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SOLUTIONS PROJECT INC

EIN 46-3811348 LOS ANGELES, CA

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Revenue 2024
$8,921,441
Expenses 2024
$8,878,204

Program services were 88.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C35
Classification
2000
Street
6080 CENTER DRIVE SIXTH FL

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

The Solutions Project funds and amplifies climate justice solutions created by frontline community organizations.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Solutions Project funds and amplifies grassroots climate justice solutions.

  • Grantmaking: Our grantmaking provides financial support to grassroots organizations at the forefront of climate solutions. In 2024, we distributed a total of $5M in grants, of which $3.99M was awarded through our core grantmaking program to 95 organizations. The remaining balance was awarded through ecosystem funds.

    Expenses $5,096,788 · Grants $3,998,200

  • Narrative & Communications: Our narrative and communications programs amplify community voices and solutions to change mainstream climate narratives. In 2024, we produced 25 original stories with a potential audience reach of more than 1 billion people. Also in 2024, grantees benefiting from our communications capacity building efforts reached a potential audience of 85 billion with their content across media channels.

    Expenses $1,725,928

  • Ecosystem Funds: We also administer grantmaking for movement-accountable funds that are designed to strengthen frontline climate leadership and innovation. These funds include the Justice40 Accelerator and Fund for Frontline Power. In 2024, we awarded $1.02M in ecosystem grants to 24 organizations.

    Expenses $1,072,500 · Grants $1,020,000

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.

  • Billy Parish

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Brandon Hurlbut

    Board Member, Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Don Cheadle

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Favianna Rodriguez

    Board Member, Interim Vice

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • George Goehl

    Board Member, Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Justin Winters

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Mark Ruffalo

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Sharon Alpert

    Board Member, Interim Boar

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Gloria Walton

    CEO & President

    Total calculated
    $392,277
    From this org
    $362,820
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,457
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $362,820
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,957
    Filer's total
    $392,277
  • Sarah Shanley

    Managing Director

    Total calculated
    $222,732
    From this org
    $180,365
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,367
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,365
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,237
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,130
    Filer's total
    $222,732
  • Clare Winterton

    Chief Programs & Operating

    Total calculated
    $312,730
    From this org
    $237,643
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $75,087
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $237,643
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,442
    Nontaxable benefits
    $60,645
    Filer's total
    $312,730
  • Shaheen Hasan

    Managing Director of Grantmaking

    Total calculated
    $181,038
    From this org
    $160,060
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,978
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,060
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,601
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,377
    Filer's total
    $181,038
  • Thelma Young

    Sr. Communication Strategi

    Total calculated
    $159,739
    From this org
    $125,054
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,685
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,054
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,685
    Filer's total
    $159,739
  • Ena Coleman

    Digital Strategist

    Total calculated
    $134,296
    From this org
    $117,790
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,506
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ming Liu

    Public Relations Manager

    Total calculated
    $137,354
    From this org
    $112,848
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,506
    Hours/week
    40
  • Christina Cummings-left 92024

    Director

    Total calculated
    $165,753
    From this org
    $146,040
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,713
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,040
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,713
    Filer's total
    $165,753
  • Sara Telzer

    Development Director

    Total calculated
    $149,059
    From this org
    $132,966
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,093
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $8,921,441
    Expenses
    $8,878,204
    Contributions
    $8,864,284
    Grants paid
    $5,018,200
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $19,356,592
    Expenses
    $20,189,264
    Contributions
    $19,094,894
    Grants paid
    $16,120,004
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,188,682
    Expenses
    $14,268,549
    Contributions
    $8,781,081
    Grants paid
    $10,265,998

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
    $7,109,557
    Expenses
    $12,107,353
    Assets (EOY)
    $43,392,918
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $45,401,764
    Expenses
    $3,953,475
    Assets (EOY)
    $43,539,033
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,801,529
    Expenses
    $2,003,633
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,071,432
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,222,611
    Expenses
    $2,763,506
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,065,928
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,392,847
    Expenses
    $3,413,696
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,766,087
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,892,480
    Expenses
    $2,745,713
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,621,384
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,146,662
    Expenses
    $1,372,334
    Assets (EOY)
    $424,931
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,527,991
    Expenses
    $973,467
    Assets (EOY)
    $707,067

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

  • UPROSE

    $200,000

    2022 GOS FF Capacity Building

  • Kentucky Coalition

    $200,000

    2022 GOS FF Capacity Building

  • Asian Pacific Environmental Network

    $200,000

    2022 GOS FF Capacity Building

  • Catalyst Miami

    $200,000

    2022 GOS FF Capacity Building

  • Native Renewables

    $200,000

    2022 GOS FF Capacity Building

  • New Alpha Community Development Corp

    $200,000

    2022 GOS FF Capacity Building

  • New Florida Majority Education Fund

    $200,000

    2022 GOS FF Capacity Building to Miami Climate Alliance

  • Partnership for Southern Equity

    $200,000

    2022 GOS FF Capacity Building

  • People United for Sustainable Housing

    $200,000

    2022 GOS FF Capacity Building

  • Strategic Concepts in Organizing (SCOPE)

    $200,000

    2022 GOS FF Capacity Building

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.

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.