Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution

The Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution is a left-wing 501(c)(3) nonprofit that advocates for comprehensive institutional, structural, and legal change in the United States. Former members of its advisory board include Tom Hayden and Howard Zinn. Liberty Tree Foundation has opposed the use of zero carbon nuclear energy. 1

At-A-Glance

Issue Areas: Environmental Policy
Location: Madison, WI View on map
Tax ID: 20-1813170
Most Recent Filing: 2017
Budget (2017): Assets: $186,089 Revenue: $316,343 Expenses: $130,177

As of 2024, the group appears to have been stripped of its tax-exempt status in 2021 after failing to file a Form 990 for three consecutive years. 2

Opposition to Nuclear Energy

In May of 2021, Liberty Tree Foundation was one of 715 groups and businesses listed as a co-signer on a letter to the leadership of the U.S. House and Senate that referred to nuclear energy as a “dirty” form of energy production and a “significant” source of pollution. The letter asked federal lawmakers to reduce carbon emissions by creating a “renewable electricity standard” that promoted production of weather dependent power sources such as wind turbines and solar panels, but did not promote low carbon natural gas and zero carbon nuclear 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. 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

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2017 $186,089 $316,343 $130,177 View
2016 $3,323 $53,782 $51,582 View
2015 $11,212 $186,062 $183,803 View
2014 $299 $227,645 $237,549 View
2009 $3,155 $115,343 $152,512 View

Prior year filings: 2013, 2012, 2011

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Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 2

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Timeka DrewNATIONAL DIRECTOR$27,627
Benjamin ManskiPRESIDENT$5,040

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $50,448
  • Number of Grants: 4
  • Number of Funders: 3

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

AmountYearFunderSubject
$10,4482020 PayPal Giving FundGeneral Support

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Associated Influence Networks

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Opposition to Nuclear Energy

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References

1. Letter from Center for Biological Diversity et. al. to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Joe Manchin, and Rep. Frank Pallone. “RE: CONGRESS SHOULD ENACT A FEDERAL RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY STANDARD AND REJECT GAS AND FALSE SOLUTIONS.” May 12, 2021. Accessed July 25, 2023. https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/energy-justice/pdfs/2021-5-12_600-Group-Letter-for-RES.pdf?_gl=1*1c9h3t8*_gcl_au*MTc3NjM3MTM1Mi4xNjg5OTU1MzAz
2. “Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution.” GuideStar, Accessed December 12, 2024. https://www.guidestar.org/profile/20-1813170
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/