Protect Our Power

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811970068
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020
Location
Orlando, FL, USA
Phone
3213326963
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,166,585
Expenses
$1,188,335
Assets
$44,843
Liabilities
$36,093

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES CUNNINGHAM (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JAMES CUNNINGHAM (PRESIDENT): $174,000 total reported compensation
  • RICHARD MROZ (SENIOR ADVISOR): $96,000 total reported compensation
  • JOHN LANG (CHAIRMAN): $42,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Protect our power will build a consensus among key stakeholders, decision-makers and public policy influencers to launch a coordinated, comprehensive, expedient and adequately funded effort that will make the nation's electric grid more resilient and more resistant to all external threats. The national program must also ensure establishment of an enhanced power restoration and recovery component for all grid operations including communications protocols to facilitate recovery.

What it reported doing in 2020

- initiative: supply chain security: the study details baseline knowledge of current utility industry standards and actions on supply chain security, identifies gaps in supply chain security protocols, and provides 18 specific recommendations for improvements to effectively strengthen supply chain security.- initiative: pop cyber advisory support service: in partnership with naruc. Pop conducted a high-profile webinar on the cyberspace solarium commission report, which was attended by 180 regulatory agency and utility participants from all 50 states- federal legislative initiatives: provided input and advocated for passage in the senate energy & natural resources committee of provisions mandating cybersecurity investments, grant programs to assist rural and municipal utilities, and broader and more comprehensive information sharing on cyber risks. All three provisions were included in the committee's comprehensive energy package - cyberspace solarium commission: the cyberspace solarium commission (csc) was established in the john s. Mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019 to develop a consensus on a strategic approach to defending the united states in cyberspace against cyberattacks of significant consequences.

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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.2%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 61.1%; rating input score 61
  • Fundraising efficiency: $29.16 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.9%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.8; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -13.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.2% of revenue deployed · 61.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $726K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $174K · 6 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $474K reported
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2016 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.