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SILVERLINING INC

EIN 37-1908884 WASHINGTON, DC

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Revenue 2024
$6,670,628
Expenses 2024
$6,497,308

Program services were 81.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
U11
Classification
1800
Street
500 NORTH CAPITOL STREET NW SUITE 2

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

SILVERLINING IS DEDICATED TO ENSURING THAT SOCIETY HAS THE INFORMATION AND CAPABILITIES NEEDED TO ENSURE A SAFE AND SECURE ATMOSPHERE. WE SUPPORT OPEN RESEARCH, SCIENCE-BASED POLICY AND BROAD STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT TO ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING AND PROTECTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE IN A WORLD WITH EMERGING INTERVENTIONS IN WEATHER AND CLIMATE. OUR WORK FOCUSES ON ADVANCING RIGOROUS, INDEPENDENT SCIENCE AND EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION-MAKING TO PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY, ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND NATIONAL SECURITY.

  • POLICY - SILVERLINING UNDERTAKES AND SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS ON U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY ON THE ATMOSPHERE; ACTIVITIES INCLUDE GRANTMAKING, SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION, PUBLICATION, CONVENING AND EDUCATION.

    Expenses $1,441,366

  • RESEARCH & INNOVATION - THE SAFE EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH INITIATIVE (SESRI) SUPPORTS AND UNDERTAKES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS TO ACCELERATE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE AND FORECASTING TO RAPIDLY ADVANCE SOCIETY'S ABILITY TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE AMOSPHERE. SESRI PROVIDES RESEARCH FUNDING AND COORDINATION ACROSS RESEARCH EFFORTS, CONVENING, PUBLICATION SUPPORT AND THE COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A RESEARCH ROADMAP.

    Expenses $1,883,807 · Grants $1,883,807

  • STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT - SILVERLINING'S ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION EFFORTS INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT, MEDIA ENGAGEMENT, WEB AND SOCIAL MEDIA, VIRTUAL AND LIVE EVENTS AND PROGRAMS AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $1,109,970

  • Expenses $889,390

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Kelly Wanser

    PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $240,417
    From this org
    $240,417
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,417
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $240,417
  • Carla Holtze

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Baird

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jean Francois Lamarque

    CHIEF CLIMATE SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $452,000
    From this org
    $452,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $452,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $452,000
  • Daniel Bowen

    PLATFORM ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $249,167
    From this org
    $249,167
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $249,167
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $249,167
  • Nicolas Esguerra

    DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $160,167
    From this org
    $160,167
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,167
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $160,167
  • Alexandra Reeves

    SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS ANALYST

    Total calculated
    $117,333
    From this org
    $117,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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
    $6,670,628
    Expenses
    $6,497,308
    Contributions
    $6,286,428
    Grants paid
    $1,883,807
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,678,261
    Expenses
    $3,514,661
    Contributions
    $3,048,381
    Grants paid
    $890,848
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,764,182
    Expenses
    $2,977,137
    Contributions
    $2,763,150
    Grants paid
    $567,497

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
    $2,757,589
    Expenses
    $1,949,013
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,068,443
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,241,536
    Expenses
    $2,197,413
    Assets (EOY)
    $916,693
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $431,296
    Expenses
    $385,029
    Assets (EOY)
    $63,282
  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $171,025
    Expenses
    $164,205
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,300

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

  • 2024 R&D: LEAD THE NEAR-FIELD MODELING EFFORT FOR THE STAR PROGRAM

  • UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    $246,342

    2023 CHARACTERIZATION OF STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOL INJECTIONS ON THE PROPULSION EMISSIONS

  • UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

    $165,976

    2024 R&D: CHARACTERIZATION OF STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOL INJECTION (SAI) ON THE PROPULSION EMISSIONS

  • 2023 MODELING CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF EMISSIONS/AEROSOLS AND IMPACT ON ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES

  • THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR SUNY UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY

    $100,000

    2022 MODELING CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF EMISSIONS/AEROSOLS AND IMPACT ON ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES

  • UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

    $100,000

    2022 MARINE CLOUD BRIGHTENING SUPPORT

  • 2022 SAFE CLIMATE RESEARCH INITIATIVE

  • THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    $57,991

    2022 CHARACTERIZATION OF STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOL INJECTIONS ON THE PROPULSION EMISSIONS

  • 2023 FACILITY RENTAL FOR MCB PROGRAM

  • UN MAJOR GROUP FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH

    $10,000

    2022 YOUTH RESILIENCE LAB PROJECT

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Grants received

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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 2022 return

  • SILVERLINING POLICY INC

    501(C)(4) · TO INFLUENCING POLICY ON CLIMATE RISK AND CLIMATE INTERVENTION · DC · controlled entity

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.