Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,065,854

Total expenses

$1,151,707

Contributions and grants received

$1,031,440

Grants paid

$16,788

Program service revenue

$31,744

Investment income

$153

Other revenue

$2,517

Total assets, end of year

$360,075

Total liabilities, end of year

$117,734

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$242,341

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,036,537

Management and general expenses

$69,102

Fundraising expenses

$46,068

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,036,537

Program services were 90.0% 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 · 2024

• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT - IN OCTOBER 2024, C3 HOSTED ITS THIRD ANNUAL "PARTY FOR THE PLANET'' EVENT. THE EVENING DREW OVER 400 ATTENDEES REPRESENTING A RANGE OF DEMOGRAPHICS. WE SHOWCASED 15 COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND RECOGNIZED 11 INDIVIDUALS AND NONPROFITS CHAMPIONING LOCAL CLIMATE AND JUSTICE EFFORTS. THROUGH OUR CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY CAMPAIGN AND THE GREEN BUSINESS ALLIANCE (GBA), C3 HAS MOBILIZED BUSINESSES TO DIRECTLY REDUCE THEIR CLIMATE IMPACT. OUR GBA INCLUDES 24 MEMBERS, EMPLOYING MORE THAN 3,300 COMMUNITY MEMBERS REPRESENTING KEY INDUSTRY SECTORS. AT OUR INAUGURAL BUSINESS OF CLIMATE EVENT IN RICHMOND, WE SUCCESSFULLY CONVENED AROUND 100 MEMBERS OF THE RICHMOND BUSINESS COMMUNITY. IN 2024 THROUGH OUR CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY WORK, WE ALSO AWARDED NEARLY $20,000 IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES, AND CO-CREATED THE ENERGY RESOURCE HUB IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LEAP, THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, AND ALBEMARLE COUNTY, TO OFFER CENTRALIZED INFORMATION ON LOCAL, UTILITY, STATE, AND FEDERAL EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. WORKING DIRECTLY WITH BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES AND FROM VARIOUS SECTORS, C3 CONTINUES TO MAKE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS ACCESSIBLE AND IMPACTFUL.

  Expenses $345,512 · Grants $16,788

• POLICY - RICHMOND EXAMINES HIGH ENERGY COSTSC3 IS COMMITTED TO ADVOCATING FOR THOSE IMPACTED BY HIGH ENERGY COSTS AND ENERGY BURDEN THROUGHOUT CENTRAL VIRGINIA. ENERGY BURDEN REFERS TO THE PORTION OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME SPENT ON HOME-ENERGY COSTS, INCLUDING ELECTRICITY, NATURAL GAS, PROPANE, AND OTHER ENERGY SOURCES. MANY OF THE SAME COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND DISENFRANCHISED ARE ACTIVELY NAVIGATING HARDSHIP TO PAY UTILITY BILLS. C3 RECENTLY COMPLETED A STUDY TO UNDERSTAND AND FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO MITIGATE ENERGY BURDEN IN RICHMOND AND DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES WITH SAFE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR ALL RESIDENTS WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO THE CITY'S CLIMATE AND EQUITY GOALS. OUR STUDY REVEALED THAT NEARLY ONE-THIRD OF RICHMOND HOUSEHOLDS ARE ENERGY-BURDENED, AND THIS AFFECTS MOSTLY LOW-INCOME AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS. WITH OUR FINDINGS, WE WILL MAP ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND FUNDING IN RVA, AS WELL AS ENGAGE THESE AFFECTED COMMUNITIES TO CO-DEVELOP TARGETED SOLUTIONS. ZERO-EMISSION BUSES COME TO CHARLOTTESVILLEOUR ZERO EMISSION BUS CAMPAIGN IS A CLEAR TESTAMENT TO THE POWER THAT RESIDES IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. WITH C3'S LEADERSHIP, WE GALVANIZED DOZENS OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND 600+ COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SIGN A LETTER OF SUPPORT REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY'S DESIRE TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE DIRECTLY AND IN A JUST, ACTIONABLE WAY. C3'S TEEN INTERNS ALSO SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF ZEBS AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. AS A RESULT OF C3'S ADVOCACY, RESEARCH, AND COALITION BUILDING, THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY COUNCIL VOICED UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR THE ADOPTION OF ZERO-EMISSION TRANSIT BUSES BY 2040, CLOSING THE DOOR ON FUTURE TAILPIPE POLLUTION-EMITTING FUELS LIKE DIESEL AND COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS (CNG). THIS VICTORY, POWERED BY OUR COMMUNITY, BRINGS US CLOSER TO OUR GOAL OF MAKING CARBON-NEUTRAL COMMUNITIES A REALITY.

  Expenses $345,512 · Revenue $34,261

• EMPOWERING FUTURE CLIMATE LEADERS - OUR YOUTH ARE WELLSPRINGS OF POWER. THEY APPROACH CHALLENGES WITH ENERGY, CREATIVITY, AND FRESH PERSPECTIVES AND, THEREFORE, ARE UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO BE AGENTS OF CHANGE. C3 IS ONE OF THE FEW ORGANIZATIONS OFFERING EDUCATIONAL AND ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AROUND CLIMATE FOR LOCAL YOUTH. THROUGH OUR YOUTH LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGN IN 2024, WE ENGAGED OVER 1200 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES; COMPLETED EIGHT HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIPS; AND STRENGTHENED RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.

  Expenses $345,513

As filed on the 2024 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

13 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

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