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← CLIMATE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CLIMATE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,229,813
Total expenses
$3,326,112
Contributions and grants received
$5,222,531
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$7,282
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,832,486
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,752,984
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,079,502
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,658,514
Management and general expenses
$532,298
Fundraising expenses
$135,300
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,658,514

Program services were 79.9% 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

    $5,222,531

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,017 · excluded $6,017

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $1,265

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

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $1,265

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,265 · excluded $1,265

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $445,136 · program services $346,795 · management and general $72,551 · fundraising $25,790

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,358,972 · program services $1,060,165 · management and general $220,449 · fundraising $78,358

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $115,753 · program services $89,312 · management and general $19,504 · fundraising $6,937

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $107,936 · program services $83,280 · management and general $18,187 · fundraising $6,469

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $112,318 · program services $86,662 · management and general $18,925 · fundraising $6,731

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,902 · program services $3,293 · management and general $11,609

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,000 · program services $3,094 · management and general $10,906

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $547,465 · program services $493,668 · management and general $53,797

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $106,372 · program services $104,672 · management and general $1,700

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $40,673 · program services $25,417 · management and general $14,289 · fundraising $967

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $42,566 · program services $30,668 · management and general $11,701 · fundraising $197

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $239,686 · program services $187,045 · management and general $44,323 · fundraising $8,318

  • 17 · Travel

    total $40,587 · program services $40,218 · management and general $369

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $68,970 · program services $59,929 · management and general $8,894 · fundraising $147

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $23,095 · program services $18,014 · management and general $3,695 · fundraising $1,386

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,663 · management and general $18,663

  • 24a · Other expenses: PUBLICATIONS AND SUBSCR

    total $25,427 · program services $25,339 · management and general $88

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $3,591 · program services $943 · management and general $2,648

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $12,150 · end of year $10,049

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,114,521 · end of year $3,444,817

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $1,600,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,008 · end of year $47,335

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $63,694 · end of year $102,373

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $152,728

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $99,237

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $39,336 · end of year $53,491

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $345,239 · end of year $1,574,421

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $134,628 · end of year $161,355

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $369,519 · end of year $1,591,629

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,378,301 · end of year $2,647,835

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $797,500 · end of year $2,431,667

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE A CARBON DIVIDENDS FRAMEWORK - BASED ON CARBON FEES WHOSE REVENUES ARE REBATED TO CITIZENS THROUGH DIVIDENDS - AS THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE, EQUITABLE, AND POLITICALLY VIABLE CLIMATE SOLUTION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE THE MOST EFFECTIVE, FAIR AND POLITICALLY VIABLE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS.

  • THE CLIMATE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL (THE "COUNCIL") WORKS WITH A BROAD SET OF STAKEHOLDERS TO ADVANCE THE MOST EFFECTIVE, FAIR, AND LASTING CLIMATE SOLUTIONS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN PRODUCING GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH AND CONVENING MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL NGOS, LABOR INTERESTS, ECONOMISTS, AND OTHER THOUGHT LEADERS ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM TO DEVELOP AND ADVANCE EFFECTIVE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS THAT LEVERAGE MARKET FORCES TO LOWER GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

    Expenses $2,658,514

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • GREGORY I BERTELSEN

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $360,041
    From this org
    $314,482
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,559
    Hours/week
    30

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $299,482
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $37,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,759
    Filer's total
    $360,041
  • CATRINA RORKE

    SENIOR VP OF POLICY AND RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $308,802
    From this org
    $264,854
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,948
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $242,254
    Bonus
    $22,600
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $32,952
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,996
    Filer's total
    $308,802
  • TIFFANY ADAMS

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $284,377
    From this org
    $243,488
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,889
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $222,335
    Bonus
    $21,153
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $29,305
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,584
    Filer's total
    $284,377
  • MATTHEW PORTERFIELD

    VP OF POLICY

    Total calculated
    $256,170
    From this org
    $210,396
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,774
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,838
    Bonus
    $10,558
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,270
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,504
    Filer's total
    $256,170
  • KATHERINE JAHRIES WALLER

    SR. DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $182,267
    From this org
    $157,483
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,784
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,983
    Bonus
    $7,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,884
    Filer's total
    $182,267
  • MICHAEL-ANN MATTICOLI

    DIRECTOR, FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING

    Total calculated
    $85,095
    From this org
    $75,981
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,114
    Hours/week
    18
  • ROBERT LITTERMAN

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KATHRYN MURDOCH

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARTIN S KAPLAN

    SECRETARY UNTIL DECEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • VERONIQUE BARDACH

    SECRETARY AS OF NOVEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JULEANNA GLOVER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GARY RIESCHEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CHARLENE BARSHEFSKY

    DIRECTOR AS OF NOVEMBER

    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. 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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
BONUSES WERE AWARDED BY THE BOARD AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SOME INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED A 5% BONUS IN RECOGNITION OF ACHIEVEMENT.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423179349304202

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