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EARTH GENOME

EIN 47-2935807 LOS ALTOS, CA

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Revenue 2024
$2,582,872
Expenses 2024
$4,212,265

Program services were 84.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C05
Classification
2000
Street
121 PEPPER DR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE EXIST TO ENSURE THE WORLD'S KEY DECISION MAKERS CONSISTENTLY AND ROUTINELY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FULL VALUE OF NATURE AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIVITIES ON NATURAL SYSTEMS, THEREBY AVERTING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DISRUPTIONS DUE TO THE MISMANAGEMENT OF NATURAL CAPITAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK. WE WILL DELIVER THIS BY CREATING A PLATFORM TO ENABLE EASY-TO-USE, INEXPENSIVE, SCIENTIFICALLY CREDIBLE, CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED GLOBAL INFORMATION ON NATURAL RESOURCES, COUPLED WITH THE CREATION OF POWERFUL AND RELEVANT DECISION-SUPPORT TOOLS. THE PLATFORM AND TOOLS WILL EXPONENTIALLY LOWER THE COST AND TIME TO ANALYZE DATA AND TRANSLATE IT INTO INSIGHTS THAT DECISION MAKERS CAN USE.

  • THE BUILD PROGRAM FOCUSES ON MAKING EARTH DATA EFFECTIVE AND ACTIONABLE ON THE MOST PRESSING CLIMATE AND CONSERVATION ISSUES OF OUR TIMES, THROUGH VISUALIZATION AND TOOL DEVELOPMENT. RECENT WORK HAS INCLUDED CLIMATE TRACE AND FOOD TWIN, AS WELL AS EARTH INDEX. EARTH INDEX IS OUR SEARCH TOOL FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, HARNESSING SATELLITE IMAGERY AND MACHINE LEARNING TO EXTRACT AN AREA'S "GENETIC SIGNATURE", ENABLING RESEARCHERS AND INVESTIGATORS TO OBTAIN INSIGHTS IN A DAY, INSTEAD OF MONTHS. RECENT WORK HAS INCLUDED BUILDING GLOBAL DATA SETS OF LARGE-SCALE ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS, AND DETECTION OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES RELATED TO DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON.

    Expenses $3,034,209 · Revenue $1,524,413

  • THE WATER PROGRAM CONTINUED WORK AMONG MULTIPLE FRONTS IN 2024. OUR WORK WAS PRIMARILY LINKED TO THREE ONGOING, MULTI-YEAR PROJECTS. FIRST WAS THE CONTINUED WORK ON GRAT (GROUNDWATER RECHARGE ASSESSMENT TOOL) THAT IS BEING DONE WITH PARTNER SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION AND THE CA DEPT OF WATER RESOURCES. THIS INCLUDES GRAT MODELING WORK NOW BEING DONE IN MULTIPLE WATERSHEDS IN CA. SECOND WAS OUR RELATED WORK BEING DONE WITH THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, AS PART OF THE NETWORK FOR ENGINEERING WITH NATURE. THIRD, IS OUR WORK IN CO-FACILITATING THE CA DROUGHT TASKFORCE FOR THE STATE.

    Expenses $530,996 · Revenue $608,129

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Steve McCormick

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $80,304
    From this org
    $64,490
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,814
    Hours/week
    30
  • Peter Kareiva

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Suz Mac Cormac

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig McCaw

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Glen Low

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $209,215
    From this org
    $186,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,515
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,950
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $4,750
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,515
    Filer's total
    $209,215
  • Keith Arnold

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $165,346
    From this org
    $147,033
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,313
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,033
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,313
    Filer's total
    $165,346
  • Thomas Ingold

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $268,913
    From this org
    $246,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,513
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,150
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,250
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,513
    Filer's total
    $268,913
  • Mikel Maron

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $232,411
    From this org
    $230,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,411
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,250
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $5,750
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,411
    Filer's total
    $232,411
  • Ben Strong

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $205,652
    From this org
    $183,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,319
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,683
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $4,650
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,319
    Filer's total
    $205,652
  • Dan Siegel

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $170,245
    From this org
    $162,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,745
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,400
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $4,100
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,745
    Filer's total
    $170,245
  • Cameron Kruse

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $174,780
    From this org
    $160,458
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,322
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,458
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,322
    Filer's total
    $174,780

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,582,872
    Expenses
    $4,212,265
    Contributions
    $450,000
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,760,115
    Expenses
    $4,940,317
    Contributions
    $801,000
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,927,727
    Expenses
    $5,850,476
    Contributions
    $3,948,693
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,220,439
    Expenses
    $3,799,685
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,421,238
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,908,380
    Expenses
    $2,565,275
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,046,727
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,358,383
    Expenses
    $1,627,553
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,556,451
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,260,799
    Expenses
    $1,442,366
    Assets (EOY)
    $835,438
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $811,036
    Expenses
    $1,115,485
    Assets (EOY)
    $939,598
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $787,887
    Expenses
    $1,115,485
    Assets (EOY)
    $916,449
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,647,448
    Expenses
    $867,627
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,223,738
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,000,531
    Expenses
    $764,098
    Assets (EOY)
    $440,730

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

  • 2022 BUILDING THE APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE AND WEBSITE TO HOST AN OPEN, PUBLIC DATABASE OF ALL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS WORLDWIDE AS PART OF THE CLIMATE TRACE PROJECT.

  • 2023 PROJECT SUPPORT TO INTEGRATE RESPONSIBLE COMPUTING AND ETHICS.

  • 2022 PROJECT SUPPORT

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • EARTHRISE EDUCATION LLC

    ADDITIONAL FUNDING · DE

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.