Liabilities / Assets
97th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 97% of similar nonprofits.
Cambridge Climate Institute Inc
EIN 81-2076081 • 501(c)3 • Somerville, MA
Revoked
Profile
Cambridge climate institute's primary mission is to observe, understand, model and predict changes in the earth's system. Furthermore, the organization aims to help society through public outreach, education and forming public policy.
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
2.70x
Liabilities / Revenue
94th percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 94% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
13th percentile
Higher net margin than 13% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
83rd percentile
Higher top officer pay than 83% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 10.5% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
Score unavailable
No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Revenue Growth
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No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Balance Sheet
Assets
$16,740
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Liabilities
$45,236
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Net Assets
-$28,496
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Revenue
$49,144
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Expenses
$77,640
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Net Income
-$28,496
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
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Filings
Most recent year
2016 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $16,740
- Liabilities
- $45,236
- Net assets
- -$28,496
- Revenue
- $49,144
- Expenses
- $77,640
- Net income
- -$28,496
Latest Filing Detail
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2016 to Dec 31, 2016
- Signed
- Mar 18, 2017
- Return Version
- 2016v3.0
- Gross Receipts
- $49,144
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
Cambridge climate institute's primary mission is to observe, understand, model and predict changes in the earth's system. Furthermore, the organization aims to help society through public outreach, education and forming public policy.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| CONDUCTED RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATED FINDINGS VIA RESEARCH PAPER SUBMITTED TO THE JOURNAL OF CLIMATE AND IS SUBMITTING A SECOND PAPER WITH COLUMBIA, SERVED AS REVIEWER FOR THE GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS OF THREE MANUSCRIPTS ATTENBDED CONFERENCES INCLUDING NASA'S SEA LEVEL CHANGE SCIENCE TEAM MEETING, CLIMATE AND OCEAN VARIABILITY (CLIVAR) OPEN SCIENCE CONFERENCE, AND ESTIMATING THE CIRCULATION AND CLIMATE OF THE OCEAN (ECCO) MEETING WHERE THEY DELIVERED SEVEN AUTHORED/CO-AUTHORED PRESENTATIONS | - | $37,227 |
| DEPRECIATION EXPENSE CALCULATION | - | $7,655 |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARK SHIFFER | President | PT | $5,150 | - | $5,150 |
| KELLEE MIDDLEBORO | Treasurer | - | $0 | - | - |
| NATALIA HARTHORNE | Clerk | - | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Cambridge Climate Institute Inc
- EIN
- 81-2076081
- Phone
- 6179537059
- Address
- 22 MACARTHUR STREET 4, SOMERVILLE, MA 02145
Signing Officer
- Name
- Mark Shiffer
- Title
- President
- Phone
- 6179537059
- Signed
- 2017-03-18
Preparer
- Firm
- Marietta Z Courtney CPA
- Address
- 2 MASTER DRIVE SUITE 4, FRANKLIN, MA 02038-3034
- Preparer
- Marietta Z Courtney
- Phone
- 6174162096
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 16
“Expenses software 424 aws compute 1,495 telpehone and internet 609 bank fees 88 adp service charges 439 website 97 6,488 conferences/meetings 527 legal costs 5,000 non-investment depreciation 2,655 total 17,822”
Form 990-ez, Part II, Line 24
“Computer 0 2,655 less accumulated depreciation 0 2,655 total 0 0”
Form 990-ez, Part II, Line 26
“Unsecured notes and loans payable 0 45,236”
Form 990-ez, Part III
“Cambridge climate institute's primary mission is to observe, understand, model and predict changes in the earth's system. Furthermore, the organization aims to help society through public outreach, education and forming public policy.”
Form 990-ez, Part III, Line 28
“Conducted research and communicated findings via research paper submitted to the journal of climate and is submitting a second paper with columbia, served as reviewer for the geophysical research letters of three manuscripts attenbded conferences including nasa's sea level change science team meeting, climate and ocean variability (clivar) open science conference, and estimating the circulation and climate of the ocean (ecco) meeting where they delivered seven authored/co-authored presentations”
Form 990-ez, Part III, Line 31
“Depreciation expense calculation”
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