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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$36,724,829
Total expenses
$36,971,511
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$555,935
Program service revenue
$34,691,909
Investment income
$657,361
Other revenue
$1,375,559
Total assets, end of year
$59,928,098
Total liabilities, end of year
$33,087,779
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$26,840,319
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $29,081,971 · related or exempt $29,081,971

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEETINGS/EXHIBIT

    total $3,763,702 · related or exempt $3,763,702

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SPONSORSHIPS

    total $1,114,250 · related or exempt $1,114,250

  • 2d · Program service revenue: SERVICE INCOME

    total $228,930 · unrelated business $228,930

  • 2e · Program service revenue: PUBLICATIONS

    total $226,556 · unrelated business $226,556

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $276,500 · related or exempt $276,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $527,407 · excluded $527,407

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,375,559 · excluded $1,375,559

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $17,736,524 · other assets $5,424

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $17,577,232 · other assets $34,762

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $159,292 · other assets -$29,338

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $129,954 · excluded $129,954

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $555,935

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $8,404,138

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $9,889,566

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $243,998

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $977,203

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,077,219

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,005,780

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $174,556

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $171,435

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $38,309

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,054,337

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $255,606

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $764,123

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $503,338

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,599,051

  • 17 · Travel

    total $968,734

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,536,457

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $716,008

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $309,548

  • 24a · Other expenses: UNRELATED BUSINESS INCO

    total $33,645

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS & SPONSORSH

    total $645,100

  • 24c · Other expenses: EXCISE TAX ON EXECUTIVE

    total $580,202

  • 24d · Other expenses: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ADMIN

    total $261,730

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $205,493

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $9,264,097 · end of year $7,145,855

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $784,806 · end of year $1,230,821

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,244,562 · end of year $1,510,141

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $7,952,782

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $3,704,677

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,984,994 · end of year $4,248,105

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $37,080,040 · end of year $33,030,757

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,241,034 · end of year $12,762,419

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,279,147 · end of year $4,752,246

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,342,142 · end of year $7,406,428

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $11,681,826 · end of year $20,929,105

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $31,296,418 · end of year $26,840,319

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION, FOUNDED IN 1918, REPRESENTS MORE THAN 200 LOCAL ENERGY COMPANIES THAT DELIVER CLEAN NATURAL GAS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THERE ARE MORE THAN 77 MILLION RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL NATURAL GAS CUSTOMERS IN THE U.S., OF WHICH 96 PERCENT - MORE THAN 74 MILLION CUSTOMERS - RECEIVE THEIR GAS FROM AGA MEMBERS. AGA IS AN ADVOCATE FOR NATURAL GAS UTILITY COMPANIES AND THEIR CUSTOMERS AND PROVIDES A BROAD RANGE OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR MEMBER NATURAL GAS PIPELINES, MARKETERS, GATHERERS, INTERNATIONAL NATURAL GAS COMPANIES, AND INDUSTRY ASSOCIATES TO HELP ENSURE OUR MEMBERS ARE LEADING ON SAFETY AND SECURITY, ADVANCING OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND PROVIDING A ROLE FOR NATURAL GAS TO ACHIEVE A CLEANER ENERGY ECONOMY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AGA IS AN ADVOCATE FOR NATURAL GAS UTILITY COMPANIES AND THEIR CUSTOMERS. AGA HELPS NATURAL GAS UTILITIES ACHIEVE OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN THE SAFE, RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF NATURAL GAS.

  • OPERATIONS & ENGINEERING - THE OPERATIONS AND ENGINEERING SECTION INCLUDES 17 TECHNICAL COMMITTEES WHOSE WORK IS OVERSEEN BY A MANAGING COMMITTEE. THESE COMMITTEES FOCUS ON HELPING NATURAL GAS UTILITIES ACHIEVE OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN THE SAFE, RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF NATURAL GAS.

  • GOVERNMENT RELATIONS - PROVIDES AGA MEMBERS WITH INFORMATION ON LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS; PREPARES COMMENTS AND FILINGS REGARDING LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES, AND REPRESENTS THE INDUSTRY BEFORE CONGRESS AND AGENCIES. GOVERNMENT RELATIONS EFFORTS FOCUS ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION.

  • MEMBERSHIP & STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT HELPS TO ENSURE AGA'S MISSION IS WELL-ALIGNED WITH THE MEMBERSHIP'S NEEDS TO SERVE THEIR CUSTOMERS. MEMBERSHIP & STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT ALSO PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERACTION BETWEEN MEMBER COMPANIES AND THE FINANCIAL COMMUNITY AND IS INTEGRALLY INVOLVED IN THE ASSOCIATION'S ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) INITIATIVES.

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Karen Harbert

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $4,107,601
    From this org
    $3,769,098
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $338,503
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,509,140
    Bonus
    $1,193,400
    Other
    $1,066,558
    Deferred
    $327,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,751
    Filer's total
    $4,109,299
  • Kimberly S Greene

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Suzanne Sitherwood

    FIRST VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jerry Norcia

    SECOND VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • David H Anderson

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kurt Adams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Akers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William J Akley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Arun Banskota

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David P Bauer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert F Beard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lonnie E Bellar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelcey A Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy P Cawley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott E Doyle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott D Drury

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linden Evans

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles A Freni Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Frenzel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rudy D Garza

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen S Haller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim C Hanemann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey A Harrison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andy Hesselbach

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffry M Householder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Huwar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Innocenzo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Blue Jenkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Kipp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicole A Kivisto

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Larsen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane Leopold

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sid McAnnally

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Meissner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul W Nester

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Orsen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Franklyn D Reynolds

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Garrick J Rochow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert C Rowe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Seth Shapiro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • D Jason Sharpe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan A Shell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leonard P Singh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Slater

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dennis P Vermillion

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kimberly S Watson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sasha Weintraub

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen D Westhoven

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam L Wright

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rudolph L Wynter Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lloyd Yates

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Traweek

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (TIL 2/22)

    Total calculated
    $1,089,399
    From this org
    $1,044,249
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,150
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $86,157
    Bonus
    $319,066
    Other
    $639,026
    Deferred
    $36,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,550
    Filer's total
    $1,089,399
  • Michael Murray

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $616,517
    From this org
    $568,488
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,029
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $403,545
    Bonus
    $131,028
    Other
    $33,915
    Deferred
    $39,650
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,194
    Filer's total
    $617,332
  • Terri Oliva

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $474,229
    From this org
    $446,232
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,997
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $395,376
    Bonus
    $41,667
    Other
    $9,189
    Deferred
    $18,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,369
    Filer's total
    $474,901
  • Edith Naegele

    VP & CORPORATE SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $430,988
    From this org
    $401,683
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,305
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $381,303
    Bonus
    $13,000
    Other
    $7,380
    Deferred
    $18,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,140
    Filer's total
    $431,123
  • Christina Sames

    SVP, O&E

    Total calculated
    $1,016,796
    From this org
    $969,012
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,784
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $472,109
    Bonus
    $102,113
    Other
    $394,790
    Deferred
    $39,650
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,134
    Filer's total
    $1,016,796
  • George Lowe

    VP, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $712,910
    From this org
    $668,668
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,242
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $391,423
    Bonus
    $73,185
    Other
    $204,060
    Deferred
    $33,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,692
    Filer's total
    $712,910
  • Jennifer O'Shea

    VP, COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $542,689
    From this org
    $498,028
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,661
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $278,166
    Bonus
    $63,310
    Other
    $156,552
    Deferred
    $33,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,161
    Filer's total
    $542,689
  • Megan Dunn

    VP, TALENT OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $371,581
    From this org
    $332,041
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,540
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $252,539
    Bonus
    $75,000
    Other
    $4,502
    Deferred
    $29,038
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,602
    Filer's total
    $371,681
  • Susan Forrester

    VP, ADVOCACY & OUTREACH

    Total calculated
    $357,497
    From this org
    $326,234
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,263
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $259,994
    Bonus
    $62,328
    Other
    $3,912
    Deferred
    $27,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,988
    Filer's total
    $357,672
  • Richard Meyer

    VP, ENERGY MARKETS, ANALYSIS, & STANDARDS

    Total calculated
    $372,437
    From this org
    $338,465
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,972
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $269,640
    Bonus
    $63,500
    Other
    $5,325
    Deferred
    $33,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $900
    Filer's total
    $372,915
  • Kevin Hardardt

    FORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL AND ADMIN. OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $665,289
    From this org
    $665,289
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $665,289
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $665,289

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
FIRST CLASS TRAVEL - AGA'S PRESIDENT & CEO IS AUTHORIZED FOR BUSINESS CLASS TRAVEL ON FLIGHTS SCHEDULED FOR MORE THAN 2-1/2 HOURS. IF BUSINESS CLASS TRAVEL IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR A SPECIFIC FLIGHT SEGMENT, FIRST CLASS TRAVEL MAY BE CONSIDERED. THEREFORE, IT IS REASONABLE THAT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES FIRST CLASS TRAVEL FOR THE AGA'S PRESIDENT & CEO IS APPROVED ACCORDING TO AGA'S TRAVEL POLICY.
PART I, LINE 4B
457(F) PLAN: KAREN HARBERT, CONTRIBUTIONS $300,000, PAYMENTS $1,064,586 LORI TRAWEEK, PAYMENTS $610,103 CHRISTINA SAMES, PAYMENTS $355,532 GEORGE LOWE, PAYMENTS $182,757 JENNIFER O'SHEA, $148,522 LORI TRAWEEK PARTICIPATED IN A NONQUALIFIED BENEFIT RESTORATION PLAN. KEVIN HARDARDT RECEIVED PAYMENTS TOTALING $665,289 FROM A NONQUALIFIED EXCESS PLAN.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333189349318873

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