SIERRA CLUB

As filed

Subsection

04

Classification

3000

Street

2101 WEBSTER ST12/F

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

• SEE SCHEDULE O.

  Expenses $83,901,874 · Grants $868,838 · Revenue $818,300

• MEMBERSHIP, CHAPTER AND VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES: SUPPORT AND FUNDING OF 64 VOLUNTEER LED CHAPTERS AND APPROXIMATELY 446 GROUPS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BROAD-BASED VOLUNTEER MEMBERSHIP.

  Expenses $23,636,322

• INFORMATION AND EDUCATION: CALENDAR & ONLINE STORE, SIERRA (THE ORGANIZATION'S MAGAZINE), COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INCLUDES PRINT AND NON-PRINT MEDIA ACTIVITIES AND DIGITAL STRATEGIES (MISSION IS TO ALIGN THE ONLINE ACTIVITIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL INVESTMENTS WITH THE BROADER STRATEGY AND SUCCESS OF THE ORGANIZATION).SIERRA MAGAZINE: PUBLISHED 4 ISSUES PER YEAR WITH AN AVERAGE PRINT RUN IN EXCESS OF 430,000 MAGAZINES.CALENDAR & ONLINE STORE: OFFERED SIERRA CLUB BRANDED MERCHANDISE ABOUT NATURE OR THE ENVIRONMENT FOR SALE DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC AND OTHER RESELLERS.

  Expenses $20,029,540 · Revenue $3,740,252

• OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES:IN 2024, SIERRA CLUB OUTINGS OFFERED IMPACTFUL OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES THAT CONNECTED PEOPLE TO NATURE WHILE ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND BRINGING MEMBERS TO THE ORGANIZATION'S LARGER CONSERVATION CAMPAIGNS. THROUGH LOCAL CHAPTERS, GROUPS, AND SECTIONS, AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL OUTINGS PROGRAM AND CAMPAIGN-SPECIFIC OUTINGS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PARTICIPANTS WERE ENGAGED IN WAYS THAT DEEPENED THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. THE INSPIRING CONNECTIONS OUTDOORS (ICO) PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, RAN 254 TRIPS FOR 5,127 YOUTH AND ADULTS - PRIMARILY FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES - PROVIDING HANDS-ON ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ABOUT ECOSYSTEMS, CONSERVATION ISSUES, AND THE ROLE OF PUBLIC LANDS IN CLIMATE RESILIENCE. THE NATIONAL OUTINGS PROGRAM OFFERED 195 DOMESTIC AND 61 INTERNATIONAL TRIPS TO 3,088 PARTICIPANTS, INTEGRATED LEARNING ABOUT LOCAL FLORA, FAUNA, GEOLOGY, AND CONSERVATION HISTORY, OFTEN INCORPORATING VOLUNTEER WORK LIKE TRAIL RESTORATION TO BUILD AWARENESS OF HOW ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ALIGNS WITH SIERRA CLUB CAMPAIGNS. LOCAL CHAPTERS AND GROUPS ORGANIZED APPROXIMATELY 1,334 OUTINGS WITH 4,319 PARTICIPANTS, RANGING FROM NATURE HIKES TO ADVOCACY TRAINING, EDUCATING PEOPLE ON PRESSING REGIONAL ISSUES LIKE WATER CONSERVATION, HABITAT PROTECTION, AND CLIMATE CHANGE, AND EMPOWERING THEM TO TAKE ACTION. THE MILITARY OUTDOORS PROGRAM, AS PART OF OUTDOORS FOR ALL AND SUPPORTED BY LOCAL OUTINGS, SUPPORTED VETERANS AND ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBERS WITH THERAPEUTIC OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES THAT PROMOTED HEALING, CONSERVATION, AND ADVOCACY. ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS, SIERRA CLUB OUTINGS NOT ONLY CONNECTED MEMBERS TO NATURE BUT ALSO INSTILLED ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES AND A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY, REINFORCING THE CLUB'S MISSION TO EXPLORE, ENJOY, AND PROTECT THE PLANET THROUGH DIRECT EDUCATION AND ALIGNMENT WITH SIERRA CLUB'S CONSERVATION GOALS.CHAPTER ALLOCATIONS: SUPPORTING LOCAL AND STATE STAFF TIME AND PROGRAM COSTS. LOCAL AND STATE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION ON CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSERVATION ISSUES; RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT CITY, COUNTY AND STATE POLICIES; MOBILIZING MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS TO TAKE ACTION ON LOCAL AND STATE ADVOCACY INITIATIVES; AND HOSTING COMMUNITY EVENTS.

  Expenses $12,915,851 · Revenue $9,079,700

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.

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

  $169,031,870

  Expenses

  $171,800,410

  Contributions

  $151,944,458

  Grants paid

  $868,838

• 2023

  Revenue

  $173,425,083

  Expenses

  $172,273,486

  Contributions

  $159,984,155

  Grants paid

  $1,038,618

• 2022

  Revenue

  $167,540,907

  Expenses

  $169,420,068

  Contributions

  $153,306,396

  Grants paid

  $1,635,753

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

  $152,093,074

  Expenses

  $151,559,247

  Assets (EOY)

  $144,480,269

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $152,278,896

  Expenses

  $153,637,760

  Assets (EOY)

  $129,884,022

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $156,717,329

  Expenses

  $150,434,351

  Assets (EOY)

  $120,762,455

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $143,677,959

  Expenses

  $141,929,492

  Assets (EOY)

  $106,933,363

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $141,369,673

  Expenses

  $128,363,240

  Assets (EOY)

  $106,922,520

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $115,963,544

  Expenses

  $112,528,671

  Assets (EOY)

  $88,761,690

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $109,178,887

  Expenses

  $107,847,576

  Assets (EOY)

  $82,273,496

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $104,369,291

  Expenses

  $102,085,719

  Assets (EOY)

  $84,867,399

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $98,154,894

  Expenses

  $97,891,373

  Assets (EOY)

  $82,374,347

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $101,515,991

  Assets (EOY)

  $79,578,841

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 2012

Tax period

1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012

Principal officer

Show names as filed Kathleen J PaulsonKATHLEEN J PAULSON

Mailing address

PO BOX 1065ESCANABA MI 498291065

Doing business as

CENTRAL UPPER PENINSULA SIERRA CLUB

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 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

• RISE TO THRIVE

  $225,000

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT

• TEXAS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE

  $100,000

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

• SOUTHERN SECTOR RISING INC

  $76,765

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

• NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL

  $51,000

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

• NOTO2ORG

  $50,000

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

• WEST MARION COMMUNITY FORUM

  $48,500

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

• HEALTHY GULF

  $37,000

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT

• REBUILDING TOGETHER PITTSBURGH

  $35,029

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT

• SOUTH RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE

  $35,000

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

• OREGON WILD

  $30,000

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION

  $95,919,977

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

• SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION

  $94,050,499

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

• SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION

  $43,795,738

  2025 · PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND EDUCATION.

• SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND

  $3,840,000

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS

• SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND

  $1,723,333

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS

• SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND

  $1,430,000

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS

• BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY ACTION INC

  $950,000

  2022 · ADVANCING INDUSTRIAL DECARB POLICY

• CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION

  $400,000

  2022 · LOBBYING & PROJECT SUPPORT

• MULTIPLIER

  $360,000

  2023 · TRANSMISSION SOLUTIONS FOR A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE

• ADVOCACY ACTION FUND INC

  $250,000

  2024 · SUPPORT FOR ENERGY POLICY ADVOCACY

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.

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

• TELEFUND LLC

  $817,418 raised

  2024 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $746,041 to charity

• SD&A TELESERVICES INC.

  $76,305 raised

  2024 · Commercial Fundraiser

  -$94,758 to charity

• PUBLIC OUTREACH FUNDRAISING LLC

  $73,316 raised

  2024 · Commercial Fundraiser

  -$312,977 to charity

• TELEFUND LLC

  $1,228,464 raised

  2023 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $1,145,562 to charity

• SD&A TELESERVICES INC.

  $157,589 raised

  2023 · Commercial Fundraiser

  -$194,276 to charity

• TELEFUND LLC

  $1,257,845 raised

  2022 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $1,094,459 to charity

• SD&A TELESERVICES INC.

  $89,071 raised

  2022 · Commercial Fundraiser

  -$74,818 to charity

• SD&A TELESERVICES INC.

  $10,063 raised

  2022 · Commercial Fundraiser

  -$11,767 to charity

• SD&A TELESERVICES INC.

  $1,018,201 raised

  2021 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $786,782 to charity

• SD&A TELESERVICES INC.

  $1,377,775 raised

  2020 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $1,088,865 to charity

• TELEFUND INC.

  $1,326,438 raised

  2020 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $1,022,049 to charity

• SD&A TELESERVICES INC.

  $162,870 raised

  2020 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $146,089 to charity

• TELEFUND INC.

  $1,830,424 raised

  2019 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $1,391,927 to charity

• SD&A TELESERVICES INC.

  $1,140,390 raised

  2019 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $712,141 to charity

• SD&A TELESERVICES INC.

  $336,899 raised

  2019 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $318,032 to charity

• INFOCISION INC.

  $32,160 raised

  2019 · Commercial Fundraiser

  -$23,511 to charity

• INFOCISION INC.

  $32,160 raised

  2019 · Commercial Fundraiser

  -$23,511 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

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