Nonprofit · EIN 45-2384297
AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS INSTITUTE INC
Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20001
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $3,761,751 | $4,460,879 | -$699,128 | $1,467,560 | $1,094,887 | $372,673 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 (amended) | $1,449,514 | $2,492,122 | -$1,042,608 | $1,703,930 | $842,298 | $861,632 |
| December 31, 2022 | 990 (amended) | $2,606,151 | $1,737,440 | $868,711 | $2,370,035 | $476,846 | $1,893,189 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $3,727,768
- of which government grants
- $2,384,378
- Program service revenue
- $14,380
- Investment income
- $3,978
- Other revenue
- $15,625
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $1,699,842
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $171,814
- Other salaries and wages
- $700,507
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,050,199
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $1,439
- Accounting fees
- $230,337
- Travel
- $32,128
- Depreciation
- $1,581
- Program services (functional)
- $3,280,770
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,143,433
- Fundraising (functional)
- $36,676
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,703,930
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,467,560
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,094,887
- Net assets, end of year
- $372,673
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $2,083
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- -$572,574
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $945,247
- Gross receipts
- $3,761,751
- Employees
- 15
- Volunteers
- 11
- Year formed
- 2012
- State of legal domicile
- DE
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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Levine | President Officer | 40 | $150,000 | $21,814 |
| Pat Heffernan | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Susan Ingles | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Steven Salsberg | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sandra McCardell | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Juan Verde | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sandra McCardell | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kyle Datta | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kevin Christensen | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Eryn Banton | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Shuman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Frank Knapp | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID LEVINE | President Trustee or director | 40 | $110,477 | $21,600 |
| Isaac Graves | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| MARYANNE HOWLAND | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MITCH ROFSKY | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JEFFREY HOLLENDER | CEO Trustee or director | 20 | $0 | $0 |
| HEATHER MASON | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Rose Yee | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| APRIL DESIMONE | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Anne Robertson | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Pirron | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Praful Shah | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Anasa Troutman | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| DENISE BOWYER | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Valerie Red-Horse Mohl | Chairman Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Seungah Jeong | Chairman Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL PECK | Secretary Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| DEREK PEEBLES | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2022: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Graves | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $140,577 |
| DAVID LEVINE | President Trustee or director | 40 | $124,820 |
| JEFFREY HOLLENDER | CEO Trustee or director | 20 | $53,750 |
| DEREK PEEBLES | DIRECTOR | 2 | $12,693 |
| MARYANNE HOWLAND | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MITCH ROFSKY | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| HEATHER MASON | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Rose Yee | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| APRIL DESIMONE | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Anne Robertson | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Michael Pirron | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Praful Shah | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Anasa Troutman | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| DENISE BOWYER | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Valerie Red-Horse Mohl | Chairman Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Seungah Jeong | Chairman Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| MICHAEL PECK | Secretary Officer | 5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1001 G STREET NW SUITE 400 EAST, WASHINGTON, DC 20001-4559
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- David Levine, 1401 New York Avenue NW 1225, Washington, DC 20005
- Signed the 990
- Camilla Taylor, Executive Director
- Phone
- (215) 862-7251
- Website
- www.asbcouncil.org
- Return prepared by
- Aprio Advisory Group LLC
Mission
The mission of American Sustainable Business Institute is to advance public policies that foster a vibrant, just, and sustainable economy. We do this in two ways: first, we research and communicate to businesses, policy makers, and the media how a sustainable economy based on broad prosperity is good for business and good for America. Second, we provide a platform that enables businesses and business associations to engage executives, owners, investors, entrepreneurs, and other business professionals in the public debate.
Program accomplishments
- Organizations MembershipASBN has grown to represent an even greater diversity of business organizations, which cover the gamut of local and state chambers of commerce, microenterprise, social enterprise, green and sustainable business groups, main street, women business leaders, economic development and organizations. The diversity of sectors and geographies has also increased tremendously.Building New Business OrganizationsBesides working to strengthen existing member organizations ASBN has endeavored to build new organizations where none existed including Ohio and Iowa. We also have worked to build statewide associations bringing together business organizations to build a greater power in their state including North Carolina, New York and Kentucky.OSHAASBN has submitted business nominations to the U.S. Department of Labor for the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH). ASBN has submitted ten business leaders to participate in the OSHA small business review panel to review the injury and illness prevention program.Department of EnergyCoordinated with our business supporters, ASBN coordinated a series of meetings with U.S. Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, and others from the White House on the potential for advancing biobased and renewable chemicals.Communications and MediaASBN continues to garner increasing press coverage. We have now reached the credibility level where we are regularly contacted by media outlets like the Washington Post, Politico, and The Hill for access to our business leaders. Some of the selected highlights include:Workplace IssuesASBN continued to build its business support for good/sustainable workplaces. ASBN has also provided identification, outreach, education, and engagement of business leaders across sectors and across the country on earned/paid sick days and minimum wage. ASBN has begun exploratory work to understand the latest tools and systems being created by cutting edge businesses to create more democratic, healthy and safe work environments.Safer Chemicals and Sustainable Materials:Our efforts focused on making the jobs, business, and general economic case to support environmental health issues from regulations of hazardous chemicals to driving toward green chemistry and sustainable materials.Regulations:We have mounted a strong educational effort in support of good regulations. Our work focuses on making the case for why environmental regulations, particularly clean air and water rules, make good business sense to small and midsized companies.Keystone Pipeline: ASBN has educated small and midsized companies about the economic case of construction of the transborder pipeline linking business voiced environmental health, environmental, and economic arguments.Expenses $3,280,770 · grants $1,699,842 · revenue $14,380
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 45-2384297
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2014
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Community improvement and capacity building (S99)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,467,560
- Income (IRS master file)
- $3,761,751
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $3,761,751 | $4,460,879 | $1,467,560 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,449,514 | $2,492,122 | $1,703,930 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $2,606,151 | $1,737,440 | $2,370,035 | XML |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | 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 45-2384297).
Questions about AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS INSTITUTE INC
- What is the EIN of AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS INSTITUTE INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS INSTITUTE INC is 45-2384297.
- Is AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS INSTITUTE INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2014.
- Are donations to AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS INSTITUTE INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS 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 AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS INSTITUTE INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS INSTITUTE INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS INSTITUTE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names David Levine.
- Who are the officers and directors of AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS INSTITUTE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 12 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $150,000 (David Levine, President).
- How much revenue does AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS INSTITUTE INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $3,761,751, expenses of $4,460,879 and total assets of $1,467,560 at year end.
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