CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ECONOMY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C052

Classification

2000

Street

1029 J ST STE 300

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Mission and programs · 2024

• CFEE held four high level conferences focused on our core topics of energy, transportation, technology and broad, and water. Key accomplishments in our conferences during 2024 included:1. Accelerating the construction and deployment of new energy projects to meet state needs, considering the opportunities for carbon capture and how nuclear power could increase the pathway to a carbon neutral energy future, and evaluating opportunities to manage costs.2. How the switch to autonomous vehicles and bikes and pedestrian usage are changing our transportation needs and landscape, planning for decarbonization at ports and airports and for trucking, challenges in paying for and deploying the states public transit and high-speed rail project, and developing transportation solutions for a functional statewide EV infrastructure.3. Understanding the challenges with implementing the Broadband For All amid the complicated federal and state funding opportunities, the role of AI and how it can be used to accelerate opportunities in healthcare, education, and logistics, considering the downsides and perils of AI misinformation, job losses through automation and obsolescence, and the expanded chances for security risks.4. Evaluating Californias progress in building resiliency with regards to weather extremes, The changing relationship with the federal government and how California can better align to new policy metrics, how can California better plan for its water needs to support business, farming, and residents, sustainable ground management at ten years old what are the next challenges to implementing this policy with a minimum of disruptions, and finally how can California capture more water to take advantage of what we currently have and where we are headed.

  Expenses $978,936

• CFEE conducted three study travel projects in 2024. The projects facilitate real life experiences and relationship building to help provide for more successful policy making.CFEE conducted a study travel project to the United Kingdom studying the partnership between our two countries in supply lines and energy security among other topics. We met with Llyods of London to examine the need for California to update insurance protocols to respond to a shrinking insurance market and what this global does to set rates, we toured the countrys new largest construction site for the Sizewell C nuclear power plant while examining the workings of the active Sizewell B power plant before moving on to see the UKs efforts to capitalize on the need for small modular nuclear reactors. Sustainable aviation fuel was another key technological item explored and studied. The UKs efforts in offshore wind are world leading and provided a snapshot of what California may need to prepare for as it explores the same opportunities.The second study travel project was held in Colorado and New Mexico, and it focused on the circular economy and recycling. The trip featured best practices on legislation with meetings with state legislators. Our program highlighted textile recycling and innovative reuse programs for major consumer producers. We toured cutting edge aluminum canning operations and learned about the long-life span of the cans when properly recaptured from the waste stream. A visit to an Indian Pueblo brought to life the challenges with recycling and reuse in a highly rural community. And lastly, as construction booms for datacenters we learned how can they and other easy to build warehouses can take advantage of carbon sequestration in concrete materials and strengthen the composite. Our third tour brought CFEE to Taiwan and Vietnam to learn about the challenges in both hyper capitalist nations despite the very different political realities of both. We met with high-speed rail officials and rode the rail to see the experience firsthand before learning about Taiwans cutting-edge electric scooter delivery and rider companies. CFEE also met with the countrys top disaster preparedness administrator to see lessons learned from past earthquakes, floods, and other climate challenges. Solar panel recycling is a looming issue for California and Taiwan has an elegant technology to share for this vexing problem that allows valuable composite materials to be recaptured and reused. Vietnam provided a window into supply chains and production for a major EV manufacturer that is growing internationally while building their own electric charging network in country.

  Expenses $630,052

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

  $2,562,579

  Expenses

  $2,383,024

  Contributions

  $2,368,625

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,811,482

  Expenses

  $2,490,813

  Contributions

  $2,608,250

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,239,696

  Expenses

  $2,358,339

  Contributions

  $2,161,500

  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

  $2,614,586

  Expenses

  $2,093,398

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,483,817

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,712,386

  Expenses

  $1,481,433

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,099,037

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,027,486

  Expenses

  $1,882,969

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,770,639

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,984,796

  Expenses

  $1,733,530

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,433,031

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,844,880

  Expenses

  $1,638,401

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,468,083

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,836,386

  Expenses

  $1,986,014

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,237,131

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,044,602

  Expenses

  $2,120,440

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,206,616

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,718,436

  Expenses

  $1,659,420

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,371,789

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

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $41,000

  2023 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• CALIFORNIA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LABOR-MANAGEMENT COOPERATION TRUST

  $38,000

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL PROG. SUPPR

• CALIFORNIA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LABOR-MANAGEMENT COOPERATION TRUST

  $38,000

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM SUPPORT

• CALIFORNIA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LABOR-MANAGEMENT COOPERATION TRUST

  $38,000

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL PROG. SUPPORT

• COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSN OF CA

  $21,000

  2023 · 2024 CFEE GENERAL ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $20,000

  2022 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC

  $19,283

  2022 · ENV. ADVOCACY

• ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED

  $16,000

  2023

• ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED

  $8,000

  2022

• RIVER PARTNERS

  $8,000

  2022 · CHARITABLE

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

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