Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION ASSOC
ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION ASSOC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,805,750 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($1,100,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $4.8M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Zero Emission Transportation Assoc does
Mission
To develop policy and inform the public on envionmental, social and economic benefits and opportunities associated with broad electric vehicles (ev) adoption. The goal of 100% ev sales by 2030.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Policy development: zeta-ef aims to accelerate ev adoption throughout the light-, medium-, and heavy-duty classes. We have brought together leaders from industry, academia, ngos and foundations with policy experience in each vehicle class. We will continue to partner with a diverse set of stakeholders and draw on their expertise to convene policy forums and working groups and to develop policy that supports the best use of federal resources and authority to drive transportation electrification.
$2,342,153 spent57% of program spendingTo engage and educate americans, build public consensus and drive political momentum for transportation electrication throughout the united states. To create an environment that supports our 2030 electrification goals, that conveys 1) evs are for all regions, income brackets and communities, 2) evs are critically important to public health, addressing both decarbonization andmobile source pollution, and 3) evs are a key economic driver of american innovation and job creation.
$1,785,174 spent43% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,127,327.
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 2024 to 2025, from $999k to $1.6M (+63%).
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 ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION ASSOC’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. 1 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.
Chief executive
Albert Gore
Executive director
Board chair
Joseph Britton
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $656k → $750k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION ASSOC’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
ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION ASSOC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
53% 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 ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION ASSOC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 46% · 2022 50% · 2023 40% — 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.
Where its funders are
ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION ASSOC draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M 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
ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION ASSOC has grown faster than three-quarters 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 ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION ASSOC
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 35 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Business Climate Initatives · exempt
- Pioneer Public Relations · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION ASSOC?
- ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION ASSOC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,805,750 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($1,100,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION ASSOC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $4,805,750 in grants to ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION ASSOC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION ASSOC?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION ASSOC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 8 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