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PLUG IN AMERICA

EIN 26-1799615 LOS ANGELES, CA

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Revenue 2024
$2,634,155
Expenses 2024
$2,812,701

Program services were 78.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C35
Classification
1200
Street
1270 S ALFRED ST UNIT 351268

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 MISSION OF PLUG IN AMERICA IS TO ACCELERATE THE TRANSITION TO AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE PLUG-IN VEHICLES AND CHARGING THROUGH EDUCATION, ADVOCACY AND RESEARCH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PLUG IN AMERICA'S MISSION IS TO ACCELERATE THE TRANSITION TO AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE PLUG-IN VEHICLES AND CHARGING THROUGH EDUCATION, ADVOCACY AND RESEARCH.

  • THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AWARDED PLUG IN AMERICA $5M FOR A 36-MONTH PROJECT IN 2024. THE PROJECT GOAL IS TO REACH FIVE MILLION CONSUMERS OVER 36 MONTHS WITH PRACTICAL, BRAND-NEUTRAL INFORMATION ABOUT EVS AND CHARGING. AT LEAST 40% OF CONSUMERS WILL BE FROM DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES (DACS) IDENTIFIED USING THE CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE SCREENING TOOL. THIS CAMPAIGN IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SOCIALLY AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT MESSAGING, RECOGNIZING ADDITIONAL BARRIERS HISTORICALLY DISINVESTED COMMUNITIES FACE TO EV ADOPTION.

    Expenses $690,980 · Revenue $667,561

  • PLUG IN AMERICA, AS A SUBCONTRACTOR TO FORTH MOBILITY, IS CREATING WORKPLACE CHARGING COMMONPLACE BY DEVELOPING A SELF-SUSTAINING NATIONAL PROGRAM WITH A "ONE-STOP-SHOP" ONLINE PLATFORM THAT MAKES IT EASY FOR EMPLOYERS TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT, INSTALL CHARGING AND SUPPORT THEIR EV-DRIVING EMPLOYEES, RECEIVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND RECEIVE RECOGNITION FOR DOING SO. THE DEVELOPMENT, REFINEMENT, AND LAUNCH PHASES WILL BRING TOGETHER KEY ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION LEADERS, INCLUDING PLUG IN AMERICA.

    Expenses $258,302 · Revenue $238,630

  • ANAHEIM ENGAGES PLUG IN AMERICA TO PROVIDE ELECTRIC VEHICLE "RIDE AND DRIVE" EVENTS AND SUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOPS AS DIRECTED BY ANAHEIM PUBLIC UTILITIES (APU).

    Expenses $23,576 · Revenue $49,500

  • PLUG IN AMERICA INTRODUCED PLUGSTAR TO SIMPLIFY SHOPPING FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV), WITH TRAINING FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE DEALERS, TOOLS, AND HELPLINE SUPPORT FOR CONSUMERS, DEALERS, ELECTRIC UTILITIES, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. FOR THE CONSUMER, PLUG IN AMERICA'S INTEGRATED WEBSITE CONTAINS COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCES FOR EV SHOPPERS. FOR DEALERS AND MANUFACTURERS, PLUG IN AMERICA OFFERS IN-PERSON AND WEB-BASED ELECTRIC VEHICLE DEALER TRAINING, PLUS TOOLS FOR DEALERS TO SELL EVS CONFIDENTLY AND SUPPORT EV CUSTOMERS' SPECIFIC NEEDS. PLUG IN AMERICA OFFERS DEALERS AN ON-DEMAND VERSION OF ITS INTRODUCTORY EV SALES COURSE.

    Expenses $1,224,885 · Grants $24,867 · Revenue -$394,852

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

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.

  • Woods Barry

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Geller Marc

    BOARD VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Frank Pamela

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Smith Tom

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ferrer Carisa

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Borches Liza

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Buell Tonia

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Freund Ron

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jones Philip

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Klose Hans

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wishnia Andrew

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gross Britta

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Levin Joel

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $202,930
    From this org
    $178,684
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,246
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,684
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,742
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,504
    Filer's total
    $202,930
  • Carver Martha

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $135,853
    From this org
    $124,624
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,229
    Hours/week
    40
  • Perkins Lindsey

    DIRECTOR OF COMM & MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $116,451
    From this org
    $106,236
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,215
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $2,634,155
    Expenses
    $2,812,701
    Contributions
    $2,072,866
    Grants paid
    $24,867
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,175,270
    Expenses
    $2,736,719
    Contributions
    $1,420,760
    Grants paid
    $46,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,233,647
    Expenses
    $2,420,658
    Contributions
    $1,266,127
    Grants paid
    $175,046

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
    $2,591,642
    Expenses
    $1,622,208
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,329,317
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,786,212
    Expenses
    $1,809,187
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,232,202
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,245,782
    Expenses
    $1,993,975
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,504,656
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,653,031
    Expenses
    $1,421,722
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,218,712
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $735,248
    Expenses
    $924,913
    Assets (EOY)
    $947,983
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $998,579
    Expenses
    $492,411
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,010,763
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $645,234
    Expenses
    $371,218
    Assets (EOY)
    $503,114
  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $229,899
    Assets (EOY)
    $186,596

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

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.