CENTER FOR CLIMATE AND ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C05

Classification

2800

Street

1400 K ST NW STE 1100

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

• US POLICY AND OUTREACH: C2ES BUILDS DURABLE, BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR AMBITIOUS CLIMATE AND ENERGY POLICIES, ENGAGING LEADING COMPANIES ACROSS THE U.S. ECONOMY TO EDUCATE POLICYMAKERS ON ISSUES INCLUDING FEDERAL PERMITTING REFORM, CLEAN ENERGY TAX CREDITS, AND CLIMATE-ALIGNED TRADE POLICIES. OUR RECOMMENDATIONS STRENGTHENED THE ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY AND EMISSIONS REDUCTION POTENTIAL OF CLEAN ELECTRICITY TAX CREDITS UNDER THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. WE CONVENED 130 COMPANIES IN OUR TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUPS, LEADING TO 4 POLICY BRIEFS AND 18 POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT CLEAN TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION. A C2ES REGIONAL ROUNDTABLE IN VIRGINIA, ONE OF 4 DURING THE YEAR, INSPIRED THE INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION TO MORE THAN TRIPLE THE AMOUNT OF LDES CAPACITY UTILITIES ARE REQUIRED TO SUPPLY.

  Expenses $4,595,857 · Grants $419,000 · Revenue $10,000

• BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT AND RESILIENCE: C2ES LED NEW RESEARCH ON EXISTING GUIDANCE AND THE VIEWS OF REGULATORS AND NGOS ON CREDIBLE TRANSITION PLANS, INCLUDING DEVELOPING A TRANSITION PLAN INDEX THAT DISTILLS BEST PRACTICES TO HELP COMPANIES CREATE, IMPLEMENT AND DISCLOSE ROBUST NET-ZERO TRANSITION PLANS ALIGNED WITH THE PARIS AGREEMENT. C2ES CONVENES BUSINESSES AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO HELP COMMUNITIES ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH OUR CLIMATE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES ACCELERATOR. WE COMPLETED A SUCCESSFUL PILOT IN COLORADO IDENTIFYING HOW TO BUILD RESILIENCE TO WILDFIRES AND HEAT. THROUGH OUR CORPORATE CLIMATE RESILIENCE PATHWAYS INITIATIVE, WE HELPED STAND UP A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE THAT WILL HELP COMPANIES ADVANCE CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION ACROSS THEIR OPERATIONS, VALUE CHAINS, AND COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $8,708,877 · Grants $6,384,950 · Revenue $197,846

• INTERNATIONAL AND CARBON MARKETS: C2ES SUPPORTS THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTIVENESS AND SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING CONVENING REGULAR MEETINGS OF SENIOR CLIMATE NEGOTIATORS TO PROVIDE EXPERT ANALYSIS AND A TRUSTED FORUM FOR DISCUSSION. AT COP29 WE SUPPORTED THE PARTIES IN ADOPTING A NEW CLIMATE FINANCE GOAL, INCLUDING DEVELOPED COUNTRIES PLEDGES TO MOBILIZE AT LEAST $300 BILLION PER YEAR BY 2035 FOR CLIMATE ACTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THE LAUNCH OF AN EFFORT TO SCALE UP PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CLIMATE FINANCE TO $1.3 TRILLION. GUIDANCE NEEDED TO OPERATIONALIZE CARBON MARKETS UNDER ARTICLE 6 OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT WAS ALSO FINALIZED. C2ES ALSO SERVED AS SECRETARIAT OF THE ENERGY TRANSITION ACCELERATOR (ETA), AN EFFORT TO CATALYZE CARBON FINANCE TO SPEED THE JUST CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION IN EMERGING AND DEVELOPING ECONOMIES.

  Expenses $5,081,016 · Grants $1,651,200

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

  $18,710,584

  Expenses

  $20,611,639

  Contributions

  $17,662,436

  Grants paid

  $8,455,150

• 2023

  Revenue

  $15,258,264

  Expenses

  $14,356,534

  Contributions

  $14,540,493

  Grants paid

  $4,525,719

• 2022

  Revenue

  $23,088,647

  Expenses

  $8,382,929

  Contributions

  $22,076,847

  Grants paid

  $1,882,850

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

  $7,333,825

  Expenses

  $5,839,221

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,750,641

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,967,227

  Expenses

  $4,066,953

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,506,660

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,994,456

  Expenses

  $4,066,953

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,421,282

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,260,983

  Expenses

  $4,942,442

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,257,096

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,429,367

  Expenses

  $4,831,752

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,637,369

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,586,257

  Expenses

  $4,316,838

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,515,679

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,348,745

  Expenses

  $3,959,343

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,237,114

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,120,541

  Expenses

  $4,757,510

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,916,034

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,982,028

  Expenses

  $4,768,646

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,590,471

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $4,803,296

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,481,889

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.

Grants made

• CENTER FOR GREEN MARKET ACTIVATION

  $6,317,450

  2024 · CENTER FOR GREEN MARKET ACTIVATION LAUNCH AND GREEN MARKET ACCELARATOR TRUCKING AND AVIATION

• ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND

  $845,386

  2023 · ADVANCING INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTARY CARBON MARKETS

• RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE

  $390,000

  2024 · US CLIMATE-ALIGNED TRADE STRATEGIES

• WINDWARD FUND

  $175,000

  2024 · CORPORATE FINANCE FOR CLIMATE ACTION

• ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND

  $117,850

  2022 · UNFCCC GLOBAL STOCKTAKE

• RESILIENCE RISING NA

  $67,500

  2024 · CATALYZING CLIMATE RESILIENCE PRIVATE SECTOR

• WORLD WILDLIFE FUND

  $29,333

  2023 · RENEWABLE THERMAL COLLABORATIVE

• WORLD WILDLIFE FUND

  $29,000

  2024 · RENEWABLE THERMAL COLLABORATIVE THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE AND APPROPRIATIONS-RELATED ADVOCACY

• RESILIENCE RISING NA

  $11,000

  2023 · CATALYZING CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR

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Grants received

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $3,000,000

  2024 · General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes

• BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY FOUNDATION

  $2,286,920

  2022 · MOBILIZING BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT FOR CLIMATE

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $1,395,350

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $1,295,000

  2023 · General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $1,183,050

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,120,600

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY ACTION INC

  $713,080

  2022 · MOBILIZING BUSINESS ADVOCACY

• JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND

  $600,000

  2023 · IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $548,891

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $536,450

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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

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