California Clean Energy Fund

Analysis

California Clean Energy Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Berkeley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2025. 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 2022, California Clean Energy Fund reported income of $2.8m and spending of $4.2m, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $1.6m to $2.8m (+72%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, California Clean Energy Fund sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund ($2.8m), Urban Adamah ($2.8m) and Santa Monica Bay Foundation ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% and program service revenue 24% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $460k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $996k. At year end it held assets of $5.0m against liabilities of $2.4m, net assets of $2.6m. It reported 28 employees.