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Climate Institute

990EZ • Fiscal year 2021 • EIN 52-1492178

Jan 01, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021 • Filed on Oct 27, 2022

Organization ProfileWWW.CLIMATE.ORG
1225 New York Avenue NW 800Washington, DC 20005-6408

(202) 552-0163

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.

Liabilities / Assets

97th percentile

2.16x

Higher debt load relative to assets than 97% of similar nonprofits.

2021 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2021

Liabilities / Revenue

97th percentile

2.00x

Higher debt load relative to revenue than 97% of similar nonprofits.

2021 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2021

Net Margin

82nd percentile

42%

Higher net margin than 82% of similar nonprofits.

2021 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2021

Top Officer Pay

77th percentile

$0

Higher top officer pay than 77% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.

2021 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2021

Asset Growth

95th percentile

223%

Faster asset growth than 95% of similar nonprofits.

2021 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2020 to 2021

Revenue Growth

19th percentile

-43%

Faster revenue growth than 19% of similar nonprofits.

2021 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2020 to 2021

Balance Sheet
Liabilities / Assets97th percentile

Assets

Up

$29,683

Up $20,493 (+223%) from 2020

Net Assets

Up

-$34,348

Up $13,395 (+28%) from 2020

Liabilities

Up

$64,031

Up $7,098 (+12%) from 2020

Revenue And Expenses
Liabilities / Revenue97th percentileNet Margin82nd percentile

Revenue

Down

$31,951

Down $24,329 (-43%) from 2020

Expenses

Down

$18,556

Down $86,680 (-82%) from 2020

Net Income

Up

$13,395

Up $62,351 (+127%) from 2020

Historical Trend

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth95th percentile

The highlighted filing sits inside the broader history for assets, liabilities, and net assets.

$1.0M$500K$0-$500K-$1.0MAssets 2010: $239,101Liabilities 2010: $225,646Net Assets 2010: $13,4552010Assets 2011: $38,417Liabilities 2011: $279,783Net Assets 2011: -$241,3662011Assets 2012: $20,935Liabilities 2012: $696,871Net Assets 2012: -$675,9362012Assets 2014: $9,395Liabilities 2014: $375,552Net Assets 2014: -$366,1572014Assets 2015: $70,432Liabilities 2015: $389,195Net Assets 2015: -$318,7632015Assets 2016: $30,788Liabilities 2016: $426,9102016Assets 2017: $13,978Liabilities 2017: $477,156Net Assets 2017: -$463,1782017Assets 2018: $28,779Liabilities 2018: $428,085Net Assets 2018: -$399,3062018Assets 2019: $65,178Liabilities 2019: $63,965Net Assets 2019: $1,2132019Assets 2020: $9,190Liabilities 2020: $56,933Net Assets 2020: -$47,7432020Assets 2021: $29,683Liabilities 2021: $64,031Net Assets 2021: -$34,3482021

Highlighted filing

2021

Assets$29,683
Liabilities$64,031
Net Assets-$34,348
Open 2021 Filing

Operations Trend

Revenue Growth19th percentile

Revenue, expenses, and net income across loaded years, with this filing highlighted.

$3.0M$2.0M$1.0M$0-$1.0MRevenue 2010: $2,731,463Expenses 2010: $2,626,266Net Income 2010: $105,1972010Revenue 2011: $1,641,745Expenses 2011: $1,624,125Net Income 2011: $17,6202011Revenue 2012: $359,473Expenses 2012: $794,244Net Income 2012: -$434,7712012Revenue 2014: $39,219Expenses 2014: $81,235Net Income 2014: -$42,0162014Revenue 2015: $671,720Expenses 2015: $624,326Net Income 2015: $47,3942015Revenue 2016: $89,393Expenses 2016: $166,752Net Income 2016: -$77,3592016Revenue 2017: $66,784Expenses 2017: $134,076Net Income 2017: -$67,2922017Revenue 2018: $154,695Expenses 2018: $91,007Net Income 2018: $63,6882018Revenue 2019: $482,118Expenses 2019: $81,746Net Income 2019: $400,3722019Revenue 2020: $56,280Expenses 2020: $105,236Net Income 2020: -$48,9562020Revenue 2021: $31,951Expenses 2021: $18,556Net Income 2021: $13,3952021

Highlighted filing

2021

Revenue$31,951
Expenses$18,556
Net Income$13,395
Open 2021 Filing
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Signed
Oct 27, 2022
Return Version
2021v4.2
Gross Receipts
$31,951
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling and health and environmental effects of climate change, and any other lawful purposes which promote the institute's general goals.

Program Services

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
CLIMATE INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2019 WERE AS FOLLOWS: 1. THE CLIMATE INSTITUTE INITIATED IN 2016 AND MADE ITS MAJOR PRIORITY IN 2017 A NORTH AMERICAN SUPERGRID TO SLASH POWER SECTOR GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS WHILE ALSO ENHANCING GRID SECURITY AGAINST DEVASTATION FROM SOLAR STORMS, ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE ATTACKS AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. ON NOVEMBER 29, 2017, IT RELEASED THE RESULTS OF ITS 18-MONTH STUDY IN A SPEAKER EVENT AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON, DC. THE REPORT IS ACCESSIBLE ONLINE. THE FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY CHAPTER OF THE REPORT WAS UPDATED IN 2018 AND 2019 TO REFLECT DECLINING PRICES OF WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY WITH THE UPDATED REPORT PUBLISHED AND CIRCULATED LATE SUMMER OF 2019. SINCE THEN THE CLIMATE INSTITUTE HAS FOCUSED ON ADVISING POLICYMAKERS OF THE POTENTIAL OF A NATIONWIDE SUPERGRID AS A KEY ELEMENT OF A NATIONAL OR EVEN CONTINENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE EFFORT WHILE ALSO HIGHLIGHTING POSSIBILITIES OF BUILDING SOME SMALLER PORTIONS AS REGIONAL HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT OVERLAYS LINKING LARGELY RURAL SOURCES OF WIND, SOLAR AND OTHER RENEWABLE ENERGY WITH LOAD CONSUMING AREAS.2. IN APRIL 2019 A WIDELY ACCLAIMED BOOK BY NEW YORK TIMES WRITER, NATHANIEL RICH, LOSING EARTH: A RECENT HISTORY, HIGHLIGHTED THE WORK OF THE CLIMATE INSTITUTE AND SEVERAL OF ITS BOARD MEMBERS IN SHAPING MUCH OF THE LAUNCH AND EARLY SUCCESS OF THE US CLIMATE PROTECTION MOVEMENT FROM 1979-1989. RICH HIGHLIGHTED THE INSTITUTE'S SUCCESS IN ITS OCTOBER 1987 FIRST NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON IN CONVENING A WIDE RANGE OF STAKEHOLDERS OF VARYING POLITICAL PERSUASIONS, NATIONALITIES AND SECTORS TO DISCUSS COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES TO CLIMATE PROTECTION. THE PUBLICATION OF RICH'S BOOK GAVE THE INSTITUTE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT ITS SUCCESS THE SAME YEARS IN CONVENING PIVOTAL CLIMATE MEETINGS NOT ONLY ON NORTH AMERICA (1987 AND 1988) UN MISSIONS (1988) THE ARCTIC (OTTAWA 1989) AND THE MIDDLE EAST (CAIRO 1989).BUILDING ON THE RECOGNITION IN RICH'S BOOK AND A NEAR BOOK LENGTH ARTICLE BY RICH IN THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE IN AUGUST 2018, THE CLIMATE INSTITUTE RECRUITED CLIMATE INSTITUTE CO-FOUNDER, MARK GOLDBERG, A DRAFTER OF THE 1989 CAIRO COMPACT, TO SERVE AS THE INSTITUTE'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. DRAWING BOTH ON HIS EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF CLIMATE POLICY AND CONSIDERABLE IN RECENT YEARS IN ORGANIZING AND CONVENING OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS AT BOTH THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL FOR COLLABORATIVE MEETINGS ON HEALTH CARE POLICY, MARK GOLDBERG IN 2019 BEGAN TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE CLIMATE INSTITUTE ASSUMING ONCE AGAIN A CRUCIAL ROLE AS A CONVENER OF COLLABORATIVE MEETINGS IN AN INCREASINGLY POLARIZED POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT. AMONG THE AREAS IN WHICH HE MAY LEAD CLIMATE INSTITUTE CONVENING'S ARE ON SUCH TOPICS AS 1) IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE FOR THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR, 2) HOW COASTAL CITIES CAN ADAPT TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, SEA LEVEL RISE, AND STORM SURGE. 3) IMPLICATIONS OF OCEANS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLIMATE CHANGE FOR THE OCEANS, E.G. HOW CAN OFFSHORE WIND OR TIDAL POWER BE HARNESSED FOR ELECTRICITY, HOW CAN WE USE NATURAL DEFENSES AGAINST SEA LEVEL RISE OR STORM SURGE, E.G. REESTABLISHING OYSTER BEDS, PLANTING MANGROVES AND USING UNCONVENTIONAL MEANS OF PRESERVING CORAL, AND 4) REMOVING OBSTACLES TO A QUICK ROLL OUT OF A REGIONAL HVDC SUPERGRID AND ENSURING THAT THESE REGIONAL SEGMENTS ARE DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT ENABLES A RELATIVELY OPTIMAL CONTINENT - WIDE SUPERGRID.3. CONTINUED WORK ON AN INITIATIVE TO FACILITATE REDUCTIONS IN EMISSIONS OF BLACK CARBON AND SHORT-LIVED GREENHOUSE GASES. IN 2013 THE INSTITUTE REVISED THE FOCUS OF THIS EFFORT TO HIGHLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE LARGE-SCALE REDUCTIONS IN BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS IN MEGA-CITIES OF ASIA BY CREATING A VALUATION WITHIN CLIMATE TRADING SYSTEMS FOR SUCH BLACK CARBON EMISSION REDUCTIONS. IN 2017, 2018 AND 2019, THE INSTITUTE FOCUSED MUCH OF THIS EFFORT ON ARCTIC CLIMATE MITIGATION.4. ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF THE CLIMATE INSTITUTE IN THE EFFORT UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE (ANSI) TO DEVELOP A LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT STANDARD. THE INSTITUTE'S PRESIDENT JOHN TOPPING IN 2011 ASSUMED THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMPACTS OF GREENHOUSE GASES AND BLACK CARBON OF THE FULL ANSI COMMITTEE DEVELOPING THE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT STANDARD. HE HAS DEVOTED CONSIDERABLE TIME TO THIS ACTIVITY IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. MICHAEL MACCRACKEN, CLIMATE INSTITUTE CHIEF SCIENTIST FOR CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAMS, HAS PROVIDED A SCIENTIFIC LEAD TO DEVELOP CLIMATE METRICS FOR THE EMERGING ANSI STANDARD THAT WOULD GIVE APPROPRIATE VALUATION FOR REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS OF SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE FORCERS.5. BUILDING ON THE MOMENTUM OF THE EMERGING ANSI STANDARD, THE CLIMATE INSTITUTE IN 2012 LAUNCHED AN EFFORT TO EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF AN ARCTIC CLIMATE ACTION REGISTRY TO FACILITATE REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS OF BLACK CARBON AND TROPOSPHERIC OZONE FORMING COMPOUNDS. THIS WAS EXPANDED IN 2013 AND 2014 WITH SEVERAL PANELS AT CONFERENCES AND WEBINARS TO EXPLORE HOW IT MIGHT FUNCTION. THE SPRING 2014 ISSUE OF CLIMATE ALERT PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE ASSESSING THE CONTRIBUTION TO ARCTIC CLIMATE CHANGE BY THE EIGHT ARCTIC COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTRIES AND TWO MOST POPULOUS OBSERVER NATIONS, AS AUTHORED BY TOBIAS SCHULTZ AND MICHAEL MACCRACKEN. IN 2015 THE CLIMATE INSTITUTE PUBLISHED A SPECIAL EDITION OF CLIMATE ALERT ON THE POTENTIAL OF METHANOGENS TO AFFECT ARCTIC WARMING. IN 2017 AND 2018 THE INSTITUTE REINFORCED THIS THRUST WITH AN ACTIVE EFFORT TO DEVELOP AN ARCTIC SURVIVAL CHALLENGE GAME PLAYABLE ON SMART PHONES AND OTHER COMPUTER DEVICES. THIS GAME EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF REDUCING EMISSIONS OF BLACK CARBON AND METHANE SO AS TO SLOW ARCTIC CLIMATE WARMING. THIS EFFORT IS ON-GOING AS PART OF A LARGER EFFORT TO USE VIRTUAL REALITY AND GAMING TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE SITUATION IN THE ARCTIC AND POSSIBLE MEANS OF REDUCING THESE IMPACTS.6. WORKING WITH FACULTY, ADMINISTRATION AND ALUMNI OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, VERMONT LAW SCHOOL AND KIMBALL UNION ACADEMY, YALE SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, YALE LAW SCHOOL, AS WELL AS WITH INSTITUTIONS OUTSIDE NEW ENGLAND, THE CLIMATE INSTITUTE CONTINUED LAYING PLANS FOR AN ENHANCED CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING (CELT). THIS IS A LARGELY VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION TO EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE TO BECOME CLIMATE PROBLEM SOLVERS. BY THE END OF 2018 THIS EDUCATIONAL ARM OF THE INSTITUTE HAD GROWN TO INVOLVE OVER ONE HUNDRED FELLOWS OR INTERNS AND HAS ALUMNI FROM TWENTY NATIONS. IN 2015 THE INSTITUTE BEGAN TO DEVELOP AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS INITIATIVE THAT MATCHES ASPIRING AND LARGELY YOUNG CLEAN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS AND INNOVATORS WITH HANDS ON LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES WITH CUTTING EDGE CLEAN ENERGY FIRMS. THIS ACTIVITY CONTINUED IN 2019.$0$1,000
Compensation and Service Providers
Top Officer Pay77th percentile

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
JOHN C TOPPING JR SEE SCH OPresident (Until 3/2021)FT$0--
PHILIP L JOHNSONChairmanPT$0--
NASIR A KHATTAK SEE SCH OCOO And Board MemberPT$0--
MICHELE FETTINGVice ChairPT$0--
SAMUEL A SHERERSec.-Treas. (Until 1/2021)FT$0--
CHARLES BAYLESSBoard Member-$0--
ROBERT CORELLBoard Member-$0--
THOMAS GALEBoard Member-$0--
MARILYN LORDBoard MemberPT$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
Climate Institute
EIN
52-1492178
Phone
2025520163
Address
1225 NEW YORK AVENUE NW 800, WASHINGTON, DC 20005-6408

Signing Officer

Name
Philip L Johnson
Title
Acting CEO & Chairman
Phone
2025520163
Signed
2022-10-27
Discuss with paid preparer
Yes

Preparer

Firm
Gelman Rosenberg & Freedman
Address
4550 MONTGOMERY AVE SUITE 800N, BETHESDA, MD 20814-2930
Preparer
Richard J Locastro CPA
Phone
3019519090
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 16 - Other Expenses

“Description: service charges. Amount: 1,557. Description: it expenses. Amount: 732. Description: miscellaneous. Amount: 66. Description: interest. Amount: 8,873. Description: meetings & conference. Amount: 75. Description: memberships & dues. Amount: 13. Total to form 990-ez, line 16: 11,316.”

Form 990-ez, Part II, Line 26 - Other Liabilities

“Description: accounts payable. Beg. Of year amount: 56,933. End of year amount: 63,490. Description: loans payable. Beg. Of year amount: 0. End of year amount: 541.”

FORM 990-EZ, PART IV:

“In 2009, the board approved an annual salary of $120,000 for the president, but he has voluntarily foregone that salary from 2009 through 2018. His salary was not accrued and he received no compensation in 2021. Nasir a. Khattak, the institute's chief operating officer, is also a voting board member. He receives compensation only as part of individual project funding. In 2021, he received no compensation from the institute.”

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IRS990EZ/ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp/DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt0CLIMATE INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2019 WERE AS FOLLOWS: 1. THE CLIMATE INSTITUTE INITIATED IN 2016 AND MADE ITS MAJOR PRIORITY IN 2017 A NORTH AMERICAN SUPERGRID TO SLASH POWER SECTOR GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS WHILE ALSO ENHANCING GRID SECURITY AGAINST DEVASTATION FROM SOLAR STORMS, ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE ATTACKS AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. ON NOVEMBER 29, 2017, IT RELEASED THE RESULTS OF ITS 18-MONTH STUDY IN A SPEAKER EVENT AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON, DC. THE REPORT IS ACCESSIBLE ONLINE. THE FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY CHAPTER OF THE REPORT WAS UPDATED IN 2018 AND 2019 TO REFLECT DECLINING PRICES OF WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY WITH THE UPDATED REPORT PUBLISHED AND CIRCULATED LATE SUMMER OF 2019. SINCE THEN THE CLIMATE INSTITUTE HAS FOCUSED ON ADVISING POLICYMAKERS OF THE POTENTIAL OF A NATIONWIDE SUPERGRID AS A KEY ELEMENT OF A NATIONAL OR EVEN CONTINENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE EFFORT WHILE ALSO HIGHLIGHTING POSSIBILITIES OF BUILDING SOME SMALLER PORTIONS AS REGIONAL HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT OVERLAYS LINKING LARGELY RURAL SOURCES OF WIND, SOLAR AND OTHER RENEWABLE ENERGY WITH LOAD CONSUMING AREAS.2. IN APRIL 2019 A WIDELY ACCLAIMED BOOK BY NEW YORK TIMES WRITER, NATHANIEL RICH, LOSING EARTH: A RECENT HISTORY, HIGHLIGHTED THE WORK OF THE CLIMATE INSTITUTE AND SEVERAL OF ITS BOARD MEMBERS IN SHAPING MUCH OF THE LAUNCH AND EARLY SUCCESS OF THE US CLIMATE PROTECTION MOVEMENT FROM 1979-1989. RICH HIGHLIGHTED THE INSTITUTE'S SUCCESS IN ITS OCTOBER 1987 FIRST NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON IN CONVENING A WIDE RANGE OF STAKEHOLDERS OF VARYING POLITICAL PERSUASIONS, NATIONALITIES AND SECTORS TO DISCUSS COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES TO CLIMATE PROTECTION. THE PUBLICATION OF RICH'S BOOK GAVE THE INSTITUTE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT ITS SUCCESS THE SAME YEARS IN CONVENING PIVOTAL CLIMATE MEETINGS NOT ONLY ON NORTH AMERICA (1987 AND 1988) UN MISSIONS (1988) THE ARCTIC (OTTAWA 1989) AND THE MIDDLE EAST (CAIRO 1989).BUILDING ON THE RECOGNITION IN RICH'S BOOK AND A NEAR BOOK LENGTH ARTICLE BY RICH IN THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE IN AUGUST 2018, THE CLIMATE INSTITUTE RECRUITED CLIMATE INSTITUTE CO-FOUNDER, MARK GOLDBERG, A DRAFTER OF THE 1989 CAIRO COMPACT, TO SERVE AS THE INSTITUTE'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. DRAWING BOTH ON HIS EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF CLIMATE POLICY AND CONSIDERABLE IN RECENT YEARS IN ORGANIZING AND CONVENING OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS AT BOTH THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL FOR COLLABORATIVE MEETINGS ON HEALTH CARE POLICY, MARK GOLDBERG IN 2019 BEGAN TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE CLIMATE INSTITUTE ASSUMING ONCE AGAIN A CRUCIAL ROLE AS A CONVENER OF COLLABORATIVE MEETINGS IN AN INCREASINGLY POLARIZED POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT. AMONG THE AREAS IN WHICH HE MAY LEAD CLIMATE INSTITUTE CONVENING'S ARE ON SUCH TOPICS AS 1) IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE FOR THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR, 2) HOW COASTAL CITIES CAN ADAPT TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, SEA LEVEL RISE, AND STORM SURGE. 3) IMPLICATIONS OF OCEANS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLIMATE CHANGE FOR THE OCEANS, E.G. HOW CAN OFFSHORE WIND OR TIDAL POWER BE HARNESSED FOR ELECTRICITY, HOW CAN WE USE NATURAL DEFENSES AGAINST SEA LEVEL RISE OR STORM SURGE, E.G. REESTABLISHING OYSTER BEDS, PLANTING MANGROVES AND USING UNCONVENTIONAL MEANS OF PRESERVING CORAL, AND 4) REMOVING OBSTACLES TO A QUICK ROLL OUT OF A REGIONAL HVDC SUPERGRID AND ENSURING THAT THESE REGIONAL SEGMENTS ARE DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT ENABLES A RELATIVELY OPTIMAL CONTINENT - WIDE SUPERGRID.3. CONTINUED WORK ON AN INITIATIVE TO FACILITATE REDUCTIONS IN EMISSIONS OF BLACK CARBON AND SHORT-LIVED GREENHOUSE GASES. IN 2013 THE INSTITUTE REVISED THE FOCUS OF THIS EFFORT TO HIGHLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE LARGE-SCALE REDUCTIONS IN BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS IN MEGA-CITIES OF ASIA BY CREATING A VALUATION WITHIN CLIMATE TRADING SYSTEMS FOR SUCH BLACK CARBON EMISSION REDUCTIONS. IN 2017, 2018 AND 2019, THE INSTITUTE FOCUSED MUCH OF THIS EFFORT ON ARCTIC CLIMATE MITIGATION.4. ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF THE CLIMATE INSTITUTE IN THE EFFORT UND
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IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt0DESCRIPTION: SERVICE CHARGES. AMOUNT: 1,557. DESCRIPTION: IT EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 732. DESCRIPTION: MISCELLANEOUS. AMOUNT: 66. DESCRIPTION: INTEREST. AMOUNT: 8,873. DESCRIPTION: MEETINGS & CONFERENCE. AMOUNT: 75. DESCRIPTION: MEMBERSHIPS & DUES. AMOUNT: 13. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 11,316.
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IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt2IN 2009, THE BOARD APPROVED AN ANNUAL SALARY OF $120,000 FOR THE PRESIDENT, BUT HE HAS VOLUNTARILY FOREGONE THAT SALARY FROM 2009 THROUGH 2018. HIS SALARY WAS NOT ACCRUED AND HE RECEIVED NO COMPENSATION IN 2021. NASIR A. KHATTAK, THE INSTITUTE'S CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, IS ALSO A VOTING BOARD MEMBER. HE RECEIVES COMPENSATION ONLY AS PART OF INDIVIDUAL PROJECT FUNDING. IN 2021, HE RECEIVED NO COMPENSATION FROM THE INSTITUTE.
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2021 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.

Open filing
Assets
$29,683
Liabilities
$64,031
Net assets
-$34,348
Revenue
$31,951
Expenses
$18,556
Net income
$13,395
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2021Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.03$0.06$0.03$0.03$0.02$0.01
2020XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.01$0.06$0.05$0.06$0.11$0.05
2019XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.07$0.06$0.00$0.48$0.08$0.40
2018Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.03$0.43$0.40$0.15$0.09$0.06
2017XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.01$0.48$0.46$0.07$0.13$0.07
2016Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$0.03$0.43$0.09$0.17$0.08
2015Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$0.07$0.39$0.32$0.67$0.62$0.05
2014Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$0.01$0.38$0.37$0.04$0.08$0.04
2012Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$0.02$0.70$0.68$0.36$0.79$0.43
2011Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$0.04$0.28$0.24$1.64$1.62$0.02
2010Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$0.24$0.23$0.01$2.73$2.63$0.11
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