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Financial Statistics
Total Assets
Total Revenue
Total Expenses Year Total Assets Total Revenue Total Expenses Filing 2024 $6,058,894 $6,791,657 $12,188,179 View 2023 $11,399,908 $9,593,449 $10,671,592 View 2022 $11,460,930 $14,428,899 $8,845,209 View 2021 $5,643,548 $7,434,167 $7,764,897 View 2020 $5,979,873 $6,210,427 $6,520,341 View
Prior year filings: 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011
Revenue Detail
Expenses Detail Employee Compensation Highest Earning Employees Employee Title Total Compensation Dr Benjamin Strauss CEO & CHIEF SCIENTIST $307,592 Scott Kulp PRINCIPAL COMPUTATIONAL SCIENTIST $263,242 Jessica Cashdan SR. VP FOR DEVELOPMENT $255,045 Daniel Dodson CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER $231,231 Andrew Pershing CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER $213,616 Bernadette Woods Placky VP FOR ENGAGEMENT $208,140 Joe Njoroge CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER $205,535 Shari Bell VP FOR CONTENT $193,422
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All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $88,278,903 Number of Grants: 364 Number of Funders: 104 Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $2,500,000 2020 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation In support of general operations. $2,025,000 2024 The Schmidt Family Foundation Capacity building for partners $2,025,000 2023 The Schmidt Family Foundation Capacity building for partners $2,025,000 2022 The Schmidt Family Foundation Capacity building for partners $2,025,000 2021 The Schmidt Family Foundation General operating support $2,025,000 2020 The Schmidt Family Foundation Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels $1,500,000 2023 The Schmidt Family Foundation Capacity building for partners $1,000,000 2024 Quadrivium GENERAL $1,000,000 2022 Quadrivium GENERAL $1,000,000 2022 High Meadows Foundation C/o Carl Ferenbach PAYMENT TO CARRY ON CHARITABLE ACITITIES $1,000,000 2022 The Schmidt Family Foundation Capacity building for partners $1,000,000 2021 Quadrivium GENERAL $1,000,000 2020 Quadrivium GENERAL $700,000 2020 Freedom Together Foundation To help protect residents of affordable housing and low-income communities from coastal flood risks due to climate change-related sea level rise, including contamination from toxic sites. $600,000 2023 The Kresge Foundation Strengthening coastal resilience through accessible research, tools, and outreach focused on equity and health $600,000 2021 The Kresge Foundation Strengthening coastal resilience through research, tools, and outreach focused on equity and health $500,000 2023 Randall and Mary Hack Foundation FLOOD VISION PROGRAM $500,000 2022 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation FOR THE REALTIME FINGERPRINTS PROGRAM $500,000 2020 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation FOR SCALING CLIMATE COMMUNICATIONS BY DEVELOPING A CLIMATE NEWS ENGINE $400,000 2024 Freedom Together Foundation EMPOWERING RESILIENCE FOR UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES IN THE FACE OF ACCELERATING SEA LEVEL THREATS $400,000 2023 Freedom Together Foundation EMPOWERING RESILIENCE FOR UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES IN THE FACE OF ACCELERATING SEA LEVEL THREATS $400,000 2022 Freedom Together Foundation EMPOWERING RESILIENCE FOR UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES IN THE FACE OF ACCELERATING SEA LEVEL THREATS $350,000 2021 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT $328,900 2020 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund For grant recipient's exempt purposes $300,000 2024 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
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