California · Nonprofit
STRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS
STRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS (California) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,745,151 to it, the largest being School of Environmental Leadership ($1,320,082). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $9.5M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $3.7M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Strategic Energy Innovations does
Mission
Sei is committed to its mission to build leaders that drive sustainability solutions. Each part of sei's education and workforce pathway is crucial. Sei partners with schools, communities, and businesses, prioritizing marginalized and under-resourced communities and residents, to develop a leadership pathway from elementary school to early career. Our flagship programs educate and empower students and emerging professionals.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Sei's climate corps, a fellowship program for those seeking to enter the sustainability field, saw growth on all fronts during the 2023-2024 program year. We continued to expand our national reach beyond california, placing fellows in north carolina and the southeast, new york, and the pacific northwest. 80 fellows worked at 60 partner organizations advancing sustainability solutions.
$3,549,475 spent$2,442,165 earned by the program44% of program spendingCceo: the climate corps education outside (cceo) program helps students develop a deeper respect for the planet and empowers them to make informed, sustainable choices for the future. The program engages over 11,000 bay area students across 31 public elementary schools, sparking curiosity and learning through school gardens. Cceo's dedicated garden educators worked hard to foster positive relationships with their students and deliver hands-on science and ecoliteracy lessons. Educators also engaged their whole school communities during volunteer work days, earth day events, and more.
$2,093,305 spentof which $14,300 as grants$1,321,445 earned by the program26% of program spendingEnergize careers: the energize careers program strives to create a diverse and representational sustainability workforce through the economic empowerment of people who experience systemic barriers to employment by helping them to access high-wage, high-growth green career opportunities. We provide training and paid work experiences, connect participants with wraparound services, and lead career skills workshops. The program also support collaboration between training partners, wraparound service providers, and employers. We support 400 individuals with job training and/or placement.
$1,449,037 spentof which $12,500 as grants$1,207,451 earned by the program18% of program spendingAll other programs promoting energy resource efficiency and helping people in under-served markets to embrace a sustainable future.
$1,044,815 spentof which $55,370 as grants$781,447 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,136,632.
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 2022 to 2023, from $6.5M to $5.2M (−20%).
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: 2017 1% · 2020 27% · 2021 16% · 2022 3% · 2023 4% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
39% of STRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 3 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.
Chief executive
Cyane Dandridge
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $120k → $742k.
7 of 26 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.
From the IRS filings of STRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS’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
STRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
52% 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 STRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 89% · 2021 35% · 2022 21% · 2023 29% — 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
75% of STRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
61% of STRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $226k 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
STRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 14 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding STRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $270k on record.
- Department of Commerce$170k
- National Science Foundation$100k
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 STRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS
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.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
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 2 related entities
- Seed Fund Np LLC · disregarded
- School of Environmental Leadership · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for STRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS: 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 STRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS?
- STRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS (California) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,745,151 to it, the largest being School of Environmental Leadership ($1,320,082). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $3,745,151 in grants to STRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS?
- School of Environmental Leadership is the largest funder on record, with $1,320,082 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 26 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