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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN ENERGY ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,355,819
Total expenses
$6,024,481
Contributions and grants received
$15,355,000
Grants paid
$67,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$819
Total assets, end of year
$11,387,616
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,387,616
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,061,906
Management and general expenses
$2,892,575
Fundraising expenses
$70,000
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,061,906

Program services were 50.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $15,355,000

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REFUND

    total $819 · related or exempt $819

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $819

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $67,500 · program services $67,500

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $300,000 · program services $84,000 · management and general $216,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $78,612 · management and general $78,612

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,787 · management and general $10,787

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $379,250 · program services $157,750 · management and general $151,500 · fundraising $70,000

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $82,568 · management and general $82,568

  • 17 · Travel

    total $29,877 · program services $3,665 · management and general $26,212

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,281 · management and general $4,281

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRIBUTIONS TO PACS

    total $1,805,000 · management and general $1,805,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEDIA PLACEMENT

    total $1,804,830 · program services $1,510,330 · management and general $294,500

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE OUTREACH

    total $930,889 · program services $725,214 · management and general $205,675

  • 24d · Other expenses: DIRECT MAIL

    total $200,000 · program services $200,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $330,887 · program services $313,447 · management and general $17,440

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,056,278 · end of year $11,387,616

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $2,056,278 · end of year $11,387,616

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AMERICAN ENERGY ACTION (AEA) IS ORGANIZED TO PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(4) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND RAISING AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING CLEAN ENERGY, ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES NECESSARY FOR THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF CLEAN ENERGY, AND HOLDING ELECTED OFFICIALS AND POLICY MAKERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR POSITIONS ON CLEAN ENERGY ISSUES.

  • CONDUCTED ISSUE ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS IN MULTIPLE STATES TO ADVOCATE FOR CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY. CONDUCTED EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TARGETING ELECTED OFFICIALS, ADMINISTRATION AND THE PUBLIC OF THE HARMFUL IMPACT OF REPEALING THE RENEWABLE ENERGY INCOME TAX CREDITS; EXECUTED ISSUE ADVOCACY GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALIGN WITH AEA'S MISSION AND GOALS.

    Expenses $3,061,906 · Grants $67,500

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Phil Musser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Sarah Webster

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Tom Starrs

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.5

  • Jc Sandberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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.

Grants on this return

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.

  • AMERICAN ENERGY ACTION COLORADO

    527 · POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · DC

  • AMERICAN ENERGY ACTION FUND

    527 · POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · DC

  • AMERICAN ENERGY ACTION PENNSYLVANIA

    527 · POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · DC

  • AMERICAN ENERGY ACTION WEST VIRGINIA

    527 · POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · DC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503149349300605

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