The APGA Research Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that serves as the “bank” for public gas system (PGS) voluntary R&D contributions. The Foundation provides PGSs their own organization to collect and allocate voluntary dollars to R&D important to public gas customers. The Foundation identifies and prioritizes research projects important to contributing PGSs and ensures that project deliverables are tracked and met. Those deliverables always include commercialization prospects, values and schedules.  APGA Research Foundation has over 150 investors that serve about 2.5 million customers.