Deep Borehole Demonstration Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
884399280
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Plano, TX, USA
Phone
2146817176
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$133,957
Expenses
$99,065
Assets
$149,784
Liabilities
$126,587

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANDREW GRIFFITH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • ANDREW GRIFFITH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • ELIZABETH MULLER (CHAIR OF THE BOARD)
  • MONICA REGALBUTO (BOARD 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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Scientific demonstration projects.

What it reported doing in 2025

Dbdc advanced its exempt purpose through educational outreach, research planning, and public engagement related to deep borehole technologies. Activities included outreach to prospective members, tours of a drilling rig, and presentations on deep borehole disposal to interested domestic and international audiences. Dbdc has been recognized for its initial contributions to research on borehole disposal of nuclear waste and continues to plan toward a future full-scale demonstration for educational and scientific purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 36
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32.4%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 43.8%; rating input score 44

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.51; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.85; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 60.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -23.9% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 40.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 57.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32.4% of revenue deployed · 43.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.