Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2019.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Who runs it and what they're paid
11 people listed on the 990; $77K paid to officers and key staff.
Erin Childs’s $99K as Executive Director is at the 71st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1709 $100K–1M 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erin Childs | $98,708 | $77,316 | — | — | — |
| Ken Dragoon | — | — | — | — | $97,146 |
| Michelle Detwiler | — | — | $85,200 | $76,573 | — |
| Martina Elizabeth Steinkusz | — | — | — | $67,701 | — |
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 Renewable Hydrogen Alliance 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
Develops clean hydrogen and energy from renewable electricity to cut fossil fuel reliance.
Questions for Renewable Hydrogen Alliance
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Lobbying
Advocate state policymakers for the development of policies that support the use of hydrogen and derivative fuels.
Be Grant
Rha received a grant from breakthrough energy to carry out an event to present information about hydrogen properties, policy, and projects to elected officials, labor groups, representatives of environmental justice and social equity groups, and native tribes.
General Programs
Rha provides information, education, and outreach on renewable hydrogen to a variety of interested stakeholders, including industry, individuals, government agency staff, elected officials and staff, and trade groups.
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 | $146K | $254K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $146K | $313K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $6K | $147K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $140K | $166K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $77K | |||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $111K | |||
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $288 | |||
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $16K | |||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $9K | |||
| Lobbying feesLn 11d | $105K | |||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $1K | |||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $8K | |||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $2K | |||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $17K | |||
| TravelLn 17 | $9K | |||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $1K | |||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $1K | |||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $357K | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jul 24, 2026 | $329K | $420K | −$91K | $75K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 14, 2025 | $383K | $357K | $26K | $166K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2024 | $319K | $386K | −$67K | $140K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Jun 2, 2023 | $474K | $277K | $197K | $207K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 13, 2022 | $173K | $10K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 16, 2021 | $174K | $33K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $383,231 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 10 of 11 board members independent, 3 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $383,231 across 11 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $357,341 across 13 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $312,948 assets, 11 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $165,892 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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