RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE INC: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization
RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE INC (EIN 53-0220900)
Tax period
2023-10-01 to 2024-09-30
Filed
2025-07-11
IRS object ID
202511929349300821
Schema version
2023v6.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2025-07-11T13:12:25-05:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2024-09-30TaxPeriodEndDt

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Business Name Line1Aprio Advisory Group LLCBusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

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Address Line1111 Rockville Pike Suite 600AddressLine1Txt
CityRockvilleCityNm
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ZIP20850ZIPCd
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Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2023-10-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

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EIN530220900EIN

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Phone2023285000PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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CityWashingtonCityNm
State AbbreviationDCStateAbbreviationCd
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PersonCarolyn MollenPersonNm
Person TitleVP, Finance & AdministrationPersonTitleTxt
Phone2023285000PhoneNum
Signature2025-07-07SignatureDt
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IRS Responsible Prty Info CurrYes (1)IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Professional Fundraising0ProfessionalFundraisingInd
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Gaming Activities0GamingActivitiesInd
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Robert N Stavins
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Peter Kagan
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Kyung-Ah Park
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W Bowman Cutter
Chair Emeriti1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Richard Schmalensee
Chair Emeriti1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Vicky A Bailey
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Jay Bartlett
Board Director1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Janet Clark
Board Director1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
James Connaughton
Board Director1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
H Russell Frisby
Board Director1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Jonathan Garfinkel
Board Director1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Paula Glover
Board Director1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Glenn Hubbard
Board Director1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Barbara Kates-Garnick
Board Director1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Jeff Luse
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Mary Landrieu
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William Pate
Board Director1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Hilda Pinnix-Ragland
Board Director1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Jonathan Silver
Board Director1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Christopher Smith
Board Director1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Ramya Swaminathan
Board Director1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Laura Taylor
Board Director1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Catherine Wolfram
Board Director1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Richard G Newell
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William Pizer
President & CEO (MAY-SEPT)35.00Yes (X)$384,790$0$70,407Yes (X)
Thomas Wrenn
Chief of Staff35.00$170,801$0$18,819Yes (X)
Carolyn Mollen
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Kristina Gawrgy
VP, Communications35.00$226,850$0$35,944Yes (X)
Shannon Wulf Tregar
VP, Dev. & Inst. Strategy35.00$263,137$0$38,394Yes (X)
Alan Krupnick
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Karen Palmer
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James Boyd
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Dennis Burtraw
Senior Fellow35.00$251,710$0$58,269Yes (X)
Margaret Walls
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Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K3CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
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Occupancy OccupancyGrp

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Travel TravelGrp

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Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

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Insurance InsuranceGrp

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Program Services$59,546ProgramServicesAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

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Subcontracts$480,545$480,545
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

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Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

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Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

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Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

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BOY$12,245,313BOYAmt
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Info In Schedule O Part XIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredYes (1)FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit PerformedYes (1)FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$12,561,899CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$12,769,728CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$10,356,120CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$13,753,644CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$14,454,636CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$63,896,027TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$12,561,899CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$12,769,728CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$10,356,120CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$13,753,644CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$14,454,636CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$63,896,027TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$7,092,891SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$56,803,136PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,727,162CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,444,661CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,318,602CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,078,619CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,249,615CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$10,818,659TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$74,714,686TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY1700.76030PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.76360PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Donor Advised Funds Held2DonorAdvisedFundsHeldCnt
Donor Advised Funds Contri$0DonorAdvisedFundsContriAmt
Donor Advised Funds Grants$29,000DonorAdvisedFundsGrantsAmt
Donor Advised Funds Vl EOY$128,640DonorAdvisedFundsVlEOYAmt
Disclosed Org Leg CtrlYes (1)DisclosedOrgLegCtrlInd
Disclosed For Charitable PrpsYes (1)DisclosedForCharitablePrpsInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$7,506,508BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$1,219,536InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$325,010OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$8,401,034EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$7,142,759BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$688,759InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$325,010OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$7,506,508EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$8,224,796BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$757,027InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$325,010OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$7,142,759EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$7,469,441BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$1,080,365InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$325,010OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$8,224,796EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$7,322,210BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$472,241InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$325,010OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$7,469,441EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY0.00000BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY0.77000PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY0.23000TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org0EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org0EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$12,981,367OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$12,981,367BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$13,098,683OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$6,468,010DepreciationAmt
Book Value$6,630,673BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$1,502,198OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$1,488,997DepreciationAmt
Book Value$13,201BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$2,046,312OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$1,806,720DepreciationAmt
Book Value$239,592BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$19,864,833TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (2 entries)

DescDescBook ValueBookValueAmtMethod ValuationMethodValuationCd
Fixed income corporate and governmental$4,453,302F
Private placement$49,627F
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities$4,502,929TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDescAmtAmt
Liabilities under split-interest agreements$286,623
Funds held for others$85,149
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$371,772TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$24,004,086TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst$6,255,242NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue$1,068,748OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported$7,323,990RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$16,680,096RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld$195,119InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$195,119RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$16,875,215TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$19,519,272TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included$1,637,807OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported$1,637,807ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$17,881,465ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2$195,119InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$195,119ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$18,076,584TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part V, Line 4:Endowment funds are used to support various activities and projects as designated by the Board of Directors and applicable laws and are subject to donor intent.
Part X, Line 2:RFF evaluates uncertainty in income tax positions based on a more-likely-than-not recognition standard. If that threshold is met, the tax position is then measured at the largest amount that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. As of September 30, 2024 and 2023, there are no accruals for uncertain tax positions. If applicable, RFF records interest and penalties as a component of income tax expense. Tax years from 2021 through the current year remain open for examination by tax authorities.
Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:Unrealized loss on interest rate swap -569,059. 1616 P Street operations and maintenance 1,637,807.
Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:1616 P Street operations and maintenance 1,637,807.
Form 990, Schedule D, Part V:The Organization discovered an inadvertent error in the reporting of its endowment activities from prior years. The Organization has changed the prior year presentation of the endowment fund information so that it correlates with audited financial statement presentation.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained0GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RegionEurope (including Iceland & Greenland)RegionTxt
Offices0OfficesCnt
Employee1EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities ConductedGrantmakingTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services ProvidedThree topics critical to combat the risks posed by climate change. 1) Transparency under the Paris Agreement, since the implementation of the transparency mechanism will play an important role in future rounds of emission mitigation pledges. 2) The concern that some countries may take less ambitious mitigation efforts than others -and especially those that are economically important peers and trading partners -motivates the research, international trade and competitiveness. If countries fear that ambitious mitigation policies may impose costs on their domestic manufacturing industries, then they may may impose costs on their domestic manufacturing industries then they may be less likely to ramp up the ambition under the Paris Framework. 3) The failure to deliver sufficient emission mitigation to prevent warming consistent with the goals called for in the Paris Agreement then calls in to question the potential implementation of geoengineering interventions.SpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures$162,000RegionTotalExpendituresAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices0SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees1SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office0ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee0ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office0TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee1TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent$162,000SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent$0ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent$162,000TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (3 entries)

RegionRegionTxtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxtCash GrantCashGrantAmtManner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxtNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt
Europe (including Iceland & Greenland)Research and develop policy for the consortium for climate-aligned trade. The consortium for climate-aligned trade is an emerging network of think tanks in G7 nations that have proven expertise in policies to align trade and climate goals, with a focus on accelerating decarbonization and just transitions in the industrial sector.$25,000Wire$0
Europe (including Iceland & Greenland)Research & collaboration on issues related to managing competitiveness risks on the path to net-zero emissions.$50,000Wire$0
Europe (including Iceland & Greenland)Conduct research using standard GTAP general equilibrium trade models to simulate various economic and environmental impacts associated with the implementation of three specific ghg border measures.$87,000Wire$0
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Transfer To Foreign Corp0TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust0InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership0ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co0PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership0ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries0BoycottCountriesInd

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Form990 Of Other OrganizationsYes (X)Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment0SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan0SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm0EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs0CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org0CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs0CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsYes (1)AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountBonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtOther Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmtComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmtComp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Richard G Newell
President & CEO (OCT-APR)$264,078$0$118,027$0$49,796$0$52,794$0$11,324$0$496,019$0$0$0
William Pizer
President & CEO (MAY-SEPT)$369,790$0$15,000$0$0$0$59,083$0$11,324$0$455,197$0$0$0
Alan Krupnick
Senior Fellow$299,851$0$0$0$0$0$59,962$0$0$0$359,813$0$0$0
Carolyn Mollen
VP, Fin. & Admin.$266,550$0$15,000$0$0$0$39,983$0$11,324$0$332,857$0$0$0
Karen Palmer
Senior Fellow$263,602$0$0$0$0$0$52,720$0$11,063$0$327,385$0$0$0
James Boyd
Senior Fellow$268,370$0$0$0$0$0$40,867$0$4,080$0$313,317$0$0$0
Dennis Burtraw
Senior Fellow$251,710$0$0$0$0$0$50,342$0$7,927$0$309,979$0$0$0
Shannon Wulf Tregar
VP, Dev. & Inst. Strategy$248,137$0$15,000$0$0$0$37,374$0$1,020$0$301,531$0$0$0
Margaret Walls
Senior Fellow$255,227$0$2,500$0$0$0$38,896$0$4,080$0$300,703$0$0$0
Kristina Gawrgy
VP, Communications$223,750$0$3,100$0$0$0$28,937$0$7,007$0$262,794$0$0$0
Thomas Wrenn
Chief of Staff$155,801$0$15,000$0$0$0$11,075$0$7,744$0$189,620$0$0$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, Line 7FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe organization provided its officers with bonus compensation during the year.ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution3ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$363,600NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesFMVMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received0Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held0AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts0ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used0ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11bThe Form 990 is reviewed by the Vice President of Finance & Administration and the President & CEO, and made available to the entire board prior to the submission to the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12cAnnually, the board of directors is required to complete a conflict-of-interest disclosure form.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15RFF officer compensation will be set annually as follows: (a) the board decides the president's compensation, based on a recommendation from the executive committee; (b) the executive committee decides all other officers' compensation, based on a recommendation from the president. The intermediate sanctions rules require that all property transfers be at fair market value. Per IRS regulations, compensation is presumed a property transfer and is presumed to be at FMV if:(1) the compensation agreement or terms of the transfer are approved in advance, by an authorized body of the exempt organization, composed entirely of individuals without a conflict of interest; (2) the board or committee obtained and relied upon appropriate data as to comparability in making its determination; and (3) the board or committee adequately documented the basis for its determination, concurrently with making the decision. Referring the three criteria above in the RFF context: (1) salary agreements are approved in advance by the board or the executive committee and no interested parties are involved in setting them. (2) we subscribe to a number of surveys that look at nonprofit organizations and research organizations in Washington and nationwide. They provide good information and can be relied on to judge comparability. Periodically RFF will engage a compensation consultant to conduct an independent analysis. (3) we prepare minutes of all executive committee meetings which reflect salary decisions. Materials used by the committee to determine comparability goes into the personnel files for the individuals involved.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19RFF makes its governing documents available to the public upon request. RFF's financial statements and tax returns are posted on other non-profit websites that collect and post non-profit information.
Form 990, Part XI, line 9:Unrealized loss on interest rate swap -569,059.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c:No changes from prior year.

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