American Coalition for Ethanol
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What it says it does
AMERICAN COALITION FOR ETHANOL (ACE) WAS FORMED TO BRING TOGETHER A WIDE RANGE OF GROUPS IN SUPPORT OF MAKING U.S. ETHANOL THE CONSUMER FUEL OF CHOICE. ACE UNITES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS, COMMODITY AND FARM ORGANIZATIONS, ETHANOL PRODUCERS, RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES, BUSINESSES, AND INDIVIDUALS BEHIND COALITION INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF ETHANOL IN THE U.S. A NATIONAL, NONPROFIT, GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION, ACE DELIVERS VALUE TO MEMBERS THROUGH GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, MARKET DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC RELATIONS, AND INFORMATION STRATEGIES.
- Income
- $2.6 million
- Spending
- $2.4 million
- Employees
- 5
- Volunteers
- 19
- Highest pay
- $170,244, ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- POSITION PRODUCERS AS PART OF THE CLIMATE SOLUTIONUNLOCKING ACCESS TO NEW MARKETS AND TAX CREDITSUSDA APPROVED $25 MILLION IN ACE'S HISTORIC REGIONAL CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (RCPP) EXPANSION WITH 13 ETHANOL PARTNERS WHICH BUILDS ON THE SUCCESSFUL SOUTH DAKOTA-BASED PROJECT ANNOUNCED IN 2021. ACE HELD MEETINGS WITH OVER 700 FARMERS INTERESTED IN THE EXPANDED 10-STATE RCPP AND DISTRIBUTED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FARMERS INVOLVED IN ACE'S SOUTH DAKOTA RCPP IMPLEMENTING PRACTICES ON NEARLY 30,000 ACRES. IMPROVING RULES FOR CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE ACE ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH THE USDA, OFFERING FEEDBACK ON THE PROCESSES FOR QUANTIFYING, REPORTING AND VERIFYING THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE-SMART FARMING PRACTICES ON GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) EMISSIONS FROM U.S.-GROWN BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCK CROPS. IN PREPARATION FOR THE TREASURY'S RELEASE OF ITS 40B GREET MODEL GUIDANCE, ACE ALSO URGED THE SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL (SAF) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP TO FULLY RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE AND INCORPORATE ACCURATE REAL-WORLD LAND USE CHANGE ESTIMATES. ADDITIONALLY, ACE PROVIDED FEEDBACK TO THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCE BOARD (CARB) ON THE 2024 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE LOW CARBON FUEL STANDARD (LCFS), ADVOCATING FOR IMPROVED SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA FOR CROP-BASED BIOFUELS AND PRESSING CARB TO FINALLY APPROVE THE USE OF E15 IN CALIFORNIA. CARBON TOPICS TOP OF MIND AT 2024 ACE EVENTS GATHERED ADVOCATES IN WASHINGTON DC FOR ACE'S 13TH ANNUAL DC FLY-IN. A TOP FOCUS WAS URGING CONGRESS TO SUPPORT POLICIES THAT UNLOCK NEW MARKETS AND TAX CREDITS, AND ENCOURAGING TREASURY TO ENSURE ETHANOL QUALIFIES FOR THE 40B AND 45Z TAX CREDITS BY APPLYING THE GREET MODEL AND INTEGRATING CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE PRACTICES. ATTENDEES MET WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND HEARD FROM NOTABLE SPEAKERS, INCLUDING USDA UNDER SECRETARY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DR. BASIL GOODEN, EPA AGRICULTURE ADVISOR ROD SNYDER, AND SENATOR DEB FISCHER (NE). AT ACE'S 37TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN OMAHA, THEMED "THE GOLD STANDARD," DISCUSSIONS CENTERED ON ENSURING ETHANOL REMAINS THE PREMIER CLEAN FUEL FOR YEARS TO COME. ACE WAS HONORED TO HOST U.S. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TOM VILSACK, WHO HIGHLIGHTED THE ADMINISTRATION'S HISTORIC INVESTMENTS IN CLEAN ENERGY.
- INCREASE ETHANOL DEMAND AND VALUEE15 YEAR-ROUNDEXPRESSED GRATITUDE FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ALLOWING E15 TO BE SOLD IN EIGHT MIDWEST STATES. HOWEVER, SINCE THE RULE WASN'T SET TO BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL APRIL 2025, ACE RALLIED INDUSTRY ADVOCATES TO CALL ON THE EPA AND PRESIDENT BIDEN TO ISSUE EMERGENCY WAIVERS FOR THE 2024 SUMMER MONTHS, WHICH THE EPA DELIVERED ON. ACE CONTINUES TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT BIPARTISAN, BICAMERAL LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS, THE NATIONWIDE CONSUMER AND FUEL RETAILER CHOICE ACT, TO ENSURE NATIONWIDE AND PERMANENT E15 AVAILABILITY. PROTECTING THE RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE D.C. CIRCUIT ISSUED AN ORDER VACATING MOST OF THE U.S. EPA'S 2022 DENIALS OF PETITIONS FOR SMALL REFINERY EXEMPTIONS FROM RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD (RFS) OBLIGATIONS AND REMANDING THOSE PETITIONS TO EPA FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS. ACE, ALONG WITH THE RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION AND GROWTH ENERGY, INTERVENED ON EPA'S BEHALF IN THE LITIGATION AND ARE EVALUATING NEXT STEPS AS A COALITION TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THE RFS.
- DEVELOP NEW MARKETS AND USESRETAILER-FOCUSED WEBSITE AND AD UPDATESWHEN USDA'S HIGHER BLENDS INFRASTRUCTURE INCENTIVE PROGRAM (HBIIP) RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FUNDING THROUGH THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, ACE UPDATED ITS RETAILER-FOCUSED WEBSITE, FLEXFUELFORWARD.COM, TO EASILY DIRECT PROSPECTIVE E15 AND FLEX FUELS RETAILERS TO INFORMATION ABOUT APPLYING FOR AND OBTAINING PART OF THE $450 MILLION IN NEWLY AVAILABLE COMPETITIVE GRANTS. DURING THE LATEST FIVE QUARTERS OF AVAILABILITY, ACE HELPED 170 MARKETERS, FROM MICHIGAN TO ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA TO CONNECTICUT, TO ACCESS THE USDA WEBSITE AND APPLY FOR HBIIP GRANTS.ETHANOL EDUCATION ON THE ROAD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ACE EXPANDED ITS OUTREACH TO PETROLEUM MARKETERS BY ATTENDING SEVERAL INDUSTRY TRADE SHOWS AND WORKSHOPS. THESE EVENTS ALLOWED ACE TO ADDRESS KEY QUESTIONS FROM POTENTIAL HIGHER-BLEND ETHANOL MARKETERS REGARDING INFRASTRUCTURE COMPATIBILITY, BEST PRACTICES FOR PROMOTING E15 AND E85, OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO USDA'S HBIIP, WHICH CONCLUDED THIS FALL, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES AVAILABLE TO RETAILERS OFFERING HIGHER ETHANOL BLENDS.BUILDING INTERNATIONAL ETHANOL DEMANDACE CMO RON LAMBERTY REPRESENTED THE ORGANIZATION AT SEVERAL KEY U.S. GRAINS COUNCIL (USGC) EVENTS, INCLUDING THE INTERNATIONAL MARKETING CONFERENCE AND ANNUAL MEMBER MEETING IN GUATEMALA CITY AND THE ANNUAL BOARD OF DELEGATES MEETING IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. HE ALSO SPOKE AT THE COUNCIL'S "CULTIVANDO ENERGA" (GROWING ENERGY) CONFERENCE, HOSTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR COOPERATION ON AGRICULTURE (IICA) IN COSTA RICA, WHERE HE ALSO MET WITH FUEL MARKETERS AND GOVERNMENT REGULATORS FOLLOWING THE CONFERENCE. ADDITIONALLY, ACE WELCOMED A USGC-SPONSORED CROP TOUR TEAM OF 18 CORN AND COPRODUCT BUYERS FROM KOREA TO ITS SIOUX FALLS OFFICE.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 1990.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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