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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SHELL FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$40,738,868
Total expenses
$29,685,496
Contributions and grants received
$22,674,878
Grants paid
$13,211,336
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$18,063,990
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$620,710,958
Total liabilities, end of year
$22,572,078
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$598,138,880
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,211,336
Management and general expenses
$16,474,160
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$29,685,495

Program services were 44.5% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $8,889,269

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $12,428,940

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,356,669

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2e · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,427,344 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $9,427,344

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $69,904,000 · other assets $0

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

    securities $61,267,354 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $8,636,646 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $8,636,646 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $8,636,646

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11b · Other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11c · Other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,359,285 · program services $2,359,285

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $10,852,051 · program services $10,852,051

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $5,230,198 · program services $0 · management and general $5,230,198 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $881,845 · program services $0 · management and general $881,845 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $405,658 · program services $0 · management and general $405,658 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $140,564 · program services $0 · management and general $140,564 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,169,102 · program services $0 · management and general $2,169,102 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $564,169 · program services $0 · management and general $564,169 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $548,619 · program services $0 · management and general $548,619 · fundraising $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Exchange (gain)/loss

    total -$688,778 · program services $0 · management and general -$688,778 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Other expenses

    total $311,005 · program services $0 · management and general $311,005 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Impairment

    total $6,911,778 · program services $0 · management and general $6,911,778 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $10,774,806 · end of year $13,210,416

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,072,356 · end of year $5,173,100

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $617,035,724 · end of year $534,722,708

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $64,153,890 · end of year $67,604,734

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,263,660 · end of year $7,024,298

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $13,004,856 · end of year $13,296,360

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $691,378 · end of year $2,251,420

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $650,354,986 · end of year $571,763,037

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $24,721,896 · end of year $26,375,843

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Shell Foundation is an independent charity that applies a business approach to global development challenges which constrain access to energy and sustainable urban and rural mobility.

  • The Access to Energy Programme focuses on co-creating and supporting the scale-up of pioneering social enterprises and market enablers such as supply chain or financial intermediaries Shell Foundation SF is helping to increase the availability of modern energy services to low-income consumers in ways that are financially viable and scalable. Main achievements: -An independent impact assessment reported a 40% net increase in revenue from farmers that were using SunCulture's solar water pumps. -Lorentz has in the first phase of their pilot realised a significant reduction in cost with the solar pump's distributor financing supported by SF improving affordability and availability of irrigation pumps for farmers. -Sistema.bio with SF support demonstrated a considerable cost reduction of their biodigester through the monetisation of carbon credits substantially improving the income opportunity for the farmers.

    Expenses $24,913,679 · Grants $10,412,195

  • The Sustainable Mobility Programme provides support to unproven mobility businesses with scalable solutions that increase access to affordable clean transport in cities improve the delivery of urban and rural transport services and reduce emissions intensity through technology innovation. Main achievements: - WhereIsMyTransport's data platform is impacting over 10M commuters daily. -NavAlt with SF"s support built India's first solar ferry and solar electric fishing boats transported over 1.5M passengers without single drop of fuel.

    Expenses $4,771,816 · Grants $2,799,140

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ms Gail Klintworth

    Trustee-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Ms Diana Lisa Carney

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Ms Alice Georgina Chapple

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Professor Maggie Kigozi

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Ms Sinead Caitlin Lynch

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Wael Sawan

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0
  • Mr Huibert Hans Vigeveno

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Grzegorz Lukasz Gut

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Ms Vinita Bali

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mr Jonathan Berman

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $417,301
    From this org
    $377,721
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,580
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $377,721
    Bonus
    $39,580
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $417,301
  • Mr Richard Gomes

    Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0
  • Ms Rachel Singh Davies

    Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0
  • Mr William Sumner

    Finance Manager

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0
  • Ms Meera Shah

    Portfolio Lead Farmers

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0
  • Mr Wim Jonker Klunne

    HSFG Co-ordinator

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0
  • Mr Nicholas Jones

    Market Development Manager

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0
  • Mr Ashish Kumar

    Portfolio Innovation Manager

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0
  • Mr Moazzam Chughtai

    Finance Advisor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0
  • Mr Gareth Zahir Bill

    Operations Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0
  • Mr Jordan Broadbent

    Senior Theme Lead Energy for Business

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0
  • Ms Fiona Hoffman-Harland

    Business Development Advisor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $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. 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 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part II Line 1
| Name :, Title:, Item Selected:, Description:| All the listed employees, We are providing only name of the trustees officers and employees and not providing the compensation details of the employees seconded by Shell Foundation due to data protection regulations. However we have disclosed the details of CEO Mr Jonathan Berman who is employed directly by Shell Foundation.|
Part I Line 7
The organization offers bonuses to persons employed by the organization. These bonuses are calculated with a formula. The decision to award bonuses is discretionary and individual details are not known due to data protection regulations.

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

  • for the project Outsourcing Incubation Areas

  • Social Investment Managers and Advisers LLC

    $1,000,000

    for the project Pilot of SIMA - Angaza DFF

  • Metro Africa Xpress Inc

    $500,000

    for the project MAX Pilot of EVs in Ghana

  • Odyssey Energy Solutions Inc

    $500,000

    for the project Financing solution to scale Energy as-a-Service model for Health Facility Electrification

  • World Bank Group ESMAP

    $300,000

    To finance the End User Subsidy Lab Externally Financed Output the EFO which forms part of the Bank's World work program

  • Akili Ventures LLC

    $100,000

    Phase 1 - PAYG Venture

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • Shell International Limited

    C-Corporation · Corporate Service Company · UK · 100% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $0

    Directly controlled by The Shell Petroleum Company Limited

  • Shell Asset Management Company

    C-Corporation · Corporate Service Company · NL · 100% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $0

    Directly controlled by Shell Petroleum NV

  • BG Group Ltd

    C-Corporation · Corporate Holding Company · UK · 100% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $0

    Directly controlled by Shell Petroleum NV

  • Shell Trading International Ltd

    C-Corporation · Corporate Holding Company · UK · 100% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $0

    Directly controlled by The Shell Petroleum Company Limited

  • Shell Plc

    C-Corporation · Ultimate Parent Company · UK · 0% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $0

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333189349309083

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