Capital District Community Energy Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853101985
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Albany, NY, USA
Phone
5187589584
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$92,113
Expenses
$60,903
Assets
$59,921
Liabilities
$36,532

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TINA LIEBERMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • LOREN PRUSKOWSKI (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TINA LIEBERMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • LOREN PRUSKOWSKI (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • WILLIAM MANCINI (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The primary purpose of the organization is to provide outreach, information and support for residents, businesses and other stakeholders of municipalities within the Capital Region as they explore energy efficiency, sustainable heating and cooling technology and other clean energy initiatives such as Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) for supplying green energy. Providing a diverse, inclusive, equity-centered approach is essential to meeting our goals and helping to expand renewable energy development and resilience within our eight-county region and across the state, and contribute to a local and equitable green energy economy

What it reported doing in 2025

Expenses included a continuation of our work promoting clean and efficient energy opportuniies throughout the capital region in ny. This included continual staff training, attendence at professional conferences, in person and remote community outreach and promotions of energy efficiency events, advising local officials in upgrading municipal infrastructure, as well as recruiting contractors experienced in weatherization and energy efficiency technologies. Cdce also updated its website to provide a more inclusive system for both market rate and lower income parties in order to address the needs of all community residents in achieiving their affordable clean energy goals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.1%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.9%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.61; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $61K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.