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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$55,479,482
Total expenses
$49,837,453
Contributions and grants received
$50,823,122
Grants paid
$564,584
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,246,433
Other revenue
$3,409,927
Total assets, end of year
$80,759,386
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,131,307
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$71,628,079
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$43,987,179
Management and general expenses
$3,160,826
Fundraising expenses
$2,689,448
Program service expenses (Part III)
$43,987,179

Program services were 88.3% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $50,823,122

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,465,770

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $330,123 · excluded $330,123

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $408 · excluded $408

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,601,891

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

    securities $1,685,581

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $916,310

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $916,310 · excluded $916,310

  • 11a · Other revenue: EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDIT

    total $3,375,234 · excluded $3,375,234

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISC. INCOME

    total $18,070 · excluded $18,070

  • 11c · Other revenue: LISTS & LABELS

    total $15,891 · excluded $15,891

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $324 · excluded $324

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,409,519

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $542,434 · program services $542,434

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $7,150 · program services $7,150

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $15,000 · program services $15,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $3,515,497 · program services $3,291,584 · management and general $147,687 · fundraising $76,226

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $24,127,183 · program services $23,031,108 · management and general $715,382 · fundraising $380,693

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,885,512 · program services $1,802,922 · management and general $54,001 · fundraising $28,589

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,508,847 · program services $3,355,152 · management and general $100,493 · fundraising $53,202

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,131,808 · program services $2,014,203 · management and general $76,896 · fundraising $40,709

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $2,181,654 · program services $1,776,940 · management and general $309,737 · fundraising $94,977

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $274,142 · program services $210,064 · management and general $62,191 · fundraising $1,887

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $64,215 · management and general $64,215

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $206,829 · program services $206,829

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $548,312 · fundraising $548,312

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $208,490 · management and general $208,490

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,799 · program services $6,070 · management and general $1,006 · fundraising $723

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,017,826 · program services $2,208,112 · management and general $74,657 · fundraising $735,057

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $408,019 · program services $237,117 · management and general $101,055 · fundraising $69,847

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,108,368 · program services $1,849,576 · management and general $146,654 · fundraising $112,138

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,431,700 · program services $1,308,891 · management and general $742,173 · fundraising $380,636

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,043,504 · program services $1,016,241 · management and general $12,936 · fundraising $14,327

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $353,870 · program services $342,698 · management and general $6,889 · fundraising $4,283

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $401,125 · program services $215,875 · management and general $122,450 · fundraising $62,800

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $223,787 · program services $120,436 · management and general $68,315 · fundraising $35,036

  • 24a · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD & MERCHANT

    total $271,194 · program services $140,967 · management and general $86,317 · fundraising $43,910

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS & REPORTS

    total $214,316 · program services $177,869 · management and general $34,610 · fundraising $1,837

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

    total $138,872 · program services $109,941 · management and general $24,672 · fundraising $4,259

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $2,064,667 · program services $1,253,493 · management and general $0 · fundraising $811,174

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,526,071 · end of year $1,911,989

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,722,291 · end of year $11,867,174

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,860,786 · end of year $1,366,655

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,560 · end of year $6,580

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $13,851 · end of year $13,851

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $503,211 · end of year $542,243

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

    $19,226,263

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

    $11,787,920

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,791,821 · end of year $7,438,343

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $50,330,433 · end of year $53,733,923

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,825,077 · end of year $1,666,561

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,922,898 · end of year $2,212,067

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,380,146 · end of year $3,776,798

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,305,871 · end of year $5,354,509

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $56,097,515 · end of year $66,608,418

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,716,467 · end of year $5,019,661

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS PUTS RIGOROUS, INDEPENDENT SCIENCE INTO ACTION, DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS AND ADVOCATING FOR A HEALTHY, SAFE, AND JUST FUTURE.

  • THE CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM WORKS TO LIMIT THE MAGNITUDE AND IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, TO HELP COMMUNITIES BUILD RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF UNAVOIDABLE CLIMATE IMPACTS, AND TO ACCELERATE A RAPID AND FAIR SHIFT IN THE WAY WE POWER OUR LIVES BY MODERNIZING OUR ELECTRICITY GRID SO IT CAN OPERATE RELIABLY WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY. IN ADDITION, UCS WORKS TO MAKE SURE THE MAJOR FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES FACE LEGAL, FINANCIAL, REPUTATIONAL, AND POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES FOR MISLEADING THE PUBLIC ABOUT CLIMATE SCIENCE AND SOLUTIONS. WE ADVANCE THESE EFFORTS BY COMBINING RIGOROUS SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS WITH ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH EFFORTS.

    Expenses $19,005,040 · Grants $564,584

  • THE CLEAN TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM SEEKS TO ADVANCE AN AMBITIOUS AND FAIR CLEAN TRANSPORTATION AGENDA. WE ANALYZE ADVANCED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES, BIOFUELS, AND RELATED OIL-REDUCTION STRATEGIES, AND WORKING WITH A BROAD SET OF STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERS ADVOCATE FOR EFFECTIVE AND EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS THAT CREATE NEW JOBS AND INDUSTRIES, SAVE CONSUMERS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT THE GAS PUMP, IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND REDUCE GLOBAL WARMING.

    Expenses $6,497,795

  • GLOBAL SECURITY PROGRAM SEEKS TO BUILD A MORE SECURE AND EQUITABLE FUTURE BY REDUCING THE RISK OF A NUCLEAR WAR STARTING BY ACCIDENT OR MISCALCULATION, AND ULTIMATELY ELIMINATING THESE POTENTIALLY CIVILIZATION-ENDING WEAPONS. WE SERVE AS AN INDEPENDENT WATCHDOG ON A RANGE OF NUCLEAR AND WEAPONS ISSUES, COMBINING TECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND POLICY EXPERTISE TO REDUCE THE THREATS POSED BY NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

    Expenses $5,884,339

  • THE CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND DEMOCRACY WORKS FOR STRONG, INDEPENDENT PUBLIC SCIENCE, A ROBUST, TRANSPARENT DEMOCRACY, JUSTICE FOR OVERBURDENED COMMUNITIES, THE EFFECTIVE USE OF SCIENCE IN MAKING POLICY THAT SERVES THE COMMON GOOD, AND ADVOCATES FOR SCIENCE-BASED ELECTION AND REDISTRICTING RULE. THE CENTER PRODUCES ORIGINAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS AND BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER TO DISCUSS KEY ISSUES SUCH AS ENSURING PUBLIC ACCESS TO SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION, KEEPING SCIENCE FREE FROM DISTORTION AND MANIPULATION BY SPECIAL INTERESTS, AND PROMOTING MORE EFFECTIVE USE OF SCIENCE IN POLICY MAKING.

    Expenses $4,571,442

  • THE FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM WORKS TO SECURE A MORE RESILIENT AND JUST FOOD SYSTEM THAT MANAGES LAND IN A WAY THAT RELIABLY DELIVERS NUTRITIOUS FOOD, SAFE AND DIGNIFIED JOBS, HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS AND CLIMATE SOLUTIONS. OUR SCIENCE AND ADVOCACY AIMS TO TRANSFORM THE FOOD SYSTEMS TO MAKE HEALTHY FOOD AVAILABLE TO ALL AND FOR FAIR TREATMENT OF FARMERS AND FARMWORKERS, WITHOUT DEPLETING FARMLANDS OR POLLUTING OUR COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $4,470,206

  • THE WESTERN STATES PROGRAM HELPS DESIGN, INFORM AND SUPPORT MANY GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE-BASED POLICIES TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AND POLLUTION IN THE TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY, AND LAND-USE SECTORS IN CALIFORNIA AND IN OTHER US WESTERN STATES. THE PROGRAM COORDINATES AND COLLABORATES ACROSS ISSUES STATES IN THE WESTERN REGION TO CRAFT POLICIES AND STANDARDS THAT SERVE AS A MODEL FOR OTHER REGIONS, STATES, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT - AN APPROACH THAT MULTIPLIES POLICIES IN PUBLIC INTEREST.

    Expenses $3,239,292

  • LEGISLATIVE - APPEARANCES BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES, AS WELL AS MEETING WITH INDIVIDUAL CONGRESSMEN AND WRITING, PRINTING, AND MAILING OF LEGISLATIVE ALERTS TO UCS SPONSORS.

    Expenses $319,065

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Anne R Kapuscinski

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Peter A Bradford

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Margo Oge

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Macky McCleary

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adele Simmons

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laurie Burt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Fetter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard L Garwin

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 5/13/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew J Gunther

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Geoffrey M Heal

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Santer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ellyn R Weiss

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Reilly

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Stephens

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zia Mian

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mahzarin Banaji

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James S Hoyte

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Camara Phyllis Jones

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim Waddell

    ACTING PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $272,623
    From this org
    $263,593
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,030
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $262,381
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,212
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,030
    Filer's total
    $272,623

  • Kyle Meng

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Humphreys Munai

    CHIEF FINANCE & ADMIN. OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $246,571
    From this org
    $238,422
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,149
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $237,898
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $524
    Deferred
    $6,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,749
    Filer's total
    $246,571

  • Pallavi Phartiyal

    VP, PROGRAMS, POLICY & ADVOCACY

    Total calculated
    $299,537
    From this org
    $265,964
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,573
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $265,622
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $342
    Deferred
    $21,504
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,069
    Filer's total
    $299,537

  • Melissa Finucane

    VP, SCIENCE & INNOVATION

    Total calculated
    $256,587
    From this org
    $242,078
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,509
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $241,098
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $980
    Deferred
    $12,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,709
    Filer's total
    $256,587

  • Julia Kent

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $245,079
    From this org
    $224,975
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,104
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,759
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $216
    Deferred
    $4,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,504
    Filer's total
    $245,079

  • Suzanne Shaw

    CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $281,507
    From this org
    $228,553
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,954
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,072
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,481
    Deferred
    $18,921
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,033
    Filer's total
    $281,507

  • Jarasa Mangkorn Kanok

    CHIEF OF STRATEGIC PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $232,347
    From this org
    $182,967
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,380
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,625
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $342
    Deferred
    $15,309
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,071
    Filer's total
    $232,347

  • Erin Burger

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $196,717
    From this org
    $167,562
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,155
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,418
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $144
    Deferred
    $13,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,555
    Filer's total
    $196,717

  • Sonja Spears

    CHIEF JUSTICE & EQUITY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $257,952
    From this org
    $227,271
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,681
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,837
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,434
    Deferred
    $18,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,281
    Filer's total
    $257,952

  • Chitra Kumar

    MANAGING DIRECTOR, CLIMATE & ENERGY

    Total calculated
    $232,959
    From this org
    $221,396
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,563
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,088
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $308
    Deferred
    $10,267
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,296
    Filer's total
    $232,959

  • Juliet Christian Smith

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR, WESTERN STATES

    Total calculated
    $232,984
    From this org
    $212,565
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,419
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,309
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $256
    Deferred
    $17,198
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,221
    Filer's total
    $232,984

  • Adam Markham

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CLIMATE

    Total calculated
    $233,977
    From this org
    $184,371
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,606
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,207
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,164
    Deferred
    $15,355
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,251
    Filer's total
    $233,977

  • Jennifer Jones

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR, CENTER OF SCIENCE

    Total calculated
    $212,738
    From this org
    $189,149
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,589
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,757
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $392
    Deferred
    $11,520
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,069
    Filer's total
    $212,738

  • Tara Drozdeniko

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR, GLOBAL SECURITY

    Total calculated
    $233,647
    From this org
    $183,599
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,048
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,207
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $392
    Deferred
    $15,355
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,693
    Filer's total
    $233,647

  • Johanna Chao Kreilick

    FORMER PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $332,676
    From this org
    $324,708
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,968
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $71,246
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $253,462
    Deferred
    $4,483
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,485
    Filer's total
    $332,676

  • Oluseto Adeyefa

    FORMER CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $132,289
    From this org
    $115,775
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,514
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $115,654
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $121
    Deferred
    $9,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,064
    Filer's total
    $132,289

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 committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
JOHANNA CHAO KREILICK, FORMER PRESIDENT AND CEO, RECEIVED SEVERANCE IN CALENDAR YEAR 2024.

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

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
23 June 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202641779349300509

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