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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CLEAN FUTURE ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,575,571
Total expenses
$5,763,940
Contributions and grants received
$5,528,921
Grants paid
$4,661,493
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$46,650
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,854,478
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,333,453
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,521,025
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,269,109
Management and general expenses
$494,831
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,269,109

Program services were 91.4% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,528,921

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $46,650 · excluded $46,650

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,661,493 · program services $4,661,493

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $20,000 · management and general $20,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $443,558 · program services $22,880 · management and general $420,678

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,971 · management and general $7,971

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,880 · management and general $38,880

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $426,750 · program services $426,750

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,302 · management and general $7,302

  • 17 · Travel

    total $43,759 · program services $43,759

  • 24a · Other expenses: Research

    total $114,227 · program services $114,227

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,357,794 · end of year $2,853,803

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $75,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,861

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $675 · end of year $675

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $52,414 · end of year $48,006

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,675,522 · end of year $1,285,447

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,709,394 · end of year $1,521,025

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To educate, lobby and advocate for policies that advance clean energy development and deployment.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To educate, lobby and advocate for policies that will meaningfully address climate change.

  • CFAF works to build support for federal policies that will meaningfully advance clean energy development, conservation practices, and advanced energy infrastructure. Grants were provided to organizational partners to support grassroots advocacy and constituency organizing, public opinion research, earned and paid communications, and federal lobbying related to these policy areas.

    Expenses $4,684,373 · Grants $4,661,493

  • CFAF conducted quantitative research to gauge support for clean energy, conservation, and infrastructure issues that have environmental benefits.

    Expenses $140,477

  • CFAF policy programs focused on research, analysis, and legislative tracking of various clean energy, infrastructure, and conservation public policies.

    Expenses $444,259

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Ventola

    Director, President

    Total calculated
    $10,000
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jason Kauppi

    Director, Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $10,000
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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

  • Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions

    $2,720,893

    To provide the public and policymakers with thoughtful educational resources and opportunities for dialogue in support of solutions to address climate and clean energy development and other public policies that will accelerate energy innovation in America.

  • Centerline Action

    $1,690,600

    To provide the public and policymakers with thoughtful educational resources and opportunities for dialogue in support of solutions to address climate and clean energy development and other public policies that will accelerate energy innovation in America.

  • Climate Solutions Foundation Action

    $250,000

    To provide the public and policymakers with thoughtful educational resources and opportunities for dialogue in support of solutions to address climate and clean energy development and other public policies that will accelerate energy innovation in America.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
16 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531349349308508

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