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CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION

EIN 83-4318564 AUSTIN, TX

Revenue 2024
$45,000
Expenses 2024
$16,784

Program services were 64.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
C01
Classification
1000
Street
9600 ESCARPMENT BLVD STE 745 # 274

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 · 2024

Mission

TO EDUCATE, INFORM, AND ACTIVATE CONCERNED TEXANS WHO SEEK TO ADVANCE CLEAN ENERGY, LOWER ENERGY COSTS, AND EXPAND CONSUMER CHOICE.

  • CTEI SEEKS TO ADVOCATE OUR POSITIONS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, REGULATORS, POLICYMAKERS, KEY STAKEHOLDERS, THE MEDIA, AND OTHER AUDIENCES.PRIMARILY FOCUSED IN TEXAS, THESE ACTIVITIES AND EFFORTS ARE CARRIED OUT BY THE STAFF , LEADERSHIP, AND SUPPORTERS OF THE ORGANIZATION THROUGH VARIOUS MEETINGS, BRIEFINGS, CONFERENCES, NEWS INTERVIEWS, TRADESHOWS, DIGITAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.AS CONSERVATIVES, WE ENCOURAGE COMPETITION AND FREE MARKETS, WHICH ALLOW FOR VIBRANT, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIES. TEXAS INVENTORS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND MANUFACTURERS ARE LEADERS IN A GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION TOWARD CLEANER, MORE SECURE ENERGY CHOICES THAT CREATE AMERICAN JOBS AND PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT.ALL ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE FUNDED BY PHILANTHROPIC DONATIONS FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES SEEKING TO AMPLIFY OUR EFFORTS AND ACTIVITIES. WE ESTIMATE THAT 80 PERCENT OF OUR ACTIVITY IS ORIENTED TOWARD EDUCATION AND 20 PERCENT IS ORIENTED TOWARD LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY.

    Expenses $10,880

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • MATT WELCH

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LORI FRANZKE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLAY NETTLESHIP

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTOPHER SWEET

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $45,000
    Expenses
    $16,784
    Contributions
    $45,000
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $328,500
    Expenses
    $290,891
    Contributions
    $328,500
    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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2022

Tax period
1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022
Principal officer
MATT WELCH
Mailing address
9600 ESCARPMENT BLVD STE 745-274AUSTIN TX 78749

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.