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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMERICANS FOR A CLEAN ENERGY GRID.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,777,021
Total expenses
$1,775,500
Contributions and grants received
$1,749,688
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$27,333
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,674,033
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,837,192
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$163,159
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$945,059
Management and general expenses
$805,441
Fundraising expenses
$25,000
Program service expenses (Part III)
$945,059

Program services were 53.2% 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

    $1,749,688

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $27,333 · unrelated business $27,333

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $477,047 · program services $477,047

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $20,771 · program services $20,771

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $32,973 · program services $32,973

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $120,312 · program services $120,312

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,291 · program services $15,291

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $448,256 · program services $278,665 · management and general $144,591 · fundraising $25,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $206,416 · management and general $206,416

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,840 · management and general $4,840

  • 17 · Travel

    total $32,038 · management and general $32,038

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $23,019 · management and general $23,019

  • 24a · Other expenses: BUSINESS REGISTRATION F

    total $193,341 · management and general $193,341

  • 24b · Other expenses: OPERATING EXPENSES

    total $95,000 · management and general $95,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: RENT

    total $92,506 · management and general $92,506

  • 24d · Other expenses: RECRUTING FEES

    total $7,174 · management and general $7,174

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,516 · management and general $6,516

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,534,195 · end of year $1,269,209

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $30,000 · end of year $92,466

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $18,148

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

    $30,259

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

    $6,124

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $24,135

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $270,075

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $41,644 · end of year $93,854

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,150,000 · end of year $1,465,545

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $277,793

  • 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 $372,551 · end of year -$163,159

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ACEG'S MISSION IS TO EDUCATE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PUBLIC TO SUPPORT POLICIES AND REGULATIONS FAVORING THE EXPANSION, MODERNIZATION, AND INTEGRATION OF THE HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION GRID TO ACHIEVE A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY - ONE THAT ATTAINS THE SCIENTIFICALLY-VALIDATED GLOBAL OBJECTIVE OF REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 80%.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ACEG'S MISSION IS TO EDUCATE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PUBLIC TO SUPPORT POLICIES AND REGULATIONS FAVORING THE EXPANSION, MODERNIZATION, AND INTEGRATION OF THE HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION GRID TO ACHIEVE A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMYONE THAT ATTAINS THE SCIENTIFICALLY-VALIDATED GLOBAL OBJECTIVE OF REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 80%.

  • FERC ENGAGEMENT. ACEG HELD MEETINGS WITH FERC COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF TO DISCUSS ACEG'S RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT HOW THE COMMISSION CAN ADVANCE TRANSMISSION. ACEG SUBMITTED COMMENTS ON DOCKETS INCLUDING ITS ADVANCED NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING ON TRANSMISSION, REVIEWED FERC TECHNICAL MATERIALS, AND PREPARED REPORTS FOR FERC STAFF RELATED TO ITS TRANSMISSION POLICIES.

    Expenses $135,230

  • SITING AND PERMITTING. ACEG WORKED TO ADVANCE TRANSMISSION SITING AND PERMITTING REFORMS BY ANALYZING STATE AND FEDERAL TRANSMISSION PERMITTING POLICIES TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT, HELPING STAKEHOLDERS UNDERSTAND DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY TRANSMISSION PERMITTING POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF FEDERAL BACKSTOP TRANSMISSION SITING PROVISIONS IN THE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND JOBS ACT (IIJA) AT DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) AND FERC, COORDINATING THE WORK OF A SITING AND PERMITTING COMMITTEE, AND HELPING STAKEHOLDERS UNDERSTAND TRANSMISSION PLANNING AND PERMITTING FUNCTIONS. ACEG SUBMITTED COMMENTS ON MULTIPLE DOE PROGRAMS AIMED AT FACILITATING SITING AND PERMITTING TRANSMISSION LINES.

    Expenses $271,413

  • REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. ACEG COORDINATED NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ADVOCATES AND ENGAGE IN KEY REGIONS. ACEG ORGANIZED THE TRANSMISSION TASK FORCE AS A KEY MECHANISM TO COORDINATE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ADVOCACY, AS WELL AS TO ORGANIZE A SERIES OF REGIONAL MEETINGS IN THE WEST, CENTRAL, AND MISO REGIONS AND A STUDY IN PJM.

    Expenses $121,292

  • OTHER

    Expenses $417,124

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Larry Gasteiger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christina Hayes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $297,710
    From this org
    $297,710
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $257,710
    Bonus
    $40,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $297,710

  • Nicole Luckey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Dean

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christy Walsh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Megan Vetula

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bryn Baker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jesica Eckdish

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robin Millican

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Max Frankel

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $105,117
    From this org
    $105,117
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Patrick Hughes

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kyle Davis

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee

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)

PART I, LINE 3
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS EMPOWERED ITS COMPENSATION COMMITTEE TO MANAGE THE COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S PERFORMANCE IN HER FIRST YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT AND DETERMINED APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION BASED ON THAT REVIEW. ACEG DOCUMENTED THESE DISCUSSIONS AND DECISIONS THROUGH MEETING NOTES AND EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS

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.

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
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413199349309216

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