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Fresh Energy FY2022 filing

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Saint Paul, MN501(c)(3)Since 1992Environment EIN 41-1735501Revenue $8.4M in FY2022

On file with the IRSfresh-energy.org408 Saint Peter St Ste 350, 55102-1156 · Saint Paul, MNTax-exempt since Dec 1992Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$637K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2022 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.2M a year · 15% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$637K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
11 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $22K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$581K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
19
of 19 voting members
Looks good: 19 of 19 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$8.4M
+1% vs prior year
Spent
$5.5M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$9.1M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$8.4M
FY2022▲ +1%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$8.3M
FY2022$8.4M
FY2023$8.5M
FY2024$5.8M
FY2025$7.1M
Expenses
$5.5M
FY2022▲ +15%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$4.8M
FY2022$5.5M
FY2023$6.2M
FY2024$8.7M
FY2025$7.0M
Net assets
$9.1M
FY2022▲ +45%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$6.3M
FY2022$9.1M
FY2023$11.4M
FY2024$8.5M
FY2025$8.6M

From the FY2022 Form 990 (year ending January 2022) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1992.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $4.6M Management & general 11% · $636K Fundraising 5% · $259K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

24 people listed on the 990; $637K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2021); the FY2022 filing did not itemize Part VII
Michael Noble
Executive Director
$196,816Pt VII · Sec A
Sarah Clark
Deputy Executive Director
$127,156Pt VII · Sec A
Janet Hamilton
Senior Director, Science Policy
$105,441Pt VII · Sec A
Allen Gleckner
Lead Director, Clean Electricity
$104,871Pt VII · Sec A
Mat Larson Krisetya
Senior Director, Operations
$102,693Pt VII · Sec A
Risikat Adesaogun
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Jeffrey S Broberg
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Ted Contag
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Brenda Cassellius’s $238K as Executive Director (until Jan 2025) is at the 91st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1851 $1–10M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Brenda Cassellius$238,121$161,034———
Michael Noble—$142,497$209,198$196,816$202,124
Allen Gleckner$144,327$136,376$123,672$104,871$104,839
Julia Olmstead$140,956$116,413———
Sarah Clark———$127,156$131,342
Margaret Cherne-Hendrick$128,852$114,389$104,639——
Justin Fay$126,226$118,684$106,512——
Mat Larson Krisetya$122,924$119,857$108,713$102,693—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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3 programs · $3.7M · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Energy Transition

See schedule o.

$1.8Mprogram expense
02

Energy News Network

See schedule o.

$1.1Mprogram expense
03

Clean Electricity

See schedule o.

$790Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
EcotrustFY2025$18K
Chizek Family FoundationFY2025$5K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$22K
Grants paid · 3 grants · $1.5M · 2023–2024
Midwest Building Decarbonization CoalitionMI · FY2024$474,020
Canary Media INCNC · FY2024$405,073
Midwest Building Decarbonization CoalitionMI · FY2023$662,022

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$364K
Investment incomeLn 3$16K
Money outPt IX
$5.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.6M
Managementcol C$636K
Fundraisingcol D$259K
Owns and owesPt X
$9.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.2M
Total assetsLn 16$9.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$581K
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a19
IndependentVI 1b19
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.0M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$408K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5K
Investment incomeLn 3$16K
Other incomeLn 4–11$364K
Total revenueLn 12$8.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$337K
SavingsLn 2$4.9M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$215K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$688K
Total assetsLn 16$9.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$581K
Net assetsLn 32$9.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 534
VolunteersI 619
Fiscal year endsHeaderJanuary
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.8M$5.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$210K$215K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$214K$688K
Total assetsLn 16$6.9M$9.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$618K$581K
Net assetsLn 32$6.3M$9.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$385K$209K$85K$92K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.9M$1.5M$285K$96K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$228K$166K$49K$12K
Payroll taxesLn 10$160K$123K$24K$13K
Legal feesLn 11b$8K$6K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$139K$106K$33K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$57K$57K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.1M$2.1M$21K
Office expensesLn 13$44K$33K$11K
Information technologyLn 14$60K$46K$15K
OccupancyLn 16$101K$75K$26K
TravelLn 17$17K$16K$316
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$34K$27K$7K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$107K$89K$18K
InsuranceLn 23$8K$7K$808
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$177K$80K$51K$46K
All other expensesLn 24e$24K$16K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.5M$4.6M$636K$259K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $7.1M$7.0M$127K$8.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $5.8M$8.7M−$3.0M$8.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $8.5M$6.2M$2.3M$11.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $8.4M$5.5M$2.8M$9.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $8.3M$4.8M$3.4M$6.3M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $8,357,521 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $8,238,712$7,972,156
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,620$5,300
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $25,237$16,439
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$10,409$363,626
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,258,160$8,357,521
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,278,582$2,672,883
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,542,066$2,861,706
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,820,648$5,534,589
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $3,437,512$2,822,932
Part VI · Governance 19 of 19 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body19
VI-1b Independent voting members19
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $8,357,521 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$408,230
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$7,563,926
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$7,972,156
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $5,300$5,300
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $16,439$16,439
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$10,994−$10,994
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $374,620$374,620
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $5,300 · Excluded from tax $380,065$8,357,521
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,534,589 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $208,589 · Management $84,810 · Fundraising $91,677$385,076
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,518,895 · Management $284,832 · Fundraising $96,278$1,900,005
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $166,423 · Management $49,391 · Fundraising $12,285$228,099
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $123,440 · Management $23,539 · Fundraising $12,724$159,703
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $5,757 · Management $2,293$8,050
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $105,829 · Management $33,361$139,190
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $57,151$57,151
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,065,039 · Management $20,516$2,085,555
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $33,482 · Management $10,629$44,111
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $45,929 · Management $14,504$60,433
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $75,385 · Management $25,928$101,313
IX-17 TravelPrograms $16,438 · Management $316$16,754
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $26,947 · Management $7,340$34,287
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $88,512 · Management $18,128$106,640
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,895 · Management $808$7,703
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $80,125 · Management $51,056 · Fundraising $45,650$176,831
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $15,558 · Management $8,130$23,688
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,640,394 · Management $635,581 · Fundraising $258,614$5,534,589
Part X · Balance sheet $9,694,051 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $165,505$337,446
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,602,342$4,904,485
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,656,465$3,484,082
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $53,511$64,319
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $213,692$688,443
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $209,648$215,276
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,901,163$9,694,051
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $193,860$425,514
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $374,500$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $49,398$155,208
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $617,758$580,722
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,519,267$2,360,975
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $4,764,138$6,752,354
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,283,405$9,113,329
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,901,163$9,694,051
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $9,113,329 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$8,357,521
XI-2 Total expenses$5,534,589
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,822,932
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,283,405
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$6,992
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$9,113,329

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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