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← CLIMATE LEAD INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CLIMATE LEAD INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$37,511,814
Total expenses
$17,533,933
Contributions and grants received
$36,656,978
Grants paid
$250,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$774,836
Other revenue
$80,000
Total assets, end of year
$44,542,974
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,098,031
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$43,444,943
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,704,209
Management and general expenses
$3,471,407
Fundraising expenses
$358,317
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,704,209

Program services were 78.2% 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

    $36,656,978

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $774,836 · excluded $774,836

  • 11a · Other revenue: CONSULTING INCOME

    total $80,000 · excluded $80,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $80,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $250,000 · program services $250,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,409,739 · program services $1,887,154 · management and general $353,721 · fundraising $168,864

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,623,595 · program services $5,710,666 · management and general $790,555 · fundraising $122,374

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $711,616 · program services $608,115 · management and general $98,335 · fundraising $5,166

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $981,727 · program services $817,467 · management and general $142,012 · fundraising $22,248

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $514,991 · program services $401,816 · management and general $73,510 · fundraising $39,665

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $55,374 · management and general $55,374

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $113,774 · management and general $113,774

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,589,576 · program services $2,303,750 · management and general $285,826

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $54,158 · program services $28,058 · management and general $26,100

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $381,680 · program services $91,806 · management and general $289,874

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $833,416 · program services $661 · management and general $832,755

  • 17 · Travel

    total $989,884 · program services $944,819 · management and general $45,065

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $456,042 · program services $456,042

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $52,883 · management and general $52,883

  • 24a · Other expenses: STAFF RECRUITMENT & DEV

    total $480,008 · program services $168,385 · management and general $311,623

  • 24b · Other expenses: HONORARIA

    total $20,125 · program services $20,125

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRODUCTION

    total $15,345 · program services $15,345

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,515,937 · end of year $279,801

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $19,581,931 · end of year $31,299,470

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $12,093,365

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $48,498 · end of year $105,402

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,255,725 · end of year $764,936

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $225,380 · end of year $437,249

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,212,633 · end of year $660,782

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,964,078 · end of year $31,111,611

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $12,333,332

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CLIMATE LEAD WAS FOUNDED IN 2019 TO EMPOWER PHILANTHROPIC LEADERS EVERYWHERE TO TAKE IMMEDIATE AND FAR-REACHING CLIMATE ACTION. CLIMATE LEAD PROVIDES TAILORED GUIDANCE, CONNECTIONS TO PEERS AND A DIVERSE EXPERT NETWORK, AND SOURCES AN ARRAY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND HIGH-IMPACT CLIMATE SOLUTIONS WITH A PROVEN OR CLEAR POTENTIAL FOR IMPACT. CLIMATE LEAD DOES NOT ADVOCATE FOR ANY ONE THEORY OF CHANGE IN HOW IT ALIGNS DONOR INTERESTS TO WHAT THE CLIMATE NEEDS. CLIMATE LEAD HAS A GLOBAL REACH AND IS HEADQUARTERED IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

  • CLIMATE LEAD PROVIDES TAILORED GUIDANCE, CONNECTIONS TO PEERS AND A DIVERSE EXPERT NETWORK, AND SOURCES AN ARRAY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND HIGH-IMPACT CLIMATE SOLUTIONS WITH A PROVEN OR CLEAR POTENTIAL FOR IMPACT.

    Expenses $13,704,209 · Grants $250,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Tom Steinbach

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jorgen Thomsen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Sonia Medina

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Marisa De Belloy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Chris Decardy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Sue Tierney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Christie Ulman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jennifer Kitt

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $844,317
    From this org
    $802,073
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,244
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $671,500
    Bonus
    $128,128
    Other
    $2,445
    Deferred
    $10,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,894
    Filer's total
    $844,317

  • Gaurav Vashist

    MD, FINANCE, OPERATIONS, PEOPLE

    Total calculated
    $364,497
    From this org
    $326,528
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,969
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $323,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,528
    Deferred
    $9,690
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,279
    Filer's total
    $364,497

  • Robynn Steffen

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $456,688
    From this org
    $427,012
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,676
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $425,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,012
    Deferred
    $10,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,326
    Filer's total
    $456,688

  • Jennifer Marlow

    CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $353,721
    From this org
    $312,512
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,209
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,500
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $2,012
    Deferred
    $9,315
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,894
    Filer's total
    $353,721

  • Maria Athena Ballesteros

    MD, GLOBAL CLIMATE STRATEGIES

    Total calculated
    $390,514
    From this org
    $349,528
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,986
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $346,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,528
    Deferred
    $10,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,636
    Filer's total
    $390,514

  • Danielle Jensen

    DEPUTY MD, PHILANTHROPIC ADVISING

    Total calculated
    $330,119
    From this org
    $308,492
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,627
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,499
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $96,993
    Deferred
    $7,158
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,469
    Filer's total
    $330,119

  • Mantra Robinson

    SENIOR PHILANTHROPY ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $311,183
    From this org
    $283,012
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,171
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $281,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,012
    Deferred
    $8,430
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,741
    Filer's total
    $311,183

  • Laura Birx

    DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR, GCS

    Total calculated
    $276,978
    From this org
    $245,214
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,764
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $238,500
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $1,714
    Deferred
    $7,305
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,459
    Filer's total
    $276,978

  • Jessica Barhydt

    SENIOR DIRECTOR, PEOPLE

    Total calculated
    $274,583
    From this org
    $244,658
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,925
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $238,000
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $1,658
    Deferred
    $7,290
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,635
    Filer's total
    $274,583

  • Whitney Kollar

    SENIOR PHILANTHROPY ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $265,944
    From this org
    $228,166
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,778
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $226,154
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,012
    Deferred
    $6,785
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,993
    Filer's total
    $265,944

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
DANIELLE JENSEN RECIEVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT OF $86,221.
PART I, LINE 7
JENNIFER KITT, JENNIFER MARLOW, LAURA BIRX, AND JESSICA BARHYDT RECEIVED DISCRETIONARY BONUSES IN 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

  • AFEF INC

    $250,000

    TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503149349303480

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