Minnesota · Nonprofit
THE MINNESOTA RENEWABLE ENERGY SOCIETY INCORPORATED
THE MINNESOTA RENEWABLE ENERGY SOCIETY INCORPORATED (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,563 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $32k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $67k
What The Minnesota Renewable Energy Society Incorporated does
Mission
To advance a sustainable society and a renewable energy economy through education, leadership, and example.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Mres worked with the minnesota pollution control agency to train eighty volunteers to staff the eco experience area of the minnesota state fair. The volunteers explained the different clean energy technologies to 210,375 people during the 12-day run of the state fair. Between the setup, running of the fair and teardown, the volunteers donated 2140 hours. A new exhibit helped the volunteers explain how personal actions affect co2 emissions and climate change. These activities educate the general public on how renewable energy works and how they can participate in its benefits. This education is conducted in spanish and english. We formed relationships with passive house minnesota and the climate reality project for this activity.
$17,195 spent84% of program spendingThe 33nd annual solar boat regatta was held at riley lake to educate middle school and high school students on how to apply solar energy to a fun activity. The students built full sized, solar powered boats and spent the day racing them through three different activities. We had seven boats race from five schools from all over the state. More than 102 students participated in the learning experience.
$1,088 spent5% of program spendingMres hosted the minnesota solar / sustainability tour of over eleven different sites across the state of minnesota. This was a hybrid tour this year. The sites opened their homes and businesses to the public so that they could see different renewable energy technologies and energy reduction technologies. This allows people to learn about renewable technologies on a person-to-person basis. Ases reported 10,000 plus website hits during the tour this year.
$100 spent0% of program spendingMres provided information on renewable energy topics to over 260,659 people at 15 events in 2025. This might be a tabling event in the park or a church to the eco experience.
$2,207 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $20,590.
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.
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 $26k to $64k (+151%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Mark Weber
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5 → $8k.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 THE MINNESOTA RENEWABLE ENERGY SOCIETY INCORPORATED’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
THE MINNESOTA RENEWABLE ENERGY SOCIETY INCORPORATED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 THE MINNESOTA RENEWABLE ENERGY SOCIETY INCORPORATED.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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 THE MINNESOTA RENEWABLE ENERGY SOCIETY INCORPORATED's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k 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.
Organizations like THE MINNESOTA RENEWABLE ENERGY SOCIETY INCORPORATED
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 THE MINNESOTA RENEWABLE ENERGY SOCIETY INCORPORATED: 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 THE MINNESOTA RENEWABLE ENERGY SOCIETY INCORPORATED?
- THE MINNESOTA RENEWABLE ENERGY SOCIETY INCORPORATED (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,563 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE MINNESOTA RENEWABLE ENERGY SOCIETY INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $7,563 in grants to THE MINNESOTA RENEWABLE ENERGY SOCIETY INCORPORATED, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MINNESOTA RENEWABLE ENERGY SOCIETY INCORPORATED?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $7,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MINNESOTA RENEWABLE ENERGY SOCIETY INCORPORATED find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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