Institute for Energy & Environmental Research

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521395376
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Bethesda, MD, USA
Phone
3015096843
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$94,497
Expenses
$112,191
Assets
$6,528

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ARJUN MAKHIJANI (PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)
  • CATHIE SULLIVAN (VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • ARJUN MAKHIJANI (PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)
  • CATHIE SULLIVAN (VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)
  • DAVID CLOSE (SECRETARY AND 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

The organization was formed to provide the government and policy makers with sound scientific information. The organizations goal is to bring scientific excellence to public policy issues in order to promote the democratization of science and a safer, healthier environment.

What it reported doing in 2025

Nuclear: Completed and published a report on the legacy of US nuclear weapons testing inthe Marshall Islands. Researched and prepared a report on radioactive waste managementin France. Continued analysis of proposed tritium venting from Los Alamos National Lab.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.3%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 73.6%; rating input score 74

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -18.7%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 49.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.1% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14.9% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -43.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.3% of revenue deployed · 73.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $83K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.