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US nonprofit · EIN 473139002 · West Seneca, NYiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 473139002) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, grants paid (Schedule I).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2015.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

New York Geothermal Foundation Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$83k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$83k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$812k
$835k liabilities
Net assets
Minus $23k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
3
8.0y av
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Voting members
3
reported in Part VI
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New York Geothermal Foundation Inc's network

3 peoplei3 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

3 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.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 3 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Eugene KernDirector2019
7 yrs
Jens PonikauDirector/President2018
8 yrs
Ragna PonikauDirector2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Jens PonikauDirector/President1$0
Ragna PonikauDirector1$0
Eugene KernDirector1$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
New York Geothermal Foundation Inc
EIN
473139002
Address
2708 Clinton St, West Seneca, NY, 14224-1004
State
New York
Mission
To research improvements to and spread information about renewable energy efficient ground source heat pump systems while supporting interested renewable energy organizations (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
5 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2017
Principal officer
Jens U Ponikau (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 July 2015
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsJens Ponikau
≥8years on the filingsRagna Ponikau
≥7years on the filingsEugene Kern

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
$812k
Total liabilities
$835k
Net assets or fund balances
Minus $23k
Contributions and grants received
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$5k
Employees
0

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$40k$83kDeficit $42k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

1 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Jackson Resident Association Inc300 heads of turkey$0

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
New York Geothermal Foundation, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
New York
Entity type
Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
Status
Active
Formed
10 February 2015
Registered agent
Not stated