Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition

What it reported doing in 2024

Alternative fuel and vehicle usage and infrastructure projectsthe organization continued its participation in the u.s. Department of energy's (doe) clean cities program as a designated clean cities coalition. The program promotes the use of alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles (afv) to expand the market for alternative fuels, create job opportunities, improve air quality, and to reduce dependence on foreign sources of energy. During 2024, acfc and its members and stakeholders worked to provide public and private individuals and entities with information on the benefits of afvs and to identify and implement afv uses and alternative fuel infrastructure projects. The use of alternative fuels was significant in Alabama in 2024 and provided a reduction in the use of petroleum of more than 18.4 million gallons of gasoline-gallon equivalent (gge) and 158,800 tons of greenhouse gas emissions, representing a 6.93% and 23.72% increase from the previous year, respectively. During 2024, alternative fuels (e85 ethanol, b20 biodiesel, and propane) continued to be included on the state fuel contract. In addition to being available to state agencies, these alternative fuels can be purchased by local governments from approved vendors in all 67 counties in Alabama. Acfc also serves as the ev consultant for the state of Alabama. Through these efforts, acfc assists the state of Alabama with electric vehicle (ev) infrastructure planning, which includes their plans for the national electric vehicle infrastructure (nevi) formula program as well as the Alabama electric vehicle charging infrastructure program. Additionally, acfc assisted with the development of the state's ev infrastructure grant application used by the state to select locations for the newly funded ev charging stations. Acfc programs and activities laid the foundation for additional alternative fuel infrastructure projects and increased the availability of cleaner-burning fuels to the public in Alabama during calendar year 2024 and beyond. Increasing availability of these fuels will improve air quality and support economic development and expansion opportunities. In addition, other potential projects were identified for future funding and/or technical assistance.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 72.8%; rating input score 73
• Program expense ratio: 93.9%; rating input score 94
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Fail
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 22.5%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 17.7%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings