Nonprofit · EIN 82-2723327
GLOBAL ENERGY MONITOR
Tax-exempt · COVINA, CA 91723
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $9,612,516 | $9,776,431 | -$163,915 | $5,799,924 | $878,885 | $4,921,039 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $9,309,831 | $8,332,227 | $977,604 | $5,857,859 | $772,905 | $5,084,954 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $9,394,995
- Program service revenue
- $157,000
- Investment income
- $58,038
- Other revenue
- $2,483
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $100,000
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $426,746
- Other salaries and wages
- $7,088,345
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $8,825,681
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $20,006
- Accounting fees
- $35,226
- Travel
- $118,356
- Program services (functional)
- $8,322,973
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,121,023
- Fundraising (functional)
- $332,435
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $5,857,859
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,799,924
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $878,885
- Net assets, end of year
- $4,921,039
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,157,687
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $3,763,352
- Gross receipts
- $9,612,516
- Employees
- 86
- Volunteers
- 6
- Year formed
- 2017
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisa Plotnick | Associate Director | 40 | $138,739 | $23,023 |
| Ryan Driskell Tate | Associate Director | 40 | $150,259 | $5,923 |
| Maisie Bird | Chief Data Officer | 40 | $151,790 | $0 |
| Caitlin Swalec | Program Director | 40 | $126,086 | $12,849 |
| Joshua Kruskal | Dir. Fin. & Ops Officer | 40 | $114,978 | $18,701 |
| Flora Champenois | Program Director | 40 | $118,061 | $12,619 |
| Theodore Nace | Executive Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 24 | $125,715 | $4,903 |
| Aiqun Yu | Research Analyst | 40 | $128,091 | $0 |
| Ashish Fernandes | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Paula Baker | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Han Chen | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Daniel Newman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sheldon Rampton | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jenny Chu | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theodore Nace | President Trustee or director, Officer | 24 | $178,880 | $10,444 |
| Louisa Plotnick | Associate Director | 40 | $126,887 | $20,029 |
| Mason Inman | Data Director | 40 | $141,003 | $0 |
| Joshua Kruskal | Dir Fin & Ops Officer | 40 | $119,172 | $8,465 |
| Ryan Tate | Associate Director | 40 | $120,725 | $6,456 |
| Caitlin Swalec | Program Director | 40 | $108,865 | $13,728 |
| Ingrid Behrsin | Dir. Renewables | 40 | $103,984 | $6,249 |
| Paula Baker | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Ashish Fernandes | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Han Chen | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Dan Newman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sheldon Rampton | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 440 N BARRANCA AVE, COVINA, CA 91723-1722
- Mailing address (990-N for 2017)
- 1254 Utah Street, San Francisco CA 94110
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Justin Locke
- Principal officer (990-N for 2017)
- Ted Nace, 1254 Utah Street, San Francisco CA 94110
- Signed the 990
- Joshua Kruskal, Dir. Fin. & Ops
- Phone
- (626) 219-0030
- Website
- CoalSwarm.org
- Return prepared by
- Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 82-2723327 or by the name GLOBAL ENERGY MONITOR.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
Global Energy Monitor develops and analyzes data on energy infrastructure, resources, and uses. We provide open access to information that is essential to building a sustainable energy future.
Program accomplishments
- Renewables & Other Power: Global Energy Monitor's Renewables & Other Power program includes projects tracking solar power, wind power, hydropower, geothermal power, bioenergy, and nuclear power. Each tracker includes interactive maps, summary tables, and a downloadable data set with links to footnoted wiki pages on each facility. Some trackers also publish reports about notable trends. These tools are made publicly available under an open source license and are commonly used by nonprofit groups, universities, international agencies, media organizations, and others.Expenses $2,171,445 · grants $100,000
- Oil & Gas: Global Energy Monitor's oil and gas program includes projects tracking oil and gas extraction, infrastructure, power plants, and regional gas production, as well as a weekly newsletter. Each tracker includes interactive maps, summary tables, and a downloadable data set with links to footnoted wiki pages on each facility. Some trackers also publish reports about notable trends. These tools are made publicly available under an open source license and are commonly used by nonprofit groups, universities, international agencies, media organizations, and others.Expenses $2,072,891
- Coal: Global Energy Monitor's coal program includes projects tracking coal plants, mines, terminals, and finance, as well as a weekly newsletter. Each tracker includes interactive maps, summary tables, and a downloadable data set with links to footnoted wiki pages on each facility. Some trackers also publish reports about notable trends. These tools are made publicly available under an open source license and are commonly used by nonprofit groups, universities, international agencies, media organizations, and others.Expenses $1,677,593
- Heavy Industry: Global Energy Monitors heavy industry program includes projects tracking iron and steel plants, iron mining, and cement and concrete plants. Each tracker includes interactive maps, summary tables, and a downloadable data set with links to footnoted wiki pages on each facility. Some trackers also publish reports about notable trends. These tools are made publicly available under an open source license and are commonly used by nonprofit groups, universities, international agencies, media organizations, and others.Expenses $1,244,447 · revenue $1,000
- Other programs: Other projects at GEM include cross-cutting work such as: 1) Our Energy Transition Tracker, which identifies zones with potential for scaling up renewable energy and provides centralized data, maps, and information about factors that facilitate or obstruct the transition, to help stakeholders drive real change in the energy transition. 2) Our Global Integrated Power Tracker, which combines data from all power generation trackers for improved visualization, understanding, and ease of use. 3) Our Global Energy Ownership Tracker, which provides ownership data for facilitates in nine of our other trackers. 4) Our Methane Emitters Tracker, which provides estimates of fossil fuel emissions at oil and gas and coal extraction sites, natural gas transmission pipelines, proposed projects and reserves, and attribution of remotely-sensed methane plumes. And 5) Our Private Equity Tracker, which is part of a multi-organization initiative known as the Private Equity Climate Risks (PECR) project.Expenses $1,156,597 · revenue $156,000
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 82-2723327
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2018
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C30)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $5,799,924
- Income (IRS master file)
- $9,612,516
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $9,612,516 | $9,776,431 | $5,799,924 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $9,309,831 | $8,332,227 | $5,857,859 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $6,281,028 | $5,100,780 | $4,515,868 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2017 Officer: Ted Nace | December 31, 2017 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 82-2723327).
Questions about GLOBAL ENERGY MONITOR
- What is the EIN of GLOBAL ENERGY MONITOR?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of GLOBAL ENERGY MONITOR is 82-2723327.
- Is GLOBAL ENERGY MONITOR tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2018.
- Are donations to GLOBAL ENERGY MONITOR tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does GLOBAL ENERGY MONITOR file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of GLOBAL ENERGY MONITOR due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did GLOBAL ENERGY MONITOR last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of GLOBAL ENERGY MONITOR?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Justin Locke.
- Who are the officers and directors of GLOBAL ENERGY MONITOR?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 14 people; 8 received compensation from the organization, the highest $138,739 (Louisa Plotnick, Associate Director).
- How much revenue does GLOBAL ENERGY MONITOR have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $9,612,516, expenses of $9,776,431 and total assets of $5,799,924 at year end.
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