Global Smart Energy Federation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 273645859
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Baltimore, MD, USA
- Phone
- 2023223022
- Rating
- 43
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Energy Resources Conservation and Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $20,467
- Expenses
- $22,472
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- REJI KUMAR PILLAI (CHAIRMAN)
- VALERIE-ANNE LENCZNAR (AMBASSADOR)
- MD AL TAANI (AMBASSADOR)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The global smart energy federation (gsef) is a global stakeholder organization committed to creating smarter, cleaner, electrical systems around the world. To that end, gsef facilitates the collaboration of national and international smart grid nongovernmental organizations and governmental organizations from around the world that conduct and foster research in the application of smart grid technologies.
What it reported doing in 2024
Global smart energy federation (gsef) supported the rapid implementation of smart grid technologies by serving as a global center competency on smart grid technologies and policy issues and fostering the international exchange of ideas and best practices on energy issues, including but not limited to reliability, energy efficiency, energy storage, cybersecurity, and climate change. In addition, gsef facilitated dialogue and cooperation between the public and private sectors in countries around the world on issues relating to the deployment of smart grid technologies.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 19
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 20.1%; rating input score 20
- Program expense ratio: 18.3%; rating input score 18
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -9.8%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -25.4% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -21.2% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -24.7% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 20.1% of revenue deployed · 18.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 20/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.