irs program accomplishments · form 990 part iii · fy2020
What they reported doing
- #1 primary $291KThe Climate Emergency program brings organizations, groups, and sector leaders together to build power for climate emergency declarations and policies that move toward zero emissions by 2030. This program supports the ongoing proliferation of Climate Emergency declarations across the US, now reaching over 12 of the American population, with policy templates and individualized mentoring and skill building.
- #2 $344KHelping people face the painful truth of the climate emergency and ecological breakdown, and turn their pain into effective action. Facilitating group conversations about climate feelings, coaching individuals, and advocating for an ethic of fearless and compassionate truth-telling. Work based off of Facing The Climate Emergency, How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth by Margaret Klein Salamon, PhD.
named programs · 3 · from sources
What they call their work
Climate Emergency Declarations
Supports campaigns to pass Climate Emergency declarations and policies aiming for zero emissions by 2030, providing mentoring and policy templates to local organizers.
Climate Survival Movement
Builds economic self-determination by organizing communities to meet basic needs and govern locally, strengthening movement power through crisis leadership.
National Climate Survival Incubator
Trains young leaders in 16 communities nationwide to build local sovereignty over food, energy, water, land, and care through resilience and survival initiatives.
activities · 3 groups
What they do
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Community Capacity Building & Leadership Networks 1 activity
- Building leadership capacity in climate justice through training and incubation programsOperates the National Climate Survival Incubator to strengthen resilience and grow the climate justice movement across 16 communities nationwide. Since 2023, has supported young leaders from over 64 organizations in more than 30 communities through leadership development and organizational capacity-building initiatives.
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Mental Health Education and Awareness 1 activity
- Providing emotional resilience and action-oriented coaching on climate crisisFacilitates group discussions and delivers individual coaching based on the framework from "Facing The Climate Emergency" by Margaret Klein Salamon to help individuals process climate-related emotions and transform them into effective action. Provided these services to 500 people in 2019.
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Energy Policy Advocacy & Research 1 activity
- Supporting Climate Emergency declarations through advocacy and policy assistanceAdvances the adoption of Climate Emergency declarations across U.S. communities by providing policy templates, strategic mentoring, and skill-building support to organizations, groups, and sector leaders. Contributed to 67 U.S. cities and over 1,000 global governments declaring a climate emergency between 2017 and 2022, including policy wins such as Berkeley, CA’s ban on gas hookups in new construction.
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financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$229K
Contributions & grants$222K97%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$7K
expenses
Total expenses$253K
Program expenses50%
Admin / overhead34%
Fundraising16%
Salaries & benefits$115K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$71K
Cash$66K
Investments$0
Liabilities$0
Net assets$71K
Liquid reserves3.1 mo
4 years on record · 2019–2024 · YoY revenue -11.8%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024
Who runs it
board members · 4
- Abdiel Lopez — Director
- Emmett Hopkins — Treasurer
- Fernando Rodriguez — Director
- Matt Renner — President
relationships · 2
Who they work with
- Berkeley, CA Partner — Organizing efforts contributed to Berkeley declaring a climate emergency and banning gas hookups in new construction.
- Rebecca Harris Partner — Contact person for donor inquiries and planned gifts
strategies · 5
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Climate Emergency Movement Buildingmethodology: climate_emergency_movement_buildingBy building collective power across organizations and sector leaders, we accelerate the adoption of climate emergency declarations and zero-emissions policies by 2030, because coordinated advocacy amplifies political impact and shifts public discourse.
- Climate Survival as Dual-Needs and Movement Strategymethodology: climate-survivalBy meeting basic needs during climate disasters, economic crises, and political instability, we sustain community resilience while simultaneously building movement power, because survival support in crisis creates conditions for collective organizing and long-term engagement.
- Community Power-Building Through Direct Canvassingmethodology: community-engagement-through-canvassingBy engaging communities door-to-door, we build relational networks that foster trust and participation in climate mobilization, because face-to-face conversations deepen commitment and broaden movement reach more effectively than digital or mass outreach.
- Emotional Processing and Truth-Telling for Climate Actionmethodology: climate_emotional_resilience_and_truth_tellingBy supporting individuals to confront ecological grief through emotional processing and truth-telling, we transform personal distress into sustained climate engagement, because addressing emotional barriers unlocks agency and motivates transformative action.
- Local Sovereignty for Economic Self-Determinationmethodology: local-sovereignty-economic-self-determinationBy building local control over food, energy, water, land, and care systems, we create resilient alternatives to failing national infrastructures and grow movement power, because self-determined communities are more politically empowered and capable of sustaining climate action.