2016-11-08T01:26:37-00:00 2015-12-31 990 2015-01-01 362170137 Institute of Gas Technology INST 8477680500 1700 S Mount Prospect Road Des Plaines IL 600181804 James F Ingold VP Finance Treas CFO 2016-11-08 false 2015 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z Gas Technology Institute David C Carroll 1700 S Mount Prospect Road DesPlaines IL 60018 71812251 false X www.gastechnology.org X 1941 IL GTI performs education services and energy and environmental research projects for industry and government in the US. GTI conducts courses and maintains and operates a library focusing on energy related topics. 13 13 280 7355733 -544213 15584773 30814674 33284399 34965097 5764837 4283163 2118640 1749317 56752649 71812251 50573 0 0 31062334 32067697 0 0 27021186 31513357 58134093 63581054 -1381444 8231197 99710317 109844404 27926174 35330952 71784143 74513452 Education and energy and environmental research projects for industry and government in the United States. 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Estimated number of clients 275 31867181 true false false true false false false false false false true false false false true false false true false false true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true true false false true 123 0 true 280 true true true false false false false false false false false false false false X 13 13 false false false false true true true true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA IL X James F Ingold 8477680804 1700 S Mount Prospect Road Des Plaines IL 600181804 Mr Arthur Corbin Director 000.48 X 0 0 0 Mr Charles D Davidson Director 000.13 X 0 0 0 Mr John Hofmeister Director 000.94 X 0 0 0 Mr Terry D McCallister Chairman 001.68 X 0 0 0 Ms Rebecca Ranich Vice Chairwoman 000.57 X 0 0 0 Mr David F Smith Director 000.71 X 0 0 0 Mr John W Somerhalder II Director 000.77 X 0 0 0 Ms Lori Traweek Director 000.89 X 0 0 0 Mr Thomas E Skains Director 000.57 X 0 0 0 Mr Alexander A Karsner Director 000.22 X 0 0 0 Mr Marc Florette Director 000.22 X 0 0 0 Mr Ron Jibson Director 000.43 X 0 0 0 Mr Carlos Cabrera Director 000.40 X 0 0 0 Mr Bret Lane Director 000.22 X 0 0 0 Mr Steven L Mueller Director 000.22 X 0 0 0 Mr David C Carroll President CEO 040.00 X 694025 0 418599 Mr Paul G Chromek General Counsel Secretary 040.00 X 190305 0 45251 Mr Ronald N Snedic VP Corporate Development 040.00 X 364094 0 145776 Mr James F Ingold VP Finance, Treasurer and CFO 040.00 X 370510 0 151849 Mr Eddie Johnston VP Research Operations 040.00 X 419791 0 143750 Mr Peter Witty General Counsel and Secretary 040.00 X 202365 0 89172 Mr Vann Bush M.D. Energy Supply Conversion 040.00 X 296296 0 109735 Mr Willam Liss M.D. Energy Delivery and Utilization 040.00 X 291891 0 129528 Mr Neil P Leslie RD Director 040.00 X 176544 0 75421 Mr Bruce Bryan Senior Director RD 040.00 X 184818 0 73446 Mr Iraj Salehi Senior Director RD 040.00 X 198310 0 93608 Mr Tony Lindsay RD Director 040.00 X 222694 0 78678 Mr Ronald B Edelstein Dir of Regulatory and Government Relations 040.00 X 210081 0 76146 Mr Daniel Ersoy RD Executive Director 040.00 X 217884 0 86848 Mr Rodney C Rinholm Executive Director, Business Development 040.00 X 201204 0 74111 Mr Richard M Kaelin Exec. 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Wash Operations 040.00 X 203961 0 82365 4444773 1874283 99 false true false CRI Catalyst Company LP 910 Louisiana 29th Floor Houston TX 77002 Engineering Services 432973 Enovation Partners LLC 1700 S Mount Prospect Road Des Plaines IL 60018 Consultant 468359 Barnes & Thornburg LLP 750 17th St NW Suite 900 Washignton DC 200064607 Government relations 185078 Banner & Witcoff LTD 10 S Wacker Suite 3000 Chicago IL 60606 Intellectual property lawfirm 496240 Pauley Erickson and Kottis PC 2800 W Higgins Road Hoffman Estates IL 60169 Intellectual property lawfirm 486697 10 120884 17131904 13561886 13561886 30814674 Industry sponsored research 541700 32850725 25535174 7315551 Education/program development 611710 2109336 2109336 International member dues 519100 5000 5000 Library services 519100 36 36 34965097 1556980 49098 1507882 1172695 1172695 482303 482303 482303 482303 2726183 2726183 2726183 2726183 Admin services 561000 31855 31855 Recovery of Loss 900099 101652 101652 59579 59579 94319 71812251 27649546 7355733 5992298 X 0 0 0 0 3965939 500370 3465569 0 19597782 7286863 12310919 2279742 813176 1466566 4424803 1504700 2920103 1799431 600743 1198688 85577 85577 68977 68977 172200 172200 72061 72061 297803 297803 18289950 17756103 533847 72727 72727 1222699 341392 881307 668259 668259 17458 17458 2436599 144960 2291639 1177724 484971 692753 0 93009 73833 19176 252776 252776 0 2552549 1060516 1492033 514181 514181 Other direct costs on sponsored internal projects 1299554 1299554 Non Op Postretirement Ben. Expense FAS 158 1203377 1203377 Bad debt expense 28100 28100 987777 987777 63581054 31867181 31713873 0 1646800 690223 1672254 2305271 15086298 16670262 1815000 2585000 421340 458747 41502703 30559411 11801396 10943292 63664051 57426218 3603178 4515391 14250000 99710317 109844404 14296309 21451318 7709365 9155098 1600000 1300000 4250000 3300000 70500 124536 27926174 35330952 X 71784143 74513452 71784143 74513452 99710317 109844404 8231197 -5501888 X false false X true true true X 0 0.00000 25824598 18878216 20899879 15584773 17252788 98440254 25791874 29720232 33423970 27126530 27751198 143813804 51616472 48598448 54323849 42711303 45003986 242254058 15253431 17258058 19995624 15417661 13566375 81491149 15253431 17258058 19995624 15417661 13566375 81491149 160762909 3304130 3747991 5450139 4121388 3104884 19728532 0 3304130 3747991 5450139 4121388 3104884 19728532 46373 123488 5759 23252 59579 258451 0 54966975 52469927 59779747 46855943 48168449 262241041 0.61300 0.60240 0.07520 0.07540 X false true false false false true 3400 true 68661 false false 72061 false II-B 1g Gas Technology Institutes lobbying activity consists of an effort to educate Congress on the need to support natural gas related research and development in the common interest of the public and the natural gas industry. false 1473419 851511 27032434 18718785 8482179 10740465 9949262 1344974 2256385 2137115 264628 10943292 Financial derivatives and other financial products Closely-held equity interests Federal income taxes Due to affiliate 124536 State income taxes payable Foreign penalty and interest payable 124536 Europe Including Iceland and Greenland Unrelated trade or business 7869 Europe Including Iceland and Greenland Indirect management activity 49011 East Asia and the Pacific Indirect management activity 39941 East Asia and the Pacific Program services Education related 4575 East Asia and the Pacific Unrelated trade or business 4991 North America Program services Scientific research 3331 North America Indirect management activity 7322 North America Unrelated trade or business 185 Middle East and North Africa Unrelated trade or business 2243 Middle East and North Africa Indirect management activity 720 Russia and the Neighboring States Indirect management activity 958 North America Program services Education related 3445 East Asia and the Pacific Program services Scientific Research 4166 South America Indirect management activity 3899 South America Unrelated trade or business 4273 136929 136929 false false false false false false X X true true X X X X X true false false false false false false true false Mr David C Carroll President CEO 431447 248056 14522 390384 28215 1112624 248056 Mr Paul G Chromek General Counsel Secretary 68962 103774 17569 35389 9863 235557 47680 Mr Ronald N Snedic VP Corporate Development 232104 130980 1010 116339 29436 509869 60180 Mr James F Ingold VP Finance, Treasurer and CFO 236068 133200 1242 122292 29557 522359 61200 Mr Vann Bush M.D. Energy Supply Conversion 196125 96412 3759 89018 20717 406031 36655 Mr Eddie Johnston VP Research Operations 268499 149850 1442 121683 22067 563541 68850 Mr Willam Liss M.D. Energy Delivery and Utilization 186099 103335 2457 100165 29362 421418 46170 Mr Tony Lindsay RD Director 159904 61415 1375 57284 21394 301372 20635 Mr Ronald B Edelstein Dir of Regulatory and Government Relations 146832 19538 43711 67174 8972 286227 18718 Mr Neil P Leslie RD Director 149644 23867 3033 54704 20717 251965 23867 Mr Daniel Ersoy RD Executive Director 188292 28432 1160 74029 12819 304732 28432 Mr Rodney C Rinholm Executive Director, Business Development 175879 23856 1469 71561 2550 275315 23856 Mr Richard M Kaelin Exec. Dir. Wash Operations 171062 31971 928 53552 28812 286325 31971 Mr Peter Witty General Counsel and Secretary 181659 20000 706 81156 8016 291537 Mr Bruce Bryan Senior Director RD 166234 15000 3584 64008 9438 258264 15000 Mr Iraj Salehi Senior Director RD 166101 28000 4209 74091 19517 291918 28000 Part I Line 1a GTI requires prior written approval of the President and CEO, or the VP of Finance, Treasurer and CFO in order to reimburse any costs related to a spouse accompanying a staff member on a business trip. GTI reimburses all employees up to 200 per year for health club dues substantiated by a receipt. Part 1 Line 7 Non-officers listed in Part VII, Section A are eligible for incentive compensation under GTIs Management Incentive Plan. Recommended bonuses are calculated under the terms of the plan, and the actual incentive awarded must have the approval of the President of GTI. Officer incentive compensation is determined under the terms of the award, and the actual incentive awarded is subject to discretionary adjustment by, and the approval of, the Compensation Commitee of the Board of Directors. Part 1 Line 4a Mr. Ronald B. Edelstein received severance pay during 2015 totalling 24,799.90. X 1 13561886 royalty savings approach false false false Part I Line 8 The organization is reporting the number of contributions in column b of line 8. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 GTIs members elect the members of its governing body, its board of directors. Members all have the same voting rights. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a Members have the right to annually elect one or more members of the board of directors. The organizations members all have the same voting rights. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b Changes to the organizations articles of incorporation require the approval of its members. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The CFO reviews the Form 990 prior to its distribution to members of the governing body. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c GTI has a separate conflict of interest policy for its Board of Directors. Conflicts of interest must be reported immediately. If a conflict of interest is identified, it is discussed with the General Counsel to identify the proper course of remedial action. These actions may range from recusal in any business transactions involving GTI or the other interested organization, to withdrawing from involvement in the other organizations board of directors, to other actions that assure the conflict of interest, or even the appearance of a conflict of interest may be avoided. All GTI employees are covered by a separate written conflict of interest policy. Potential and actual employee conflicts of interest are reviewed by the General Counsel. All employees have the obligation to obtain the General Counsels prior written approval for all such activity. The failure to obtain the General Counsels prior written approval shall constitute grounds for immediate dismissal with cause. The directors annually complete a conflict of interest questionnaire. GTI employees annually complete a conflict of interest disclosure statement, and recertify compliance with the policy on a semi-monthly basis. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The positions that were reviewed included the President and CEO, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Vice President of Research Operations, Vice President of Corporate Development, Managing Director, Supply and Conversion, and Managing Director, Delivery and Utilization. Annually, an outside company, CBIZ, determines the appropriate total compensation ranges for the above positions. A recommendation for merit increases and bonuses is made to the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, annually, based on the external market study performed by CBIZ, the companys performance, and the individuals performance. The Compensaiton Committee determines the final merit increase and bonus amounts. Merit increases for both officers and managing directors are based on specific formulas which incorporate target amounts for each set of increases, and are increased or reduced companywide, based on the direction of the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee specifically approves compensation for officers and reviews all compensation for managing directors as well. Their actions are detailed in the Compensation Committee meeting minutes. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 No documents available to the public. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Total of Other Services exceeds 10 of line 25 Col A, therefore a list of expenses follows Engineering and technical services - 16,410,414, Education and Training Services - 964,193, Patent Maintenance Services - 731,603 and Advocacy services 183,740. Endesco Clean Harbors LLC 1700 S Mount Prospect Road DesPlaines IL 60018 364193654 Contractor/Consultant DE GRI International Inc Unrelated -7908 2489 false false 1.00000 Cement Lock Group LLC 1700 S Mount Prospect Road DesPlaines IL 60018 364193651 Contractor/consultant DE Endesco Services Inc Unrelated 17178 2574 true false 1.00000 starline Trenchless Technology LLC 1700 S Mount Prospect Road DesPlaines IL 60018 223647298 Distribution DE GRI International Inc Unrelated 84335 370828 false false 0.33330 GTI International Inc 1700 S Mount Prospect Des Plaines IL 60018 364349614 Product Commercialization DE N/A C Corp 795975 6470857 1.00000 false Endesco Services Inc 1700 S Mount Prospect Des Plaines IL 60018 363177556 Energy/Envrn Tech IL N/A C Corp 8761 4324 1.00000 false GTI Catoosa Test Facility Inc 1700 S Mount Prospect Des Plaines IL 60018 742914111 Testing equipment DE N/A S Corp 5101 1.00000 false CrystaTech Inc 1700 S Mount Prospect Des Plaines IL 60018 742964099 Tech services DE N/A C Corp 264689 0.78740 false Fisher-Nickel Inc PO Box 1247 San Ramon CA 94583 943300315 Testing equipment CA GTI International Inc C Corp 4219432 265315 1.00000 false LocusView Solutions Inc 20 N Wacker Drive Suite 1200 Chicago IL 60606 371754678 Data processing DE GTI International Inc C Corp 480787 611462 1.00000 false CDH Energy Corporation PO Box 641 Cazenovia NY 13035 161461263 Energy consulting NY GTI International Inc C Corp 2154354 2161626 1.00000 false Davis Holding Company 123 C Street Davis CA 95616 271913271 Energy consulting CA GTI International Inc C Corp 1780787 1521663 1.00000 false Davis Energy Group 123 C Street Davis CA 95616 942763265 Energy Consulting CA GTI International Inc C Corp 1780787 1521663 1.00000 false true true false true false true false false false false true true true false false true true false true Fisher-Nickel Inc a 4969 Interest Specified in Note Fisher-Nickel Inc d 225000 Cash transferred Fisher-Nickel Inc s 225000 Cash transferred Fisher-Nickel Inc l 115690 See Part VII, Note Part V, Line24 Fisher-Nickel Inc p 54497 See Part VII, Note Part V, Line 25 LocusView Solutions Inc a 39374 Interest specified in note LocusView Solutions Inc d 840000 Cash transferred LocusView Solutions Inc l 259357 See Part VII, Note Part V, Line 28 Fisher-Nickel Inc q 53437 See Part VII, Note Part V, Line 29 LocusView Solutions Inc q 118217 See Part VII, Note Part V, Line 210 GTI International Inc b 1799873 Cash transferred GTI International Inc f 860000 Cash transferred GTI International Inc l 66735 See Part VII, Note Part V, Line 213 GTI Catoosa Test Facility Inc b 50000 Cash transferred CDH Energy Corporation m 102613 See Part VII, Note Part V, Line 215 Davis Energy Group a 4755 Interest specified in note Davis Energy Group d 200000 Cash transferred Part V Line 24 The fair value of the administrative and technical indirect services performed for the related organization was determined using GTIs actual cost of labor, the actual fringe rate for the year, and 7 of the labor cost plus fringe. The fair value of technical services performed under a customer project of the related organization was determined using GTIs actual cost, plus fringe and indirects at the government approved provisional indirect rates. Part V Line 25 The fair values of expense reimbursements paid to the related party were determined to be the amount at which the expenses were ultimately invoiced to the sponsor of the work. Part V Line 29 The fair values of expenses reimbursed by FNI to GTI, and incurred in conjunction with the performance of administrative or technical indirect services by GTI, were determined to be the amount of GTIs actual cost of those expenses. The fair values of expenses reimbursed by FNI to GTI and incurred in conjunction with the performance of a portion of the scope of work on a sponsored project by GTI, were determined using GTIs actual cost plus an allocation of indirect costs calculated using the government approved provisional GA rate for the period. Part V Line 28 The fair values of administrative and technical indirect services performed for the related organization were determined to equal GTIs actual cost of labor, the actual fringe rate for the year, and 7 of the labor cost plus fringe. The fair value of technical services performed under a customer project of the related organization was determined using GTIs standard commercial billing rates for 2015. Part V Line 210 The fair values of expenses reimbursed to GTI related to administrative and technical indirect services, and travel were determined to equal GTIs actual cost. The fair values of expenses reimbursed to GTI related to customer project expenses other than travel, were determined to equal the actual cost to GTI plus a markup of 31. Part V Line 213 The fair value of the administrative and technical indirect services performed for the related organization was determined using GTIs actual cost of labor, the actual fringe rate for the year, and 7 of the labor cost plus fringe. Part V Line 215 The fair value of the CDH services performed to execute a portion of the scope of work on a GTI customer sponsored project was determined using CDHs commercial billing rates for 2015.