Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,110,337
- Total expenses
- $1,167,591
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,082,286
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $28,051
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $41,982
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $386
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $41,596
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $772,505
- Management and general expenses
- $275,301
- Fundraising expenses
- $119,785
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $772,505
Program services were 66.2% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,082,286
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2a · Program service revenue: WORKSHOPS & CONSULTANC
total $28,051 · related or exempt $28,051
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $20,044 · program services $10,022 · management and general $6,013 · fundraising $4,009
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11a · Fees: management
total $258,323 · program services $129,161 · management and general $77,497 · fundraising $51,665
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $15,580 · management and general $15,580
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13 · Office expenses
total $156 · management and general $156
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17 · Travel
total $81,909 · program services $61,432 · management and general $8,191 · fundraising $12,286
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23 · Insurance
total $9,313 · management and general $9,313
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24a · Other expenses: CONSULTING EXPENSES
total $355,853 · program services $191,308 · management and general $116,204 · fundraising $48,341
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24b · Other expenses: RESEARCH EXPENSES
total $105,018 · program services $105,018
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24c · Other expenses: PROCEDURAL COVENING EXP
total $95,507 · program services $95,507
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24d · Other expenses: EDITORIAL & WRITING SUP
total $81,778 · program services $73,020 · management and general $7,791 · fundraising $967
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24e · All other expenses
total $144,110 · program services $107,037 · management and general $34,556 · fundraising $2,517
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $111,133 · end of year $40,871
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,111
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $386 · end of year $386
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $11,900 · end of year $0
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $78,534 · end of year $21,283
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
THE GOOD ENERGY PROJECT INC. IS A NONPROFIT CREATIVE CONSULTANCY THAT'S UNLOCKING THE POWER OF TV AND FILM TO INSPIRE COURAGE IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. TO DO SO WE'RE SUPPORTING SCREENWRITERS TO WEAVE CLIMATE THEMES INTO THE FABRIC OF POPULAR SHOWS AND NEW FILMS MAKING IT AS URGENT AND INESCAPABLE AS CLIMATE CHANGE ITSELF.
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PROVIDING RESOURCES, CONSULTING, WORKSHOPS AND RESEARCH FOR FILM AND TELEVISION WRITERS IN THE AGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
Expenses $772,505 · Revenue $1,110,337
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Melissa BenjaminMELISSA BENJAMIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Lindsay FirestoneLINDSAY FIRESTONE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Michelle Greenberg-KobrinMICHELLE GREENBERG-KOBRIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Mary Anne HittMARY ANNE HITT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Tamara Toles O'LaughlinTAMARA TOLES O'LAUGHLIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Melissa SunMELISSA SUN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Elizabeth VoorheesELIZABETH VOORHEES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Anna Jane JoynerANNA JANE JOYNER
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $187,500
- From this org
- $187,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 60
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $150,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $37,500
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $187,500
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William LischakWILLIAM LISCHAK
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $170,000
- From this org
- $170,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $120,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $50,000
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $170,000
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
None.
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
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 19 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202631499349300638
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