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TO ENCOURAGE RESEARCH, DISCUSSION, CRITICAL ASSESSMENT, AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN THESE FIELDS, THE SOCIETY HOLDS MEETINGS, PUBLISHES SCIENTIFIC PAPERS, FOSTERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, AND COOPERATES WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO PROMOTE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. false false 2401337 2636802 PUBLISH 4 PEER REVIEW JOURNALS, SYMPOSIUM VOLUMES, MEETING ABSTRACTS, MEMBER MAGAZINES AND MONOGRAPH VOLUMES. ALL PUBLICATIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MONOGRAPH VOLUMES ARE AVAILABLE IN DIGITAL FORM AND AVAILABLE IN THE ECS DIGITAL LIBRARY. CIRCULATE MONTHLY JOURNALS AND QUARTERLY MAGAZINE TO SUBSCRIBERS AND MEMBERS, PUBLISH HARDBOUND AND SOFTBOUND VOLUMES FOR SALE. 300732 643650 MEMBERSHIP: COLLECT ANNUAL DUES FROM FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC MEMBERS. ECS MEMBERSHIP IN 2015 TOTALLED 5,537: 3,673 ACTIVE, 1,468 STUDENT, 118 LIFE, & 278 INSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIVES. 2228543 2844332 SOCIETY MEETINGS: SPONSOR BI-ANNUAL LARGE-SCALE CONVENTIONS ATTENDANCE FROM MEMBERS, NONMEMBERS AND EXHIBITORS AS WELL PERIODIC SATELLITE MEETINGS. ATTENDANCE AT FALL MEETING WAS 2,076. 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39391 DEFERRED COMPENSATION 134571 173962 X 6945086 -493617 -493617 7438703 -566249 -566249 6872454 7312183 566249 566249 6745934 6745934 PART XI, LINE 4B RENTAL EXPENSES $566,249 PART XII, LINE 2D RENTAL EXPENSES $566,249 PART X TEXT OF FOOTNOTE TO ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT REPORTS THE ORGANIZATION'S LIABILITY FOR UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS UNDER FIN 48 - THE SOCIETY FOLLOWS THE ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT THAT PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. THE SOCIETY HAD NO UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS AT DECEMBER 31, 2015 and 2014. IN ADDITION, THE SOCIETY HAS NO INCOME TAX RELATED PENALTIES OR INTEREST FOR THE PERIODS REPORTED ON THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. PART IV, LINE 2B BOTH CUSTODIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF $83,059 ARE INCLUDED IN THE BALANCE SHEET. ASSETS ARE INCLUDED WITH INVESTMENTS. PART V, LINE 4 The Societys endowment funds consist of several funds established to fund awards, as well as an educational endowment fund and free the science fund. The endowment funds include both donor-restricted funds and funds designated by the Board of Directors to function as endowments. The Society has adopted investment policies for endowment assets that attempt to provide a predictable stream of funding to programs supported by its endowment while seeking to maintain the purchasing power of the endowment assets. true Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) 0 0 Grantmaking 60500 East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Grantmaking 3582 North America 0 0 Grantmaking 2799 South Asia 0 0 Grantmaking 2000 0 0 0 0 68881 68881 Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) GATES FOUNDATION 50000 WIRE FMV 1 BATTERY DIVISION RESEARCH AWARD Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) 1 3500 CHECK FMV BATTERY DIVISION RESEARCH AWARD South Asia 1 2000 CHECK FMV W. LASH MILLER AWARD North America 1 1299 CHECK FMV H.H. 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Bard Award 1 7500 FMV Battery Division Student Research Award 1 1000 FMV Morris Cohen Graduate Student Award 1 1125 FMV Electrodeposition Research Award 1 2000 FMV Electronics & Photonics Division Award 1 1500 FMV Energy Technology Division Award 2 3945 FMV New Energy Technology Award 1 1000 FMV Daniel Cubicciotti Student Award 1 2000 FMV Gordon E. Moore Award 1 7500 FMV H.H. Dow Memorial Student Award 1 1000 FMV Norman Hackerman Young Authors Award 1 2500 FMV Olin Palladium Award 1 7500 FMV Srinivassan Young Investigator Award 1 1000 FMV Thomas D. Callinan Award 1 1500 FMV PART I, LINE 2 THE ORGANIZATION GRANTS AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS TO RECIPIENTS BASED UPON WORK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED PRIMARILY TO FURTHER THE STUDY IN THEIR FIELD. AWARD RECIPIENTS AND FELLOWS MUST BE NOMINATED USING A NOMINATION FORM. LETTERS OF ENDORSEMENT ARE REQUIRED. AWARD RECIPIENTS AND FELLOWS ARE CHOSEN BY THE HONORS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BASED UPON MERIT. X X false true false false false false false true false ROQUE J CALVO EXEC DIRECTOR (1991-PRESENT) 240968 0 9680 35952 11073 297673 0 MARY YESS DEPUTY EXEC DIR 144867 1200 11817 28259 186143 PART I, LINE 7 SEE SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B(ii) FOR BONUS AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION INFORMATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 A DRAFT COPY OF THE FORM 990 WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. THE AUDIT COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW THE RETURN AND RECOMMEND THAT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPROVE THE 990 ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. A COPY OF THE FINAL 990 WAS PROVIDED TO EACH VOTING MEMBER OF THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ANNUALLY. CONFLICTS ARE REVIEWED AND EVALUATED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 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 AND VIA THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE, D&B AND THE ECS QUARTERLY INTERFACE MAGAZINE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINES 15A AND B FORMAL EMPLOYEE APPRAISALS ARE CONDUCTED ANNUALLY IN DECEMBER FOR BOTH FULL AND PART-TIME EMPLOYEES. THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH STAFF POSITION ARE CAPTURED IN JOB DESCRIPTIONS WHICH ARE REVIEWED AND UPDATED ANNUALLY. SALARY ADJUSTMENTS ARE DETERMINED AT THE TIME OF THE APPRAISAL AND ARE BASED UPON PERFORMANCE AND COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS. ADJUSTMENTS ARE NOT RELEASED UNTIL JANUARY 1, THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE SALARY ADJUSTMENT. THE COMPENSATION PARAMETERS FOR EACH POSITION ARE DESCRIBED IN A SALARY RANGE, WHICH IS UPDATED ONCE PER YEAR IN JULY BASED ON CHANGES IN RESPONSIBILITIES AND COMPARABLE MARKET INFORMATION. SALARY AND BENEFIT AMOUNTS ARE APPROVED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET BY THE ECS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS APPRAISED ANNUALLY IN OCTOBER BY THE ECS BOARD BASED UPON COMPENSATION AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AS OUTLINED IN THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4D AWARDS - PRESENT AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF ELECTROCHEMISTRY, INCLUDING AWARDS AND TRAVEL GRANTS TO ATTEND MEETINGS. CONSTITUENT PROGRAMS - PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL COURSES DURING THE BI-ANNUAL MEETINGS ON TOPICS RELATED TO THE SCIENCE OF ELECTROCHEMISTRY. FUND ECS STUDENT CHAPTERS AT UNIVERSITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND IN SEVERAL FOREIGN COUNTRIES. PART VII, SECTION A PLEASE NOTE THAT BOARD MEMBER TERMS RUN FROM OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER OF EACH YEAR. A BOARD MEMBER SERVING FROM OCTOBER 2015 THRU SEPTEMBER 2016 REFLECTS A CURRENT BOARD MEMBER. A BOARD MEMBER SERVING FROM JANUARY THRU SEPTEMBER 2015 REFLECTS A PAST BOARD MEMBER. 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