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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CENTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,687,576
Total expenses
$3,125,432
Contributions and grants received
$871,590
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,812,012
Investment income
$3,974
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,277,311
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,436,961
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$159,650
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,793,382
Management and general expenses
$1,234,522
Fundraising expenses
$97,528
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,793,382

Program services were 57.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $871,590

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE REVENUE

    total $958,486 · related or exempt $958,486

  • 2b · Program service revenue: RESEARCH PROGRAM REVEN

    total $853,526 · related or exempt $853,526

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,974 · excluded $3,974

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $849,842 · program services $368,857 · management and general $470,010 · fundraising $10,975

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $730,249 · program services $437,294 · management and general $287,924 · fundraising $5,031

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $32,884 · program services $16,809 · management and general $15,741 · fundraising $334

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $85,859 · program services $43,886 · management and general $41,102 · fundraising $871

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $109,241 · program services $55,836 · management and general $52,298 · fundraising $1,107

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,774 · management and general $3,774

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $37,828 · management and general $37,828

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $577,097 · program services $325,357 · management and general $193,539 · fundraising $58,201

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,691 · management and general $3,691

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,832 · program services $1,288 · management and general $3,520 · fundraising $24

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $22,582 · program services $11,544 · management and general $10,807 · fundraising $231

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $185,415 · program services $95,988 · management and general $87,650 · fundraising $1,777

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,288 · management and general $2,288

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $22,471 · program services $11,633 · management and general $10,623 · fundraising $215

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,978 · program services $4,589 · management and general $4,298 · fundraising $91

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONFERENCE

    total $292,036 · program services $292,036

  • 24b · Other expenses: RESEARCH

    total $71,304 · program services $67,519 · management and general $3,785

  • 24c · Other expenses: RESEARCH RESOURCE MATER

    total $61,212 · program services $60,746 · management and general $466

  • 24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING/BUSINESS DE

    total $18,671 · fundraising $18,671

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,178 · management and general $5,178

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $651 · end of year $650

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $519,876 · end of year $349,479

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $154,705 · end of year $92,197

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $65,378 · end of year $61,336

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

    $383,951

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

    $254,341

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $128,553 · end of year $129,610

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $41,991 · end of year $1,644,039

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $448,221 · end of year $483,147

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $184,727 · end of year $264,531

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,689,283

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $278,206 · end of year -$159,650

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CAR'S MISSION IS TO CONDUCT INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS TO EDUCATE, INFORM AND ADVISE STAKEHOLDERS, POLICY MAKERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON CRITICAL ISSUES FACING THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, AND THE INDUSTRY'S IMPACT ON THE U.S. ECONOMY AND SOCIETY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT PRODUCING INDUSTRY-DRIVEN RESEARCH AND FOSTERING DIALOGUE ON CRITICAL ISSUES FACING AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY AND ITS IMPACT ON THE U.S. ECONOMY AND SOCIETY.

  • RESEARCH: CENTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH PARTICIPATES IN SEVERAL MULTI-YEAR AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY RELATED RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY FEDERAL, STATE, FOUNDATION AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY SOURCES. THE PROJECTS FOCUS ON ANALYZING ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRY TRENDS, PERFORMING COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS AND FORMING OPINIONS ON AUTOMOTIVE RELATED POLICIES. DESPITE THE PANDEMIC, CAR RESEARCHERS COMPLETED 22 RESEARCH PROJECTS, OF WHICH 2 WERE FEDERALLY FUNDED. THEY ALSO HAVE 9 PROJECTS THAT CARRY OVER TO 2021, OF WHICH 7 ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED.

    Expenses $866,699 · Revenue $853,526

  • CONFERENCES: THE CENTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH CONDUCTS CONFERENCES ON AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY TRENDS, TECHNOLOGY AND MANUFACTURING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CONFERENCE OFFERED IS THE CAR MANAGEMENT BRIEFING SEMINARS (MBS). THE MBS HAS TAKEN PLACE ANNUALLY FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON AUTOMOTIVE RELATED TOPICS, THE SEMINARS PROVIDE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPANTS AND PROMOTES THE SHARING OF IDEAS. IN ADDITION TO THE MBS, CAR CONDUCTS OTHER REGIONAL AND LOCAL AUTOMOTIVE RELATED CONFERENCES. DURING THE PANDEMIC, CAR FORGED AHEAD WITH ALL VIRTUAL EVENTS. THE PREMIER MBS EVENT HAD 675 VIRTUAL ATTENDEES THAT COULD ALSO NETWORK VIA CHAT ROOMS. CAR ALSO HELD 20 OTHER SMALLER WEBINARS WITH 2,570 TOTAL REMOTE ATTENDEES.

    Expenses $576,933 · Revenue $958,486

  • MISSION: THE CENTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH WORKS TO FULFILL OUR NON-PROFIT DUTY TO PROMOTE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE AUTOMOTIVE AND MOBILITY INDUSTRY. THIS INCLUDES JOURNALIST INTERVIEWS, SPEAKING AT CONFERENCES AND OTHER PARTNER'S EVENTS, AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT RESEARCH TO SUPPORT PUBLIC POLICY.

    Expenses $349,750

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Carla Bailo

    PRESIDENT AND CEO (JAN-AUG)

    Total calculated
    $266,681
    From this org
    $251,055
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,626
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,055
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,110
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,516
    Filer's total
    $266,681

  • Dr Andrew Brown Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Jada Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • John Bozzella

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Ed Knapp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Mike Putz CPA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Alan Amici

    PRESIDENT AND CEO (SEP-DEC)

    Total calculated
    $67,751
    From this org
    $63,478
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,273
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kirk T Steudle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Cherie Van Allen

    VP OF OPERATIONS AND SECRE

    Total calculated
    $129,244
    From this org
    $113,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,764
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kristin Dzicek

    SENIOR VP OF RESEARCH (JAN-FEB)

    Total calculated
    $41,057
    From this org
    $36,717
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,340
    Hours/week
    40

  • Brett Smith

    DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $171,862
    From this org
    $143,252
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,610
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,252
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,139
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,471
    Filer's total
    $171,862

  • Bernard Swiecki

    DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $148,244
    From this org
    $134,457
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,787
    Hours/week
    40

  • Edgar Faler

    SENIOR INDUSTRY ANALYST

    Total calculated
    $128,881
    From this org
    $115,583
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,298
    Hours/week
    40

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

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343199349329554

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