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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CLIMATE JUSTICE ALLIANCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,388,238
Total expenses
$8,868,829
Contributions and grants received
$9,977,451
Grants paid
$977,627
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$386,422
Other revenue
$24,365
Total assets, end of year
$21,514,685
Total liabilities, end of year
$766,804
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,747,881
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,487,177
Management and general expenses
$879,403
Fundraising expenses
$502,249
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,487,177

Program services were 84.4% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $23,800

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,953,651

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $386,422 · excluded $386,422

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other income

    total $24,365 · excluded $24,365

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $24,365

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $965,780 · program services $965,780

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $11,847 · program services $11,847

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $795,118 · program services $539,761 · management and general $196,464 · fundraising $58,893

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,749,894 · program services $2,232,093 · management and general $274,647 · fundraising $243,154

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $90,793 · program services $70,105 · management and general $13,351 · fundraising $7,337

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $402,273 · program services $321,097 · management and general $49,729 · fundraising $31,447

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $269,707 · program services $213,581 · management and general $32,988 · fundraising $23,138

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $31,361 · program services $11,099 · management and general $19,280 · fundraising $982

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $75,035 · management and general $75,035

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,027,007 · program services $896,757 · management and general $58,028 · fundraising $72,222

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,344 · program services $4,344

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $136,836 · program services $126,618 · management and general $7,142 · fundraising $3,076

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $178,415 · program services $148,210 · management and general $18,707 · fundraising $11,498

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $59,610 · program services $45,923 · management and general $8,857 · fundraising $4,830

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,768,522 · program services $1,720,417 · management and general $28,259 · fundraising $19,846

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $14,899 · program services $14,389 · management and general $506 · fundraising $4

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,177 · management and general $3,150 · fundraising $27

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $25,387 · program services $19,825 · management and general $3,444 · fundraising $2,118

  • 24a · Other expenses: Sponsorships

    total $93,500 · program services $93,500

  • 24b · Other expenses: Board expenses & other

    total $90,787 · program services $1,188 · management and general $89,592 · fundraising $7

  • 24c · Other expenses: Member contracts & honoraria

    total $50,050 · program services $50,050

  • 24d · Other expenses: Dues, licenses & service fees

    total $24,487 · program services $593 · management and general $224 · fundraising $23,670

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,828,586 · end of year $2,511,534

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $12,098,917 · end of year $17,993,697

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,619,298 · end of year $790,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $255,579 · end of year $219,454

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $27,780 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $573,554 · end of year $766,804

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $28,134

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $16,315,940 · end of year $19,195,834

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,912,532 · end of year $1,552,047

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) is a growing member alliance of more than 85 urban and rural frontline communities, organizations, and supporting networks in the climate justice movement. CJA unites our membership to build local, community controlled alternatives that center traditional, ecological, and cultural knowledge and create pathways for a regenerative future.

  • Supported Member organizing and exchange of Just Transition solutions, models, best practices, challenges, and lessons learned. Provided technical assistance and leadership-, capacity-, and skill-building among our members, Our Power Communities, and Just Transition Regions through collaborative trainings, trainings-of-trainers, and convenings to build common analyses and principles, and coordination of translocal actions and mobilizations on key campaigns.

    Expenses $2,430,524 · Grants $550,080

  • General communications both internally but also externally. Launched the UNITE-EJ Thriving Communities Grant Maker project after being selected by the EPA for a $50,000,000 / 3 year grant aimed at moving pulic monies to front-line, grassroots Environmental Justice non-profits whose communities bear the brunt of climate change and the increased frequencies of severe weather events caused by climate change.

    Expenses $1,990,519 · Grants $50,000

  • Provided policy technical support, landscape analysis, tools, and resources, such as research, reports, and popular education curricula to our member organizations

    Expenses $1,567,713 · Grants $96,450

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Bineshi Albert

    Co-Exec Dir.

    Total calculated
    $152,015
    From this org
    $118,820
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,195
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $118,820
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,195
    Filer's total
    $152,015

  • Monica Atkins

    Co-Exec Dir.

    Total calculated
    $130,648
    From this org
    $117,684
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,964
    Hours/week
    40

  • Marion Gee

    Co-Exec Dir.

    Total calculated
    $128,453
    From this org
    $114,784
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,669
    Hours/week
    40

  • Andrew Hughes

    Fin. Controller

    Total calculated
    $113,562
    From this org
    $88,828
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,734
    Hours/week
    40

  • Heather Thiry

    Dir. Fin. & Ops

    Total calculated
    $104,813
    From this org
    $91,819
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,994
    Hours/week
    40

  • Maria Lopez-Nuez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $9,250
    From this org
    $9,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kirtrina Baxter

    Director

    Total calculated
    $5,250
    From this org
    $5,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Yeampierre

    Co-Chair

    Total calculated
    $5,000
    From this org
    $5,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dwaign Tyndal

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $4,250
    From this org
    $4,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jess Vzquez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $3,750
    From this org
    $3,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Darryl Molina Sarmiento

    Director

    Total calculated
    $3,000
    From this org
    $3,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mateo Nube

    Co-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aghilah Nadaraj

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Cordero

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Goldtooth

    Director

    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

  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
18 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520779349300442

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