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AMERICAN ENERGY ALLIANCE

EIN 26-2731617 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2023
$2,456,420
Expenses 2023
$2,548,715

Program services were 74.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
R01
Classification
3000
Street
1155 15TH ST NW STE 525

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 · 2023

Mission

AMERICAN ENERGY ALLIANCE (AEA) IS AN EDUCATIONAL ADVOCACY AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION. AEA IS RELATED TO THE INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH (IER). AEA'S MISSION IS TO ENLIST, EDUCATE, AND EMPOWER ENERGY CONSUMERS TO ENCOURAGE POLICYMAKERS TO SUPPORT POLICIES THAT LEAD TO ABUNDANT, AFFORDABLE, AND RELIABLE ENERGY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AEA IS AN EDUCATIONAL ADVOCACY AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION. AEA IS A RELATED ORGANIZATION OF IER.

  • ADVOCACY: AEA'S LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY TAKE PLACE AT BOTH THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL. AEA'S ADVOCACY EFFORTS ARE DESIGNED TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE CITIZENS IN UNDERSTANDING AND PROMOTING OUR NATION'S MOST CRITICAL ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY CHALLENGES. THROUGH A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, OUR NATION'S CITIZENS WILL BE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE POLICY-MAKING PROCESS AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL. AEA IS A NON-PARTISAN ISSUE ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS AFFORDABLE, ABUNDANT, AND RELIABLE ENERGY FOR AMERICA'S CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES.

    Expenses $1,150,904

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION: AEA'S PUBLIC EDUCATION TAKES PLACE AT BOTH THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL. THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO FOSTER A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

    Expenses $599,785

  • RESEARCH: AEA CONDUCTS RESEARCH ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND DEVELOPS POLICY POSITIONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF EDUCATING POLICY MAKERS, CITIZENS, THE MEDIA AND OTHER CONSTITUENCIES.

    Expenses $141,921

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • THOMAS J PYLE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $430,721
    From this org
    $217,227
    From related orgs
    $185,045
    Other
    $28,449
    Hours/week
    27 + 23 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,227 + $185,045 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,156 + $5,244 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,049
    Filer's total
    $240,432 + $190,289 related

  • WAYNE GABLE

    DIRECTOR/CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JAMES H CLARKSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • PHIL KERPEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT L BRADLEY JR

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $188,595
    From this org
    $10,821
    From related orgs
    $169,529
    Other
    $8,245
    Hours/week
    3 + 47 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $10,821 + $169,529 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $444 + $6,956 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $845
    Filer's total
    $12,110 + $176,485 related

  • LISA WALLACE

    SENIOR VP/SEC/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $268,132
    From this org
    $123,346
    From related orgs
    $123,346
    Other
    $21,440
    Hours/week
    25 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,346 + $123,346 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,014 + $4,014 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,412
    Filer's total
    $140,772 + $127,360 related

  • DUSTIN DEBERRY

    VP DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $112,656
    From this org
    $51,685
    From related orgs
    $51,685
    Other
    $9,286
    Hours/week
    25 + 25 related

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,456,420
    Expenses
    $2,548,715
    Contributions
    $2,437,810
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,304,802
    Expenses
    $3,624,625
    Contributions
    $3,299,090
    Grants paid
    $752,000

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
    $1,912,817
    Expenses
    $2,178,358
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,295,350

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,642,210
    Expenses
    $1,441,702
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,277,182

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,958,731
    Expenses
    $2,294,465
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,450,847

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,075,263
    Expenses
    $1,387,097
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,616,037

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.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

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 2023 return

Declared as related by

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.