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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JUSTICE CLIMATE FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,971,950
Total expenses
$9,106,814
Contributions and grants received
$7,887,543
Grants paid
$356,240
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$84,407
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$966,544,921
Total liabilities, end of year
$967,882,057
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$1,337,136
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,942,167
Management and general expenses
$5,091,741
Fundraising expenses
$1,072,906
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,942,167

Program services were 32.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $7,092,954

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $794,589

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $84,407 · excluded $84,407

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $356,240 · program services $356,240

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $748,939 · program services $26,271 · management and general $671,836 · fundraising $50,832

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,310,078 · program services $1,286,410 · management and general $249,105 · fundraising $774,563

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $86,940 · program services $9,677 · management and general $75,583 · fundraising $1,680

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $207,649 · program services $33,716 · management and general $171,686 · fundraising $2,247

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,760,374 · program services $328,453 · management and general $2,431,921

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $339,619 · management and general $339,619

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,940,975 · program services $754,049 · management and general $951,149 · fundraising $235,777

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $999 · program services $216 · management and general $601 · fundraising $182

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $183,692 · program services $116,302 · management and general $65,725 · fundraising $1,665

  • 17 · Travel

    total $62,323 · program services $21,191 · management and general $39,071 · fundraising $2,061

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $21,820 · program services $8,846 · management and general $9,599 · fundraising $3,375

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $82,786 · program services $796 · management and general $81,640 · fundraising $350

  • 24a · Other expenses: LICENSES AND FEES

    total $3,283 · management and general $3,109 · fundraising $174

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOOKS & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,097 · management and general $1,097

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,041,032 · end of year $555,655

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $8,615,869

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $22,252

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,428

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $80,188

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $957,290,781

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $265,556 · end of year $567,214

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $6,024,062

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $957,290,781

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,000,000 · end of year $4,000,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$202,272 · end of year -$1,337,136

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO COMBAT THE CLIMATE CRISIS BY MOBILIZING FINANCING FOR GREENHOUSE GAS AND AIR POLLUTION REDUCING PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO COMBAT THE CLIMATE CRISIS BY MOBILIZING FINANCING FOR GREENHOUSE GAS AND (SEE SCHEDULE O) AIR POLLUTION REDUCING PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

  • PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A NATIONAL NETWORK OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (CDFIS), MINORITY DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS (MDIS), GREEN BANKS, AND LOCAL PARTNERS, JCF MOBILIZES CAPITAL AND RESOURCES TO STRENGTHEN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES BY FUNDING PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE CLEAN ENERGY, SUPPORT CLEANER AIR AND WATER, IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH, AND BUILD ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE. AS PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CLEAN COMMUNITIES INVESTMENT ACCELERATOR (CCIA) AWARD RECEIVED FROM THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY UNDER THE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION FUND, JCF STEWARDS A $940 MILLION CONDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO BE DEPLOYED THROUGH THIS NETWORK. (CONTINUED IN SCHEDULE O)

    Expenses $1,050,157

  • TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:TO ACCELERATE THE CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY LENDERS TO ORIGINATE AND DEPLOY CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY FINANCING, JCF (I) LAUNCHED A FLAGSHIP TECHNICAL-ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GREEN BANK 50, A NATIONAL NETWORK OF U.S.-BASED GREEN BANKS; (II) CONVENED TWO SESSIONS FOR MORE THAN 40 COMMUNITY LENDERS AND FUNDERS TO IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP SOLUTIONS FOR CLOSING CLEAN ENERGY FINANCING GAPS, CULMINATING IN A WHITE PAPER TITLED "BRIDGING INSTITUTIONAL CAPITAL AND COMMUNITY CLIMATE INVESTMENTS" THAT SERVES AS A RESOURCE FOR THE BROADER FIELD; AND (III) SPONSORED ITS FIRST COMMUNITY-LENDER WEBINAR, DRAWING MORE THAN 70 PARTICIPANTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO EXPLORE CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY FUNDING SOLUTIONS AND TECHNICAL CAPACITY PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $1,829,084 · Grants $356,240

  • SORENSON: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SORENSON IMPACT INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, JCF DEVELOPED AN ORGANIZATION-WIDE IMPACT MEASUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK DESIGNED TO TRACK THE IMPACT OF ITS WORK, GUIDE DECISION-MAKING, AND PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY TO FUNDERS. THE FRAMEWORK TRACKS MORE THAN 20 METRICS ALIGNED WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES SERVED, THE NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED, AND THE AMOUNT OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AVOIDED.

    Expenses $62,926

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lenwood V Long Sr

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Marla Bilonick

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Nicole Elam

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Bert Hunter

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Chrystel Cornelius

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Ivy Duke

    DIRECTOR (THRU 10/31/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Alex Forrester

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 1/30/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Robin Hughes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jeannine Jacokes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Mark Magana

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 1/30/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Edgar Romney

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 1/30/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Dan Skaff

    DIRECTOR (THRU 10/31/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Margaret Trelli

    DIRECTOR (THRU 1/30/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jessica Yupanqui Feingold

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 1/30/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Amir Kirkwood

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $225,370
    From this org
    $221,188
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,182
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,562
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,626
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,182
    Filer's total
    $225,370
  • Brenda Loya

    CHIEF FINANCIAL & OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $43,688
    From this org
    $42,060
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,628
    Hours/week
    40
  • Essie Carver

    CHIEF COMPLIANCE & REPORTING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $71,652
    From this org
    $71,652
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Chance Craig

    LAUNCH TEAM (THRU 2/28/2025)

    Total calculated
    $256,684
    From this org
    $255,769
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $915
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $255,769
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $915
    Filer's total
    $256,684

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 July 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202612109349300916

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