Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 2006.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Who runs it and what they're paid
27 people listed on the 990; $10.0M paid to officers and key staff.
James B Robb’s $1.4M as President and CEO is at the 68th percentile of top reported officer pay among 44 $100M+ community development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James B Robb | $1,414,558 | $1,257,007 | $995,630 | $904,101 | — |
| James Robb | — | — | — | — | $868,924 |
| Janet L Sena Thru 022924 | $847,885 | — | — | — | — |
| Manuel J Cancel | $840,349 | $761,922 | $666,223 | $595,742 | $416,268 |
| Kelly Hanson | $642,879 | $552,407 | $515,208 | $414,672 | $264,531 |
| Mark G Lauby | $598,831 | $609,648 | $593,614 | $526,731 | $458,778 |
| William Lawrencethru 112020 | — | — | — | — | $608,336 |
| Sonia C Ramos Da Rocha | $600,199 | $584,550 | $542,759 | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See North American Electric Reliability Corp executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Reduces risks to electric grid reliability and security.
Questions for North American Electric Reliability Corp
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Situation Awareness and Infrastructure Security
This activity includes monitoring the conditions of the bulk power system and providing leadership coordination, technical expertise, and assistance to the industry in responding to events as necessary.
Reliability Assessment and Performance Analysis
This activity includes the analysis and reporting on the reliability and adequacy of the north american bulk power system, analysis of off-normal events, identification of root causes of events, assessment of past reliability performance for lessons learned, dissemination of findings and lessons learned to the electric industry to…
Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement
This activity includes the process used to assess, investigate, evaluate, and audit in order to measure compliance with nerc reliability standards that are developed, adopted, and approved through the reliability standards development program and placed into effect pursuant to ferc orders or to applicable authorities in other north…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $50.4M | $57.4M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $7.6M | |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $12.8M | $12.7M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $94.9M | $113.5M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $64.6M | $84.7M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $30.3M | $28.8M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $15K | |||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $9.5M | |||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $42.4M | |||
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $4.7M | |||
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $6.4M | |||
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $3.2M | |||
| Legal feesLn 11b | $172K | |||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $114K | |||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $12K | |||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $13.1M | |||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $2.3M | |||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $18.6M | |||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $3.1M | |||
| TravelLn 17 | $2.6M | |||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $2.2M | |||
| InterestLn 20 | $161K | |||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $5.1M | |||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $804K | |||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $80K | |||
| All other expensesLn 24e | $98K | |||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $114.4M |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 15, 2025 | $112.4M | $114.4M | −$2.0M | $28.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2024 | $101.3M | $98.9M | $2.4M | $30.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS May 15, 2023 | $90.5M | $87.2M | $3.2M | $27.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 12, 2022 | $81.8M | $82.4M | −$633K | $24.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 13, 2021 | $81.4M | $76.5M | $4.9M | $25.1M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $112,373,473 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 11 of 12 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $112,373,473 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $114,410,950 across 20 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $113,509,377 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $28,785,280 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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