- Revenue 2023
- $9,020
- Expenses 2023
- $113,152
Program services were 69.9% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- C01
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 1031 33RD ST SUITE 133
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 · 2023
Primary exempt purpose
SDSG USES RESEARCH, PRACTICE AND TEACHING TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO COMMUNITIES, COMPANIES AND GOVERNMENTS ON LAW AND POLICY FRAMEWORKS THAT ADVANCE BEST PRACTICES FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT. OUR VISION IS A FUTURE WHERE RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT RESPECTS HUMAN RIGHTS, ALIGNS WITH THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL OBJECTIVES OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND PROTECTS THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
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GENERAL PROGRAM - SDSG EXPERTS CONDUCT SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND POLITICAL IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENTS AND ANALYZE NATIONAL MINING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND POLICIES, COMMUNITY BENEFIT SHARING AGREEMENTS, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS. CLIENTS HAVE INCLUDED COMPANIES, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENTS, AID AGENCIES, AND INTERNATIONAL FORUMS SUCH AS THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE (EITI), BETTERCOAL, THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL FORUM ON MINING, MINERALS, METALS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (IGF) AND THE INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATIONS MINING LAW COMMITTEE. SDSG REGULARLY DEVELOPS CURRICULUM ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND RELATED GOOD GOVERNANCE PRACTICES. WE PROVIDE TRAINING COURSES AND FACILITATION SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENTS, COMPANIES, COMMUNITIES, AND MULTI-STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. IN ADDITION TO OUR MAJOR FOCUS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, SDSG ADVOCATES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN ITS HOME STATE OF COLORADO, USA.
Expenses $79,104
As filed on the 2023 return.
Officers and directors · 2023
As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Julia MetzgerJULIA METZGER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $59,205
- Compensation
- $59,205
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Terry L BentekeTERRY L BENTEKE
CHAIR/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
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Kimberly Jackson ThayerKIMBERLY JACKSON THAYER
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
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Luke DanielsonLUKE DANIELSON
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
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Heather RyanHEATHER RYAN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Naida AhmadNAIDA AHMAD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kirsti Disney BrucknerKIRSTI DISNEY BRUCKNER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lila Murphy CFALILA MURPHY CFA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David PhillipsDAVID PHILLIPS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brendon SchwartzBRENDON SCHWARTZ
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2023
- Revenue
- $9,020
- Expenses
- $113,152
- Contributions
- $7,700
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $51,694
- Expenses
- $191,786
- Contributions
- $11,568
- Grants paid
- not reported
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
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2021 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $80,904
- Expenses
- $124,308
- Assets (EOY)
- $306,614
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2020 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $174,506
- Expenses
- $193,106
- Assets (EOY)
- $375,917
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $242,977
- Expenses
- $186,191
- Assets (EOY)
- $376,732
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $95,936
- Expenses
- $120,090
- Assets (EOY)
- $310,321
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $257,893
- Expenses
- $261,147
- Assets (EOY)
- $400,272
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $439,919
- Expenses
- $210,665
- Assets (EOY)
- $375,943
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $416,335
- Expenses
- $200,342
- Assets (EOY)
- $298,479
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $334,115
- Expenses
- $306,872
- Assets (EOY)
- $87,613
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $485,267
- Expenses
- $504,696
- Assets (EOY)
- $89,747
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,545,351
- Assets (EOY)
- $98,331
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.
Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2024
- Tax period
- 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024
- Principal officer
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Luke DanielsonLUKE DANIELSON
- Mailing address
- 1031 33RD STREET SUITE 133DENVER CO 80205
- Website
- https://www.sdsg.org/
As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.
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
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2023 FOR FUNDING TRANSLATION SERVICES TO PUBLISH IN ENGLISH A COMPARATIVE LAW ARTICLE ON THE PATH TOWARD PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT: THE EMERGING FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ON INDIGENOUS LANDS AND TERRITORIES.
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2022 CLEAN ENERGY EDU.
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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.