Greenlight Action EIN 99-1075806

Greenlight Action

EIN  99-1075806 Membership association Washington, DC
Form 990 (PDF) Compare with another nonprofit →
Is this your organization?
Claim this profile to manage it and share your story.
Claim
Provided by the organization

This section is blank until Greenlight Action claims this page.

Know this organization? Claim it to add your story

Size
$1–10M
What they do
Mobilizes grassroots power to build more clean energy projects faster nationwide.
Leadership
Matthew Traldi · President · $17K
Money in and out
$2.0M revenue, $623K expenses
Bottom line
+69% operating surplus

Mobilizes grassroots power to build more clean energy projects faster nationwide. For fiscal year 2024 it reported $2.0M in revenue, $623K in expenses, and $1.4M in net assets.Pt I

Membership & operating revenue · FY2024
Total revenue
$2.0M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$623K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$1.4M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $1.4M
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.85 Management & general $0.14 Fundraising $0.01
Operating surplus
+69%
revenue over expenses
Earned revenue
0%
of revenue from program services & dues
Payroll share
48%
of spending is salaries & benefits

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2024 · Form 990
Total revenue
$2.0M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$623K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$1.4M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$1.4M
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$1.5M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B85%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 33
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 42
Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

1 program service account for $529K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Greenlight action mobilizes grassroots power to get more clean energy projects built more quickly across the united states.

$529Kprogram expense

Run this program? Claim this org to tell your story

Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CGreenlight Action
EINHdr · item D99-1075806
Principal addressHdr · item CWashington, DC
WebsiteHdr · item Jnone reported
Year of formationHdr · item Lpending
State of legal domicileHdr · item MDC
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(4) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFEnvironment (C01)
Ruling yearIRS BMFAug 2024

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a3
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b2
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13Yes
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14No
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2No

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$17,466Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Matthew Traldi’s $17K as President is at the 1st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1843 $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.

See Greenlight Action executive salaries →

Are you one of these people? Claim this org to confirm your role

Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants$2.0M · 99%
Investment income$18K · 1%
Contributions & grants99%$2.0M
Investment income1%$18K
Total revenueLn 12$2.0M

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.85 Management & general $0.14 Fundraising $0.01
Program services85%$529K
Management & general14%$86K
Fundraising1%$9K
Total functional expensesLn 25$623K

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
Total liabilitiesLn 26$129K
Total net assetsLn 32$1.4M
Months of cash on handcomputed25.5

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2024 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $1.3M · Operating expenses/yr $623K
25.5 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $529K · Total expenses $623K
85%
Management & General
Management & general $86K · Total expenses $623K
14%
Fundraising
Fundraising $9K · Total expenses $623K
1%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense $9K · Solicited contributions $2.0M
$0.00 to raise $1
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $2.0M · Total revenue $2.0M
99%
Government reliance
Government grants — · Total revenue $2.0M
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $0 · Total revenue $2.0M
0%
Investment reliance
Investment income $18K · Total revenue $2.0M
+1%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $0 · Total expenses $623K
0%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $2.0M · Prior year —
No prior year on file
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $1.4M · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $2.0M · Expenses $623K
+69%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $1.5M
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $1.4M · Total assets $1.5M
92%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) — · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) — · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $1.5M
Excludes program-related investments (Pt X, ln 13)
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Matthew Traldi · Reported title PRESIDENT · Highest reported compensation $17K · Total expenses $623K
3%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $298K · Total expenses $623K
48%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 85%
Overhead ratio 14%
Fundraising cost ratio 0%
Investment management fee ratio 0%
Legal fee ratio 3%
Accounting fee ratio 4%
Fundraising fee ratio 1%

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Catalyst4 INCFY2024$1.2M
Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$2.3M
See all 4 funders →
Grants paid · 7 grants · $75K · 2024–2024
Morro Bay Citizens Opposed to Measure A-24FY2024$15,000
Sierra ClubCA · FY2024$10,000

Compare

Search another nonprofit to view revenue, expenses, assets, key metrics, and leaders side by side

Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2024 (Latest)$2.0M revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF

Want to add your own materials alongside these filings? Claim this org

Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2024IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

If you ARE the filing organization, claim this org and add context

Made it to the end? Claim this organization

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the peer-cohort and compensation comparisons above.