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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$24,223,116
Total expenses
$1,403,215
Contributions and grants received
$24,206,438
Grants paid
$1,202,577
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$16,678
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$23,831,431
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,011,530
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$22,819,901
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,326,568
Management and general expenses
$76,647
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,326,568

Program services were 94.5% 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

    $24,206,438

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16,678 · related or exempt $16,678

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,202,577 · program services $1,202,577

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $25,000 · program services $10,000 · management and general $15,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $39,244 · program services $15,698 · management and general $23,546

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,597 · program services $639 · management and general $958

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $267 · program services $107 · management and general $160

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,915 · program services $1,966 · management and general $2,949

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $21,498 · program services $15,730 · management and general $5,768

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,800 · program services $1,317 · management and general $483

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $82,888 · program services $68,372 · management and general $14,516

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,398 · management and general $5,398

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,164 · management and general $7,164

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,113 · program services $1,564 · management and general $549

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,153 · program services $8,153

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank and Credit Card Fe

    total $526 · program services $389 · management and general $137

  • 24b · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions

    total $75 · program services $56 · management and general $19

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $11,267,891

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $10,016,678

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $2,500,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $46,862

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $21,856

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $989,674

  • 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 $0 · end of year $22,819,901

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

International Sustainable Energy Foundation's mission is to promote an environmentally sustainable and climate friendly world by supporting climate action that contribute to preservation of the environment, including access for development, adaptation, air quality, climate finance, cities & urban planning, decarbonization, just transition, land-use, low carbon development, resilience, smart agriculture, sustainable energy policies, water etc. within a sustainable development paradigm.We promote public-private partnerships and leverage national and international philanthropic foundations and expert networks to assist in climate action that help different countries arrive at pathways for a low carbon development and make development wholesome considering co-benefits like health and the needs of the poorer sections of society.

Activities or mission (Part I)

International Sustainable Energy Foundation's mission is to promote an environmentally sustainable and climate friendly world by supporting climate action that contribute to preservation of the environment, including access for development, adaptation, air quality, climate finance, cities & urban planning, decarbonization, just transition, land-use, low carbon development, resilience, smart agriculture, sustainable energy policies, water etc. within a sustainable development paradigm.

  • Grants were provided and expenses were incurred to support the introduction of electric vehicles, primarily buses, in India.

    Expenses $308,920 · Grants $280,046

  • Provided grants and paid expenses to support research needed for framing strategies, policies and guidelines to reduce fossil fuel demand in agriculture and for the construction of smart buildings in India.

    Expenses $869,094 · Grants $787,861

  • Grant was provided and expenses were paid to fund research for development and implementation of a carbon emission trading platform in India. In an effort to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and to limit climate change by creating a market with limited allowances for emissions.

    Expenses $148,554 · Grants $134,670

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Chris Munson

    President

    Total calculated
    $25,000
    From this org
    $25,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Anand Gopal

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Elizabeth McKeon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Nathan Argent

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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

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
202323199349313212

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