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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ENERGY INNOVATION REFORM PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$795,594
Total expenses
$937,999
Contributions and grants received
$650,221
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$145,373
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,057,641
Total liabilities, end of year
$50,784
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,006,857
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$619,902
Management and general expenses
$235,102
Fundraising expenses
$82,995
Program service expenses (Part III)
$619,902

Program services were 66.1% 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

    $650,221

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $150,712

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $23,584 · excluded $23,584

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $637,144

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

    securities $515,355

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $121,789

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $121,789 · excluded $121,789

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $507,386 · program services $380,540 · management and general $63,423 · fundraising $63,423

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $23,331 · program services $17,499 · management and general $2,916 · fundraising $2,916

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $104,935 · program services $78,701 · management and general $13,117 · fundraising $13,117

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,309 · program services $21,231 · management and general $3,539 · fundraising $3,539

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,365 · management and general $38,365

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $24,930 · program services $2,638 · management and general $22,292

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,204 · program services $1,179 · management and general $7,025

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,179 · management and general $1,179

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,240 · program services $6,293 · management and general $947

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $366 · management and general $366

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,457 · management and general $1,457

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROJECT COSTS

    total $171,821 · program services $111,821 · management and general $60,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND INTERNET

    total $10,540 · management and general $10,540

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES

    total $9,936 · management and general $9,936

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $450,167 · end of year $309,660

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $368 · end of year $115

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,055 · end of year $10,515

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

    $22,323

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

    $17,453

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,579 · end of year $4,870

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $818,791 · end of year $732,481

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $56,135 · end of year $50,784

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,180,605 · end of year $951,141

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $44,220 · end of year $55,716

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND ADVOCATE FOR A BROAD ENERGY POLICY THAT VALUES THE INVESTMENT IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES.

  • EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY:1. UNDERTOOK MULTIPLE ANALYSES OF DECARBONIZATION PATHWAYS AND POLICIES FOR THE ELECTRIC POWER SECTOR.2. STUDIED THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF DIFFERENT POLICY OPTIONS FOR REDUCING EMISSIONS3. ENGAGED IN EXTENSIVE AND ONGOING OUTREACH TO A BROAD RANGE OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE POLITICAL AND CIVIC SPECTRUM TO COMMUNICATE THE FINDINGS FROM OUT RESEARCH AND TO BUILD A STRONG CASE FOR PRAGMATIC POLICY OPTIONS.4. PURSUED VARIOUS INTERNATIONALLY ORIENTED PROJECTS. ASSESSED RUSSIA'S ROLE IN THE GLOBAL ENERGY ECONOMY AFTER ITS INVASION OF UKRAINE. STUDIED U.S. - KOREA COOPERATION ON CLEAN ENERGY SUPPLY CHAINS, INCLUDING SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES.

    Expenses $619,902

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Joseph Chaisson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paula Dobriansky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven F Hayward

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Roger Martella

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Saunders

    DIRECTOR & SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $234,891
    From this org
    $174,384
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,507
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,384
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,719
    Nontaxable benefits
    $51,788
    Filer's total
    $234,891

  • Samuel Thernstrom

    DIRECTOR & CEO

    Total calculated
    $399,403
    From this org
    $333,003
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,400
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $320,503
    Bonus
    $12,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,612
    Nontaxable benefits
    $51,788
    Filer's total
    $399,403

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
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349320016

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