Battery Materials & Technology Coalition
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 392368865
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2022582645
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $332,698
- Expenses
- $350,209
- Assets
- $165,494
- Liabilities
- $50,370
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BENJAMIN STEINBERG (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- HELENA SCHWARZ (CHAIR)
- ERIK OLSON (TREASURER)
- EMMA BISHOP (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The battery materials & technology coalition (bmtc) is the unified voice of the north american battery supply chain in Washington, d.c., representing companies in the u.s. And canada that are producing and recycling critical materials, developing innovative technologies, and manufacturing batteries. Bmtc advances industry priorities with congress, the executive branch, and key stakeholders. Our mission is to create and advocate for legislation, policies, and programs that support the battery manufacturing base, improve supply chain coordination across north america, address foreign market threats, and establish companies in north america as leaders in critical minerals and battery technology innovation.
What it reported doing in 2025
The battery materials and technology coalition (bmtc) advanced policies to strengthen u.s. Battery materials supply chains, expand domestic manufacturing capacity, and support the development of critical mineral resources necessary for energy storage and electrification. During the year, bmtc engaged members of congress, federal agencies, and other stakeholders through policy advocacy, educational outreach, and coalition building. These activities promoted greater understanding of the economic and national security benefits of a robust domestic battery supply chain and supported long-term efforts to ensure the united states remains competitive in the global battery industry.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.3%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $268K reported
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.