Non-profit

Geos Institute

Location:

ASHLAND, OR

Tax ID:

93-0880205

Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(3)

Budget (2016):

Revenue: $906,247
Expenses: $1,029,829
Assets: $969,132

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The Geos Institute is an environmental research organization that produces annual environmental reports. Geos has opposed the use of zero carbon nuclear energy. 1

Opposition to Nuclear Energy

Geos 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.” 2

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. 3 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. 4

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. “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/
  3. “Nuclear explained.” U.S. Energy Information Administration. Accessed July 25, 2023. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/us-nuclear-industry.php
  4. “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/
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Nonprofit Information

  • Accounting Period: December - November
  • Tax Exemption Received: March 1, 1993

  • 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
    2016 Dec Form 990 $906,247 $1,029,829 $969,132 $277,218 N $846,124 $37,481 $27 $236,477
    2015 Dec Form 990 $1,534,290 $1,555,173 $1,073,994 $258,600 N $1,507,821 $3,800 $394 $226,214 PDF
    2014 Dec Form 990 $1,042,501 $1,040,239 $1,107,347 $271,070 N $976,993 $45,009 $556 $201,205 PDF
    2013 Dec Form 990 $1,258,528 $1,208,369 $1,130,783 $296,768 N $1,219,392 $27,463 $481 $189,295 PDF
    2012 Dec Form 990 $1,261,278 $1,218,239 $1,081,284 $297,428 N $1,155,034 $82,513 $1,278 $208,509 PDF
    2011 Dec Form 990 $1,689,844 $1,629,404 $844,581 $103,764 N $1,555,553 $112,992 $1,816 $198,176 PDF

    Additional Filings (PDFs)

    Geos Institute

    84 FOURTH ST
    ASHLAND, OR 97520-2150