ULSE INC

As filed

Subsection

04

NTEE code

W90

Classification

3000

Street

1603 ORRINGTON AVESUITE 1700

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC

  EIN 36-1892375

Mission and programs · 2024

• ULSE INC. (THE "ORGANIZATION") DEVELOPS AND PUBLISHES CONSENSUS STANDARDS THAT HELP GUIDE THE SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF NEW AND EVOLVING PRODUCTS, TECHNOLOGIES, AND SERVICES BY PROVIDING ASSURANCE TO THE PUBLIC THAT PRODUCTS ARE DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED, AND TESTED TO WITHSTAND DEMANDING, NORMAL-USE CONDITIONS WITHOUT PRESENTING RISK OF DANGER OR INJURY. STANDARDS ARE DEVELOPED THROUGH A RIGOROUS, COLLABORATIVE, AND TRANSPARENT MULTI-STAGE PROCESS THAT BRINGS TOGETHER EXPERTS, REGULATORS, INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES, AND CONSUMERS TO IDENTIFY CRITERIA THAT REFLECT CURRENT SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SUPPORT INNOVATION, AND REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF CONSUMERS. ONCE FINALIZED, THE ORGANIZATION PUBLISHES ITS STANDARDS ONLINE AND DISSEMINATES THEM TO TESTING, INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION COMPANIES, ENABLING MANUFACTURERS, REGULATORS, AND END USERS TO ACCESS SHARED REFERENCE POINTS THAT ELEVATE SAFETY, DRIVE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT, AND PROTECT COMMUNITIES. IN ADDITION TO ITS STANDARDS, THE ORGANIZATION'S EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE PUBLICATION OF NEWS AND INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES AUTHORED BY ENGINEERS, TECHNOLOGISTS, DATA SCIENTISTS, AND POLICY EXPERTS TO HELP THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND EVOLVING SAFETY RISKS IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING TECHNOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE, THEREBY EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS, ADOPT SAFER PRACTICES, AND REDUCE THE RISK OF HARM IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

  Expenses $38,283,310 · Grants $530,526 · Revenue $28,737,544

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

  $92,256,605

  Expenses

  $71,744,742

  Contributions

  $0

  Grants paid

  $530,526

• 2023

  Revenue

  $709,404,028

  Expenses

  $62,444,671

  Contributions

  $3,500

  Grants paid

  $1,914,060

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,619,625,676

  Expenses

  $39,794,315

  Contributions

  $0

  Grants paid

  $403,851

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

  $7,835,147,366

  Expenses

  $5,930,940

  Assets (EOY)

  $855,524,075

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2020

Tax period

1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020

Principal officer

Ryan Robinson

Mailing address

333 Pfingsten RoadNorthbrook IL 60062

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

• North Carolina A&T State University

  $250,000

  2022 · RESEARCH

• THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC

  $125,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

  $100,000

  2022 · RESEARCH

• NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES

  $100,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION

  $67,500

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES

  $50,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY

  $50,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• NORTHBROOK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC

  $50,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFTEY PROFESSIONALS

  $45,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR BLACK ENGINEERS -CHICAGO PROF

  $40,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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