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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by APPLIED RESEARCH CENTER OF ALABAMA.

Totals

Total revenue
$210,957
Total expenses
$239,481
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$15,000
Program service revenue
$179,027
Investment income
$31,930
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$962,809
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$962,809
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$212,427
Management and general expenses
$27,054
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$212,427

Program services were 88.7% 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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MANAGEMENT CONSULTING

    total $179,027 · related or exempt $179,027

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $31,930 · excluded $31,930

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $15,000 · program services $15,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,670 · management and general $16,670

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $197,027 · program services $197,027

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $400 · program services $400

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $895 · management and general $895

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,243 · management and general $8,243

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $1,246 · management and general $1,246

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,228 · end of year $3,673

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $65,981 · end of year $32,881

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $44,757 · end of year $44,757

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $1,826 · end of year $1,668

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $837,648 · end of year $878,059

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,771 · end of year $1,771

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $959,211 · end of year $962,809

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND THEREFORE IMPROVE THE SOCIAL WELFARE OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA.

  • TRANSPORTATION PLANNING:THE CENTER CONTINUED ITS ONGOING PARTICIPATION IN THE LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS FOR JEFFERSON AND SHELBY COUNTIES WITH ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SERVING ON THE TRANSPORTATION CITIZENS COMMITTEE OF THE BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. THE CENTER ALSO SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO ADVANCE THE BIRMINGHAM NORTHERN BELTLINE, A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

    Expenses $33,400 · Grants $15,000

  • ALTERNATIVE FUELS:THE CENTER PROVIDED OFFICE SPACE TO AND REMAINED ACTIVE IN THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE ALABAMA CLEAN FUELS COALITION, INC. (ACFC), A PARTICIPANT IN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S CLEAN CITIES PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM PROMOTES THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS (AF) AND ALTERNATIVE FUELED VEHICLES (AFV) TO EXPAND THE MARKET, CREATE JOB OPPORTUNITIES, IMPROVE AIR QUALITY, AND TO REDUCE DEPENDENCE OF FOREIGN SOURCES OF ENERGY. ACFC WAS FOUNDED IN 2002 AS AN ALABAMA NONPROFIT CORPORATION. ACFC AND ITS MEMBERS AND STAKEHOLDERS WORKED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES WITH INFORMATION ON THE BENEFITS OF AFVS AND TO IDENTIFY AND IMPLEMENT AFV USES AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. ACFC PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR ADDITIONAL ALTERNATIVE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND INCREASED THE AVAILABILITY OF CLEANER BURNING FUELS TO THE PUBLIC IN ALABAMA DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2024 AND BEYOND. INCREASING AVAILABILITY OF THESE FUELS WILL IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND PROVIDE FOR AND SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION. IN ADDITION, OTHER POTENTIAL PROJECTS WERE IDENTIFIED FOR FUTURE FUNDING AND/OR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. ACFC ALSO LED AN EFFORT TO ASSIST THE STATE IN DEVELOPING A STATEWIDE ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN. THIS PLAN WAS USED BY THE STATE TO DETERMINE PRIORITIES AND CRITERIA NEEDED TO DEVELOP A STATEWIDE GRANT PROGRAM TO INSTALL EV CHARGERS AROUND THE STATE. THESE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES SERVE TO LESSEN THE BURDENS OF GOVERNMENT AND ALSO FURTHER A CHARITABLE PURPOSE BY IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH PROMOTES SOCIAL WELFARE.

    Expenses $179,027 · Revenue $179,027

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Mike Cole

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Waymond Jackson

    SECRETARY & ASSISTANT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cedric Daniels

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hollie Johnson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $9,600
    From this org
    $9,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Michael Staley

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $180,000
    From this org
    $180,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $180,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $180,000

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

FORM 990, PART VIII, LINA 1A
COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PAID TO CHAIN LINK SOLUTIONS, LLC.

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

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
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533219349302598

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