Oregon · Nonprofit
RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT DBA RENEWABLE NORTHWEST
RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT DBA RENEWABLE NORTHWEST (Oregon) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,848,800 to it, the largest being MULTIPLIER ($805,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Renewable Northwest Project Dba Renewable Northwest does
Mission
Renewable northwest (rnw) works to protect recently passed clean energy legislation in oregon and washington and to encourage state regulators to enforce these standards. Rnw advocates for bpa to thoughtfully decide how and when to participate in day-ahead regional markets to yield the best outcomes for the entire region. Rnw expanded relationships with county level staff and elected officials in order to improve siting outcomes for renewable energy projects. Rnw expanded relationships across montana and idaho in support of new renewable energy and transmission. In oregon, rnw helped scope a state-wide energy strategy and an off-shore wind roadmap.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Renewable northwest (rnw) has worked to protect recently passed clean energy legislation in oregon and washington and to encourage state regulators to enforce those standards. Rnw also engaged with bpa to address transmission and interconnection backlogs and encouraged the administration to participate in regional transmission planning. Rnw has expanded relationships with county level staff and elected officials in order to improve siting outcomes for renewable energy projects. Rnw expanded relationships across montana and idaho in support of new renewable energy and transmission.
$2,487,713 spentof which $219,528 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,487,713.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.2M to $1.8M (+43%).
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: 2019 2% · 2021 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT DBA RENEWABLE NORTHWEST’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. 7 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
Nicole Hughes
Executive director
Board chair
David Bobzien
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $457k → $205k.
1 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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: $2.4M from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United States Energy Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT DBA RENEWABLE NORTHWEST raised.
From the IRS filings of RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT DBA RENEWABLE NORTHWEST’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
RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT DBA RENEWABLE NORTHWEST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
63% 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 RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT DBA RENEWABLE NORTHWEST.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2019 59% · 2021 100% · 2023 49% — diversifying over time.
“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
0% of RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT DBA RENEWABLE NORTHWEST's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 20% 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
RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT DBA RENEWABLE NORTHWEST draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $250k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT DBA RENEWABLE NORTHWEST is better cushioned than half of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT DBA RENEWABLE NORTHWEST
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Rnw Action Fund · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT DBA RENEWABLE NORTHWEST?
- RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT DBA RENEWABLE NORTHWEST (Oregon) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,848,800 to it, the largest being MULTIPLIER ($805,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT DBA RENEWABLE NORTHWEST have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,848,800 in grants to RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT DBA RENEWABLE NORTHWEST, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT DBA RENEWABLE NORTHWEST?
- MULTIPLIER is the largest funder on record, with $805,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT DBA RENEWABLE NORTHWEST 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.
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 10 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