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Calstart INC FY2020 filing

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Pasadena, CA501(c)(3)Since 1992Unclassified EIN 95-4375022Revenue $123.4M in FY2020

On file with the IRScalstart.org48 S Chester Ave, 91106-3105 · Pasadena, CATax-exempt since Dec 1996Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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For more than 30 years, Calstart has partnered with industry, government, and community leaders to advance and accelerate the development and deployment of advanced clean transportation technologies and programs. Calstart designs and implements vehicle infrastructure programs that reduce emissions, grow supply chains, and improve operational efficiency. Calstart provides technical, regulatory and policy support to scale commercially viable, clean transportation solutions that benefit the transportation industry, local economies, and the public.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
99¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.9M 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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FY2020 · 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
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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $128K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
99%
of spending
Looks good: 99% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.9M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
12
named funders · $8.4M
Looks good: 12 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$32.9M
82% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 82% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$123.4M
Spent
$122.2M
To programs
99%
Net assets
$7.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$123.4M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$123.4M
FY2021$103.3M
FY2022$66.4M
FY2023$169.3M
FY2024$396.8M
FY2025$489.7M
Expenses
$122.2M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$122.2M
FY2021$102.7M
FY2022$65.9M
FY2023$172.9M
FY2024$396.6M
FY2025$489.4M
Net assets
$7.2M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$7.2M
FY2021$7.8M
FY2022$8.4M
FY2023$4.8M
FY2024$5.0M
FY2025$5.3M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending September 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1996.

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

Where the money goes

99 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 99% · $120.5M Management & general 1% · $1.7M

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

22 people listed on the 990; $1.9M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
John Boesel
President & CEO
$348,259Pt VII · Sec A
William Van Amburg
Executive Vice President
$239,742Pt VII · Sec A
Piero Stillitano
Chief Financial Officer
$213,395Pt VII · Sec A
Fred R Silver
Vice President
$197,687Pt VII · Sec A
Jasna Tomic
Vice President
$174,555Pt VII · Sec A
Maureen Marshall
Midwest Regional Director
$173,275Pt VII · Sec A
Alycia Gilde
Senior Director
$162,411Pt VII · Sec A
Thomas Brotherton
Director of Market Acceler
$136,330Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
John Boesel$388,429$292,687$395,636$360,750$333,074$348,259
Jasna Tomic$228,414$232,438$278,408$189,834$176,574$174,555
William Van Amburg———$267,812—$239,742
Piero Stillitano$252,317$220,795$265,936$247,319$224,754$213,395
Tor Larson$259,799—————
David Chow$224,826$240,369$231,164———
William Van Ambrug————$234,734—
Benjamin Mandel$224,046$214,102$197,358$148,371—$130,025

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

Develops clean transportation solutions by connecting businesses and governments.

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3 programs · $118.1M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Enabling Fleet Transformation

Designs and implements clean bus, truck and mobility options purchase incentives to support communities, businesses and state and local governments in meeting their greenhouse gas reduction goals and air quality improvement.

$114.6Mprogram expense
02

See Schedule Osupporting Clean Transportation Growth

Advises and participates in programs throughout the U.S. To develop and demonstrate advanced clean technology options in medium and heavy-duty vehicles to make the zero, near zero, low carbon and low nox technology commercially viable, support market growth and expand clean tech economic opportunity.

$2.6Mprogram expense
03

Serving Clean Transportation Champions

Member services and both virtual and in-person gatherings provide a wide range of services including networking and strategic partnering for its 280+ member companies and stakeholder organizations.

$840Kprogram expense

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 · FY2024
Sergey Brin Family FoundationFY2024$2.9M
Climateworks FoundationFY2024$1.9M
The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationFY2024$1.4M
Climate Imperative FoundationFY2024$625K
United States Energy FoundationFY2024$365K
The McKnight FoundationFY2024$250K
The Heising-Simons FoundationFY2024$225K
We Mean Business Coalition INCFY2024$200K
Total grants receivedfrom 12 funders$8.4M
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$123.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$123.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$52K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Money outPt IX
$122.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$120.5M
Managementcol C$1.7M
Owns and owesPt X
$7.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$29.0M
Total assetsLn 16$40.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$32.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
22
listed · VII A
PaidVII A10
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$123.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$119.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$52K
Total revenueLn 12$123.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$29.0M
SavingsLn 2$900
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$29.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.3M
Other assetsLn 15$12K
Total assetsLn 16$40.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$32.9M
Net assetsLn 32$7.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5285
VolunteersI 613
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
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$18.7M$29.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.4M$3.3M
Total assetsLn 16$26.4M$40.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$20.4M$32.9M
Net assetsLn 32$6.0M$7.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.4M$1.4M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.3M$3.3M$996K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$288K$270K$18K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.4M$1.4M$78K
Payroll taxesLn 10$422K$402K$21K
Legal feesLn 11b$696$696
Lobbying feesLn 11d$108K$108K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.4M$1.2M$220K
Office expensesLn 13$269K$185K$85K
OccupancyLn 16$215K$215K
TravelLn 17$182K$164K$18K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$138K$123K$15K
InterestLn 20$168K$80K$88K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$99K$91K$8K
InsuranceLn 23$160K$92K$68K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$111.6M$111.5M$47K
All other expensesLn 24e$88K$33K$55K
Total functional expensesLn 25$122.2M$120.5M$1.7M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $489.7M$489.4M$287K$5.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $396.8M$396.6M$210K$5.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $169.3M$172.9M−$3.6M$4.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $66.4M$65.9M$588K$8.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $103.3M$102.7M$644K$7.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $123.4M$122.2M$1.1M$7.2M 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 $123,376,166 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $58,934,317$123,322,085
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $43,056$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,946$2,443
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $25,230$51,638
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $59,004,549$123,376,166
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $5,784,462$7,815,095
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $52,570,792$114,418,953
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $58,355,254$122,234,048
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $649,295$1,142,118
Part VI · Governance 10 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $123,376,166 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$677,174
VIII-1e Government grants$119,566,454
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,078,457
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$123,322,085
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,443$2,443
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $51,638$51,638
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $54,081$123,376,166
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $122,234,048 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,377,589$1,377,589
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,286,228 · Management $996,484$4,282,712
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $270,284 · Management $17,886$288,170
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,366,410 · Management $77,836$1,444,246
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $401,526 · Management $20,852$422,378
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $696$696
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $107,950$107,950
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,184,807 · Management $219,630$1,404,437
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $184,567 · Management $84,640$269,207
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $214,903$214,903
IX-17 TravelPrograms $163,715 · Management $17,912$181,627
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $122,584 · Management $15,370$137,954
IX-20 InterestPrograms $80,183 · Management $87,677$167,860
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $91,218 · Management $7,932$99,150
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $91,780 · Management $67,895$159,675
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $111,540,729 · Management $46,900$111,587,629
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $33,262 · Management $54,603$87,865
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $120,517,735 · Management $1,716,313 · Fundraising $0$122,234,048
Part X · Balance sheet $40,049,083 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $18,700,752$29,042,445
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $900$900
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $4,098,540$7,453,834
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $219,926$219,136
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,412,636$3,321,152
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $11,766$11,616
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $26,444,520$40,049,083
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,328,575$3,991,063
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $16,098,316$26,884,318
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $173,128$253,833
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $20,416,006$32,878,451
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,028,514$7,170,632
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,028,514$7,170,632
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $26,444,520$40,049,083
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,170,632 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$123,376,166
XI-2 Total expenses$122,234,048
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,142,118
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,028,514
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$7,170,632

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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