Electricity Consumers Resource Council

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Washington, DC501(c)(6)Since 1976EIN 52-2045847Revenue $429K in FY2025

On file with the IRS700 12th Street Nw, 20005-3945 · Washington, DCTax-exempt since Sep 1997

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To promote policies assuring reliable electricity supplies for all.

Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $9K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Cash reserves
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $175K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1K
0.4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 5 voting members
Concern: none of 5 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$429K
-34% vs prior year
Spent
$425K
Net assets
$351K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$429K
FY2025▼ -34%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$519K
FY2021$567K
FY2022$556K
FY2023$472K
FY2024$654K
FY2025$429K
Expenses
$425K
FY2025▼ -19%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$605K
FY2021$615K
FY2022$636K
FY2023$448K
FY2024$523K
FY2025$425K
Net assets
$351K
FY2025▲ +1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$321K
FY2021$273K
FY2022$193K
FY2023$217K
FY2024$348K
FY2025$351K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1997.

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Where the money goes

What each dollar paid for.

Management & general 100% · $425K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2022FY2021FY2020
Karen Onaran$165,000$82,500—
Charles Acquard—$58,500$156,000

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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3 programs · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Technical Activities

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Pt IX · col B
02

Federal Relations

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Pt IX · col B
03

Publications

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Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$175K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$429K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$429K
Investment incomeLn 3$38
Money outPt IX
$425K
Ln 25
Managementcol C$425K
Owns and owesPt X
$351K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$345K
Total assetsLn 16$353K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$429K
Investment incomeLn 3$38
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$429K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$345K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$345K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$1
Total assetsLn 16$353K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
Net assetsLn 32$351K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$265K$345K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$348K$353K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$1K
Net assetsLn 32$348K$351K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$198K$198K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$14K$14K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$19K$19K
Accounting feesLn 11c$16K$16K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$4K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$3K$3K
TravelLn 17$22K$22K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$8K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$128K$128K
All other expensesLn 24e$13K$13K
Total functional expensesLn 25$425K$0$425K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $429K$425K$4K$351K 990 PDF
FY2024 $654K$523K$131K$348K 990 PDF
FY2023 $472K$448K$24K$217K 990 PDF
FY2022 $556K$636K−$80K$193K 990 PDF
FY2021 $567K$615K−$48K$273K 990 PDF
FY2020 $519K$605K−$86K$321K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $429,039 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $175,000$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $478,504$429,001
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $38$38
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $653,542$429,039
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $240,898$211,818
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $281,923$213,603
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $522,821$425,421
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $130,721$3,618
Part VI · Governance 0 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $429,039 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$0
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $429,001$429,001
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $38$38
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $429,039$429,039
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $425,421 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesManagement $197,946$197,946
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $13,872$13,872
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $19,240$19,240
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $16,380$16,380
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $3,766$3,766
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $3,190$3,190
IX-17 TravelManagement $22,476$22,476
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $7,847$7,847
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $127,908$127,908
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $12,796$12,796
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $425,421 · Fundraising $0$425,421
Part X · Balance sheet $352,749 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $265,484$344,703
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $72,188$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,442$8,045
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,984$1
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $347,819$352,749
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$1,312
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$1,312
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $347,819$351,437
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $347,819$351,437
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $347,819$352,749
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $351,437 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$429,039
XI-2 Total expenses$425,421
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$3,618
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$347,819
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$351,437

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