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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CONSERVATIVE ENERGY NETWORK.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,199,394
Total expenses
$7,044,862
Contributions and grants received
$8,190,878
Grants paid
$2,454,575
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$6,914
Other revenue
$1,602
Total assets, end of year
$5,928,655
Total liabilities, end of year
$221,108
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,707,547
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,087,879
Management and general expenses
$785,645
Fundraising expenses
$171,338
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,087,879

Program services were 86.4% 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

    $8,190,878

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,914 · excluded $6,914

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $1,602 · excluded $1,602

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,602

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,454,575 · program services $2,454,575

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $486,730 · program services $73,009 · management and general $292,038 · fundraising $121,683

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,722,125 · program services $1,659,133 · management and general $44,801 · fundraising $18,191

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $17,596 · program services $12,669 · management and general $3,695 · fundraising $1,232

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $247,896 · program services $198,906 · management and general $34,116 · fundraising $14,874

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $217,675 · program services $173,468 · management and general $31,003 · fundraising $13,204

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $54,785 · management and general $54,785

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,936 · management and general $34,936

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $608,405 · program services $549,837 · management and general $58,568

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $385,308 · program services $385,308

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $136,614 · program services $18,628 · management and general $117,986

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $47,931 · management and general $47,931

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $26,937 · program services $19,126 · management and general $5,657 · fundraising $2,154

  • 17 · Travel

    total $178,188 · program services $133,641 · management and general $44,547

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $409,579 · program services $409,579

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,582 · management and general $15,582

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,117,584 · end of year $4,150,271

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $1,506,919

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $455,000 · end of year $271,465

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $19,569 · end of year $221,108

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,168,129 · end of year $3,370,190

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,384,886 · end of year $2,337,357

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To champion secure, reliable, affordable, clean American energy.

Activities or mission (Part I)

See Schedule O.

  • The Organization's purpose is to educate opinion leaders and the general public about federal, state, and local public policies that promote the cleaner and more efficient use of energy and to encourage the transition to a clean energy future.

    Expenses $6,087,879 · Grants $2,454,575

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Fleming

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Hartley

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Jewell

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Lanese

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Szoka

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $319,393
    From this org
    $308,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,743
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $308,650
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,743
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $319,393

  • Brittany Zwierzchowski Tisler

    COO

    Total calculated
    $167,336
    From this org
    $160,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,436
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,900
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,436
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $167,336

  • John Miller

    Operations Director

    Total calculated
    $159,814
    From this org
    $148,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,314
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,614
    Filer's total
    $159,814

  • Tyler Duvelius

    External Affairs Director

    Total calculated
    $146,038
    From this org
    $130,583
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,455
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sarah Spence

    Midwest Regional Director

    Total calculated
    $127,612
    From this org
    $118,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,112
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533219349316593

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