Nonprofit · EIN 52-1268030
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE
Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20036
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $2,265,178 | $2,207,220 | $57,958 | $6,272,435 | $1,935,210 | $4,337,225 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,790,209 | $2,163,741 | -$373,532 | $6,543,555 | $2,099,288 | $4,444,267 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,636,427
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $628,751
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $514,491
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $13,800
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $206,625
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,096,821
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,580,114
- Professional fundraising fees
- $38,000
- Accounting fees
- $22,783
- Occupancy
- $219,647
- Travel
- $25,876
- Depreciation
- $20,613
- Program services (functional)
- $1,445,560
- Management and general (functional)
- $343,309
- Fundraising (functional)
- $418,351
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $6,543,555
- Total assets, end of year
- $6,272,435
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,935,210
- Net assets, end of year
- $4,337,225
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $53,723
- Publicly traded securities
- $4,174,358
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $3,726,806
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $610,419
- Gross receipts
- $4,385,090
- Employees
- 23
- Volunteers
- 20
- Year formed
- 1982
- State of legal domicile
- DC
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANIEL BRESETTE | PRESIDENT Officer | 44 | $180,162 | $26,463 |
| DAVID ROBISON | VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE Highest-paid employee | 44 | $117,441 | $22,928 |
| SUSAN WILLIAMS | VICE PRESIDENT OF PARTNERSHIP Highest-paid employee | 44 | $115,281 | $22,486 |
| AMAURY LAPORTE | VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS Highest-paid employee | 44 | $119,629 | $17,702 |
| JARED BLUM | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDA CHURCH-CIOCCI | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURA KALICK | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID TERRY | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| RICHARD L OTTINGER | CHAIR EMERITUS Trustee or director, Officer | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| ROSINA M BIERBAUM PHD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| MONTY COOPER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| SHELLEY FIDLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT JACKSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| BARBARA MARTINEZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| FRANK MURRAY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
4 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAYA SALTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 |
| CHRISTOPHER SCHEPIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 |
| KURT SHICKMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 |
| PHILLIP R SHARP | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANIEL BRESETTE | PRESIDENT Officer | 44 | $162,661 | $23,628 |
| DAVID ROBISON | VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE Highest-paid employee | 44 | $117,399 | $17,753 |
| SUSAN WILLIAMS | VICE PRESIDENT OF PARTNERSHIP Highest-paid employee | 44 | $113,164 | $20,741 |
| AMAURY LAPORTE | VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS Highest-paid employee | 44 | $116,506 | $16,523 |
| JARED BLUM | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDA CHURCH-CIOCCI | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURA KALICK | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID TERRY | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| RICHARD L OTTINGER | CHAIR EMERITUS Trustee or director, Officer | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| ROSINA M BIERBAUM PHD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| JOSEPH CAVARRETTA | DIRECTOR (END DEC 2023) Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| MONTY COOPER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| SHELLEY FIDLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT JACKSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| BARBARA MARTINEZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| FRANK MURRAY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| RAYA SALTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRISTOPHER SCHEPIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| KURT SHICKMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| PHILLIP R SHARP | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| JEFFREY TALLEY | DIRECTOR (END APR 2023) Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1020 19TH ST NW STE 400, WASHINGTON, DC 20036-6101
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- DANIEL BRESETTE, 1020 19TH ST NW 400, WASHINGTON, DC 20036
- Signed the 990
- DANIEL BRESETTE, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (202) 628-1400
- Website
- WWW.EESI.ORG
- Return prepared by
- RUBINO AND COMPANY CHARTERED
Mission
THE MISSION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE IS TO ADVANCE SCIENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE OUR VISION OF A SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT, AND EQUITABLE WORLD.
Program accomplishments
- POLICYMAKER EDUCATION (FEDERAL CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY POLICY PROGRAM). FOUNDED BY A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, EESI HAS WORKED SINCE 1984 TO PROVIDE SCIENCE-BASED INFORMATION ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL, ENERGY, AND CLIMATE CHANGE TOPICS TO POLICYMAKERS AND THE PUBLIC. EESI BRIEFINGS, FACT SHEETS, ARTICLES, NEWSLETTERS, AND PODCASTS ARE INFORMATIVE, OBJECTIVE, NONPARTISAN, AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AT WWW.EESI.ORG. EESI EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES REACHED 83% OF CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES BY THE END OF 2024. IN 2024, MORE THAN 2,910 PEOPLE ATTENDED OUR 20 BRIEFINGS. MORE THAN 14,500 SUBSCRIBERS RECEIVED THE BIWEEKLY NEWSLETTER, CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS, AND MORE THAN 7,800 PEOPLE RECEIVED THE DAILY NEWSLETTER, COP DISPATCH, DURING THE GLOBAL CLIMATE SUMMIT (COP29). EPISODES OF EESI'S PODCAST, THE CLIMATE CONVERSATION, WERE STREAMED ABOUT 6,000 TIMES. EESI PUBLISHED 96 CLIMATE-RELATED ARTICLES AND FOUR FACT SHEETS. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2024 INCLUDED A RECORD-HIGH LEVEL OF CONGRESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT; EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF COP29; THE CONGRESSIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY POLICY FORUM; FACT SHEETS ABOUT PFAS "FOREVER CHEMICALS," DIRECT PAY TAX CREDITS, FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES, AND CLIMATE JOBS; AND 88 MEDIA CITATIONS OR QUOTATIONS.Expenses $1,175,594
- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (ACCESS CLEAN ENERGY SAVINGS PROGRAM). EESI PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP RURAL UTILITIES DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT INCLUSIVE ON-BILL FINANCING PROGRAMS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, AND BENEFICIAL ELECTRIFICATION. IN 2024, EESI WORKED WITH 30 RURAL UTILITIES AND FOUR GREEN BANKS AND ASSISTED WITH THREE ZERO-INTEREST RURAL ENERGY SAVINGS PROGRAM LOAN APPLICATIONS FOR $80 MILLION (FOR CUMULATIVE TOTALS OF 25 UTILITIES AND $320 MILLION IN SECURED FUNDS). EESI-ASSISTED ON-BILL FINANCING PROGRAMS FINANCED AT LEAST 950 CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS WORTH ABOUT $27 MILLION (FOR A CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF 4,850 WORTH ABOUT $115 MILLION). KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2024 INCLUDED ASSISTANCE TO RURAL UTILITIES AND GREEN BANKS TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND CAPITALIZE ON-BILL FINANCING PROGRAMS; SUPPORT FOR THE ELECTRIFY AND SAVE ON-BILL FINANCING PROGRAM, INCLUDINGS ITS APPLICATION FOR A $75 MILLION LOAN FROM THE RURAL ENERGY SAVINGS PROGRAM; AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE JOB-CREATION BENEFITS OF THE RURAL ENERGY SAVINGS PROGRAM; UPDATES TO THE BENEFICIAL ELECTRIFICATION TOOLKIT (WWW.BETOOLKIT.ORG); AND ENGAGEMENT WITH NONPROFITS ABOUT THE MULTIPLE BENEFITS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY.Expenses $197,027
- OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS (RICHARD L. OTTINGER INTERNSHIP AND FUTURE CLIMATE LEADERS' SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS). EESI OFFERS PAID INTERNSHIPS TO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS PURSUING STUDIES IN FIELDS RELATED TO CLIMATE POLICY. INTERNS GAIN EXPERIENCE IN POLICY, COMMUNICATIONS, RESEARCH, AND NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT. THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS NAMED FOR EESI CO-FOUNDER AND BOARD CHAIR EMERITUS RICHARD L. "DICK" OTTINGER, WHO FORMERLY REPRESENTED NEW YORK IN CONGRESS. EESI ALSO OFFERS THE FUTURE CLIMATE LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH IS ADMINISTERED BY UNCF (UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND) AND AVAILABLE TO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS PURSUING RELEVANT STUDIES AT MID-ATLANTIC HISTORICALLY-BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2024 INCLUDED 12 PAID INTERNSHIPS AND THREE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS PURSUING STUDIES IN FIELDS RELATED TO CLIMATE POLICY.Expenses $72,939 · grants $13,800
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 52-1268030
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1983
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $6,272,435
- Income (IRS master file)
- $4,385,090
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $2,265,178 | $2,207,220 | $6,272,435 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,790,209 | $2,163,741 | $6,543,555 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $2,246,259 | $2,025,749 | $6,758,572 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 52-1268030).
Questions about ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE
- What is the EIN of ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE is 52-1268030.
- Is ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1983.
- Are donations to ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names DANIEL BRESETTE.
- Who are the officers and directors of ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 19 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $180,162 (DANIEL BRESETTE, PRESIDENT).
- How much revenue does ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $2,265,178, expenses of $2,207,220 and total assets of $6,272,435 at year end.
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