California · Nonprofit
RENEWABLES 100 POLICY INSTITUTE
RENEWABLES 100 POLICY INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $265,382 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION ($145,850). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $63k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $265k
- Net assets
- $54k
What Renewables 100 Policy Institute does
Mission
To accelerate the global transition to 100% renewable energy across all sectors in ways that are most ecological, economical, efficient, and just.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
2023 cec hall of fame awards - Renewables 100 Policy Institute supported the organization and implementation of the california energy commission's 2023 clean energy hall of fame awards. The clean energy hall of fame awards is an annual event recognizing leaders advancing california's clean energy goals. The awards honor individuals and entities making exceptional contributions to help california achieve a 100 percent clean energy future for all. Alliance for renewable clean energy systems (arches) - Renewables 100 Policy Institute, as a founding partner of arches, supported the organization's successful proposal to the us department of energy to develop a renewable, clean regional hydrogen hub in california, in order to decarbonize and lower air pollution in hard-to-electrify applications, such as heavy duty trucking, ports, and certain power plants, while advancing environmental and social justice, as well as creating good jobs.
$76,129 spent97% of program spendingNorth coast intergovernmental roundtable - Renewables 100 Policy Institute administered grant funds that allowed regional indigenous tribal representatives to travel to and participate in the north coast intergovernmental roundtable hosted by the california energy commission, which is focused on issues related to offshore wind planning off the coast of california.
$2,500 spentof which $2,500 as grants3% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $78,629.
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 2017 to 2018, from $51k to $29k (−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.
100% of RENEWABLES 100 POLICY INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $57k → $86k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 RENEWABLES 100 POLICY INSTITUTE’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
RENEWABLES 100 POLICY INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 RENEWABLES 100 POLICY INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 87% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 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 RENEWABLES 100 POLICY INSTITUTE's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k 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
RENEWABLES 100 POLICY INSTITUTE's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Government funding RENEWABLES 100 POLICY INSTITUTE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $75k on record.
- Department of State$75k
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 RENEWABLES 100 POLICY INSTITUTE
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 RENEWABLES 100 POLICY INSTITUTE: 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 RENEWABLES 100 POLICY INSTITUTE?
- RENEWABLES 100 POLICY INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $265,382 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION ($145,850). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RENEWABLES 100 POLICY INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $265,382 in grants to RENEWABLES 100 POLICY INSTITUTE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RENEWABLES 100 POLICY INSTITUTE?
- UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $145,850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RENEWABLES 100 POLICY INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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