Enercity Collaborative

Overview

Mission

See schedule oenercity collaborative (ecc) is a nonprofit organization with a mission to ensure the financial, environmental, and health benefits of a clean energy economy are fully realized in bipoc, underserved, and frontline communities. Ecc provides education and job training opportunities for bipoc at the frontline of climate change, helping them identify, understand, and pursue their contribution to a clean energy future through: 1) workforce and contractor development training in the green sector; 2) public education initiatives to increase understanding of healthy homes and to create healthy communities and;3) policy advocacy training

What it reported doing in 2024

Delivered building performance institute training to 10 students that included certifications in building science principles and building analyst technician. 5 of those students proceeded to take further training and complete the building analyst professional training. Mentorship was also offered to students to get them more hands-on time with the diagnostic tools and testing procedures. Further, delivered an introduction to sustainable building to local pre apprenticeship training and youth programs (patp's) including portland youth builders, blueprint foundation and the green workforce academy. The class included a mix of in class lectures and site visits. Mentorship was also offered to students to get them more hands-on time with the diagnostic tools and testing procedures.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 61% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
882125364
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
9714147037
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Continuing Education

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 55.5%; rating input score 55
  • Program expense ratio: 70%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.8 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.7%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 61.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 73.1% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 118% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 55.5% of revenue deployed · 70% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $349K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $133K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 annual filings from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • JAMES METOYER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $133,292 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.