CLIMATE CENTRAL INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

U20

Classification

1000

Street

1 PALMER SQ E STE 315

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 · 2025

• ATTRIBUTION SCIENCE + CLIMATE FINGERPRINTS: THE ORGANIZATION PLAYED A LEAD ROLE IN TRANSFORMING THE PUBLIC NARRATIVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT SOME EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO CLIMATE CHANGE, A CLAIM VALIDATED BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IN 2016. THIS PIONEERING RESEARCH IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW THE ORGANIZATION'S SCIENTISTS HELPED CHANGE THE GLOBAL CLIMATE CONVERSATION. THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO ADVANCE SCIENCE THAT WILL ENABLE THE QUANTIFICATION OF CLIMATE FINGERPRINTS IN WORLDWIDE LOCAL WEATHER DAILY A TRUE GRAIL FOR CLIMATE COMMUNICATIONS. TO ACHIEVE THIS IMPACT, THE ATTRIBUTION SCIENCE + CLIMATE FINGERPRINTS PROGRAM DEVELOPS TOOLS TO HELP REVEAL HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS DISRUPTING OUR WORLD. ITS FIRST OPERATIONAL TOOL, THE CLIMATE SHIFT INDEX, PROVIDES DAILY ESTIMATES OF HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS IMPACTING AIR TEMPERATURE.

  Expenses $3,316,315

• CLIMATE MATTERS: CLIMATE MATTERS IS A CLIMATE REPORTING RESOURCE PROGRAM GROUNDED IN THE LATEST SCIENCE THAT HELPS METEOROLOGISTS AND JOURNALISTS REPORT ON CLIMATE IMPACTS AND SOLUTIONS IN WAYS THAT ARE LOCAL, IMMEDIATE, AND PERSONAL. THE ORGANIZATION'S TEAM OF SCIENTISTS, DATA ANALYSTS AND VISUAL ARTISTS IDENTIFY AND INTERPRET DATA AND PRODUCE EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND TEXT AND VISUAL MATERIALS, INCLUDING GRAPHICS, INTERACTIVE CONTENT AND VIDEOS, TO HELP JOURNALISTS BUILD STORIES THAT WILL ENGAGE AND ENLIGHTEN THEIR AUDIENCE. THE ORGANIZATION'S REPORTING TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE, FREE OF CHARGE, TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN TELLING ENGAGING LOCAL, SCIENCE-BASED STORIES ABOUT HOW GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE IS IMPACTING THEIR COMMUNITY, WHY IT MATTERS, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT.

  Expenses $2,077,143

• REALTIME CLIMATE: REALTIME CLIMATE IS AN INITIATIVE TO DISPATCH TIMELY ALERTS AND RELATED CONTENT TO METEOROLOGISTS, OTHER JOURNALISTS, AND OTHER SUBSCRIBERS WHEN CURRENT LOCAL CONDITIONS PRESENT A NOTABLE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, ITS IMPACTS, OR ITS SOLUTIONS. AT REALTIME CLIMATE'S CORE IS A CONTINUALLY UPDATED SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT MONITORS A GROWING RANGE OF DATA STREAMS FROM LOCAL WEATHER FORECASTS TO COASTAL WATER LEVELS TO LOCAL RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION. WHEN KEY THRESHOLDS ARE MET, THE SYSTEM ASSEMBLES RELATED CONTENT, LARGELY LEVERAGING RESEARCH AND MATERIALS FROM THE CLIMATE MATTERS, SEA LEVEL RISE, AND ATTRIBUTION PROGRAMS, AND SENDS ALERTS TO SUBSCRIBERS IN THE AREAS EXPERIENCING THRESHOLD CONDITIONS. SUBSCRIBERS INCLUDE PARTICIPANTS IN THE CLIMATE MATTERS PROGRAM AND MANY STAKEHOLDERS OF THE SEA LEVEL RISE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS ANYONE WHO OPTS IN USING AN ONLINE FORM ON CLIMATE CENTRAL'S WEBSITE.

  Expenses $763,506

• SEA LEVEL RISE: THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAM ON SEA LEVEL RISE STRIVES TO PROVIDE SCIENCE-BASED, CLEAR AND GRANULAR INFORMATION ABOUT SEA LEVEL RISE AND COASTAL FLOOD HAZARDS BOTH LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY, TODAY AND TOMORROW. ANCHORED IN RIGOROUS PRIMARY RESEARCH, THE ORGANIZATION'S WORK DISTINGUISHES ITSELF BY ITS USER-FRIENDLY MAPS AND TOOLS, EXTENSIVE DATASETS, AND HIGH-QUALITY VISUAL PRESENTATIONS. THE PROGRAM DEDICATES ITS EFFORTS TO HELPING JOURNALISTS, CITIZENS, COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND GOVERNMENTS AT EVERY LEVEL TO UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES OF DIFFERENT CARBON PATHWAYS AND TO NAVIGATE THE SHIFTING WATERS OF OUR WARMING WORLD. FLOODVISION: FLOODVISION, AN INNOVATIVE TOOL DEVELOPED BY CLIMATE CENTRAL, USES ADVANCED DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES, AI-BASED ALGORITHMS, AND INTUITIVE SOFTWARE TO PRODUCE SCIENCE-BASED AUGMENTED-REALITY PHOTOS OF SPECIFIC LOCATIONS. USERS CAN CHOOSE OPTIONAL VIEWS TO CONTRAST MEANINGFUL SCENARIOS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, SUCH AS PROJECTED SEA LEVELS BASED ON DIFFERENT CARBON PATHWAYS OR LOCAL STORM SURGE FORECASTS FROM APPROACHING HURRICANES. FLOODVISION IS DESIGNED TO EMPOWER THE ORGANIZATION'S BROAD MEDIA NETWORKS, AS WELL AS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AGENCIES, NGOS AND OTHER COASTAL STAKEHOLDERS, SUCH AS EMERGENCY MANAGERS WHO CAN USE THE IMAGERY TO STRENGTHEN EVACUATION WARNINGS AND OTHER SAFETY MEASURES. THIS HELPS THE PUBLIC AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS BETTER VISUALIZE AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

  Expenses $2,888,909 · Revenue $324,877

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $22,272,608

  Expenses

  $11,535,677

  Contributions

  $21,731,974

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $6,791,657

  Expenses

  $12,188,179

  Contributions

  $6,100,975

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $9,593,449

  Expenses

  $10,671,592

  Contributions

  $8,716,952

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $14,428,899

  Expenses

  $8,845,209

  Contributions

  $13,892,447

  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

  $7,434,167

  Expenses

  $7,764,897

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,643,548

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,210,427

  Expenses

  $6,520,341

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,979,873

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,530,427

  Expenses

  $5,938,505

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,480,933

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,959,161

  Expenses

  $6,096,039

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,233,891

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,959,161

  Expenses

  $6,096,039

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,233,891

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,213,418

  Expenses

  $8,153,604

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,160,941

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,141,153

  Expenses

  $9,872,125

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,547,721

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,232,395

  Expenses

  $10,297,407

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,071,929

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,390,764

  Expenses

  $6,263,189

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,886,878

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,713,762

  Expenses

  $5,756,059

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,619,807

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period

1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021

Principal officer

Ethridge Darlene

Mailing address

1 Palmer Sq E Ste 402Princeton NJ 08542

Website

www.climatecentralinc.com

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

• ADVOCACY ACTION FUND INC

  $2,025,000

  2024 · SUPPORT FOR CLIMATE INITIATIVES AND GENERAL OPERATIONS

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $552,000

  2023 · Sciences

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $550,250

  2022 · Sciences

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $311,500

  2024 · Sciences

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $201,125

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

  $198,404

  2022 · CONTRIBUTION

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $179,380

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $173,390

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

  $157,224

  2024 · CONTRIBUTION

• PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

  $147,011

  2023 · CONTRIBUTION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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