Climate Defense Project

Climate Defense Project is an environmental advocacy group that provides legal support for other environmental activists. Climate Defense Project has opposed the use of zero carbon nuclear energy. 1

At-A-Glance

Issue Areas: Environmental Policy
Location: Berkeley, CA View on map
Tax ID: 81-3513347
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $594,035 Revenue: $716,094 Expenses: $393,736

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    Opposition to Nuclear Energy

    Climate Defense Project 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

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2024 $594,035 $716,094 $393,736 View
    2023 $271,928 $273,710 $206,238 View
    2022 $204,236 $320,750 $205,524 View
    2021 $89,010 $119,391 $131,155 View
    2020 $100,774 $113,863 $160,662 View

    Revenue Detail

    Expenses Detail

    Employee Compensation

    • Number of Employees: 5

    Highest Earning Employees

    EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
    Alexander MarquardtExecutive Dir.$90,750
    Joseph HamiltonTreasurer & Secretary$15,000

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $1,002,368
    • Number of Grants: 31
    • Number of Funders: 17

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

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $150,0002022 Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc.GENERAL
    $150,0002021 ROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND INCGENERAL SUPPORT – ENVIRONMENT
    $98,0002024 The Schmidt Family FoundationStrengthening civic engagement
    $50,0002021 Wallace Global Fund IISUPPORT FOR CLIMATE LEGAL WORK
    $49,5002024 Woodcock FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT
    $25,0002024 Cloud Mountain Foundation C/o Wffa PllcENVIRONMENTAL
    $25,0002023 Cloud Mountain Foundation C/o Wffa PllcENVIRONMENTAL
    $25,0002020 The Bullitt FoundationTo support climate necessity defense in an upcoming trial in Skagit County, Washington.
    $22,8502022 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
    $20,7342021 American Online Giving Foundation IncGENERAL SUPPORT
    $18,0002020 PatagoniaorgTo support environmental projects.
    $16,7612020 Network for Good, Inc.Unrestricted
    $10,1002023 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
    $10,0002023 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
    $10,0002021 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
    $10,0002020 Straubel Family FoundationCASH GIFT
    $5,4232020 American Online Giving Foundation IncGeneral support
    $5,0002021 Clif Family FoundationKeeping Climate Action on the Front Burner
    $5,0002020 The New York Community TrustFor general support.

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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/