Business Council for Sustainable Energy Foundation

Analysis

Business Council for Sustainable Energy Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Business Council for Sustainable Energy Foundation reported income of $190k and spending of $221k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $210k to $190k (-9.4%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Business Council for Sustainable Energy Foundation sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 29th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative Inc ($190k), Minnesota Brownfields ($190k) and South Carolina Forestry Foundation ($190k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $91k against liabilities of $25k, net assets of $66k.