Center for Sustainable Economy

The Center for Sustainable Economy is an environmental advocacy group that promotes the large-scale adoption of renewable energy. The Center for Sustainable Economy has opposed the use of zero carbon nuclear energy. 1

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Issue Areas: Environmental Policy
Website: sustainable-economy.org
Location: West Linn, OR View on map
Tax ID: 36-4541988
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $527,101 Revenue: $277,153 Expenses: $249,972

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    Opposition to Nuclear Energy

    Center for Sustainable Economy was one of more than 600 co-signing organizations on a January 2019 open letter to Congress titled “Legislation to Address the Urgent Threat of Climate Change.” The signatories declared their support for new laws to bring about “100 percent decarbonization” of the transportation sector but denounced nuclear power as an example of “dirty energy” that should not be included in any legislation promoting the use of so-called “renewable energy.” 1

    Nuclear power plants produce no carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions, and as of 2021 accounted for 19 percent of American electricity production—the largest source of zero carbon electricity in the United States. 2 An October 2018 proposal from The Nature Conservancy noted that zero-carbon nuclear plants produced 7.8 percent of total world energy output and recommended reducing carbon emissions by increasing nuclear capacity to 33 percent of total world energy output. 3

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    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2024 $527,101 $277,153 $249,972 View
    2023 $499,920 $271,915 $188,533 View
    2022 $416,538 $446,033 $295,607 View
    2021 $266,112 $285,268 $168,307 View
    2020 $149,151 $376,996 $541,971 View

    Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010

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    Employee Compensation

    • Number of Employees: 1

    Highest Earning Employees

    EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
    John TalberthPresident$98,400

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $1,755,070
    • Number of Grants: 44
    • Number of Funders: 26

    Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $200,0002022 Tides CenterEQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
    $140,0002021 The New York Community Trustto help state and local governments protect themselves from the negative effects of the fossil fuel economy
    $100,0002024 Tides CenterSUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
    $100,0002023 Tides CenterSUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
    $50,0002022 The Bullitt FoundationFOR A GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT.
    $50,0002021 The Bullitt FoundationTO PROMOTE POLICIES THAT REDUCE THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE.
    $45,0002023 The Bullitt FoundationFOR A GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT.
    $20,0002024 Environment NowFOREST CARBON COALITION COMMUNICATIONS
    $15,0002020 PatagoniaorgTo support environmental projects.
    $11,5002020 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.Environmental and animals
    $10,7502021 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
    $10,0002021 Solidaire Network, IncGeneral Support for 501c3 activities
    $10,0002021 PatagoniaorgTO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS.
    $5,5002021 The New World FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT
    $5,5002020 Washington Conservation Action Education FundStand Up to Oil Campaign
    $5,0172020 Network for Good, Inc.Unrestricted
    $3,0002023 Natembea FoundationGeneral & Unrestricted

    All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $150,000
    • Number of Grants: 5
    • Number of Recipients: 4

    Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $80,0002022 EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INCFOREST COALTION, WILD HERITAGE
    $30,0002023 United Plant SaversENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
    $20,0002024 United Plant SaversENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
    $10,0002024 Panax IncBOTANICAL SUSTAINABILITY
    $10,0002022 Restore the North Woods IncMAXIMIZE CARBON ACCUMULATION

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    References

    1. “Group letter to Congress urging Green New Deal passage.” Earthworks. January 10, 2019. Accessed July 27, 2023. https://www.earthworks.org/publications/group-letter-to-congress-urging-green-new-deal-passage/
    2. “Nuclear explained.” U.S. Energy Information Administration. Accessed July 25, 2023. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/us-nuclear-industry.php
    3. “The Science of Sustainability.” The Nature Conservancy. October 13, 2018. Accessed July 25, 2023. https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-insights/perspectives/the-science-of-sustainability/