East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition

Analysis

East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition is a registered charity in United States, based in Knoxville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2026. 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 September 2023, East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.8m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $559k to $1.9m (+232%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Environmental Coalition of South Seattle ($1.9m), Pecan Street Inc ($1.9m) and Lighthawk ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 3.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $823k against liabilities of $523k, net assets of $300k.