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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TRANSPORTATION ENERGY INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,100,340
Total expenses
$2,238,898
Contributions and grants received
$1,560,410
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$539,930
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$446,630
Total liabilities, end of year
$426,098
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,532
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,145,310
Management and general expenses
$93,588
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,145,310

Program services were 95.8% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $400,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,160,410

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ELECTRIC VEHICLE COUNC

    total $160,000 · related or exempt $160,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: REGISTRATION FEES

    total $106,401 · related or exempt $106,401

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CHARGING ANALYTICS

    total $83,833 · related or exempt $83,833

  • 2d · Program service revenue: TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL

    total $59,696 · related or exempt $59,696

  • 2e · Program service revenue: EMISSIONS TRACKING SOF

    total $57,000 · related or exempt $57,000

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $73,000 · related or exempt $73,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $731,114 · program services $731,114

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $218,815 · program services $218,815

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $155 · program services $155

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,743 · program services $13,743

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $40,000 · management and general $40,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $58,736 · program services $58,736

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,888 · management and general $2,888

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $12,644 · program services $12,644

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $172,781 · program services $172,781

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,296 · management and general $3,296

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $43,345 · management and general $43,345

  • 17 · Travel

    total $48,822 · program services $48,822

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $148,772 · program services $148,772

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,667 · management and general $2,667

  • 24a · Other expenses: DATA & RESEARCH PURCHAS

    total $608,119 · program services $608,119

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $100,663 · program services $100,663

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRODUCTION

    total $30,910 · program services $30,910

  • 24d · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $1,392 · management and general $1,392

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $36 · program services $36

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $334,436 · end of year $309,416

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $128,000 · end of year $97,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $60,925 · end of year $39,047

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

    $16,000

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

    $15,333

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,333 · end of year $667

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $258 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $259,862 · end of year $325,929

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $108,000 · end of year $92,164

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $8,005

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $159,090 · end of year $20,532

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FUELS INSTITUTE/TRANSPORTATION ENERGY INSTITUTE WILL DELIVER COMPREHENSIVE AND BALANCED RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS CONCERNING FUELS, VEHICLES, AND RELATED POLICY ISSUES IN ORDER TO CREATE A MARKET IN WHICH CONSUMERS CAN SAFELY, CONVENIENTLY, AND AFFORDABLY PURCHASE THE FUELS THEY DESIRE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE FUELS INSTITUTE/TRANSPORTATION ENERGY INSTITUTE IS A RESEARCH-BASED ORGANIZATION CREATED TO PROVIDE RELIABLE, COMPREHENSIVE, AND BALANCED RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS CONCERNING TRANSPORTATION FUELS, VEHICLES, AND RELATED POLICY ISSUES.

  • TRANSPORTATION ENERGY INSTITUTE COMMISSIONS RESEARCH STUDIES AND PUBLISHES RESEARCH PROJECTS DESIGNED TO ANSWER MARKET QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE TRANSPORTATION-ENERGY SECTOR AS WELL AS CONVENED IN-PERSON MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF ADVISORS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO SET THE RESEARCH AGENDA.

    Expenses $2,145,310 · Revenue $539,930

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

Listed in Part VII

  • RONALD SABIA

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • ROBERT WIMMER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • JOE BUTLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • JUDGE DOBRIENT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • JONATHAN HACKETT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • BRIAN JOHNSTON

    DIRECTOR UNTIL 02/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • JOHN METZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • STEVEN PRZEMITZKI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • JON SCHARINGSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • RYAN SCOTT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • CARRIE SIMMS

    DIRECTOR UNTIL 12/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • JOHN EICHBERGER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $500,324
    From this org
    $407,882
    From related orgs
    $50,000
    Other
    $42,442
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $366,000 + $50,000 related
    Bonus
    $40,000
    Other
    $1,882
    Deferred
    $20,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,742
    Filer's total
    $450,324 + $50,000 related

  • JEFFREY HOVE

    VP TRANSPORTATION ENERGY INSTITUTE

    Total calculated
    $280,789
    From this org
    $227,508
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,281
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,500
    Bonus
    $19,000
    Other
    $1,008
    Deferred
    $20,385
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,896
    Filer's total
    $280,789

  • MARJORIE ANN FRANKEL

    DIRECTOR, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $167,800
    From this org
    $154,237
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,563
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,808
    Bonus
    $13,000
    Other
    $3,429
    Deferred
    $13,563
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $167,800

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Approval by the board or 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

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
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533149349302433

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