Nonprofit · EIN 87-2961785
NORTH CAROLINA CLIMATE JUSTICE COLLECTIVE
Tax-exempt · DURHAM, NC 27704
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,062,088 | $1,100,927 | -$38,839 | $885,332 | $7,995 | $877,337 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $485,773 | $600,952 | -$115,179 | $914,719 | $204,205 | $710,514 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $832,886 | $840,736 | -$7,850 | $836,809 | $11,117 | $825,692 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,006,010 | $629,669 | $376,341 | $851,603 | $18,063 | $833,540 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $932,568
- Program service revenue
- $102,912
- Investment income
- $20,660
- Other revenue
- $5,948
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $366,159
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $411,030
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $27,315
- Occupancy
- $16,269
- Travel
- $18,678
- Depreciation
- $233
- Program services (functional)
- $567,679
- Management and general (functional)
- $533,248
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $914,719
- Total assets, end of year
- $885,332
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $7,995
- Net assets, end of year
- $877,337
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $107,469
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $877,337
- Gross receipts
- $1,062,088
- Employees
- 5
- Year formed
- 2021
- State of legal domicile
- NC
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, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jodi Lasseter | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $98,639 |
| Connie Leeper | Executive Dir. Officer | 30 | $77,347 |
| Christopher D Massenburg | – | 40 | $70,918 |
| Kristal Suggs | – | 40 | $70,694 |
| Samantha Jackson | – | 40 | $38,260 |
| Ayo Wilson | Chairman Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| Omari Wilson | Trustee Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Donna Chavis | Trustee Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Mark Ortiz | Trustee Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Alecia Gaines | Trustee Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Gregg Lasseter | CFO Officer | 5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 8 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jodi Lasseter | Co-Executive Director Officer | 40 | $49,586 |
| Connie Leeper | Co-Executive Director Officer | 20 | $38,832 |
| Gregg Lasseter | Financial Officer Officer | 5 | $13,000 |
| Ayo Wilson | Baord Chair Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| Omari Wilson | Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Donna Chavis | Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Mark Ortiz | Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Alecia Gaines | Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jodi Lasseter | Co-Executive Director Officer | 40 | $94,492 |
| Connie Leeper | Co-Executive Director Officer | 20 | $60,092 |
| Gregg Lasseter | Financial Officer Officer | 5 | $12,500 |
| Donna Chavis | Member Trustee or director | 5 | $2,000 |
| Bevelyn Ukah | Co-Chair Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| Ayo Wilson | Co-Chair Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| Omari Wilson | Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Kaleia Martin | Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Mark Ortiz | Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Aleisha Spruill | Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jodi Lasseter | Co-Executive Director Officer | 40 | $99,069 |
| Connie Leeper | Co-Executive Director Officer | 20 | $43,997 |
| Gregg Lasseter | Financial Officer Officer | 5 | $15,500 |
| Bevelyn Ukah | Co-Chair Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| Ayo Wilson | Co-Chair Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| Omari Wilson | Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Donna Chavis | Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Kaleia Martin | Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Mark Ortiz | Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Aleisha Spruill | Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 15422, DURHAM, NC 27704-0422
- Signed the 990
- Gregg Lasseter, CFO
- Phone
- (252) 655-1401
- Website
- www.ncclimatejustice.org
- Return prepared by
- Orion Accounting and Finance LLC
Mission
movement ecosystem to address the root causes of climate change. Using popular education and cultural organizing, we ignite social transformation. We center all our work in the leadership of youth, Black, Indigenous and people of color, women, low wealth people, and LGBTQI+ people to create strategic alignment. We are bringing an end to fracked gas infrastructure, coal ash pollution, industrial agriculture and forest destruction while planting the seeds of a life-sustaining, regenerative society.
Program accomplishments
- Resiliency Hubs: NCCJC advanced climate justice organizing through its five regional Resiliency Organizing Hubs, which convened monthly in-person and statewide virtual sessions, as well as quarterly leadership retreats. Hub programming prioritized strategic alignment, healing justice practices, and nonviolent civil defense in response to intensifying political pressures on frontline communities. The organization launched its inaugural year-long Winning the World We Want Apprenticeship (W4A) program, through which 20 BIPOC emerging organizers completed training across three tracks: energy justice organizing, food justice organizing, and cooperative business development. NCCJC also facilitated national training partnerships with Yes!, Native Movement, Climate Justice Alliance, and the Southeast Climate and Energy Network (SCEN), sharing its Resiliency Organizing Hub model and 4Rs of Social Transformation framework. The organization co-organized and co-facilitated the 7th Healing Our Movement Ecosystem Jam, a week-long convening for 25 environmental and climate leaders from across the United States.Expenses $316,906
- Tap Root: NCCJC rooted its statewide power-building work in arts and cultural strategy. The organization organized its second TapRoot Arts Residency, welcoming 15 BIPOC artists ("artivists") into a year-long program that generates art to catalyze climate justice movement building. The residency launched with a five-day immersion at Lake Logan and produced original work marking the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene. NCCJC launched its inaugural 4Rs Indie Film Festival, selecting 7 winners from 25 submissions on the theme of just and regenerative futures; films were showcased through a virtual festival and public discussion. The organization anchored cultural strategy for the NC Environmental Justice People's Hearing: Speak Easy, Speak Free, where youth and elders performed the original multimedia show "Finding Our Balance, and Co-Director Connie Leeper facilitated the Mothers of the Environmental Justice Movement ceremony. NCCJC also organized The Art of Us a five-city cultural arts roadshow across Goldsboro, Durham, Fayetteville, Kinston, and Maxton in partnership with Resiliency Hub anchors and PowerUp NC, featuring more than 15 performers, 300 participants, and free distribution of the newly redesigned Inner Resilience toolkit.Expenses $149,828
- Convenings: NCCJC convened its 7th annual NC Climate Justice Summit in Brown Summit, NC, gathering 250 youth and adults around the theme "Just Recovery for All." The Summit featured more than 30 workshops led by five intergenerational Resiliency Organizing Hub teams, Just Recovery strategy sessions with grassroots leaders from Puerto Rico, the Gulf South, the Mariana Islands, and California, and community-building programming including an open mic night and healing space. NCCJC also organized the inaugural Durham Solar Festival at Lyons Farm Elementary School in partnership with school administration, drawing more than 175 participants. Festival programming featured NCCJC's original interactive performance The Good Fire an allegory about clean energy alongside hands-on solar exhibits, youth competitions including a solar car race and solar oven bake-off, and arts engagement activities. These convenings advanced NCCJC's mission of building community-led pathways to a just energy transition and strengthened connective tissue between frontline communities in eastern and western North Carolina.Expenses $93,025
- Trainings & Facilitations: NCCJC designs and leads customized, interactive, and culturally relevant training informed by the wisdom and experience of our communities. We work with municipalities, non-governmental groups, non-profits, grassroots groups, and statewide networks to embrace climate justice principles and catalyze just action in response to climate change.? Workshops We Offer Free to Community-Based Groups: Beyond Disaster Relief- Strategies for Just Recovery, Intro to Climate Justice & Climate Adaptation Planning, From Bouncing Back to Bouncing Forward: Resilience Skills for Personal, Communal & Ecological Well-being, Igniting the Regenerative EconomyExpenses $7,920
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 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | Check at the IRS |
IRS record
- EIN
- 87-2961785
- 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
- 2022
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C01)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $885,332
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,062,088
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $1,062,088 | $1,100,927 | $885,332 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $485,773 | $600,952 | $914,719 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $832,886 | $840,736 | $836,809 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,006,010 | $629,669 | $851,603 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $601,049 | $366,288 | $675,033 | 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 87-2961785).
Questions about NORTH CAROLINA CLIMATE JUSTICE COLLECTIVE
- What is the EIN of NORTH CAROLINA CLIMATE JUSTICE COLLECTIVE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of NORTH CAROLINA CLIMATE JUSTICE COLLECTIVE is 87-2961785.
- Is NORTH CAROLINA CLIMATE JUSTICE COLLECTIVE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2022.
- Are donations to NORTH CAROLINA CLIMATE JUSTICE COLLECTIVE tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does NORTH CAROLINA CLIMATE JUSTICE COLLECTIVE 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 NORTH CAROLINA CLIMATE JUSTICE COLLECTIVE due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did NORTH CAROLINA CLIMATE JUSTICE COLLECTIVE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who are the officers and directors of NORTH CAROLINA CLIMATE JUSTICE COLLECTIVE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 11 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $98,639 (Jodi Lasseter, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does NORTH CAROLINA CLIMATE JUSTICE COLLECTIVE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,062,088, expenses of $1,100,927 and total assets of $885,332 at year end.
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