · 2023 47% — 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.
How long its funders stay
44% of RED CLOUD RENEWABLE'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
RED CLOUD RENEWABLE draws 73% of its grant income from funders outside South Dakota, across 15 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
RED CLOUD RENEWABLE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,187 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,187 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding RED CLOUD RENEWABLE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.6M on record.
- Department of Energy$3.3M
- Department of Agriculture$320k
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 RED CLOUD RENEWABLE
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 South Dakota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RED CLOUD RENEWABLE: 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 RED CLOUD RENEWABLE?
- RED CLOUD RENEWABLE (South Dakota) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,831,549 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($512,725). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RED CLOUD RENEWABLE have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $2,831,549 in grants to RED CLOUD RENEWABLE, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RED CLOUD RENEWABLE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $512,725 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RED CLOUD RENEWABLE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Dakota. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 31 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing