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
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
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
| Employee | Title | Total Compensation |
|---|---|---|
| Timeka Drew | NATIONAL DIRECTOR | $27,627 |
| Benjamin Manski | PRESIDENT | $5,040 |
All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
| Amount | Year | Funder | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10,448 | 2020 | PayPal Giving Fund | General Support |