Electricity Consumers Resource Council FY2020 filing

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Washington, DC501(c)(6)Since 1976Mutual / membership EIN 52-2045847Revenue $519K in FY2020

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.

501(c)(6) business league; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
$156K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · 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
Spent on programs
0%
of spending
Concern: 0% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$156K
to officers and key staff · 26% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 26% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.1 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
$7K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 9 voting members
Concern: none of 9 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$519K
Spent
$605K
To programs
0%
Net assets
$321K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$519K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$519K
FY2021$567K
FY2022$556K
FY2023$472K
FY2024$654K
FY2025$429K
Expenses
$605K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$605K
FY2021$615K
FY2022$636K
FY2023$448K
FY2024$523K
FY2025$425K
Net assets
$321K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$321K
FY2021$273K
FY2022$193K
FY2023$217K
FY2024$348K
FY2025$351K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · see the original

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

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What each dollar paid for.

Management & general 74% · $449K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $156K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Mgmt Official
$156,000Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Sec/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$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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  • 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 · FY2020
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 FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$519K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$518K
Investment incomeLn 3$298
Money outPt IX
$605K
Ln 25
Managementcol C$449K
Owns and owesPt X
$321K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$256K
Total assetsLn 16$329K
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$518K
Investment incomeLn 3$298
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$519K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$256K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$256K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$3K
Total assetsLn 16$329K
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K
Net assetsLn 32$321K
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$368K$256K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$468K$329K
LiabilitiesLn 26$61K$7K
Net assetsLn 32$408K$321K
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$156K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$187K$187K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$6K$6K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$28K$28K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$18K$18K
Accounting feesLn 11c$18K$18K
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$9K$9K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$47K$47K
TravelLn 17$2K$2K
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$10K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$109K$109K
All other expensesLn 24e$16K$16K
Total functional expensesLn 25$605K$0$449K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $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 Viewing $519K$605K−$86K$321K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $518,548 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grants$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $561,333$518,250
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $502$298
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $561,835$518,548
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $422,157$376,506
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $167,434$228,470
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $589,591$604,976
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$27,756−$86,428
Part VI · Governance 0 of 9 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
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 $518,548 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 $518,250$518,250
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $298$298
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 $518,548$518,548
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $604,976 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$156,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesManagement $186,583$186,583
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsManagement $6,240$6,240
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $27,683$27,683
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $17,600$17,600
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $18,140$18,140
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $9,423$9,423
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $46,638$46,638
IX-17 TravelManagement $2,405$2,405
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 $9,532$9,532
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $109,032$109,032
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $15,700$15,700
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $448,976 · Fundraising $0$604,976
Part X · Balance sheet $328,544 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $368,059$256,011
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $89,772$61,882
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,408$7,667
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$2,984
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $468,223$328,544
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $15,518$6,157
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $45,000$1,110
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $60,518$7,267
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $407,705$321,277
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $407,705$321,277
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $468,223$328,544
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $321,277 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$518,548
XI-2 Total expenses$604,976
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$86,428
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$407,705
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$321,277

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