Non-profit

Center for Transnational Environmental Accountability (CTEA)

Website:

ctea.earth

Location:

Rockville, MD

Tax ID:

85-2570055

Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(3)

Budget (2022):

Revenue: $803,000
Expenses: $442,397
Assets: $637,450

Type:

Foreign Affairs Advocacy Group

Formation:

2020

Founder and Executive Director:

Jingjing Zhang

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The Center for Transnational Environmental Accountability (CTEA), previously known as the China Accountability Project, is a foreign affairs advocacy group that files legal action against for-profit organizations and other corporate entities that are accused of violating environmental and human rights laws. 1 2

Activities

According to a report by the group Legal Planet, CTEA is one of several civil society groups that advocate to, “hold major Chinese corporations accountable for their overseas environmental impacts in Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America and elsewhere.” 3

CTEA also advocates in favor of weather-dependent solar and wind power usage. 4 The group also opposes the expansion of hydrocarbon fuels use in China, claiming that “it’s still perfectly legal under Chinese law to build a coal-fired plant.” 5

Financial

According to its 2022 tax filings, the Center for Transnational Environmental Accountability (CTEA) reported revenues of $803,000 and assets of $637,450 in 2022. 6

In 2020 and 2023, Open Society Foundations (OSF)donated $186,100 and $400,000 respectively to the CTEA, with the former grant intended “to support the grantee’s work on transparency and accountability during COVID-19.” 7

In 2022, the Ford Foundation donated $457,666 to the CTEA. 8

People

Jingjing Zhang is the founder and executive director of the Center for Transnational Environmental Accountability (CTEA). 9 10 Zhang is a Maurice R. Greenberg fellow at the Yale School of Global Affairs. 11

References

  1. “Center for Transnational Environmental Accountability (CTEA).” ESCR, June 24, 2024. https://www.escr-net.org/members/center-transnational-environmental-accountability-ctea/.
  2. “Center for Transnational Environmental Accountability.” Cause IQ. Accessed September 30, 2024. https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/center-for-transnational-environmental-accountabil,852570055/.
  3. Wang, Alex. “Power of the People: Environmental Advocacy in China.” Legal Planet, April 10, 2024. https://legal-planet.org/2024/04/10/the-power-of-the-people-environmental-advocacy-in-china/.
  4.  “The Role of China in Africa’s Just Energy Transition.” Wilson Center. Accessed September 30, 2024. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/role-china-africas-just-energy-transition.
  5. “China’s Evolving Energy Policies in Africa.” Institute for Policy Studies, July 17, 2024. https://ips-dc.org/chinas-evolving-energy-policies-in-africa/.
  6. “Center for Transnational Environmental Accountability.” Cause IQ. Accessed September 30, 2024. https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/center-for-transnational-environmental-accountabil,852570055/.
  7. “Grants and Fellowships from the Open Society Foundations.” Open Society Foundations. Accessed September 30, 2024. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants.
  8. “Center for Transnational Environmental Accountability.” Ford Foundation, June 10, 2024. https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/awarded-grants/grants-database/center-for-transnational-environmental-accountability-142776/.
  9. “Center for Transnational Environmental Accountability.” Cause IQ. Accessed September 30, 2024. https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/center-for-transnational-environmental-accountabil,852570055/.
  10. Wang, Alex. “Power of the People: Environmental Advocacy in China.” Legal Planet, April 10, 2024. https://legal-planet.org/2024/04/10/the-power-of-the-people-environmental-advocacy-in-china/.
  11. “Jingjing Zhang.” World Fellows – Yale. Accessed September 30, 2024. https://worldfellows.yale.edu/person/jingjing-zhang/.
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Nonprofit Information

  • Accounting Period: December - November
  • Tax Exemption Received: November 1, 2020

  • Available Filings

    Period Form Type Total revenue Total functional expenses Total assets (EOY) Total liabilities (EOY) Unrelated business income? Total contributions Program service revenue Investment income Comp. of current officers, directors, etc. Form 990
    2022 Dec Form 990 $803,000 $442,397 $637,450 $9,788 N $803,000 $0 $0 $175,500
    2021 Dec Form 990 $205,000 $226,451 $267,131 $72 N $205,000 $0 $0 $57,290

    Center for Transnational Environmental Accountability (CTEA)


    Rockville, MD