Electrification Coalition Foundation

Overview

Mission

The electrification coalition is a nonpartisan organization committed to promoting actions that facilitate the deployment of electric vehicles on a mass scale in order to combat the economic, environmental, and national security dangers caused by our nation's dependence on petroleum. The foundation seeks to achieve its goals through a combination of public policy research and education.

What it reported doing in 2024

Education - develop and deliver messaging and resources that inform the public, influential leaders, and key decision-makers about the economic and national security benefits of large-scale transportation electrification. Disseminate insights through reports, fact sheets, presentations, webinars, discussion forums, media engagement, and events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010927327
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2024489300
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.6%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 82.7%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.52 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.4%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.6% of revenue deployed · 82.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $296K · 13 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $453K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 7 annual filings from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • BEN PROCHAZKA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $296,185 total reported compensation
  • ASHLEY JO BLACKWELL (DEPUTY DIRECTOR): $175,693 total reported compensation
  • ANNE BLAIR (VP, POLICY AND FREIGHT): $171,960 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.