Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$91,100

Total expenses

$47,739

Contributions and grants received

$91,100

Grants paid

— not reported

Program service revenue

— not reported

Membership dues (line 3)

— not reported

Investment income (line 4)

— not reported

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

— not reported

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

— not reported

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

— not reported

Other revenue (line 8)

— not reported

Total assets, end of year

$97,742

Total liabilities, end of year

— not reported

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$97,742

Program service expenses (Part III)

$47,739

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

• STREAMLINING ROOFTOP SOLAR PERMITTING CONTINUED OUR WORK EDUCATING CITIES AND COUNTIES, AND THEIR RESIDENTS, ABOUT A NEW LAW REQUIRING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO OFFER INSTANTANEOUS ONLINE PERMITTING FOR MOST RESIDENTIAL SOLAR AND BATTERY PROJECTS. KEPT TRACK OF COMPLIANCE RATES AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC VIA HTTPS://SOLARRIGHTSEDUCATION.ORG/STREAMLINEDPERMITTING. FOLLOWED UP WITH GOVERNMENTS THAT WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE. OUR EFFORTS HAVE HELPED GET A MAJORITY OF THE STATE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW.

  Expenses $28,643

• REFUTING UTILITY LIES ABOUT ROOFTOP SOLAR WORKING ENERGY ECONOMISTS AND SOLAR INDUSTRY EXPERTS, HELPED TO DISSEMINATE NEW DATA DEMONSTRATING HOW ROOFTOP SOLAR ACTUALLY IS A NET SAVINGS TO ALL RATEPAYERS, AND DEBUNKING THE FALSE CLAIM THAT ROOFTOP SOLAR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STATE'S HIGH ELECTRICITY RATES. ORGANIZED WEBINARS, PRESENTATIONS TO NONPROFIT GROUPS AND LAWMAKERS, AND BRIEFINGS WITH REPORTERS, AND HELPED SOLAR USERS RESPOND TO MEDIA STORIES THAT REPEATED THE FALSE CLAIM.

  Expenses $11,935

• EXPOSING UTILITY INFLUENCE IN POLITICS WORKING WITH AN EXPERIENCED RESEARCHER, WE COMPILED NEW AND EXPANDED DATA SHOWING THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF UTILITY INFLUENCE OVER CALIFORNIA POLITICS. THE DATA PULLED TOGETHER CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, LOBBYING, AND PAYMENTS TO NONPROFITS, ACADEMICS, AND TRADE GROUPS TO SHOW HOW THE UTILITIES HAVE SPENT MORE THAN 1 BILLION TO BUY LOYALTY, GOODWILL, OR SILENCE AT EVERY LEVEL OF CALIFORNIA POLITICS AND CULTURE.

  Expenses $2,387

• THE SOLAR HELP DESK JOINTLY MAINTAIN A SOLAR HELP DESK WITH THE SOLAR RIGHTS ALLIANCE. EACH WEEK, THE SOLAR HELP DESK FIELDS 50-100 CALLS AND EMAILS FROM CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE SOLAR CONSUMERS AND HELPS TROUBLESHOOT ISSUES AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.

  Expenses $4,774

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2024

Filed

11 August 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202532239349201203

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