AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR AN ENERGY EFFICIENT ECONOMY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C013

Classification

1000

Street

529 14TH NW ST STE 600

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

• RESEARCH AND OUTREACH - ENERGY EFFICIENCY IS ESSENTIAL TO MANAGING RISING ENERGY DEMAND AND A KEY PATH TO A STRONGER ECONOMY AND CLEANER ENVIRONMENT. OUR RESEARCH FOCUSES ON THE ROLE EFFICIENCY CAN PLAY IN THE U.S., DOCUMENTING SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS AND POLICIES AND LESSONS LEARNED, AND WAYS TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES. ALL OF OUR WORK IS GROUNDED IN A FOUNDATION OF EQUITY.

  Expenses $9,427,243 · Grants $360,000 · Revenue $2,019,901

• CONFERENCES - WE SPARK ADVANCEMENTS IN INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS BY CONVENING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AT OUR CONFERENCES AND VIRTUAL EVENTS EACH YEAR. WE HOLD ROUGHLY 20 WEBINARS ANNUALLY TO DISCUSS OUR RESEARCH AND RELATED TOPICS. IN TYPICAL YEARS, WE HOLD 3 -4 CONFERENCES ON TOPICS SUCH AS BUILDING AND INDUSTRIAL EFFICIENCY, HOT WATER AND HOT AIR, AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY AS A RESOURCE.

  Expenses $1,722,830 · Grants $11,189 · Revenue $1,744,537

• POLICY ADVOCACY - WE HELP ADVANCE EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS AND POLICIES BY ADVISING AGENCIES ON IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSISTING WITH DEVELOPMENT OF LAWS REQUIRING ENERGY-EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT AND PROMOTING EFFICIENCY IN INDUSTRY, TRANSPORTATION, AND NEW AND EXISTING BUILDINGS.

  Expenses $414,280

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $17,327,397

  Expenses

  $14,849,917

  Contributions

  $13,131,763

  Grants paid

  $371,189

• 2024

  Revenue

  $15,739,978

  Expenses

  $15,549,833

  Contributions

  $10,849,818

  Grants paid

  $168,159

• 2023

  Revenue

  $13,757,064

  Expenses

  $13,948,664

  Contributions

  $8,964,432

  Grants paid

  $290,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $10,364,159

  Expenses

  $12,950,154

  Contributions

  $6,399,740

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $13,111,647

  Expenses

  $9,989,925

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,572,613

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,982,686

  Expenses

  $9,198,976

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,301,164

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,172,320

  Expenses

  $9,416,718

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,751,968

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,763,776

  Expenses

  $9,427,715

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,790,046

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,144,106

  Expenses

  $9,400,072

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,944,287

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,587,426

  Expenses

  $9,151,750

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,765,740

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,530,162

  Expenses

  $8,089,123

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,316,346

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,551,919

  Expenses

  $8,153,448

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,160,732

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,588,939

  Expenses

  $7,355,298

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,457,487

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $7,161,480

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,831,611

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $1,613,750

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $1,565,050

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $1,564,000

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION

  $775,000

  2024 · TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND ANALYSIS TO ADVANCE ENERGY OPTIMIZATION. TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO BUILD A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE. TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND ANALYSIS ON THE BENEFITS OF CLEAN TRANSPORTATION.

• SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND

  $720,000

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS

• CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION

  $610,268

  2024 · TO EXPAND ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE COOLING AND REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ($425,268); TO PROTECT THE CLIMATE, REDUCE POLLUTION, AND STRENGTHEN ECONOMIES ($185,000)

• BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY FOUNDATION

  $550,000

  2022 · SUPPORT FOR INDUSTRIAL DECARB INITIATIVES

• COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF GREATER BOSTON INC

  $540,000

  2024 · DAF - Social Services

• CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION

  $484,163

  2023 · PROJECT SUPPORT

• CLIMATE IMPERATIVE FOUNDATION

  $475,176

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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

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