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Nonprofit · EIN 85-4146520

WE MEAN BUSINESS COALITION INC

Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10001

Financials

$19.8M$19.3M2023$15.2M$18.6M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of WE MEAN BUSINESS COALITION INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$15,214,542$18,605,856-$3,391,314$21,819,433$8,860,826$12,958,607
December 31, 2023990$19,836,990$19,265,381$571,609$25,264,513$8,602,869$16,661,644
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$15,132,733
of which government grants
$210,880
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,757
Other revenue
$78,052

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$8,390,212
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$690,772
Other salaries and wages
$3,817,730
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$5,723,445
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$161,717
Accounting fees
$73,987
Occupancy
$147,674
Travel
$536,664
Program services (functional)
$16,137,870
Management and general (functional)
$1,898,017
Fundraising (functional)
$569,969

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$25,264,513
Total assets, end of year
$21,819,433
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,860,826
Net assets, end of year
$12,958,607
Net assets without donor restrictions
$4,775,999
Net assets with donor restrictions
$8,182,608
Gross receipts
$15,214,542
Employees
19
Volunteers
14
Year formed
2020
State of legal domicile
DE

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.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
DR MARIA MENDILUCECEO
Officer
40$497,497$26,449
ANDREW PRAGMANAGING DIRECTOR, POLICY
Key employee
40$260,812$13,764
RASMUS VALANKO MANAGINGDIRECTOR, SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION
Key employee
40$264,665$0
JENNY AHLEN MANAGINGDIRECTOR OF NET ZERO
Key employee
40$177,540$55,203
STEVEN CASEYDEPUTY DIRECTOR, GRANTS
Highest-paid employee
40$176,700$46,885
KRISTEN KINGDEPUTY DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS
Highest-paid employee
40$166,200$28,395
VANESSA SALINASDIRECTOR, FINANCE
Officer
40$142,197$51,167
LUKE PRITCHARDDIRECTOR, BEYOND ALLIANCE
Highest-paid employee
40$132,870$42,825
JANE JAGDDIRECTOR, NET ZERO FINANCE
Highest-paid employee
40$156,873$15,811
JOSH HARRISDIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS &
Highest-paid employee
40$139,244$7,744
SIR IAN CHESHIRECHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
7$0$0
DR CELINE HERWEIJERVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
7$0$0
MINDY LUBBERTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
PETER BAKKERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
HELEN CLARKSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
9 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
ARON CRAMERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
AMBASSADOR PATRICIA ESPINOSADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
DR STEVE HOWARDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
SHERRY MADERADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
ROBERTO MARQUESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
LEAH SELIGMANNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
SUPRIYA SENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
HALLA TOMASDOTTIRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
ELIOT WHITTINGTONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 24 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
DR MARIA MENDILUCECEO
Officer
40$469,677$37,802
RASMUS VALANKO MANAGINGDIRECTOR, SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION
Key employee
40$241,798$0
STEVEN CASEYDEPUTY DIRECTOR, GRANTS
Highest-paid employee
40$170,880$45,138
JENNY AHLEN MANAGINGDIRECTOR OF NET ZERO
Key employee
40$171,720$42,542
ROSS HEINEMEYER DIRECTOR OFFINANCE & PEOPLE THRU DEC 2023
Officer
40$167,866$27,751
KRISTEN KINGDEPUTY DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS
Highest-paid employee
40$153,360$27,296
JEAN-DAVID RAFFENELDIRECTOR, OPERATIONS
Highest-paid employee
40$163,445$9,687
JOSH HARRISDIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS & DEVELOPMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$164,175$4,131
ANDREW PRAGMANAGING DIRECTOR, POLICY
Key employee
40$153,579$10,407
JANE JAGDDIRECTOR, NET ZERO FINANCE
Highest-paid employee
40$146,646$14,762
SIR IAN CHESHIRECHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
7$0$0
DR CELINE HERWEIJERVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
7$0$0
MINDY LUBBERTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
PETER BAKKERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
NICOLETTE BARTLETDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
HELEN CLARKSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
ARON CRAMERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
AMBASSADOR PATRICIA ESPINOSADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
DR STEVE HOWARDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
SHERRY MADERADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
ROBERTO MARQUESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
SUPRIYA SENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
HALLA TOMASDOTTIRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0
ELIOT WHITTINGTONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1178 BROADWAY 3RD FLOOR SUITE 325, NEW YORK, NY 10001-5666
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
DR MARIA MENDILUCE, 1178 BROADWAY 3RD FLOOR SUITE 325, NEW YORK, NY 100015404
Signed the 990
MINDY LUBBER, TREASURER
Phone
(786) 877-5599
Return prepared by
PKF O'CONNOR DAVIES ADVISORY LLC

Mission

THROUGH UNPRECEDENTED COLLABORATION, WE CATALYZE BUSINESS ACTION AND DRIVE AMBITIOUS POLICY TO HALVE EMISSIONS BY 2030 AND ACCELERATE AN INCLUSIVE TRANSITION TO A NET-ZERO ECONOMY BY 2050, AT THE LATEST.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • GRANTS AND PARTNER WORKWE MEAN BUSINESS COALITION RECEIVES AND DISBURSES GRANT SUPPORT FROM OUR FUNDERS TO THE GRANTEES. THROUGHOUT THE FULL PROCESS OF GRANTING FUNDS, THE WMBC WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH EACH STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY TO EXECUTE THE COALITION'S STRATEGY - THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, REGRANTS COMMITTEE, AND GRANTEES.
    Expenses $8,390,212 · grants $8,390,212
  • COMMUNICATIONSTHE WMBC COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WORKS WITH A GRANTEES TO FOCUS ON THE DELIVERY OF THE COALITION COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY, INCLUDING SHIFTING THE NARRATIVE ON BUSINESS AND CLIMATE CHANGE TO TELL INSPIRING STORIES OF SYSTEMS CHANGE, DELIVERING POWERFUL MESSAGES FROM BUSINESS TO POLICYMAKERS TO BOLSTER CLIMATE POLICY IN PRIORITY GEOGRAPHIES, AND SUPPORTING THE STRENGTHENING OF WHAT CORPORATE CLIMATE LEADERSHIP MEANS.
    Expenses $1,841,919
  • SME CLIMATE HUBTHE SME CLIMATE HUB (SME CH) IS A GLOBAL INITIATIVE OF THE WE MEAN BUSINESS COALITION, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EXPONENTIAL ROADMAP INITIATIVE AND THE UN HIGH-LEVEL CHAMPIONS RACE TO ZERO CAMPAIGN, THAT HELPS SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMES) - THOSE WITH LESS THAN 500 EMPLOYEES - TO MAKE A CLIMATE COMMITMENT, TAKE ACTION, AND MEASURE THEIR PROGRESS TOWARDS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS. ALL TOOLS AND RESOURCES ON THE SME CLIMATE HUB ARE FREE AND SPECIFICALLY EQUIP THE SME COMMUNITY TO TAKE CLIMATE ACTION. THE INITIATIVE IS ALSO THE KEY ENTRY POINT FOR SMES TO JOIN THE RACE TO ZERO CAMPAIGN - AN INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN THAT BRINGS TOGETHER AN UNPRECEDENTED COALITION OF REAL ECONOMY ACTORS AND 120 GOVERNMENTS COMMITTED TO ACHIEVE NET-ZERO EMISSIONS BY NO LATER THAN 2050.
    Expenses $1,316,004
  • PAVILION AND EVENTSTHE BUSINESS PAVILION AND GLOBAL EVENTS PROGRAM BY THE WE MEAN BUSINESS COALITION PROVIDES A HIGH-IMPACT PLATFORM FOR COMPANIES AND PARTNERS TO SHOWCASE CLIMATE LEADERSHIP, SHARE SOLUTIONS, AND DRIVE COLLABORATION AT MAJOR INTERNATIONAL FORUMS SUCH AS COP AND CLIMATE WEEK NYC. THE PROGRAM HAS SUCCESSFULLY CONVENED THOUSANDS OF BUSINESS AND POLICY LEADERS, AMPLIFYING CORPORATE CLIMATE COMMITMENTS AND ACCELERATING MOMENTUM TOWARD A NET ZERO, RESILIENT GLOBAL ECONOMY.
    Expenses $1,060,875
  • NET ZEROWMBC WORKS TO TO DRIVE BUSINESS MOBILIZATION BEHIND 1.5C AND NET ZERO AND MOVING FROM AMBITION TO ACTION. PROGRAMS TO DRIVE BUSINESS MOBILIZATION INCLUDE SBTI, THE CLIMATE PLEDGE, AND SME CLIMATE HUB.
    Expenses $1,040,352
  • SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATIONTHE COALITION HAS CREATED SYSTEMS-BASED TRANSFORMATION TEAMS TO BRING PARTNER AND WMBC SECRETARIAT STAFF TOGETHER TO FOCUS ON TRANSFORMATION OF SPECIFIC MARKET SYSTEMS. THE PURPOSE OF THE TRANSFORMATION TEAM'S IS TO CO-CREATE AND CO-DELIVER ON OUR SHARED STRATEGY AND ACCELERATE RADICAL COLLABORATION THROUGHOUT THE WMB COALITION. THE TEAMS ARE IMPACT FOCUSED, LEVERAGING OUR EXISTING STRENGTHS TO CREATE AN ALIGNED ECOSYSTEM TO ACHIEVE BOLD SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION. THROUGH THE TEAMS, WE SHARE IDEAS AND KNOWLEDGE, FOSTER GREATER CONNECTIVITY AND COLLABORATION, AND IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE ON SHARED PROGRAMMATIC WORK FOR GREATER IMPACT.BY COORDINATING WORK ON CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT, ACTION, POLICY AND COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN SYSTEMS, THE TEAMS SEEK TO ENHANCE THE COALITION'S ABILITY TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES THAT WILL ACHIEVE "NORTH STAR" GOALS FOR EACH SYSTEM.
    Expenses $857,796
  • OTHER PROGRAMS: SCIENCE BASED TARGET INITIATIVES, POLICY, AND NATURE
    Expenses $1,630,712

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 yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
85-4146520
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
2021
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Environment (C60)
Assets (IRS master file)
$21,819,433
Income (IRS master file)
$15,214,542

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$15,214,542$18,605,856$21,819,433IRS
990December 2023$19,836,990$19,265,381$25,264,513XML
990December 2022$21,504,229$20,377,515$24,933,471IRS
990December 2021–––IRS

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 85-4146520).

Questions about WE MEAN BUSINESS COALITION INC

What is the EIN of WE MEAN BUSINESS COALITION INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of WE MEAN BUSINESS COALITION INC is 85-4146520.
Is WE MEAN BUSINESS COALITION INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2021.
Are donations to WE MEAN BUSINESS COALITION INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does WE MEAN BUSINESS COALITION INC 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 WE MEAN BUSINESS COALITION INC 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 WE MEAN BUSINESS COALITION INC 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 WE MEAN BUSINESS COALITION INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names DR MARIA MENDILUCE.
Who are the officers and directors of WE MEAN BUSINESS COALITION INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 24 people; 10 received compensation from the organization, the highest $497,497 (DR MARIA MENDILUCE, CEO).
How much revenue does WE MEAN BUSINESS COALITION INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $15,214,542, expenses of $18,605,856 and total assets of $21,819,433 at year end.

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