Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$87,746,859

Total expenses

$113,448,406

Contributions and grants received

$83,355,015

Grants paid

$96,749,331

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$3,116,739

Other revenue

$1,275,105

Total assets, end of year

$207,976,050

Total liabilities, end of year

$31,031,726

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$176,944,324

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$97,349,446

Management and general expenses

$2,437,130

Fundraising expenses

$13,661,830

Program service expenses (Part III)

$97,349,446

Program services were 85.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• BEYOND COAL - THE LONG-TERM GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO REVERSE THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE BY WORKING TO ENSURE OUR ELECTRICITY IS CARBON-FREE BY NO LATER THAN 2030 AND TRANSITIONING TO 100 PERCENT CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY BY NO LATER THAN 2050. THE PROGRAM'S SPECIFIC GOALS - WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS - ARE TO RETIRE EXISTING COAL PLANTS, PREVENT CONSTRUCTION OF NEW COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS, BLOCK EXPANSION OF THE U.S. GAS FLEET, STOP INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS DESIGNED TO FACILITATE AND INCREASE OVERSEAS EXPORTS OF COAL AND GAS, AND PROMOTE CLEAN ENERGY ALTERNATIVES SUCH AS WIND AND SOLAR WHILE ADVANCING EQUITY AND JUSTICE, AND ENSURING A JUST ECONOMIC TRANSITION FOR WORKERS AND IMPACTED COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $32,282,148 · Grants $32,282,148

• OUR WILD AMERICA - THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO PROTECT, CONSERVE, AND RESTORE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDS TO RETAIN NATURAL SYSTEMS AND BENEFIT PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN A CLIMATE-CHANGING WORLD. THE CAMPAIGN CONTINUES THE SIERRA CLUB'S LEGACY OF PROTECTING PUBLIC LANDS AND WILD PLACES; GETTING PEOPLE ACROSS ECONOMIC LINES, CULTURES, AND COMMUNITIES - INCLUDING MILITARY AND YOUTH - OUT IN NATURE; GIVING GRASSROOTS VOLUNTEERS THE KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES NEEDED TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT NATIONALLY AND IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES; AND EXPANDING AND DIVERSIFYING THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT. THE OUR WILD AMERICA CAMPAIGN IS ADVANCING THREE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES: (1) OPPOSING DIRTY FUELS EXTRACTION, PARTICULARLY ON PUBLIC LANDS, (2) PROTECTING LANDS, WATER, AND WILDLIFE, AND (3) GETTING PEOPLE OUTDOORS TO EXPLORE, ENJOY, AND PROTECT THE NATURAL WORLD.

  Expenses $17,202,850 · Grants $17,202,850

• CHAPTER AND GROUP EDUCATION PROJECT (CGEP) - THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE STATE AND LOCAL CHAPTERS AND GROUPS OF THE SIERRA CLUB IN THEIR WORK TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE THREATS TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM. THE OVERARCHING GOALS OF THE CGEP ARE TO PROTECT THE NATURAL AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, TO ENFORCE LOCAL AND FEDERAL LAWS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, AND TO TRAIN AND PREPARE ACTIVISTS FOR PUBLIC ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. IT IS A PROJECT THROUGH WHICH THE SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION WORKS TO ACHIEVE ITS MISSION TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER PEOPLE TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE NATURAL AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT.

  Expenses $10,926,336 · Grants $10,926,336

• THE SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION PROVIDES A BROAD RANGE OF ADDITIONAL GRANTS TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE, EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC, LITERARY AND LEGAL ENDEAVORS THAT FURTHER ITS CHARITABLE MISSION.

  Expenses $36,938,112 · Grants $36,337,997

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• SIERRA CLUB

  $94,050,499

  ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

• POPULATION MEDIA CENTER

  $939,274

  GENERAL SUPPORT OF POPULATION MEDIA CENTER'S MISSION TO USE ENTERTAINMENT-EDUCATION AND MASS MEDIA TO PROMOTE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CHANGE BY ADDRESSING THE INTERCONNECTED ISSUES OF THE FULL RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS, POPULATION, AND THE ENVIRONMENT

• THE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT

  $350,000

  TO BRING NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND EJ GROUPS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TOGETHER TO BUILD TRUST, BRIDGE HISTORIC DIVIDES, ALIGN AROUND A CORE SET OF POLICY PRINCIPLES AND COMMITMENTS, AND ADVOCATE FOR BOLD AND EQUITABLE CLIMATE POLICIES

• SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS

  $220,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE MISSION OF BUILDING EQUITY AND ALIGNMENT FOR IMPACT (BEA) AND FOR BEA FUND, A PARTICIPATORY GRANTMAKING FUND THAT DISTRIBUTES CRITICAL RESOURCES TO THE GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT

• RIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE

  $175,000

  TO SUPPORT HOMES FOR ALL ST. LOUIS, A BLACK-LED COALITION OF TENANT ASSOCIATIONS, GRASSROOTS GROUPS, AND ALLIED HOUSING-JUSTICE ADJACENT NONPROFITS BUILDING POWER BY CATALYZING TENANT ASSOCIATIONS, WHICH SERVE AS AN ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM TO IMPROVE HOUSING QUALITY AND LAUNCH PUBLIC POLICY CAMPAIGNS

• GREEN DIVERSITY INITIATIVE DBA GREEN 20

  $100,000

  FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OF MISSION TO ENSURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT IS COMMITTED TO JUSTICE, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND DIVERSITY AND RECOGNIZES THE LEADERSHIP OF PEOPLE OF COLOR AT EVERY LEVEL OF THE MOVEMENT

• CITIZEN ACTION OF WISCONSIN EDUCATION FUND

  $100,000

  TO ADVOCATE FOR INCREASED PROGRAMS THAT WILL REDUCE ENERGY BURDEN AND ENERGY BURDEN DISPARITIES IN MILWAUKEE, WI THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

• NONPROFIT LEGAL SERVICES OF UTAH

  $100,000

  TO BUILD NARRATIVE POWER AND NARRATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE A JUST TRANSITION FROM AN EXTRACTIVE ECONOMY TO A LIVING ECONOMY POLITICALLY POSSIBLE IN UTAH AND FOSTER A CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION THAT UPROOTS HARMFUL STORIES UPHOLDING THE STATE'S EXTRACTIVE ECONOMY, REPAIRS HARM, AND BIRTHS NEW STORIES FOR A LIVING ECONOMY

• GREEN LATINOS

  $100,000

  FOR THE AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL FOR ALL COALITION'S COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUNDING POT & OPERATIONS FUND TO ENSURE THE COALITION IS NEED-BLIND AND THAT FRONTLINE AND BIPOC ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING CAN DO SO, SO THAT THE COALITION REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF AMERICA AND CENTERS THE VOICES OF PEOPLE OF COLOR WORKING TO CONSERVE 30 PERCENT OF U.S. LANDS, WATER, AND OCEANS BY 2030

• AMANESER 2025

  $95,000

  TO EXPAND THE CREATION OF COMMUNITY-LED EMERGENCY SOLAR INSTALLATION SYSTEMS IN PUERTO RICO FOR INCREASED RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF HURRICANES, EARTHQUAKES, AND UNRELIABLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

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

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

18 October 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202322919349301827

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