Fuel Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 460758331
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Alexandria, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7037097000
- Rating
- 56
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $131,415
- Expenses
- $200,616
- Assets
- $174,117
- Liabilities
- $3,814
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SCOTT BERHANG (CEO)
People named in this filing
- STEPHEN HIGHTOWER II (Chair)
- APRIL PORTS (Vice-Chair)
- JASON MCAULIFFE (Past Chair)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To meet the educational and leadership needs of independent fuel marketers; to promote high ethical standards and conduct in the independent segment of the transportation fuels marketing industry; to advance the leadership and management excellence of independent fuel marketers through meetings, communications, education, research and publications; to disseminate research, surveys, studies and reports on information beneficial to independent fuel marketers; to promote knowledge and understanding among the general public on the independent segment of the transportation fuels marketing industry; to administer a scholarship program; and to engage in other conduct permitted by an organization exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3).
What it reported doing in 2024
Provided pay it forward scholarship grants to students who demonstrate strong academic achievement, as well as dedication to their communities through volunteerism.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - 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: 23
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 26.6%; rating input score 27
- Program expense ratio: 17.4%; rating input score 17
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: -52.7%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 26.6% of revenue deployed · 17.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $35K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 27/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 17/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.