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The Center for Auto Safety

The Center for Auto Safety is a safety education program based in Washington, DC that was founded in 1970. As of 2018 they had $638,906 in revenue and $1.2 million in assets.

Analyze problems related to motor vehicle and highway safety. The center for auto safety, inc. was formed to analyze the problems(continued on schedule 'o') related to motor vehicle and highway safety and to make available the results of research stud...

EIN:

52-0902868

City:

Washington

State:

District of Columbia

Metro:

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Website:

autosafety.org

Founded:

1970

Type:

501(c)(3)

NTEE:

M40: Safety education centers

Revenue:

$638,906

Assets:

$1,208,203

Employees:

Fiscal year end:

June

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at The Center for Auto Safety

Safe climate campaign - the safe climate campaign seeks to reduce global warming by educating consumers, automakers and regulators about clean vehicles and by working with federal and state regulators to implement effective fuel economy and pollution reduction regulations.

Vehicle safety project - research and analysis on vehicle safety and reliability, fuel economy, emissions and warranty issues.

Form 990s for The Center for Auto Safety

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2018-06	May 14, 2019	990	View PDF
2017-06	Mar 14, 2018	990	View PDF
2016-06	Mar 2, 2017	990	View PDF
2015-06	Jan 21, 2016	990	View PDF
2014-06	Dec 4, 2014	990	View PDF
...and four more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for The Center for Auto Safety

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Federated campaigns	$0	$0
Membership dues	$0	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$0	$0
Related organizations	$0	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$0	$0
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$609,272	$1,432,516	-57.5%
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$25,060	$0	999%
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$609,272	$1,432,516	-57.5%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$609,272	$1,432,516	-57.5%
Program services	$4,894	$5,685	-13.9%
Investment income and dividends	$8,835	$5,843	51.2%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$0	$0
Net rental income	$0	$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$14,811	$5,335	177.6%
Net income from fundraising events	$0	$0
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$1,094	$0	999%
Total revenues	$638,906	$1,449,379	-55.9%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$0	$0
Grants to individuals in USA	$0	$0
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$0	$0
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$151,204	$127,636	18.5%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$267,730	$143,237	86.9%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$23,206	$13,093	77.2%
Other employee benefits	$26,651	$15,117	76.3%
Payroll taxes	$29,917	$18,961	57.8%
Management fees	$0	$0
Legal fees	$0	$0
Accounting fees	$11,648	$11,632	0.1%
Lobbying fees	$0	$0
Pro. fundraising fees	$0	$0
Investment mgmt fees	$0	$0
Other fee-for-service	$71,303	$10,825	558.7%
Advertising and promotion	$0	$0
Office expenses	$27,366	$17,703	54.6%
Information tech. expenses	$4,205	$3,457	21.6%
Royalty expenses	$0	$0
Occupancy	$137,256	$137,890	-0.5%
Travel	$5,258	$826	536.6%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$4,403	$0	999%
Interest	$0	$0
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$525	$1,310	-59.9%
Insurance	$5,040	$3,407	47.9%
All other expenses	$40,680	$32,004	27.1%
Total expenses	$806,392	$537,098	50.1%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$803,332	$841,441	-4.5%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$0	$0
Pledges and grants receivable	$64,167	$220,859	-70.9%
Accounts receivable	$3,771	$434	768.9%
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$0	$0
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0	$0
Inventories for use	$0	$0
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$18,651	$5,551	236.0%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$1,024	$154	564.9%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$310,945	$295,036	5.4%
Investments, other securities	$0	$0
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$6,313	$6,313
Total assets	$1,208,203	$1,369,788	-11.8%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$20,684	$799	2488.7%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$0	$0
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$0	$0
Escrow or custodial account liability	$0	$0
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$0	$0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Other liabilities	$44,612	$57,186	-22.0%
Total liabilities	$65,296	$57,985	12.6%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$956,657	$1,071,187	-10.7%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$186,250	$240,616	-22.6%
Permanently restricted net assets	$0	$0

Vendors for The Center for Auto Safety

Vendor	Services	Date
Kimbia	Fundraising software	2019-09-02
█████████	Marketing software	2019-09-02
█████████ ████████	Software	2019-09-02
███████ ███ ████	Fundraising software; Payment processing	2019-09-02
█████████	Content management system software	2019-09-02
█████████ ████████ ███ ████████ ██	Tax accounting	2019-01-18

Personnel at The Center for Auto Safety

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Jason Levine	Executive Director	$129,375	May 3, 2019
Clarence Ditlow	Past Former Executive Director	$20,417	June 30, 2017
███████ ██████	Past Acting Executive Director	$70,000	June 30, 2017

Peer safety education centers

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	National Alliance for Public Safety Gis Foundation	501(c)(3)	$800,019	Washington, DC
2	Short Line Safety Institute	501(c)(3)	$1.6 million	Washington, DC
3	Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI)	501(c)(3)	$1.2 million	Washington, DC
4	Ecoamerica	501(c)(3)	$1.0 million	Washington, DC
5	Institute for Market Transformation	501(c)(3)	$2.2 million	Washington, DC
6	US Water Alliance	501(c)(3)	$2.4 million	Washington, DC
7	International Fund for Chinas Environment	501(c)(3)	$160,018	Washington, DC
8	Rachel's Network	501(c)(3)	$1.1 million	Washington, DC
9	National Caucus of Environmental Legislators	501(c)(3)	$870,601	Washington, DC
10	The Lambi Fund of Haiti	501(c)(3)	$515,987	Washington, DC
11	Worldwatch Institute	501(c)(3)	$3.1 million	Washington, DC
12	Center for International Environmental Law	501(c)(3)	$2.3 million	Washington, DC
13	E3g Third Generation Environmentalism	501(c)(3)	$198,673	Washington, DC
14	Island Press - Center for Resource Economics	501(c)(3)	$3.1 million	Washington, DC
15	Center for Safe Internet Pharmacies	501(c)(3)	$526,614	Austin, TX
16	Walksandiego	501(c)(3)	$641,329	San Diego, CA
17	Marin County Bicycle Coalition	501(c)(3)	$848,572	Fairfax, CA
18	Kentuckiana Construction Users Council	501(c)(3)	$241,485	Louisville, KY
19	Michigan Center for Truck Safety	501(c)(3)	$865,983	Lansing, MI
20	The Dori Slosberg Foundation	501(c)(3)	$295,654	Lauderdalebythesea, FL
21	United States Maritime Resource Center (USMRC)	501(c)(3)	$1.3 million	Middletown, RI
22	Safe and Sound Baltimore's Campaign for our Children	501(c)(3)	$722,209	Baltimore, MD
23	Bike Walk KC	501(c)(3)	$1.3 million	Kansas City, MO
24	Walkbike Nashville	501(c)(3)	$399,187	Nashville, TN
25	Farm Safety 4 Just Kids	501(c)(3)	$420,068	West Des Moines, IA

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