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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,184,827
Total expenses
$8,476,631
Contributions and grants received
$12,005,496
Grants paid
$637,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$179,331
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$12,013,948
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,234,799
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,779,149
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,397,578
Management and general expenses
$79,053
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,397,578

Program services were 99.1% 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

    $12,005,496

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $179,331 · excluded $179,331

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $637,000 · program services $637,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $515,395 · program services $483,312 · management and general $32,083

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,335,630 · program services $2,024,668 · management and general $310,962

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $61,141 · management and general $61,141

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $277,341 · program services $226,197 · management and general $51,144

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $193,934 · program services $168,461 · management and general $25,473

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,648 · management and general $34,648

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,320,090 · program services $3,270,983 · management and general $49,107

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $80,370 · program services $30,230 · management and general $50,140

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $21,379 · program services $20,782 · management and general $597

  • 17 · Travel

    total $939,732 · program services $935,075 · management and general $4,657

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $30,698 · management and general $30,698

  • 24a · Other expenses: PUBLICATIONS

    total $26,495 · program services $18,974 · management and general $7,521

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,778 · management and general $2,778

  • 24c · Other expenses: OVERHEAD

    total $0 · program services $581,896 · management and general -$581,896

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,663,724 · end of year $8,416,939

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $739,210 · end of year $148,215

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $707,528 · end of year $3,416,846

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $78,773 · end of year $31,948

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $5,854

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $5,854

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,118,282 · end of year $1,234,799

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,413,630 · end of year $4,468,584

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,657,323 · end of year $6,310,565

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

IGSD'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE FAST CLIMATE MITIGATION TO SLOW NEAR-TERM WARMING AND SELF-PROPAGATING CLIMATE FEEDBACKS, AVOID OR AT LEAST DELAY CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE AND SOCIETAL TIPPING POINTS, AND LIMIT GLOBAL TEMPERATURES TO 1.5 COR AT LEAST KEEP THIS TEMPERATURE GUARDRAIL IN SIGHT AND LIMIT OVERSHOOT.

  • SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTHE INSTITUTE WORK TO ENSURE FAST CUTS TO THE NON-CARBON DIOXIDE CLIMATE POLLUTANTS AND OTHER FAST CLIMATE MITIGATION STRATEGIES TO SLOW NEAR-TERM WARMING AND SELF-AMPLIFYING CLIMATE FEEDBACKS, AVOID OR AT LEAST DELAY CATASTROPHIC TIPPING POINTS, AND LIMIT GLOBAL TEMPERATURE RISE.

    Expenses $6,773,346 · Grants $637,000

  • INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE LITIGATIONTHE FAST-ACTION CLIMATE MITIGATION CAMPAIGN - TO PROMOTE NON-CO2 STRATEGIES THAT WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS IN THE NEAR TERM AS WELL AS TO COMPLEMENT CUTS IN CO2 WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL IN THE LONG-TERM.

    Expenses $1,624,232

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • DURWOOD ZAELKE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $304,178
    From this org
    $275,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,178
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $275,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,428
    Filer's total
    $304,178

  • ORAN YOUNG

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • VANCE HUGHES

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RACHEL BIDERMAN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DONALD KANIARU

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SALLY SHELTON-COLBY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LEWIS GORDON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MELINDA SOFFER

    DIRECTOR FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $211,217
    From this org
    $167,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,717
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,375
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,342
    Filer's total
    $211,217

  • ROMINA PICOLOTTI

    SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $353,720
    From this org
    $310,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,720
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $310,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,720
    Filer's total
    $353,720

  • GABRIELLE DREYFUS

    SENIOR SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $237,467
    From this org
    $192,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,967
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,625
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,342
    Filer's total
    $237,467

  • RICHARD FERRIS

    SENIOR COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $265,590
    From this org
    $238,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,340
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $238,250
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,912
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,428
    Filer's total
    $265,590

  • XIAOPU SUN

    SENIOR CHINA COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $194,978
    From this org
    $171,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,978
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,428
    Filer's total
    $194,978

  • ZERIN OSHO

    DIRECTOR INDIA PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $208,768
    From this org
    $184,133
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,635
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,133
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,207
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,428
    Filer's total
    $208,768

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 · 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540459349300744

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