Vermont · Nonprofit
REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT
REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT (Vermont) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,104,530 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($9,710,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $50M
- Net assets
- $8.6M
What Regulatory Assistance Project does
Mission
Rap is an international team of experts that educates and partners with decision-makers to develop data-informed, real-world solutions. We research and seek solutions that are not only cost-effective and reliable, but also create stronger, more equitable communities. Rap educates policymakers and helps them navigate the complex world of clean energy policy creation and negotiation. As a committed and engaged partner, we also work hard to spark the passion and commitment of the stakeholder community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
United states: rap's experienced team of technical experts assist decision-makers navigate the complex issues posed by the accelerating clean energy transformation. As trusted advisors, we help states and cities deploy new clean energy technologies and best practices, protect system reliability and consumer interests, and improve environmental performance.
$3,422,047 spent$616,149 earned by the program42% of program spendingEurope: to meet europe's aggressive climate goals, rap provides thought leadership and data-informed solutions to decarbonize transportation and power systems, phase out fossil fuel gasses, and improve energy efficiency.
$2,113,073 spent$277,932 earned by the program26% of program spendingChina: drawing on our global expertise, we tailor advanced energy solutions to provincial and national policymakers when requested. Our efforts span the breadth of china's goals to transform its power sector by increasing energy efficiency, improving resource planning, integrating renewables into the grid, reducing air pollution, and designing markets and emissions trading regimes.
$962,634 spent12% of program spendingIndia: rap fosters innovative research and provides training and technical assistance to energy regulators and decision-makers. We stimulate robust public discourse on the policies needed to meet india's climate and clean energy goals.other regions outside our core focus: we occasionally take on work outside of our four main regions in situations where we can have a lasting impact. We seek longer-term engagements in which our deep regulatory expertise will benefit policymakers or the ngo community. Our team contextualizes its international expertise to local conditions to create sustainable solutions to local challenges. We focus on best practices that consistently create sufficient revenues to ensure grid reliability, drive investment in clean resources, balance cost allocation fairly among disparate groups, send the right price signals to customers, and motivate performance consistent with public policy objectives.
$1,583,460 spent20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,081,214.
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 2021 to 2022, from $9.6M to $12M (+27%).
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.
89% of REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Amanda Ormond
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 8 funders, grant income fell $6.6M → $3.5M.
4 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT’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
REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
48% 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 REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 51% · 2019 29% · 2020 31% · 2021 31% · 2022 25% · 2023 43% — 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
53% of REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 329 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 329 environment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $74k on record.
- VT$72k
- NJ$2k
- OK$675
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 REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT
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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Regulatory Assistance Project Asbl · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT: 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 REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT?
- REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT (Vermont) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,104,530 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($9,710,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $50,104,530 in grants to REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $9,710,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like REGULATORY ASSISTANCE PROJECT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 27 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