Los Alamos Study Group

Los Alamos Study Group is a left-of-center advocacy group that promotes eradicating the nuclear energy and weapons programs of the United States. The group also sponsored the Green New Deal. Los Alamos Study Group has opposed the use of zero carbon nuclear energy. 1

At-A-Glance

Website: www.lasg.org
Location: Albuquerque, NM View on map
Tax ID: 85-0438692
Most Recent Filing: 2023
Budget (2023): Assets: $57,750 Revenue: $97,422 Expenses: $59,427

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    Opposition to Nuclear Energy

    Los Alamos Study Group 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
    2023 $57,750 $97,422 $59,427 View
    2022 $19,755 $115,156 $159,034 View
    2021 $63,633 $148,161 $166,506 View
    2020 $81,978 $151,735 $132,342 View
    2019 $62,585 $133,091 $100,729 View

    Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

    Revenue Detail

    Expenses Detail

    Employee Compensation

    • Number of Employees: 4

    Highest Earning Employees

    EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
    Gregory MelloExecutive Director$3,333

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $382,218
    • Number of Grants: 49
    • Number of Funders: 17

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

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $50,0002023 The New-Land Foundation IncPEACE/ARMS CONTROL
    $50,0002021 The New-Land Foundation IncPEACE/ARMS CONTROL
    $13,4002024 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
    $6,4682021 PayPal Giving FundGeneral Support
    $6,3702022 PayPal Giving FundGENERAL SUPPORT
    $1,5002022 Basalt Foundation IncSOCIAL JUSTICE
    $1,5002021 Basalt Foundation IncSOCIAL JUSTICE
    $1,5002021 Jindhag FoundationSEEKS NUCLEAR DISARMAMEN, ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMEN, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY.
    $1,0002024 Louise Arnold Maddux Environmental FoundationGENERAL CONTRIBUTION
    $1,0002023 Louise Arnold Maddux Environmental FoundationGENERAL CONTRIBUT
    $1,0002022 Louise Arnold Maddux Environmental FoundationGENERAL CONTRIBUT
    $1,0002021 Louise Arnold Maddux Environmental FoundationGENERAL CONTRIBUT
    $1,0002020 Louise Arnold Maddux Environmental FoundationGeneral contribut

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    Associated Influence Networks

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    Opposition to Nuclear Energy

    There are more than 700 nonprofits and other advocacy groups in the United States that oppose the use of carbon free nuclear energy.    …

    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/