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THE ENERGY FOUNDATION

EIN 94-3126848 SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Revenue 2024
$109,226,201
Expenses 2024
$82,890,976

Program services were 92.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
50 CALIFORNIA ST STE 1500

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).

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.

  • HONGPENG LEI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • SHENYU BELSKY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • JORGEN THOMSEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • JONATHAN PERSHING

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • HONGJUN ZHANG

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $6,000
    From this org
    $6,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • KELLY SIMS GALLAGHER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $4,500
    From this org
    $4,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • STEPHEN HARPER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $5,250
    From this org
    $5,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • KEBIN HE

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 11/28/24)

    Total calculated
    $6,262
    From this org
    $6,262
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • BERNICE LEE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $6,000
    From this org
    $6,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • DAVID NIEH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $6,000
    From this org
    $6,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • MARY NICHOLS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $6,000
    From this org
    $6,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • WALTER REID

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $6,000
    From this org
    $6,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • ZOU JI

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $539,671
    From this org
    $504,832
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,839
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $504,832
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,304
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,535
    Filer's total
    $539,671
  • DAVID VANCE WAGNER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $369,786
    From this org
    $306,611
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,175
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $306,611
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,484
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,691
    Filer's total
    $369,786
  • FANG YUWEI

    COO/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $322,912
    From this org
    $296,129
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,783
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $296,129
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,209
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,574
    Filer's total
    $322,912
  • JEAN KU

    DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

    Total calculated
    $286,259
    From this org
    $238,742
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,517
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $238,742
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,438
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,079
    Filer's total
    $286,259
  • PIOTR KODZIS

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $277,438
    From this org
    $229,155
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,283
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,155
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,744
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,539
    Filer's total
    $277,438
  • DANIELLE FULLER-WIMBUSH

    DIRECTOR OF GRANTS MANAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $247,540
    From this org
    $196,619
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,921
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,619
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,385
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,536
    Filer's total
    $247,540
  • YUN CAI

    PROGRAM MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $165,785
    From this org
    $138,570
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,215
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,570
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,154
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,061
    Filer's total
    $165,785
  • YUNSHU JI

    GRANTS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $203,663
    From this org
    $161,456
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,207
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,456
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,032
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,175
    Filer's total
    $203,663

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 — 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $109,226,201
    Expenses
    $82,890,976
    Contributions
    $107,377,432
    Grants paid
    $58,494,831
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $84,464,278
    Expenses
    $77,339,890
    Contributions
    $82,843,968
    Grants paid
    $55,927,586
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $57,878,896
    Expenses
    $69,460,889
    Contributions
    $56,746,087
    Grants paid
    $52,117,910
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $57,878,896
    Expenses
    $69,460,889
    Contributions
    $56,746,087
    Grants paid
    $52,117,910

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.

Grants made

  • 2022 TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND ANALYSIS TO ADVANCE CLIMATE LEADERSHIP, TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND ANALYSIS TO ADVANCE LOW CARBON CITIES, AND TO SUPPORT EDUCATION, ANALYSIS AND OUTREACH TO BUILD A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE

  • 2023 TO SUPPORT EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND OUTREACH TO BUILD A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE; FOR THE GLOBAL INLAND WATERWAY AND COASTAL EMISSIONS TO BUILD A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE; FOR THE ALTERNATIVE REFRIGERANT, AND ENERGY-SAVING TECHNOLOGY, TO ACHIEVE CARBON NEUTRALITY.

  • 2024 TO SUPPORT LOW-CARBON ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION

  • 2024 TO SUPPORT ENGAGEMENT ON CARBON NEUTRALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE, TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AND ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, TO SUPPORT LOW-CARBON ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION

  • 2022 TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO BUILD A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE, TO PROMOTE EDUCATION, ANALYSIS FOR THE ALTERNATIVE REFRIGERANT AND ENERGY-SAVING TECHNOLOGY, TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF CARBON NEUTRALITY AND EMISSION PEAKING GOALS, AND TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND ANALYSIS TO PROMOTE ELECTRIC VEHICLES

  • 2022 TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND ANALYSIS TO ADVANCE CLIMATE LEADERSHIP AND TO SUPPORT EDUCATION, ANALYSIS AND OUTREACH TO BUILD A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE

  • 2022 TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND ANALYSIS TO ADVANCE CLEAN ELECTRICITY AND TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND ANALYSIS TO ADVANCE LOW CARBON CITIES

  • 2024 TO SUPPORT LOW-CARBON ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION

  • 2023 TO SUPPORT EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND OUTREACH TO BUILD A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE; FOR THE GLOBAL INLAND WATERWAY AND COASTAL EMISSIONS TO BUILD A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE

  • 2022 TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND ANALYSIS TO PHASE OUT COAL

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Grants received

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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

Listed as of 10 September 2026, under deductibility PC.

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.