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CLIMATE POLICY INITIATIVE INC

EIN 26-4129153 SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Revenue 2024
$22,537,930
Expenses 2024
$20,637,486

Program services were 90.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C05
Classification
1000
Street
575 MARKET STREET 514

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).

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.

  • THOMAS C HELLER

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $22,500
    From this org
    $22,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DR KARSTEN SACH

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HOWARD BAMSEY

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOAQUIN LEVY

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STACY SWANN

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RACHEL KYTE

    BOARD DIRECTOR (THRU 10/20/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEWART J PAPERIN

    BOARD DIRECTOR (THRU 3/20/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA BUCHNER

    GMD & ED, CLIMATE FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $409,410
    From this org
    $369,792
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,618
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $369,792
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,918
    Filer's total
    $409,410

  • JULIANO ASSUNCAO

    ED, BRAZIL POLICY CENTER

    Total calculated
    $358,935
    From this org
    $358,935
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $358,935
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $358,935

  • DANIELLE KNIGHT

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $224,176
    From this org
    $202,555
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,621
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,555
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,022
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,599
    Filer's total
    $224,176

  • SOFIA CHANCEY

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $190,067
    From this org
    $154,788
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,279
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,788
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,482
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,797
    Filer's total
    $190,067

  • BELLA TONKONOGY

    PROGRAM DIR., CLIMATE FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $227,271
    From this org
    $185,253
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,018
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,253
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,397
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,621
    Filer's total
    $227,271

  • ROBERT KAHN

    HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $170,993
    From this org
    $145,506
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,487
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,506
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,569
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,918
    Filer's total
    $170,993

  • BENJAMIN BROCHE

    ASSOC. PROGRAM DIR., CLIMATE FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $197,165
    From this org
    $160,359
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,806
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,359
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,009
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,797
    Filer's total
    $197,165

  • VALERIO MICALE

    MANAGER UK

    Total calculated
    $160,553
    From this org
    $149,773
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,780
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,773
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,512
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,268
    Filer's total
    $160,553

  • DHARSHAN WIGNARAJAH

    DIRECTOR UK

    Total calculated
    $187,627
    From this org
    $174,458
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,169
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,458
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,481
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,688
    Filer's total
    $187,627

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 — 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
    $22,537,930
    Expenses
    $20,637,486
    Contributions
    $19,070,373
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $20,796,223
    Expenses
    $13,962,411
    Contributions
    $16,786,943
    Grants paid
    $655,922
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $16,477,311
    Expenses
    $12,772,497
    Contributions
    $14,256,094
    Grants paid
    $349,659

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.

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

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 2024 return

  • CLIMATE POLICY FOUNDATION

    RESEARCH · IN · controlled entity

  • CENDEKIA PERUBAHAN IKLIM INDONESIA FOUNDATION

    RESEARCH · ID · controlled entity

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 10 September 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.