RESPONSIBLE BATTERY COALITION INC: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization: RESPONSIBLE BATTERY COALITION INC (EIN 81-5250375)
Tax period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed: 2020-07-15
IRS object ID: 202001979349303755
Schema version: 2019v5.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-07-15T11:33:26-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	390974031	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WEGNER CPAS LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2921 LANDMARK PL STE 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	MADISON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	537134236	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2019-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	815250375	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESPONSIBLE BATTERY COALITION INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	RESP	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5132671814	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	247 W FRESHWATER WAY NO 610	AddressLine1Txt
City	MILWAUKEE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	53204	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	STEVE CHRISTENSEN	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5132671814	PhoneNum
Signature	2020-07-14	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	DALE E KUNIN CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00090755	PTIN
Phone	6082744020	PhoneNum

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	66.222.124.178	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2020-07-14	IPDt
IP Tm	16:23:44	IPTm
IP Timezone	CD	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	BAF93092400A7665F4A65B16EBECF5E5B591AC5F	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	061035DB2B60B348C4B18D4D625DA01077A903E3	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2019	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-04-22 16:20:28Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	STEVE CHRISTENSEN	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	247 W FRESHWATER WAY NO 610	AddressLine1Txt
City	MILWAUKEE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	53204	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,240,000	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	WWW.RESPONSIBLEBATTERYCOALITION.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2017	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	WI	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	A COALITION COMMITTED TO THE RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT OF THE BATTERIES OF TODAY AND TOMORROW.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	8	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	7	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	7	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,150,000	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,240,000	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$0	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,150,000	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,240,000	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$333,006	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$435,543	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$428,000	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$737,197	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$615,330	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,172,740	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,376,336	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$22,740	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$136,336	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$528,521	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$363,323	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$63,862	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$35,000	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$464,659	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$328,323	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	A COALITION OF COMPANIES, ACADEMICS AND ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO THE RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT OF THE BATTERIES OF TODAY AND TOMORROW. CREATED TO ADVANCE THE RESPONSIBLE PRODUCTION, TRANSPORT, SALE, USE, REUSE, RECYCLING, AND RESOURCE RECOVERY OF TRANSPORTATION, INDUSTRIAL AND STATIONARY BATTERIES AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$482,784	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$333,006	GrantAmt
Desc	RESPONSIBLE BATTERY COALITION WAS CREATED TO ADVANCE THE RESPONSIBLE PRODUCTION, TRANSPORT, SALE, USE, REUSE, RECYCLING, AND RESOURCE RECOVERY OF TRANSPORTATION, INDUSTRIAL AND STATIONARY BATTERIES AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES. OUR PRIORITIES ARE (1) TO PROMOTE LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT REGARDLESS OF TECHNOLOGY, (2) TO ADDRESS CURRENT VEHICLE BATTERIES NOT RECYCLED EACH YEAR, AND (3) TO DEVELOP BEST PRACTICES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF BATTERIES. A RESPONSIBLE BATTERY MEETS A NEED AND IS PROPERLY MANAGED ACROSS ITS LIFE-CYCLE TO NOT CAUSE HARM TO PEOPLE OR THE ENVIRONMENT AND IS REUSED WHERE POSSIBLE AND ULTIMATELY RECYCLED.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$482,784	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	0	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	Yes (1)	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	0	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (1)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	9	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	Yes (1)	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Nondeductible Contri Discl	Yes (1)	NondeductibleContriDisclInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	8	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	7	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (1)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	0	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	0	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	0	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	0	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JULIA ARATA-FRATTA	PersonNm
Phone	6082744020	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2921 LANDMARK PLACE STE 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	MADISON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	53713	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (10 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
JOHN KYTE
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PROGRAMS	20.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$96,000	$0	$0
ADAM MUELLERWEISS
BOARD PRESIDENT	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MICAH THOMPSON
TREASURER	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BOB HOLYCROSS
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DANNY ISEMINGER
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BORIS KORT-PACKARD
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JONATHAN MOSER
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAVID MCKINNEY
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEVE CHRISTENSEN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		Yes (X)	$324,000	$0	$0
PHIL COZAD
SECRETARY	1.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$420,000	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
MATHY STANISLAUS
1404 RAINBOW COURT	HERNDON	VA	20170	CIRCULAR ECONOMY ADVISORY AND GBA COORDI	$160,000
ASHER AGENCY
535 W WAYNE ST	FORT WAYNE	IN	46802	MARKETING	$132,066

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$1,240,000	MembershipDuesAmt
Total Contributions	$1,240,000	TotalContributionsAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,240,000	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$333,006	TotalAmt
Program Services	$333,006	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$428,000	TotalAmt
Management And General	$428,000	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,410	TotalAmt
Management And General	$18,410	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,350	TotalAmt
Management And General	$12,350	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$314,708	TotalAmt
Program Services	$40,000	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$274,708	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$196,789	TotalAmt
Program Services	$103,289	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$93,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,097	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,097	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$534	TotalAmt
Management And General	$534	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,200	TotalAmt
Management And General	$7,200	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$52,520	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,738	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$49,782	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,903	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,751	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,152	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,324	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,324	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$495	TotalAmt
Management And General	$495	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,376,336	TotalAmt
Program Services	$482,784	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$893,552	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$525,632	BOYAmt
EOY	$360,845	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,889	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,478	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$528,521	BOYAmt
EOY	$363,323	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$63,862	BOYAmt
EOY	$35,000	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$63,862	BOYAmt
EOY	$35,000	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$464,659	BOYAmt
EOY	$328,323	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$464,659	BOYAmt
EOY	$328,323	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$528,521	BOYAmt
EOY	$363,323	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$136,336	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	Yes (1)	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd

Acct Compile Or Review Basis AcctCompileOrReviewBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nonded	0	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondedInd
Only In House Lobbying	Yes (1)	OnlyInHouseLobbyingInd
Agree Carryover Prior Year	0	AgreeCarryoverPriorYearInd

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
PO BOX 2260	TEMPE	AZ	852802260	866051042	501(C)(3)	$117,418	LITHIUM BATTERY RESEARCH
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
500 S STATE ST	ANN ARBOR	MI	48109	386006309	501(C)(3)	$190,588	STRATEGIES TO LIMIT DEGRADATION AND MAXIMIZE BATTERY
LIVING LANDS AND WATERS
17624 ROUTE 84 N	EAST MOLINE	IL	61244	364244353	501(C)(3)	$25,000	GENERAL PURPOSES

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	3	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	0	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	WORKING GROUPS APPROVE GRANTS AND MONITOR PROGRESS. WHEN APPLICABLE, THE RECEIVING ORGANIZATION PROVIDES PROGRESS UPDATE REPORTS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Written Employment Contract	Yes (X)	WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	STEVE CHRISTENSEN	PersonNm
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$324,000	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs	$0	CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$0	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations	$0	BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org	$0	OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$0	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs	$0	DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$0	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs	$0	NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$324,000	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	$0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs	$0	CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6	VOTING MEMBERS INCLUDE BATTERY MANUFACTURERS, BATTERY RECYCLERS, BATTERY WHOLESALERS, BATTERY RETAILERS AND BATTERY USERS (INCLUDING EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS) IN THE US, CANADA OR MEXICO THAT SUPPORT OUR MISSION FOR RESPONSIBLE BATTERY MANAGEMENT. THE CORPORATION ALSO HAS NONVOTING MEMBERS THAT SUPPORT ITS RESPONSIBLE BATTERY MISSION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A	VOTING MEMBERS APPOINT DIRECTORS AS SET FORTH IN THE CORPORATION'S BYLAWS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B	THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE ANY COMMITTEES THAT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNING BODY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEWS THE FORM 990 BEFORE IT IS FILED WITH THE IRS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND KEY EMPLOYEES ARE GIVEN A COPY OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THE POLICY. ANNUALLY, THE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND STAFF SUBMIT A FORM TO DISCLOSE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. APPLICABLE PERSONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DISCLOSE CONFLICTS AS THEY MAY ARISE. A PERSON WITH A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS NOT ALLOWED TO BE PRESENT WHILE THE MATTER IS DISCUSSED AND VOTEN ON.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	ENGINEERING CONSULTING: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 90,000. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 90,000. TECHNICAL CONSULTING: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 160,000. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 160,000. RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 23,700. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 23,700. PROGRAM RESEARCH: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 40,000. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 40,000. WRITING AND EDITORIAL SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 1,008. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 1,008.