Plug in America

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Los Angeles, CA501(c)(3)EnvironmentEIN 26-1799615Revenue $2.6M in FY2024

On file with the IRSpluginamerica.org1270 S Alfred St Unit 351268, 90035-8053 · Los Angeles, CATax-exempt since Aug 2008Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Plug in America is a non-profit, supporter-driven advocacy group. We are the voice of Plug-in vehicle drivers across the country. Our mission is to drive change to accelerate the shift to Plug-in vehicles powered by clean, affordable, domestic electricity to reduce our nation's dependence on petroleum, improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We help consumers, policy-makers, auto manufacturers and others to understand the powerful benefits of driving electric. We provide practical, objective information to help consumers select the best Plug-in vehicle for their lifestyles and needs. Plug in America founded national drive electric week, the world's largest celebration of the Plug-in vehicle, which welcomed over 200,000 attendees across more than 280 events from coast to coast in 2021.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 250 volunteers and 18 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $4K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$410K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 77% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $370K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$473K
35% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 35% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.6M
+21% vs prior year
Spent
$2.8M
To programs
78%
Net assets
$881K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.6M
FY2024▲ +21%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$2.6M
FY2022$2.2M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$2.6M
Expenses
$2.8M
FY2024▲ +3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$2.4M
FY2023$2.7M
FY2024$2.8M
Net assets
$881K
FY2024▼ -17%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$839K
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$881K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2008.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $2.2M Management & general 16% · $460K Fundraising 6% · $155K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

15 people listed on the 990; $410K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$178,684Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance & Administration
$124,624Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Comm & Marketing
$106,236Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Levin Joel’s $179K as Executive Director is at the 77th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1851 $1–10M environment 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Levin Joel$178,684$201,130———
Joel Levin——$172,437$150,876$156,907
Carver Martha$124,624$123,596———
Ahmed Abou-Ismail———$100,764$114,125
Malmgren Ingrid—$110,000———
Perkins Lindsey$106,236$102,911———
Gidley Julie—$104,602———
Katherine Stainkin————$100,746

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.

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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

Advocates for electric vehicles, educating consumers and driving change for cleaner transportation.

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3 programs · $973K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

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.

$691Kprogram expense
02

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…

$258Kprogram expense
03

Anaheim engages plug in america to provide electric vehicle "ride and drive" events and sustainability workshops as directed by anaheim public utilities (apu).

$24Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 4 grants · $61K · 2021–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$6,000
Electric Vehicle AssociationCA · FY2023$25,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$9,000
Electric Vehicle AssociationCA · FY2021$20,562

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$555K
Other incomeLn 4–11$6K
Money outPt IX
$2.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.2M
Managementcol C$460K
Fundraisingcol D$155K
Owns and owesPt X
$881K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$942K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$473K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$956K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$555K
Investment incomeLn 3$450
Other incomeLn 4–11$6K
Total revenueLn 12$2.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$654K
SavingsLn 2$288K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$942K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$144K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$473K
Net assetsLn 32$881K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 518
VolunteersI 6250
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M$942K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K$144K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$399K$473K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M$881K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$19K$19K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$6K$6K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$339K$95K$183K$61K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.2M$1.2M$10K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$37K$37K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$103K$103K$238
Payroll taxesLn 10$120K$101K$14K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$130K$26K$104K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$174K$173K$95$1K
Office expensesLn 13$89K$39K$46K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$66K$43K$23K
OccupancyLn 16$12K$4K$8K
TravelLn 17$56K$49K$6K$1K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$74K$34K$38K$719
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$14K$14K
InsuranceLn 23$25K$4K$21K$198
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$388K$314K$3K$70K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.8M$2.2M$460K$155K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $2.6M$2.8M−$179K$881K 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.2M$2.7M−$561K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.2M$2.4M−$187K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.6M$1.6M$969K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.8M$1.8M−$23K$839K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,634,155 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,420,760$2,072,866
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $714,057$554,586
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$450
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $40,453$6,253
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,175,270$2,634,155
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $46,000$24,867
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,784,796$1,759,553
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $905,923$1,028,281
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,736,719$2,812,701
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$561,449−$178,546
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,634,155 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $3,628 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$955,691
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,117,175
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,072,866
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $554,586$554,586
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $450$450
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $2,625$2,625
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $560,839 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $450$2,634,155
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,812,701 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $18,867$18,867
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $6,000$6,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $94,927 · Management $182,977 · Fundraising $60,879$338,783
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,150,997 · Fundraising $9,882$1,160,879
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $36,963$36,963
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $102,724 · Fundraising $238$102,962
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $101,318 · Management $13,531 · Fundraising $5,117$119,966
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $1,108$1,108
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $25,914 · Management $103,658$129,572
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $172,703 · Management $95 · Fundraising $1,011$173,809
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $38,560 · Management $45,621 · Fundraising $5,066$89,247
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $43,114 · Management $22,918$66,032
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $3,709 · Management $8,368$12,077
IX-17 TravelPrograms $49,433 · Management $5,519 · Fundraising $1,458$56,410
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $34,462 · Management $38,469 · Fundraising $719$73,650
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $13,609$13,609
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,894 · Management $21,108 · Fundraising $198$25,200
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $314,158 · Management $3,138 · Fundraising $70,271$387,567
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,197,743 · Management $460,119 · Fundraising $154,839$2,812,701
Part X · Balance sheet $1,354,254 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,054,946$653,828
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $287,139$287,786
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$17,456
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $112,338$250,674
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $858$196
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,301$144,314
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,458,582$1,354,254
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $101,136$170,628
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $6,000$142,475
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $291,700$159,951
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $398,836$473,054
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $679,011$649,533
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $380,735$231,667
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,059,746$881,200
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,458,582$1,354,254
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $881,200 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,634,155
XI-2 Total expenses$2,812,701
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$178,546
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,059,746
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$881,200

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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