Nuclear Innovation Alliance C/o Wf Accountants

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371859117
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Brewster, MA, USA
Phone
6178423489
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,029,822
Expenses
$1,898,039
Assets
$3,295,081
Liabilities
$75,174

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JUDITH GREENWALD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JUDITH GREENWALD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $298,112 total reported compensation
  • BRITTANY LUTZ (PROGRAM MANAGER): $150,706 total reported compensation
  • JAMES RICHARDS (MANAGER, ECONOMICS AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT): $145,947 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Help create the conditions for success for new nuclear energy so it can play a major role as an energy security and climate solution.

What it reported doing in 2025

We published new reports, comments, and briefs on: a) fact sheet: president trump's nuclear energy executive orders; (b) op-ed: charting a course to implement the nuclear energy executive orders; (c) nia input on nrc actions on low-consequence reactors; (d) priorities for near-term nrc reforms; (e) advancing regulatory efficiency: lessons and opportunities in nrc licensing practice; (f)expected advanced reactor engagement with the nrc in fy26; (g) improving nuclear regulatory commission organizational culture; (h)recycling reconsidered: unlocking the value of spent nuclear fuel; (i) u.s. Federal oversight of nuclear reactors by nrc, doe and dod; (j) nia public comment on nrc's sunset rule; (k) a review of recent doe updates to its reactor authorization process; (l) a primer on advanced nuclear reactor technology; and m) a company compendium on advanced nuclear reactor technology.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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 - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 68
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.8%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 37.4%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.74; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 38.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 23.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.8% of revenue deployed · 79.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $298K · 12 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.