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CENTER FOR CLIMATE INTEGRITY

EIN 82-1659823 WASHINGTON, DC

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Revenue 2025
$9,922,490
Expenses 2025
$7,688,883

Program services were 86.8% 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
5614 CONNECTICUT AVE NW 314

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

EMPOWER COMMUNITIES AND STATES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS THEY NEED TO HOLD FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CLIMATE DECEPTION AND THE DAMAGES THEY'VE CAUSED.

  • LITIGATION: CCI PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR FOSSIL FUEL ACCOUNTABILITY LITIGATION BY PROVIDING PLAINTIFFS WITH EVIDENCE OF DECEPTION, LATEST SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS, LOCALIZED ANALYSIS OF CLIMATE COSTS, AND AMICUS BRIEFS. CCI ALSO SERVES AS A CONSULTING EXPERT WHERE APPROPRIATE.

    Expenses $1,989,184

  • CAMPAIGNS: CCI EDUCATES POLICYMAKERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY'S ROLE IN THE CLIMATE AND PLASTIC WASTE CRISES. IN ADDITION, CCI PROVIDES STRATEGIC GUIDANCE AND CAMPAIGN SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITIES ORGANIZING TO HOLD THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY ACCOUNTABLE.

    Expenses $1,951,602 · Grants $21,045

  • SCIENCE & RESEARCH: CCI DESIGNS, SUPPORTS, AND PUBLISHES ORIGINAL RESEARCH INTENDED TO QUANTIFY THE COSTS OF CLIMATE-RELATED AND OTHER DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY.

    Expenses $1,653,621

  • COMMUNICATIONS: CCI USES A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS AND STRATEGIES (E.G. PAID AND EARNED MEDIA, PRESS OUTREACH AND COVERAGE, SOCIAL AND DIGITAL MEDIA) TO EDUCATE KEY AUDIENCES AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT FOSSIL FUEL ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUES. CCI ALSO PROVIDES RESOURCES TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK AS MESSENGERS FOR FOSSIL FUEL ACCOUNTABILITY WITH VARIOUS AUDIENCES. .

    Expenses $1,077,553

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.

  • Kenneth Cook

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lynsy Smithson-Stanley

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Durwood Zaelke

    DIRECTOR (LEFT BOARD ON 12/15/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Wiles

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $432,262
    From this org
    $364,990
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,272
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $364,990
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $49,772
    Filer's total
    $432,262

  • Roland Davies

    DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

    Total calculated
    $304,266
    From this org
    $234,234
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,032
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $234,234
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,713
    Nontaxable benefits
    $58,319
    Filer's total
    $304,266

  • Alyssa Johl

    VICE PRESIDENT, LEGAL; GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $268,840
    From this org
    $219,982
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,858
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,982
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,858
    Filer's total
    $268,840

  • James Willis

    FINANCE AND OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $225,750
    From this org
    $199,620
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,130
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,620
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,981
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,149
    Filer's total
    $225,750

  • Zachary Welcker

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $236,360
    From this org
    $181,318
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,042
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,318
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,067
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,975
    Filer's total
    $236,360

  • Corey Riday-White

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $214,051
    From this org
    $162,918
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,133
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,918
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,147
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,986
    Filer's total
    $214,051

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
    $9,922,490
    Expenses
    $7,688,883
    Contributions
    $9,749,497
    Grants paid
    $21,045
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $8,235,380
    Expenses
    $6,405,056
    Contributions
    $8,120,000
    Grants paid
    $55,350
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,572,645
    Expenses
    $6,300,714
    Contributions
    $7,485,139
    Grants paid
    $535,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,563,480
    Expenses
    $5,164,689
    Contributions
    $5,538,041
    Grants paid
    $696,500

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
    $4,054,376
    Expenses
    $3,442,808
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,052,483

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $130,000
    Expenses
    $125,693
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,520

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $250,000
    Expenses
    $248,262
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,336

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $200,000
    Expenses
    $208,882
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,875

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $100,000
    Expenses
    $88,642
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,358

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2025 return

Declared as related by

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.