Nonprofit · EIN 20-2059607
PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP INSTITUTE INC
Tax-exempt · BOSTON, MA 02108
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,185,946 | $1,225,344 | -$39,398 | $331,537 | $534,805 | -$203,268 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,223,859 | $1,202,782 | $21,077 | $222,053 | $385,923 | -$163,870 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,184,912 | $1,190,739 | -$5,827 | $197,105 | $382,052 | -$184,947 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $471,958
- Membership dues
- $440,643
- Program service revenue
- $713,972
- Investment income
- $16
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $178,975
- Other salaries and wages
- $537,141
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $867,441
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $23,419
- Occupancy
- $12,597
- Travel
- $17,414
- Depreciation
- $2,397
- Program services (functional)
- $770,153
- Management and general (functional)
- $455,191
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $222,053
- Total assets, end of year
- $331,537
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $534,805
- Net assets, end of year
- -$203,268
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $5,751
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- -$203,268
- Gross receipts
- $1,185,946
- Employees
- 9
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 2004
- State of legal domicile
- MA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Cassel | Chief Executive Officer Officer | 40 | $187,252 | $21,173 |
| Amanda Nicholson | Chief of Operations Highest-paid employee | 40 | $107,396 | $10,370 |
| Abby Boudouris | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Tom Metzner | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Christina Seibert | Clerk Trustee or director, Officer | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Semrau | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Mallory Anderson | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Seth Hackman | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Heaton-Jones | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Holliday | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Mia Roethlein | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Patrick Riley | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Cassel | Chief Executive Officer Officer | 40 | $169,471 | $19,888 |
| Abby Boudouris | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Tom Metzner | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Semrau | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Mallory Anderson | Clerk Trustee or director, Officer | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Joe Rotella | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Racheal Ajayi | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Heaton-Jones | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Holliday | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Mia Roethlein | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Patrick Riley | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Christina Seibert | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Cassel | Chief Executive Officer Officer | 40 | $146,729 | $20,176 |
| Tom Metzner | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Abby Boudouris | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Semrau | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Mallory Anderson | Clerk Trustee or director, Officer | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Joe Rotella | Director Trustee or director, Officer | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Racheal Ajayi | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Adrian Tan | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Heaton-Jones | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Holliday | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Mia Roethlein | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Katherine Kitchener | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
| Patrick Riley | Director Trustee or director | 1.25 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1 BEACON ST STE 1500, BOSTON, MA 02108-3139
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Scott Cassel, One Beacon Street Suite 1500, Boston, MA 02108
- Signed the 990
- Jennifer Semrau, Treasurer
- Phone
- (617) 236-4855
- Website
- www.productstewardship.us/
- Return prepared by
- Brian Korby
Mission
The Product Stewardship Institute is a policy expert and consulting nonprofit that powers the emerging circular economy to ensure products are responsibly managed from design to end of life. In 2000, PSI pioneered extended producer responsibility (EPR) in the United States by convening diverse stakeholders to build EPR policies and programs. Drawing on global best practices and expansive multinational relationships, our facilitated dialogues, policy models, research, education, and expert testimony have helped enact 150 EPR laws in 34 states and the District of Columbia across 22 product categories, including packaging. Our members include state and local governments in 48 states, and we partner with more than 120 businesses, academic institutions, environmental nonprofits, and international and tribal governments. Together, we advance scalable solutions that protect people and the planet. Join us at www.productstewardship.us.
Program accomplishments
- PSI staff, board directors, members, and partners continued to advance EPR programs in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. PSI staff provided technical support, facilitated stakeholder engagement, mediated policy discussions, conducted research, and provided expert testimony that kept our team at the forefront of policy development, capacity building, and education. The results include the enactment of 4 new battery EPR laws in Colorado, Connecticut, Nebraska, and New York, and 2 new packaging EPR laws in Maryland and Washington. PACKAGING: PSI continued to serve as facilitator for the Colorado packaging EPR advisory board, ensuring that all stakeholder groups have ongoing input into the program; in fiscal year 2025 the focus was review and recommendation on the PRO's program plan and an individual program plan. Additionally, PSI launched the Packaging EPR Harmonization Task Force, which convened about 75 stakeholders including producers, regulators, industry associations and the PRO in discussions to develop a model for key elements of packaging EPR that can help make laws more consistent from state to state. In other efforts to help producers navigate compliance with packaging EPR, PSI conducted a five-part webinar series "Preparing Producers for Oregon Packaging EPR" in partnership with Circular Action Alliance and Oregon DEQ. We also collaborated with PARTSLIFE and the Auto Care Association to provide EPR compliance toolkits and two educational webinars to companies in the automotive aftermarket. PSI also conducted several webinars on packaging EPR and held an ongoing national packaging policy workgroup for government members to advance EPR initiatives. BATTERIES, VAPES, HHW, PHARMS, SHARPS: PSI continued to collaborate with Boulder County, Colorado (a PSI member) to advance stakeholder education, infrastructure, and management solutions for vape product waste, a growing environmental concern. PSI also launched similar work in Missouri on vapes, and ran semi-annual campaigns educating the public about safe medicine and medical sharps disposal in Missouri and Oklahoma, directing residents to authorized take-back locations through our GIS map. Additionally, PSI also provided technical support to members developing vapes, HHW, and battery EPR legislation, which resulted in bills introduced in numerous states and battery EPR laws enacted in Colorado, Connecticut, Nebraska, and New York, and introduced in numerous other states. PSI also held monthly strategic policy development calls with government members on battery policy, fostering dialogue and advancing EPR initiatives. EDUCATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING: PSI hosted the 2025 U.S. Product Stewardship Forum in Chicago, Illinois, welcoming nearly 200 attendees from across the country and around the world. The event convened experts from industry, government, and environmental groups to discuss and collaborate on pressing EPR topics. Throughout the year, PSI distributed monthly EPR-focused newsletters and press releases, keeping nearly 14,000 stakeholders informed on major developments in EPR policy. PSI also served as a key resource for journalists, contributing information to dozens of articles on EPR. Additionally, PSI spoke at dozens of conferences, meetings, and webinars on EPR across various waste streams, providing education to policymakers, industry representatives, government officials, environmental groups, and waste and recycling professionals. As PSI looks ahead, the organization remains committed to collaborating with state and local governments, businesses, and environmental organizations to further expand EPR initiatives, drive waste reduction, improve recycling systems, and promote sustainable product design.Expenses $770,153
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 20-2059607
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2005
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Community improvement and capacity building (S05)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $331,537
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,185,946
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,185,946 | $1,225,344 | $331,537 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,223,859 | $1,202,782 | $222,053 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,184,912 | $1,190,739 | $197,105 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $933,235 | $987,166 | $160,387 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 20-2059607).
Questions about PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP INSTITUTE INC
- What is the EIN of PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP INSTITUTE INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP INSTITUTE INC is 20-2059607.
- Is PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP INSTITUTE INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2005.
- Are donations to PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP INSTITUTE INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP INSTITUTE INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP INSTITUTE INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP INSTITUTE INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP INSTITUTE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Scott Cassel.
- Who are the officers and directors of PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP INSTITUTE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 12 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $187,252 (Scott Cassel, Chief Executive Officer).
- How much revenue does PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP INSTITUTE INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,185,946, expenses of $1,225,344 and total assets of $331,537 at year end.
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