Native Renewables Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852285816
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Flagstaff, AZ, USA
Phone
9282241491
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,615,515
Expenses
$2,063,327
Assets
$5,587,593
Liabilities
$9,478

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • SUZANNE SINGER (BOARD PRESIDENTCEO): $117,603 total reported compensation
  • DEBORAH TEWA (DIRECTORCOO): $92,782 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To grow indigenous-led solar knowledge and solutions with hopi and din (navajo) families and communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Nri installs off-grid solar systems to provide power to families on the navajo and hopi nations; train a local workforce with the skills to install and maintain off-grid photovoltaic systems; and offer education to the broader native community about solar energy and the benefits and limitations of off-grid power. During the tax year nri installed 34 off-grid residential solar systems for native american families and completed 70 annual operations and maintenance visits for previoulsy installed systems. Nri hired 6 staff and provided workforce training and professional development. Nri built a solar education trailer and demonstrated off-grid solar power generation at a community event. Our team hosted a water pump training in one navajo community. One staff member suporrted a solar education video in the navajo language. Some nri staff provided workforce training support for another native community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% 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

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 61
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 35.2%; rating input score 35
  • Program expense ratio: 78.7%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $281.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 5th 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: 60%; rating input score 60; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 55.3%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.71; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.2%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 37.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 41.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 44.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 35.2% of revenue deployed · 78.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $118K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 35/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.