Energy Iot Open Source
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 991107544
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Oakland, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9256609214
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Women's Service Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $154,971
- Expenses
- $40,849
- Assets
- $114,287
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Arila Barnes (CEO)
People named in this filing
- Arila Barnes (CEO)
- EILZABETT Bollhoefer (Secretary/COO, Energy IoT Lab Manager)
- Moni Khwaja (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 specific purpose of this corporation is to focuses on the open source program to enable the open source development of the software and hardware for Energy IoT as a basic platform for democratizing the microgrid for small and medium sites. The main goals are to accelerate the affordability, health, and access to microgrids everywhere This corporation is organized and operated exclusively for the purposes set forth within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3). No substantial part of the activities of this corporation shall consist of carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and this corporation shall not participate or intervene in any political campaign (including the publishing or distribution of statements) on behalf of any candidate for public office.
What it reported doing in 2025
Open Energy Lab with 3 resident entrepreneurs in Oakland, CA. The Lab includes a 5.8kW microgrid system on wheels that allows programmable access to PV Array Solar Array, Hybrid Inverter, Battery Storage, EVSE L2 station, and load sub-metering panel. All equipment assembled with volunteer work during Open Energy Hackathon event, April 22nd, 2025. Lab space was also used for three public events "Microgrid on Wheels" tours, reaching 60+ people. Lab is used to test open source software and hardware related to microgrids and to validate them with a SunSpec self-certification station. The lab hosts all tangible assets of $45,601 and requires minimum of $12,000 to cover rent and insurance.
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 83% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 54
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 82
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 26.3%; rating input score 26
- Program expense ratio: 99.9%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 73.6%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.8; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 15.9%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 26.3% of revenue deployed · 99.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $41K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.