Natural Refrigeration Foundation
The Natural Refrigeration Foundation promotes the climate-positive, safe, reliable, and efficient use of the most earth-friendly natural refrigerants through the development of educational programs, delivery of training programs, providing research and educational scholarships to develop industry talent, academic alliances, and outreach within the natural refrigeration community.
Natural Refrigeration Foundation at a glance
- Total assets
- $4,970,167
- +7.2% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $482,152
- -12.1% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $172,112
- +20.9% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $349,708
- +72.8% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Natural Refrigeration Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
3 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 2 grants of 3 (67%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Cities
How Natural Refrigeration Foundation gives
- Giving fell 38% from 2019 to 2022. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $65K (2021) to $137K (2019). In 2023 it reported $66K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Gexcon US Inc Bethesda, MD | Iiar Ammonia CFD Study | $60,000 |
| Chill on LLC Issaquah, WA | Estimating Ammonia Release Research Project | $25,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,970,167 | $482,152 | $349,708 | — | — | $172,112 |
| 2024 | $4,637,591 | $548,501 | $202,368 | — | — | $142,301 |
| 2023 | $4,083,389 | $424,146 | $167,453 | $66,000 | Total only | $78,490 |
| 2022 | $3,706,517 | $362,135 | $232,003 | $85,000 | 2 | $106,518 |
| 2021 | $4,147,786 | $352,806 | $262,192 | $65,000 | 1 | $139,459 |
| 2019 | $3,306,447 | $1,247,669 | $416,950 | $136,541 | 3 | $151,278 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Natural Refrigeration Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Natural Refrigeration Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Alexandria, VA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $5.0M in total assets. Net investment income was $172K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Natural Refrigeration Foundation is led by Gary Schrift, Iiar President on every filing since 2021; 1 of 10 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Gary Schrift
Iiar President
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
$365K (2025)
William Greulich
Research Committee Chair
On filings since 2022
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Flynn
Education Committee Chair
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mike McGinnis
Chair
Secretary → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nick Nechay
Director-At-Large
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Walter Teeter
Director-At-Large
Chair → Director-At-Large, 2022
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Don Fetzer
Director-At-Large
Director-At-Large → Chair, 2022
Chair → Director-At-Large, 2023
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeff Sutton
Director-At-Large
On filings since 2022
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Wayne Wehber
Secretary
Research Committee Chair → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Quinn Vo
Treasurer
Director-At-Large → Treasurer, 2022
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (14)
- Former: Dave Malinauskas (2019–2024) — Chair
- Former: Mark Stencel (2019–2023) — Education Committee Chair
- Former: Eric Johnston (2021–2023) — Immediate Past Chair
- Former: Joseph Mandato Jr. (2021–2023) — Director-At-Large
- Former: Trevor Hegg (2022–2023) — Chair
- Former: Dave Schaefer (2021–2022) — Immediate Past Chair
- Former: Jacqueline Kirkman (2021–2022) — Director-At-Large
- Former: John Payne (2021–2022) — Treasurer
- Former: David L. Rule (2019–2021) — Iiar President Emeritus
- Former: Michael Lynch (2019–2021) — Chair
- Former: Bruce Nelson (2021) — Secretary
- Former: Essa Firoozbakht (2019) — Director-At-Large
- Former: Lois Stirewalt Oconnor (2019) — Executive Director
- Former: Michael McGinnis (2019) — Treasurer
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $365K, to Gary Schrift (Iiar President).
Frequently asked questions about Natural Refrigeration Foundation
How large is Natural Refrigeration Foundation?
Natural Refrigeration Foundation reported $5.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $482K.
What is Natural Refrigeration Foundation?
Natural Refrigeration Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Alexandria, VA. It holds $5.0M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Natural Refrigeration Foundation operate?
Natural Refrigeration Foundation has awarded grants in California, District of Columbia, Maryland, Maine, Washington.
What is Natural Refrigeration Foundation's EIN?
Natural Refrigeration Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 20-8044425. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 22, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS January 20, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 27, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 15, 2024)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2021–2025
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