Mission
CONDUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES TO DESIGN HIGHLY EFFICIENT CLEAN BURNING COOKSTOVES FOR USE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD.
Public Charity
BURN DESIGN LAB
BURN DESIGN LAB is a Public Charity headquartered in VASHON, WA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $920K revenue, $718K expenses, $1.4M total assets. 20 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $737K, appear in IRS filings.
EIN: 274191367
VASHON, WA
Energy Resources Conservation & Development
NTEE: C35
Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$920K
Total Expenses$718K
Total Assets$1.4M
Grant Records20
Funding Total$737K
Filing Years2020–2025
Where $100 goes at Burn Design Lab
How Burn Design Lab divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.
$81
Programs
the work itself
$11
Management
running the organization
$8
Fundraising
raising the next dollar
Inside the $81 for programs
$81
Supporting cookstove manufacturers in the developing world to increase productive capacity
Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.
Sample Grants Received
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
$250,000
TO SUPPORT THE 2024 F5 TECH FOR GOOD GRANT.
$50,000
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$10,200
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6,950
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6,950
Showing up to 5 of 20 total records — full history available with membership.
Officers & Directors
DIRECTOR
Arie Verloop
DIRECTOR
Greg Heath
EXECUTIVE DI
Jeremiah Su
BOARD CHAIR
Jonathan Posner
DIRECTOR
Leslie Cordes
FORMER PRES/
Paul Means
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Top Grant Purposes
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $920K | $718K | $1.4M |
| 2024 | $732K | $640K | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $580K | $530K | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $422K | $494K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $193K | $246K | $85K |
Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $193K to $920K (+377%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.4M.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.