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← THE VIRGINIA CLIMATE PROGRAM

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE VIRGINIA CLIMATE PROGRAM.

Totals

Total revenue
$417,088
Total expenses
$429,872
Contributions and grants received
$417,088
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$132,000
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$132,000
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$346,809
Management and general expenses
$75,430
Fundraising expenses
$7,633
Program service expenses (Part III)
$346,809

Program services were 80.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $417,088

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $50,581

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $50,581

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $50,581

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $111,735 · program services $97,958 · management and general $11,985 · fundraising $1,792

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $146,408 · program services $128,382 · management and general $15,676 · fundraising $2,350

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $34,072 · program services $29,922 · management and general $3,598 · fundraising $552

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $20,958 · program services $18,297 · management and general $2,333 · fundraising $328

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $28,917 · program services $4,322 · management and general $24,595

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,511 · program services $2,511

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $845 · program services $633 · management and general $185 · fundraising $27

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,760 · program services $6,424 · management and general $1,162 · fundraising $174

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,320 · program services $1,737 · management and general $507 · fundraising $76

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUB CONTRACTORS

    total $41,291 · program services $32,863 · management and general $6,628 · fundraising $1,800

  • 24b · Other expenses: SYSTEMS & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $14,459 · program services $11,049 · management and general $2,966 · fundraising $444

  • 24c · Other expenses: MERCHANT ACCOUNT FEES

    total $12,161 · program services $7,709 · management and general $4,452

  • 24d · Other expenses: REMOTE WORKSPACE

    total $5,524 · program services $4,836 · management and general $598 · fundraising $90

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $911 · program services $166 · management and general $745

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $146,292 · end of year $130,612

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,388

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,608 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $144,684 · end of year $132,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CLIMATE CHANGEMAKERS PREPARED DOZENS OF ONLINE RESOURCES AND HOSTED WEEKLY EVENTS ON ZOOM WHERE VOLUNTEER PARTICIPANTS LEARNED BEST PRACTICES IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCATED TO THEIR REPRESENTATIVES IN THE US CONGRESS AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN SUPPORT OF POLICIES AND LEADERSHIP TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CLIMATE CHANGEMAKERS PREPARED DOZENS OF ONLINE RESOURCES, HOSTED WEEKLY EVENTS ON ZOOM, AND SUPPORTED VOLUNTEER LEADERS IN HOSTING EVENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. RESOURCES AND EVENTS TEACH BEST PRACTICES IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND EQUIP VOLUNTEERS TO ADVOCATE TO THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN SUPPORT OF POLICIES AND LEADERSHIP TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.

  • CLIMATE CHANGEMAKERS PREPARED DOZENS OF ONLINE RESOURCES AND HOSTED WEEKLY EVENTS ON ZOOM WHERE PARTICIPANTS ADVOCATED IN SUPPORT OF POLICIES THAT ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE TO THE US CONGRESS, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS, OR "KEY STAKEHOLDERS" IN THE POLICY-MAKING PROCESS, SUCH AS BANKS, COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATIONS, OR UTILITY COMPANIES. OTHER EVENTS AND RESOURCES DIRECTED USERS TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS TO FEDERAL OR STATE AGENCIES, CONTACT INFLUENCERS AND THE MEDIA, WRITE OPINION PIECES, OR DO DIGITAL AMPLIFICATION AND RELATIONAL ORGANIZING.

    Expenses $97,567

  • CLIMATE CHANGEMAKERS IDENTIFIED CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WITH STRONG CLIMATE ACTION PLATFORMS IN COMPETITIVE RACES. WE PREPARED DOZENS OF ONLINE RESOURCES AND HOSTED WEEKLY ZOOM EVENTS DEDICATED TO ELECTING THESE CANDIDATES. AT THE DIRECTION OF CLIMATE CHANGEMAKERS, VOLUNTEERS CALLED, TEXTED, AND WROTE LETTERS TO VOTERS IN THE CANDIDATES' DISTRICTS, RAISED FUNDS FOR THEIR CAMPAIGNS, RAISED AWARENESS ABOUT THESE CANDIDATES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND RAISED FUNDS FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR DISTRICT.

    Expenses $23,744

  • CLIMATE CHANGEMAKERS CREATED ONLINE RESOURCES ON BEST PRACTICES IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND IMPORTANT SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE. THIS PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES STAFF TIME SPENT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEMBERS WHO EXHIBIT STRONG LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL, AND HELPING THEM BECOME EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY FACILITATORS, BOTH WITHIN THE DIGITAL CLIMATE CHANGEMAKERS COMMUNITY AND WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $36,151

  • GENERAL PROGRAMMATIC EXPENSES

    Expenses $189,347

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • MADELINE DYKE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $89,694
    From this org
    $85,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,494
    Hours/week
    40

  • ELIZA NEMSER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $22,050
    From this org
    $22,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • JUSTIN CODY SIMMS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202522279349304017

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