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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NRDC ACTION FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,307,998
Total expenses
$13,958,047
Contributions and grants received
$14,763,021
Grants paid
$3,475,250
Program service revenue
not reported
Investment income
not reported
Other revenue
not reported
Total assets, end of year
not reported
Total liabilities, end of year
not reported
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
not reported
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,097,533
Management and general expenses
$912,454
Fundraising expenses
$1,948,060
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,097,533

Program services were 79.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • ANNE BARTLEY

    CHAIR/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATRICIA BAUMAN

    CHAIR/DIRECTOR (THRU 03/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DAVID C VLADECK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ROBERT RABEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VERNICE MILLER-TRAVIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSH MCNEIL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JO ANN KAPLAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • GERALD TORRES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • HAMILTON CANDEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD E AYRES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • CHRISTOPHER ARNDT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SIGMUND ANDERMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADAM SWEENEY

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 02/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHLEEN WELCH

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 05/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • RICHARD GRAVES

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 10/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHERI BEASLEY

    DIRECTOR (THRU 04/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN H ADAMS

    DIRECTOR (THRU 06/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EDUARDO BHATIA

    DIRECTOR (THRU 09/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRANCES BEINECKE

    VICE CHAIR/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KRISTA MCMANUS

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ASHLEY GHERLONE

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DOROTHY HECTOR

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • VERONICA FOO

    CFO AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $471,743
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $394,565
    Other
    $77,178
    Hours/week
    3 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $394,565 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $40,053 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $37,125 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $471,743 related

  • KEVIN CURTIS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $338,676
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $271,603
    Other
    $67,073
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $271,603 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $30,067 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $37,006 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $338,676 related

  • MANISH BAPNA

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $799,994
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $720,535
    Other
    $79,459
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $720,535 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $45,600 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $33,859 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $799,994 related

  • JOHN BENNETT

    SECRETARY (AS OF 06/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JACQUELINE SILVERS

    CLIMATE TASK FORCE PROGRAM DIR.

    Total calculated
    $154,120
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $139,379
    Other
    $14,741
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $139,379 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $4,240 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,501 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $154,120 related

  • DENIS DISON

    COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $191,299
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $160,776
    Other
    $30,523
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $160,776 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $18,041 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,482 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $191,299 related

  • TIMOTHY MEINKE

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $207,912
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $177,800
    Other
    $30,112
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $177,800 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,701 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,411 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $207,912 related

  • ALEXANDRA SHAPIRO

    DIRECTOR OF PAC & CANDIDATE SVS

    Total calculated
    $209,744
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $167,109
    Other
    $42,635
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $104,161 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $62,948 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,967 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $28,668 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $209,744 related

  • EMILY GRAY - FORMER

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, MAJOR GIFTS

    Total calculated
    $217,774
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $175,179
    Other
    $42,595
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $175,179 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $19,668 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,927 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $217,774 related

  • MITCHELL BERNARD

    CHIEF COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $497,184
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $426,605
    Other
    $70,579
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $426,605 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $45,568 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $25,011 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $497,184 related

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

  • 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
ALEXANDRA SHAPIRO, DIRECTOR OF PAC & CANDIDATE SERVICES, RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023; THIS AMOUNT IS REFLECTED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B)(III) IN ADDITION TO VACATION PAYOUT SHE RECEIVED.
FORM 990, PART VII & SCHEDULE J, PART I
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS REPORTED ON NRDC ACTION FUND'S FORM 990, MITCHELL BERNARD, VERONICA FOO, MANISH BAPNA, AND EMILY GRAY, RECEIVE THEIR COMPENSATION FROM THE PARENT ORGANIZATION, NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC. (NRDC). ACCORDINGLY, ALL COMPENSATION IS BEING REPORTED ON NRDC ACTION FUND'S FORM 990 AS RELATED ORGANIZATION COMPENSATION. HOWEVER, A PORTION OF EACH OFFICER'S COMPENSATION IS REIMBURSED BY NRDC ACTION FUND TO NRDC BASED ON SERVICES RENDERED TO NRDC ACTION FUND. IN THE INTEREST OF CLARITY, NRDC ACTION FUND IS DISCLOSING THE FOLLOWING SALARY AND BENEFITS AMOUNTS AS HAVING BEEN REIMBURSED BY NRDC ACTION FUND TO NRDC FOR THESE SERVICES: MITCHELL BERNARD SALARY - $2,446 BENEFITS - $807 VERONICA FOO SALARY - $29,451 BENEFITS - $9,719 MANISH BAPNA SALARY - $13,277 BENEFITS - $4,381 EMILY GRAY SALARY - $7,220 BENEFITS - $2,383 100% OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS' TIME (OFFICER KEVIN CURTIS AND THE TOP 4 HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES, ALEXANDRA SHAPIRO, TIMOTHY MEINKE, DENIS DISON & JACQUELINE SILVERS) ARE SPENT PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE NRDC ACTION FUND. EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS RECEIVES THEIR W-2 FROM NRDC AND THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPENSATION (DISCLOSED IN PART VII OF THE FORM 990) IS REPORTED IN COLUMN E ACCORDINGLY. THEIR COMPENSATION IS REIMBURSED BY NRDC ACTION FUND TO NRDC. NRDC ACTION FUND REIMBURSES NRDC FOR THE SERVICES OF OTHER NRDC EMPLOYEES. THOSE INDIVIDUALS DO NOT MEET THE CRITERIA OF AN OFFICER, KEY EMPLOYEE OR HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE OF THE ACTION FUND AND ACCORDINGLY ARE NOT DISCLOSED IN PART VII OR SCHEDULE J OF THE 990.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • NRDC INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

    C · ENVIRONMENTAL · IN

    Directly controlled by NRDC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531339349309703

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