International Research Center for Energy & Economic Development
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 840723234
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Boulder, CO, USA
- Rating
- 54
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $14,844
- Expenses
- $52,278
- Assets
- $120,554
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Dorothea El Mallakh (President and Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Dorothea El Mallakh (President and Executive Director)
- Helen El Mallakh (VP Treasurer and Managing 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
To advance education and public understanding of energy economic development and sustainability through scholarly research publications and dissemination of knowledge.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization supports research and education in energy economic development and sustainability by publishing scholarly work through the Journal of Energy and Development and disseminating research findings to students researchers and the public. Activities include editorial development publication and distribution of academic research as well as support for individuals engaged in energy and sustainability studies.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 26
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 34.8%; rating input score 35
- Program expense ratio: 12.3%; rating input score 12
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: -252.2%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.31; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -9.5% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -11.3% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 34.8% of revenue deployed · 12.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 35/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 12/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.