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THE GRIDWISE ALLIANCE INC

EIN 26-0723041 WASHINGTON, DC

Largest nonprofits in District of Columbia

Revenue 2024
$1,173,695
Expenses 2024
$1,163,352

Program services were 87.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
U05
Classification
1000
Street
1800 M STREET NW S400

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE GRIDWISE ALLIANCE LEADS A DIVERSE MEMBERSHIP OF ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS FOCUSED ON ACCELERATING INNOVATION THAT DELIVERS A MORE SECURE, RELIABLE, RESILIENT, AND AFFORDABLE GRID TO SUPPORT DECARBONIZATION OF THE US ECONOMY. OUR CORE MESSAGE IS THAT A MODERN GRID IS THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURECOMPONENT OF A DECARBONIZED ADVANCED ECONOMY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CHAMPION THE PRINCIPLES,POLICIES, AND INVESTMENTS NEEDED TO TRANSFORM THE ELECTRICITY GRID BY UNDERSTANDING THE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES AND PRIORITIES OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS.

  • GRID MODERNIZATION RESOURCES: THE GRIDWISE ALLIANCE PROMOTES ITS ROLE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRE GRID ECOSYSTEM BY COLLECTING DATA, BEST PRACTICES, AND THOUGHT LEADERSHIP CONTENT TO DESIGN AND PRODUCE WHITE PAPERS, THE GRID MODERNIZATION INDEX SERIES OF PAPERS, AND WEBSITE MULTIMEDIA GRAPHICS THAT DEMONSTRATE THE ORGANIZATION'S LEADERSHIP ON GRID MODERNIZATION.

    Expenses $588,819

  • GRIDCONNEXT: THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE GRIDWISE ALLIANCE. THIS TWO-DAY EVENT BRINGS TOGETHER A CROSS-SECTION OF EXPERTS FROM BUSINESS, UTILITY, AND GOVERNMENT TO EXPLORE GRID INNOVATIONS ENABLING THE TRANSITION TO A LOW-CARBON ECONOMY.

    Expenses $269,947 · Revenue $226,570

  • GRID ECOSYSTEM COMMUNITY: GRIDWISE ALLIANCE CONVENES MEMBERS AND ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS TO DISCUSS KEY GRID MODERNIZATION POLICIES AND TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH WORKSHOPS, WEBINARS, MEETINGS, TASK FORCES, AND OTHER PROGRAMS. IT FOSTERS A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRANSFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL AND POLICY STRATEGIES FOR GRID MODERNIZATION REQUIRED TO MEET DECARBONIZATION GOALS.

    Expenses $155,122 · Revenue $544,125

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Karen Wayland

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $210,000
    From this org
    $210,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $210,000
  • Mark Gabriel

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Larry Bekkedahl

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Chris Guttman-McCabe

    Sec/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Astrid Atkinson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Russell Boyer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Connie Carden

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Justin Driscoll

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Fay

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Gemmell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Neil Gerber

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hanna Grene

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jay Lasseter

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wade Lauer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Muhoro

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deepa Poduval

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Randy Pryor

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeannie Salo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mahesh Sudhakaran

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brie Van Cleve

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Casey Werth

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Wright

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gil Quiniones

    Past President

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,173,695
    Expenses
    $1,163,352
    Contributions
    $403,000
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $953,975
    Expenses
    $1,015,321
    Contributions
    $355,000
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $856,469
    Expenses
    $846,819
    Contributions
    $247,500
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $781,844
    Expenses
    $819,891
    Assets (EOY)
    $267,601
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $777,042
    Expenses
    $712,255
    Assets (EOY)
    $226,965
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $792,645
    Expenses
    $722,798
    Assets (EOY)
    $213,556
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $801,912
    Expenses
    $907,961
    Assets (EOY)
    $254,955
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $877,064
    Expenses
    $887,555
    Assets (EOY)
    $196,336
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $609,099
    Expenses
    $612,593
    Assets (EOY)
    $176,005
  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $60,000
    Expenses
    $58,872
    Assets (EOY)
    $103,373
  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $40,000
    Expenses
    $28,502
    Assets (EOY)
    $94,366
  • 2012 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $40,000
    Expenses
    $9,997
    Assets (EOY)
    $82,872
  • 2011 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $80,000
    Expenses
    $73,883
    Assets (EOY)
    $52,864

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • GRID 21

    501(C)(3) · ENERGY AWARENESS · DC · controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.