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← CENTER FOR CLIMATE STRATEGIES

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CENTER FOR CLIMATE STRATEGIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$358,854
Total expenses
$481,987
Contributions and grants received
$358,854
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$142,267
Total liabilities, end of year
$197,963
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$55,696
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$409,019
Management and general expenses
$35,139
Fundraising expenses
$37,829
Program service expenses (Part III)
$409,019

Program services were 84.9% 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

    $358,854

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $196,182 · program services $158,907 · management and general $13,733 · fundraising $23,542

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $83,436 · program services $67,583 · management and general $5,841 · fundraising $10,012

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $648 · program services $525 · management and general $45 · fundraising $78

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,784 · program services $17,645 · management and general $1,525 · fundraising $2,614

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,674 · management and general $5,674

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $151,708 · program services $151,708

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $945 · program services $766 · management and general $66 · fundraising $113

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,642 · program services $3,760 · management and general $325 · fundraising $557

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,958 · program services $1,958

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $7,397 · management and general $7,397

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,653 · program services $5,389 · management and general $466 · fundraising $798

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES

    total $960 · program services $778 · management and general $67 · fundraising $115

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $61,869 · end of year $100,867

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $388,091 · end of year $41,400

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $202,523 · end of year $197,963

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $247,437 · end of year -$55,696

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CENTER HELPS GOVERNMENTS AND THEIR STAKEHOLDERS TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES

  • SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICE, TOOLS AND EDUCATION FOR RESILIENCE PLANNING, PROVIDED INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, ASSESSED MARYLAND RENEWABLE EMISSION TRENDS. ASSESSED CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON GLOBAL SECURITY, PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO LAOS PDR DEVELOPED A COST BENEFITS ANALYSIS FOR PROJECTS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN.

    Expenses $409,019

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • THOMAS D PETERSON

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $196,830
    From this org
    $196,182
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $648
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,182
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $648
    Filer's total
    $196,830
  • STEVEN E CHESTER

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ROBBI JONES

    SECRETARY TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ROBERT BAILEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RICHARD J PEDERSON

    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

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

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.

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.

  • COL SYS AND STR LLC

    C Corp · ENERGY, COMMERCE AND NATUAL RESOURCE RESEARCH · VA · 100% owned

    Directly controlled by F 990 FILER

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
24 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543289349300539

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