Center for LNG
Legal name: Center for Liquefied Natural Gas
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 261608721
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2014
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2014
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- (202) 289-2253
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,554,170
- Expenses
- $1,599,975
- Assets
- $381,164
- Liabilities
- $53,558
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BILL COOPER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BRUCE HENDERSON (BOARD CHAIR)
- MICHAEL A NERVIE (VICE CHAIRMAN)
- RICHARD LAMMONS (DIRECTOR)
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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
CLNG champions public policies that advance the production of LNG in the U.S., increase international exports, and help power a clean energy future. Liquefying natural gas reduces its volume so much that some of the largest ships that transport U.S. LNG to our international trading partners can carry enough natural gas to power 70,000 homes for one year. Once at its destination, LNG is regasified and made available for a variety of uses. Most commonly, it supplies natural gas to power plants to generate electricity or provides fuel for heating and cooking in residences and businesses. It is also used to manufacture steel, glass, paper, brick and many other products. Natural gas is also used as a raw material in common products such as...
What it reported doing in 2014
The center for liquefied natural gas (clng) is a trade association of lng producers, shippers, terminal operators and developers, and energy trade associations. Clng is a clearinghouse of educational and technical information. Clng also facilitates rational issue discussion and the development of public policies that support lng's contribution as a portion of the nation's energy industry and supporting economic growth.
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: 94
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 40
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; 63rd 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: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.9%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -12.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $531K reported
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2010 to 2014
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.