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Nonprofit · EIN 87-3190059

CLIMATE CHANGE AI

Tax-exempt · CAMBRIDGE, MA 02141

Financials

$1.1M$449K2023$1.3M$952K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of CLIMATE CHANGE AI by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$1,267,490$952,016$315,474$1,042,702$1,833$1,040,869
December 31, 2023990$1,134,654$449,199$685,455$731,024$5,629$725,395
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$892,368
Program service revenue
$340,451
Investment income
$33,551
Other revenue
$1,120

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Other salaries and wages
$292,832
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$410,437
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$4,920
Accounting fees
$6,254
Travel
$4,837
Program services (functional)
$833,334
Management and general (functional)
$118,682

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$731,024
Total assets, end of year
$1,042,702
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,833
Net assets, end of year
$1,040,869
Gross receipts
$1,267,490
Employees
7
Volunteers
30
Year formed
2021
State of legal domicile
PA

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 / weekCompensation
PRIYA DONTICCAI CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
10$0
DAVID ROLNICKCCAI CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
10$0
LYNN KAACKCCAI CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
10$0
MARK ROTHBOARD MEMBER (EXIT 9/24)
Trustee or director
5$0
RASIKA BHALERAOBOARD MEMBER (EXIT 9/24)
Trustee or director
5$0
SHIVA MADADKHANIBOARD MEMBER (EXIT 6/24)
Trustee or director
5$0
KAMELIYA PETROVA BOARDMEMBER (ENTER 6/24) (EXIT 9/24)
Trustee or director
5$0
MARIA JOAO SOUSAEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 7 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgs
Maria Joo SousaExecutive Director
Key employee
40$0$80,000
Priya DontiCCAI Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
10$0$0
David RolnickCCAI Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
10$0$0
Lynn KaackCCAI Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
10$0$0
Mark RothPrograms Chair
Trustee or director
5$0$0
Rasika BhaleraoCommunications Chair
Trustee or director
5$0$0
Shiva MadadkhaniBorad Member
Trustee or director
5$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
82 5TH ST, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02141-1751
In care of
% PRIYA L DONTI
Mailing address (990-N for 2022)
814 S Negley Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15232
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
PRIYA L DONTI, 502 W 7TH STREET STE 100, ERIE, PA 16502
Principal officer (990-N for 2022)
Priya Donti, 1 E Loop Road, New York NY 10044
Signed the 990
PRIYA L DONTI, CCAI CHAIR
Phone
(412) 206-9859
Return prepared by
SCHNEIDER DOWNS & CO INC

Mission

TO CATALYZE IMPACTFUL WORK AT THE INTERSECTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND MACHINE LEARNING.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND MACHINE LEARNING (ML) OFFER A POWERFUL SUITE OF TOOLS TO ACCELERATE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION ACROSS DIFFERENT SECTORS. HOWEVER, GAPS IN DATA, FUNDING, AND PARTNERSHIP-BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE OFTEN HINDER THE IMPACTFUL USE OF AI/ML FOR CLIMATE CHANGE APPLICATIONS. CLIMATE CHANGE AI HAS DEVELOPED SEVERAL RESOURCES GEARED TOWARDS ADDRESSING THESE CHALLENGES BY (A) CATALOGING CRITICAL DATA GAPS THAT IMPEDE AI/ML APPLICATIONS IN ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE, AND SURFACING THEM PUBLICLY VIA A DATA GAPS TOOL, IN ORDER TO MOBILIZE EFFORTS TO FILL THESE DATA GAPS, (B) CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON THE ROLE OF FUNDING MECHANISMS SUCH AS GRAND CHALLENGES, CULMINATING IN A PUBLICLY-AVAILABLE REPORT, ANDSEE CONTINUATION ON SCHEDULE O.
    Expenses $448,265 · revenue $279,000
  • CCAI'S CONFERENCES AND EVENTS PROMOTE EDUCATION, NETWORKING, AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING. IN 2024, WE ORGANIZED ONE-DAY WORKSHOPS AT TOP AI AND MACHINE LEARNING VENUES (AMLD 2024, ICLR 2024, AND NEURIPS 2024); THESE WORKSHOPS DREW SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF PARTICIPANTS, AND COLLECTIVELY FEATURED ALMOST 200 ACCEPTED RESEARCH PAPERS. CCAI ALSO ORGANIZED TWO EVENTS AT CLIMATE WEEK NYC, AND ONE EVENT AT THE UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE, AIMED AT MOBILIZING AND BUILDING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ACADEMIC, INDUSTRY, AND POLICY AUDIENCES.
    Expenses $182,050
  • THE CLIMATE CHANGE AI SUMMER SCHOOL IS DESIGNED TO EDUCATE AND PREPARE PARTICIPANTS WITH A BACKGROUND IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AI AND/OR A BACKGROUND IN A CLIMATE CHANGE RELATED FIELD TO TACKLE MAJOR CLIMATE PROBLEMS USING AI. OUR 2023 AND 2024 EDITIONS CONSISTED OF TWO INDEPENDENT COMPONENTS - AN OPEN TO ALL VIRTUAL PROGRAM (WHICH IN TOTAL DREW 16K REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS ACROSS BOTH EDITIONS) AND A SELECTIVE IN-PERSON PROGRAM (WHICH HAS HOSTED APPROXIMATELY 60 PARTICIPANTS ACROSS BOTH EDITIONS). COURSES WERE CONDUCTED BY MEMBERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AI AND WORLD-RENOWNED EXPERTS IN AI AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
    Expenses $157,999 · revenue $61,451
  • CCAI'S INNOVATION GRANTS PROGRAM AWARDS SEED GRANTS SUPPORTING RESEARCH, DEPLOYMENT, AND THE CREATION OF DATASETS AND TOOLS. THIS INNOVATION GRANTS PROGRAM ALSO ENABLES THE CREATION OF KEY PARTNERSHIPS THAT ACCELERATE THE RESEARCH-TO-DEPLOYMENT CYCLE, CREATING SYNERGIES BETWEEN ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS, NON-PROFITS, STARTUPS AND OTHER COMPANIES, AND GOVERNMENTAL OR INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. IN 2024, WE CONTINUED SUPPORTING OUR 2022 AND 2023 GRANTEES, AS WELL AS SELECTING A COHORT OF APPROXIMATELY 10 NEW 2024 GRANTEES. THIS PROGRAM WAS RUN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FUTURE EARTH (WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AI LEADING THE CALL DESIGN, GRANT REVIEW AND SELECTION, AND POST-AWARD GRANTEE SUPPORT, AND WITH FUTURE EARTH DISSEMINATING GRANT FUNDING).
    Expenses $45,020

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
87-3190059
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 (C05)
Assets (IRS master file)
$1,042,702
Income (IRS master file)
$1,267,490

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$1,267,490$952,016$1,042,702IRS
990December 2023$1,134,654$449,199$731,024XML
990-N for 2022
Officer: Priya Donti
December 31, 2022≤ $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 87-3190059).

Questions about CLIMATE CHANGE AI

What is the EIN of CLIMATE CHANGE AI?
The employer identification number (EIN) of CLIMATE CHANGE AI is 87-3190059.
Is CLIMATE CHANGE AI tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2022.
Are donations to CLIMATE CHANGE AI tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does CLIMATE CHANGE AI 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 CLIMATE CHANGE AI 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 CLIMATE CHANGE AI 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 CLIMATE CHANGE AI?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names PRIYA L DONTI.
Who are the officers and directors of CLIMATE CHANGE AI?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 8 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
How much revenue does CLIMATE CHANGE AI have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $1,267,490, expenses of $952,016 and total assets of $1,042,702 at year end.

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