Burn Design LAB
Donations deductibleRevenue
$920k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$718k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$1.4m
Minus $24 liabilities
Net assets
$1.4m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
8
5.3 years on average
Staff
11
10 volunteers
Chair observed
≥5 yrs
Jonathan Posner
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Burn Design LAB's network
8 people2 organisationsi8 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 9 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Posner Chair | Board Chair | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Arie Verloop | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Greg Heath | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Leslie Cordes | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Ricardo Sitchin | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Robert Powell | Secretary/Tr | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Sarah Agbey | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Susan Reed | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah SU | Executive Di | 2024 |
| Paul Means | Pres/Exec Di | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah Su | Executive Di | 40 | $91k | ||
| Ronke Luke | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Greg Heath | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Ricardo Sitchin | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Arie Verloop | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Sarah Agbey | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Leslie Cordes | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Susan Reed | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Jonathan Posner | Board Chair | 2 | $0 | ||
| Robert Powell | Secretary/Tr | 5 | $0 | ||
| Paul Means | Former Pres/ | 15 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Burn Design Lab
- EIN
- 274191367
- Address
- 18850 103rd Ave Sw Ste 220, Vashon, WA, 98070-5250
- State
- Washington
- Mission
- Conduct research and development activities to design highly efficient clean burning cookstoves for use in the developing world. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- C35 Environment
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Environment
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2010
- Principal officer
- Jeremiah Su (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 2011
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsArie Verloop
≥8years on the filingsRobert Powell
≥7years on the filingsJonathan Posner
≥4years on the filingsLeslie Cordes
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $1.4m
- Total liabilities
- Minus $24
- Net assets or fund balances
- $1.4m
- Contributions and grants received
- $859k
- Program service revenue
- $43k
- Employees
- 11
- Volunteers
- 10
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $732k | $640k | $93k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.