Energy Independence Now Coalition

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Los Angeles, CA501(c)(3)Public & Societal BenefitEIN 80-0066740Revenue $844K in FY2024

On file with the IRSeinow.org6450 S Sherbourne Dr, 90056-2120 · Los Angeles, CATax-exempt since Oct 2003Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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ENERGY INDEPENDENCE NOW (EIN) IS THE ONLY ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ADVANCING FUEL CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLES (FCEVs) AND RENEWABLE ENERGY STORAGE AND DEEP DECORBONIZATION. OUR ORGANIZATION ENGAGES IN COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH, POLICY ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC OUTREACH TO PROMOTE THE WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF A DIVERSE ZERO-EMMISSION PORTFOLIO. COMMITTED TO FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPROVING AIR QUALITY, EIN BELIEVES THAT FCEVs AND BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES (BEVs) ARE CRITICAL TO CATALYZE A RAPID TRANSITION TO A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$237K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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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
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $71K a year · 11% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$237K
to officers and key staff · 43% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 99% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 43% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $50K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$93
0.02% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$844K
+7% vs prior year
Spent
$555K
To programs
91%
Net assets
$391K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$844K
FY2024▲ +7%
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$405K
FY2021$665K
FY2022$551K
FY2023$792K
FY2024$844K
Expenses
$555K
FY2024▼ -31%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$337K
FY2021$435K
FY2022$766K
FY2023$809K
FY2024$555K
Net assets
$391K
FY2024▲ +283%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$104K
FY2021$334K
FY2022$119K
FY2023$102K
FY2024$391K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 2003.

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

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $502K Management & general 9% · $52K

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

6 people listed on the 990; $237K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Secretary & Ed
$237,417Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Brian Goldstein’s $237K as Secretary & Ed is at the 99th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1043 $100K–1M public & societal benefit 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Brian Goldstein$237,417$250,024$278,187$165,252$181,789

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 fuel cell vehicles and renewable energy storage to fight climate change.

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1 program · $502K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Assistance to organizations to reduce greenhouse gas emmissions and harmful particulate matter from the transporation sector.Energy Independence Now (EIN) is the only environmental nonprofit organzation dedicated to advancing fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and renewable hydrogen infrastructure for transportation, renewable energy…

$502Kprogram expense

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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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$50K
Grants paid · 2 grants · $81K · 2021–2022

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$844K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$839K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5K
Investment incomeLn 3$78
Money outPt IX
$555K
Ln 25
Programscol B$502K
Managementcol C$52K
Owns and owesPt X
$391K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$391K
Total assetsLn 16$391K
LiabilitiesLn 26$93
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$839K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5K
Investment incomeLn 3$78
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$844K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$391K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$391K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$69
Total assetsLn 16$391K
LiabilitiesLn 26$93
Net assetsLn 32$391K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$132K$391K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$132K$391K
LiabilitiesLn 26$30K$93
Net assetsLn 32$102K$391K
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$260K$260K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$23K$23K
Payroll taxesLn 10$15K$15K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$2K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$118K$118K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$24K$24K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$55K$55K
TravelLn 17$7K$7K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$23K$23K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$24K$24K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$555K$502K$52K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $844K$555K$289K$391K 990 PDF
FY2023 $792K$809K−$17K$102K 990 PDF
FY2022 $551K$766K−$215K$119K 990 PDF
FY2021 $665K$435K$230K$334K 990 PDF
FY2020 $405K$337K$68K$104K 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 $843,674 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $773,843$838,727
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $17,825$4,869
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $13$78
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $791,681$843,674
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $439,648$298,380
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $369,352$256,232
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $809,000$554,612
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$17,319$289,062
Part VI · Governance 5 of 6 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $843,674 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$838,727
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$838,727
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $4,869$4,869
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $78$78
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 $4,869 · Excluded from tax $78$843,674
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $554,612 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 staffPrograms $260,417$260,417
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $23,190$23,190
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,773$14,773
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $1,500$1,500
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $118,297$118,297
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $24,079$24,079
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $54,911$54,911
IX-17 TravelPrograms $7,410$7,410
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $23,392$23,392
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $3,024$3,024
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $23,619$23,619
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $502,390 · Management $52,222 · Fundraising $0$554,612
Part X · Balance sheet $391,235 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $132,250$391,166
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
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 $69$69
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $132,319$391,235
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $239$93
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $30,239$93
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $102,080$391,142
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $132,319$391,235
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $391,142 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$843,674
XI-2 Total expenses$554,612
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$289,062
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$102,080
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$391,142

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