2025-12-19T09:22:17-08:00 2025-06-30 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 548 Market St PMB 97503 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2024-07-01 450485495 The Climate Center CLIM 7075251665 1275 4th St 191 Santa Rosa CA 95404 Lois Downy CFO 2025-12-19 true true Felix Gorrindo P01658413 5108352727 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Ellie Cohen 1275 4th St 191 Santa Rosa CA 95404 3702919 false X www.theclimatecenter.org X 2002 CA The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California. 10 10 24 25 0 3068304 3622389 48369 56785 13645 23745 0 3130318 3702919 59431 50000 0 2459891 2530180 0 530191 638500 764787 3157822 3344967 -27504 357952 1138776 1591504 213340 308116 925436 1283388 X The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California. false true 1559136 Public Outreach and CommunicationsThe Climate Center has pursued multiple outreach strategies to educate decision-makers and the public about the urgency of the climate crisis and the array of accelerated, equitable solutions that the state can pursue now to address it. We published four policy briefs; hosted twelve webinars with over 5,000 total registrants; convened the 2025 California Climate Policy Summit in Sacramento (sold out with over 400 attendees); organized legislator attendance at the 2024 UN Climate Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan where we hosted three side events and press conferences; generated 69 media mentions of our work; and mobilized our supporters to take over 12,500 online actions. 841495 50000 56786 Policy Development, Implementation, and Coalition BuildingThe Climate Center advanced equitable climate policy to reduce emissions and address affordability in California in six main areas: developing equitable and safe carbon dioxide removal strategies; driving funding for natural carbon sequestration; working to make polluters pay their fair share of the states climate damages; ensuring reforms to the states flagship climate program, Cap & Trade, to make it more effective and better address the needs of frontline communities; using batteries in electric vehicles to provide resilient power for homes and businesses during outages and power back to the grid as needed; and aggregating local clean energy resources such as rooftop solar, batteries, and smart thermostats to create virtual power plants that cut costs for consumers, provide flexible power, and reduce the need for polluting gas plants. 2400631 true true false true false false false false false false true false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 6 0 true 24 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 10 10 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X X Lois Downy 7075251665 1275 4th St Ste 191 Santa Rosa CA 95404 Ellie Cohen CEO 40.00 0.00 X 198625 0 32549 Jeri Howland Dir. 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The Organization has evaluated its current tax positions as of June 30, 2025 and is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary. The Organizations tax returns are generally subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. true Carbon Cycle Institute 245 Kentucky St Ste D Petaluma CA 94952 462694752 501c3 50000 0 Nature based solution work 1 0 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used The Organization's Sequestration Program Manager participates in the natural carbon sequestration coalition and receives regular updates on the activities of the grant recipients. X X false false false false false false false false false Barry Vesser CPO 135212 4193 16445 155850 Ellie Cohen CEO 198625 6300 26249 231174 Jeri Howland Dir. Philanthropy 161460 4844 17710 184014 Lois Downy CFO 136610 4196 14547 155353 Form 990, Part III, Line 3 We ceased tracking Climate-Safe California Partnership Building as a separate program. Our partnership work continues as key activities in our other two programs. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 1a The Executive Committee performs the annual performance evaluation of the CEO. All other tasks approved by full board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Once 990 is prepared and reviewed by the CFO and the Finance Committee of the Board, it is provided to the full BOD for review and comment before submission. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Board members submit a Conflict of Interest Disclosure form each year that certifies that they have read and understood the organizations Conflict of Interest policy and that they agree to comply with the policy. Board members also disclose any affiliations and potential conflicts so that the board may review them to determine whether any steps need to be taken to comply with the policy. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a Compensation was reviewed and approved by BOD based on comparability data, i.e. "Fair Pay for Northern California Nonprofits". Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b Compensation of CFO, COO, and Director of Philanthropy reviewed and approved by CEO based on "Fair Pay for Northern California Nonprofits and included in annual budget approved by BOD. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 On website and by request.