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Institute of Gas Technology

Institute of Gas Technology (Illinois) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,440,310 to it, the largest being Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ($760,750). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$124M
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$2.4M
Net assets
$96M
6/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Institute of Gas Technology does

Mission

Gti energy is where complex energy challenges meet bold solutions. With over 80 years of expertise in energy research, technology development, and business innovation, partners across every sector trust us to build and demonstrate solutions for better-performing energy systems. Guided by systems thinking, collaboration, and innovation, we are focused on driving progress that matters for people everywhere.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Sponsored energy and environmental research and technology development. Program services expenses include direct costs on projects only and exclude allocation of any indirect costs. Estimated number of clients: 260

    $59,645,571 spent$104,587,712 earned by the program
    96% of program spending
  2. Education program and services. Program services expenses include direct costs on projects only, and exclude allocation of any indirect costs. Estimated number of clients: 174

    $2,721,639 spent$4,569,920 earned by the program
    4% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $62,367,210.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($80M) Expenses 100 ($69M) Net assets 100 ($92M)2018 Revenue 131 ($105M) Expenses 155 ($107M) Net assets 92 ($85M)2019 Revenue 167 ($133M) Expenses 190 ($131M) Net assets 108 ($99M)2020 Revenue 120 ($96M) Expenses 150 ($103M) Net assets 108 ($99M)2021 Revenue 135 ($108M) Expenses 157 ($108M) Net assets 111 ($102M)2022 Revenue 141 ($112M) Expenses 174 ($119M) Net assets 92 ($84M)2023 Revenue 148 ($118M) Expenses 170 ($117M) Net assets 97 ($89M)2024 Revenue 155 ($124M) Expenses 170 ($117M) Net assets 105 ($96M)
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Revenue (155)Expenses (170)Net assets (105)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $127M to $146M (+16%).

$131M
$127M
$146M
$149M
$157M
$147M
$151M
$158M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 30% · 2018 28% · 2019 36% · 2020 42% · 2021 40% · 2022 41% · 2023 37% · 2024 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

40% of Institute of Gas Technology’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (36% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 49 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$11M
’17
−$1.8M
’18
$2.4M
’19
−$6.8M
’20
−$165k
’21
−$7.2M
’22
$766k
’23
$7.0M
’24
0.2
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Dr Paula A Gant

President & CEO

Board chair

Mr Nick Stavropoulos

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.

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Listed2833313027322928
Joined·+6+7+7+3+5+3+3
No longer listed·1986064
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $91k → $477k.

Funder
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total
$505k
funders
2
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3
3
3
4
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4

From the IRS filings of Institute of Gas Technology’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

Institute of Gas Technology leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Institute of Gas Technology.

31%
largest funder
76%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 100% · 2019 53% · 2020 48% · 2021 41% · 2022 53% · 2023 76% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

50% of Institute of Gas Technology's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 75% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

Institute of Gas Technology draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 7 states in all.

WA
NY
MA
PA
MO
WV
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Institute of Gas Technology runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 42 science & tech nonprofits its size.

Operating margin6% · top quartile
Months of reserve0.2mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 42 science & tech nonprofits over $100M, FY2024

Government funding Institute of Gas Technology receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $586.6M on record.

Federal$586.6M
grants $568.4Mcontracts $18.2M
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Top agencies
  • Department of Energy$537.4M
  • Department of Defense$28.8M
  • Department of Transportation$15.9M
  • United States Trade and Development Agency$4.4M
  • National Transportation Safety Board$40k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like Institute of Gas Technology

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Illinois

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

53% of spending goes to programs.

Program 53%Management 47%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
91%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

72%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 2 states

IL
CA

Part of a family of 6 related entities

  • Gti International Inc · corp_trust
  • Frontier Energy · corp_trust
  • Projeo Corporation · corp_trust
  • Sungas Renewables Inc · corp_trust
  • Projeo Solutions Corporation · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds Institute of Gas Technology?
Institute of Gas Technology (Illinois) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,440,310 to it, the largest being Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ($760,750). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Institute of Gas Technology have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $2,440,310 in grants to Institute of Gas Technology, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Institute of Gas Technology?
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is the largest funder on record, with $760,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Institute of Gas Technology find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing