Heat Is Power
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What it says it does
The primary exempt purpose of the Heat is Power Association is to promote the common business interests and general education of the waste heat to power (WHP) industry.
- Income
- $123,922
- Spending
- $115,871
- Highest pay
- $99,000, executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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)
- The Heat is Power Association (HiP) focused on promoting the common business interests of the waste heat to power (WHP) industry by educating policymakers and the public about the benefits of WHP, among other activities. Accomplishments include developing new educational materials on the benefits of WHP (publicly available on the HiP website) and holding general WHP education meetings with various officials at the U.S. Department of Energy and with the staff of over 30 U.S. Senators and Representatives.
- The Heat is Power Association (HiP) focused on promoting the common business interests of the waste heat to power (WHP) industry by participating in and sharing information at forums and meetings with other clean energy groups, including the Clean Energy Business Network, among others.
- The Heat is Power Association (HiP) focused on promoting the common business interests of the waste heat to power (WHP) industry by meeting with federal officials to discuss the implementation of key tax credits that incentivize/apply to certain WHP projects, among other activities. HiP held several meetings with officials at the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Treasury to discuss implementation of the clean electricity investment (Sec. 48E) and production (Sec. 45Y) tax credits. HiP commented on several regulatory rulemakings that have an outsize impact on the WHP industry.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 2025.
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 October 2011.
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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