California · Nonprofit
SUNWORK RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS
SUNWORK RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $68,079 to it, the largest being THE SOBRATO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $68k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Sunwork Renewable Energy Projects does
Mission
The organization's mission is to carry out volunteer-assisted installation of clean energy technologies, thereby reducing the cost of these projects in order to make them feasible and attractive for a broader customer set, while providing training and hands-on experience with vocational value to volunteers. Current technologies of focus include solar photovoltaic systems and heat pump water heaters.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Reduced-Cost Clean Energy Technology Installation: 83 reduced-cost rooftop solar photovoltaic projects completed for low-energy-use homeowners and nonprofit organizations, for a total of 366.4 kilowatts of new generating capacity. Average solar project cost before subsidies was $2.60/watt, versus the local average cost for similar projects of approximately $2.85/watt. 72 high-efficiency electric heat pump water heaters installed replacing gas-fired water heaters in homes and other buildings. Leveraging local rebates, average heat pump water heater project cost as invoiced to clients was approximately $900.
$1,380,864 spent$1,399,371 earned by the program100% of program spendingVolunteer Skill and Safety Training: 2 online training sessions held for a total of 86 new volunteers attending, bringing the total number of trained volunteers to 3295. 71 solar photovoltaic installation work days run, with 78 different individuals participating on at least one solar work day. 76 heat pump water heater installation work days run, with 65 different individuals participating on at least one water heater work day.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,380,864.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $729k to $1.0M (+37%).
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.
4% of SUNWORK RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $11k → $16.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 SUNWORK RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS’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
SUNWORK RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 80% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of SUNWORK RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $79 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
SUNWORK RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 210 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 210 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SUNWORK RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
50%
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 SUNWORK RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS: 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 SUNWORK RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS?
- SUNWORK RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $68,079 to it, the largest being THE SOBRATO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SUNWORK RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $68,079 in grants to SUNWORK RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SUNWORK RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS?
- THE SOBRATO FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUNWORK RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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