Reflective INC: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 93-2809510)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2023	$375K
FY2024	$3.6M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2023	$173K
FY2024	$895K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2023	$202K
FY2024	$3.0M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2024.

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

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

80%

12%

Program services 80% · $714K Management & general 12% · $105K Fundraising 8% · $76K

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990; $331K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Dakota Gruener

President

$331,483Pt VII · Sec A

Nan Ransohoff

Chief Financial Officer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Douglas Macmartin

Secretary

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dakota Gruener’s $331K as President is at the 98th 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023
Dakota Gruener	$331,483	$131,479

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Accelerating research and technology for solar radiation management to inform critical climate decisions.

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1 program · $714K · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Reflective builds infrastructure that makes solar radiation modification (SRM) research easier, more accessible, and more reproducible. This includes hosting a web-based cloud hub with earth climate system model simulation outputs and jupyter notebooks in order to facilitate collaboration and analysis.

$714Kprogram 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

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramFY2024$600K

Windward FundFY2024$437K

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$260K

Crankstart FoundationFY2024$250K

National Philanthropic TrustFY2024$100K

James P Verhalen Family Foundation INCFY2024$40K

Total grants receivedfrom 6 funders$1.7M

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Grants paid · 3 grants · $248K · 2024–2024

Cornell UniversityNY · FY2024$125,000

Stanford UniversityFY2024$93,000

U C San Diego FoundationCA · FY2024$30,000

By the numbers

Org confirmed 0 of 8 linesconfirmednot yet

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$3.6M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.6M

Money outPt IX

$895K

Ln 25

Programscol B$714K

Managementcol C$105K

Fundraisingcol D$76K

Owns and owesPt X

$3.0M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.7M

Total assetsLn 16$3.0M

LiabilitiesLn 26$18K

PeoplePt VI, VII

3

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a3

IndependentVI 1b2

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.6M

Total revenueLn 12$3.6M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$1.7M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.7M

Other assetsLn 15$47K

Total assetsLn 16$3.0M

LiabilitiesLn 26$18K

Net assetsLn 32$3.0M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 54

VolunteersI 60

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY24	End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$309K	$1.7M
Total assetsLn 16	$309K	$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$107K	$18K
Net assetsLn 32	$202K	$3.0M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$248K	$248K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$240K	$171K	$27K	$42K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$101K	$72K	$11K	$18K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$2K		$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$19K	$14K	$2K	$3K
Legal feesLn 11b	$33K		$33K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$12K		$12K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$134K	$121K		$13K
Office expensesLn 13	$8K	$983	$7K
Information technologyLn 14	$15K	$15K
OccupancyLn 16	$9K		$9K
TravelLn 17	$64K	$64K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$9K	$9K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$895K	$714K	$105K	$76K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest Viewing	$3.6M	$895K	$2.8M	$3.0M	990 PDF
FY2023	$375K	$173K	$202K	$202K	990 PDF

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 $3,646,000 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $375,000$3,646,000

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $375,000$3,646,000

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$248,000

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $142,310$361,699

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $30,364$285,260

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $172,674$894,959

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $202,326$2,751,041

Part VI · Governance 2 of 3 board members independent, 3 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3

VI-1b Independent voting members2

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,646,000 across 3 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,646,000

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,646,000

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$3,646,000

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $894,959 across 13 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $248,000$248,000

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $170,623 · Management $27,207 · Fundraising $42,170$240,000

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $71,581 · Management $11,414 · Fundraising $17,692$100,687

IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $1,770$1,770

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $13,680 · Management $2,181 · Fundraising $3,381$19,242

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $33,259$33,259

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $12,410$12,410

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $120,996 · Fundraising $12,750$133,746

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $983 · Management $7,369$8,352

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $14,615$14,615

IX-16 OccupancyManagement $9,190$9,190

IX-17 TravelPrograms $64,458$64,458

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $9,230$9,230

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $714,166 · Management $104,800 · Fundraising $75,993$894,959

Part X · Balance sheet $2,971,622 assets, 11 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $309,476$1,671,963

X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$1,250,000

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$3,000

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$46,659

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $309,476$2,971,622

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $107,150$18,255

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $107,150$18,255

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $202,326$1,201,367

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$1,752,000

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $202,326$2,953,367

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $309,476$2,971,622

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,953,367 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$3,646,000

XI-2 Total expenses$894,959

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,751,041

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$202,326

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,953,367

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

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