Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,315,874

Total expenses

$1,577,122

Contributions and grants received

$783,995

Grants paid

$67,950

Program service revenue

$509,715

Investment income

$19,334

Other revenue

$2,830

Total assets, end of year

$1,797,898

Total liabilities, end of year

$98,182

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,699,716

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,321,058

Management and general expenses

$148,946

Fundraising expenses

$107,118

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,321,058

Program services were 83.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• RENEW PROVIDES EDUCATION ABOUT RENEWABLE ENERGIES, LOBBYING ON BEHALF OF THESE ISSUES, AND ISSUES GRANTS TO BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS LOOKING TO PURCHASE RENEWABLE ENERGY EQUIPMENT. 2023 HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: IN JULY, RENEW MEMBERS ELECTED TWO INCUMBENT BOARD MEMBERS, MIKE BARNETT AND JIM FUNK, AND TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS, LAUREN REEG AND MELISSA WARNING. IN JULY, THE MIDCONTINENT INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR BOARD SIGNED OFF ON A $10.3 BILLION PORTFOLIO OF 18 TRANSMISSION PROJECTS FOR THE UPPER MIDWEST. THE STATES OF ILLINOIS, INDIANA, WISCONSIN, AND MICHIGAN SIGNED AN AGREEMENT IN AUGUST TO ADD CHARGING STATIONS AND BOOST ELECTRIC VEHICLE USE AROUND LAKE MICHIGAN. IN AUGUST, PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED INTO LAW THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA), THE LARGEST PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY IN AMERICAN HISTORY. WITH AN INVITATION EXTENDED BY GOVERNOR TONY EVERS, RENEW'S INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JESSICA NIEKRASZ, AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR, FRANCISCO SAYU, JOINED PRESIDENT BIDEN, HIS CABINET, AND LAWMAKERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE IN SEPTEMBER TO CELEBRATE THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. IN SEPTEMBER, ALLIANT ENERGY HELD A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY NEAR NEKOOSA AFTER COMPLETING CONSTRUCTION ON ITS 150 MW WOOD COUNTY SOLAR PROJECT. IN OCTOBER, RENEW WAS RECOGNIZED AS DANE COUNTY CLIMATE CHAMPION FOR LEADING THE MADISUN SOLAR GROUP BUY PROGRAM FOR HOUSEHOLDS THROUGHOUT DANE COUNTY. WISCONSIN NOW HAS MORE THAN 71,000 CLEAN ENERGY JOBS, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST CLEAN JOBS MIDWEST REPORT RELEASED IN OCTOBER. WISCONSIN IS SET TO RECEIVE 65 NEW ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES (THE FIRST IN THE STATE) WITH FEDERAL FUNDS AWARDED IN OCTOBER. THE PSCW ACCEPTED PUBLIC COMMENTS ON PETITIONS SUBMITTED BY VOTE SOLAR AND MIDWEST RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION, SEEKING CLARITY ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMERS CAN ACCESS ELECTRICITY GENERATED ON THEIR PREMISES FROM INSTALLATIONS OWNED BY THIRD PARTIES. RENEW WISCONSIN AND CLEAN WISCONSIN RELEASED WISCONSIN'S ROADMAP TO NET ZERO IN OCTOBER. THIS NEW ENERGY AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH SHOWS WISCONSIN CAN COST-EFFECTIVELY ACHIEVE NET-ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050, BRINGING SWEEPING ECONOMIC AND HEALTH BENEFITS TO OUR STATE. NOVEMBER 15TH MARKED THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ACT. WISCONSIN FUNDING TO DATE INCLUDES $109 MILLION FOR CLEAN ENERGY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AND POWER IN 2022; $25.8 MILLION FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S CLEAN SCHOOL BUS PROGRAM; $3.79 MILLION FOR CLEAN TRANSIT BUSES AND IMPROVED BUS SERVICE THROUGH DOT'S LOW- AND NO- EMISSION BUS AND BUS AND BUS FACILITIES PROGRAM; AND $28.4 MILLION IN 2022 AND 2023 TO BUILD OUT A NETWORK OF EV CHARGERS ACROSS THE STATE. IN DECEMBER, RENEW ANNOUNCED SAM DUNAISKI AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. IN DECEMBER, PSCW RULED THAT A STEVENS POINT FAMILY'S BID TO ACCESS ELECTRICITY UNDER CONTRACT FROM A THIRD-PARTY-OWNED SOLAR PV SYSTEM ON THEIR ROOFTOP WOULD NOT CONFLICT WITH WISCONSIN'S PUBLIC UTILITY LAW.

  Expenses $1,321,058 · Grants $67,950 · Revenue $509,715

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• EVERYONE COOPERATING TO HELP OTHERS

  $10,000

  SOLAR FOR GOOD

• CURATIVE CONNECTIONS

  $10,000

  SOLAR FOR GOOD

• LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY

  $10,000

  SOLAR FOR GOOD

• AGRACE HOSPICE CARE

  $10,000

  SOLAR FOR GOOD

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

21 March 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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