Tikkun & the Network of Spiritual Progressives

Tikkun is a left-center magazine and a nonprofit activist group that uses Network of Spiritual Progressives to advocate for social reform. Tikkun is a supporter of the Green New Deal. Tikkun has opposed the use of zero carbon nuclear energy. 1

At-A-Glance

Website: www.tikkun.org
Location: Berkeley, CA View on map
Tax ID: 94-2527904
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $37,389 Revenue: $3,646 Expenses: $133,302

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    Opposition to Nuclear Energy

    Tikkun 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 $37,389 $3,646 $133,302 View
    2023 $166,949 $64,366 $126,004 View
    2022 $228,262 $93,081 $124,976 View
    2021 $260,192 $201,732 $153,477 View
    2020 $212,480 $176,199 $168,576 View

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

    Revenue Detail

    Expenses Detail

    Employee Compensation

    • Number of Employees: 2

    Highest Earning Employees

    EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
    Cat ZavisExecutive Director of NSP$30,000
    Michael LernerExecutive Director of Tikkun, Chair$25,000

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $806,893
    • Number of Grants: 89
    • Number of Funders: 31

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

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $30,0002021 Orange County Community FoundationCOMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT & DEVELOPMENT
    $30,0002020 Orange County Community FoundationCommunity improvement & development
    $20,0002023 Orange County Community FoundationCOMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
    $10,0002022 Yavanna FoundationGeneral & Unrestricted
    $5,0002020 Yavanna FoundationGeneral & Unrestricted
    $2,0002023 Do Right FoundationUNRESTRICTED GRANTTO SUPPORT
    $2,0002020 Do Right FoundationUNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT
    $1,0002022 Do Right FoundationUNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT
    $1,0002021 Do Right FoundationUNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT
    $3602021 Sylvia Weider-Amber Family FoundationCHARITABLE
    $2502021 The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina
    $2502021 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    $2502020 The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina
    $1802020 Sylvia Weider-Amber Family FoundationCharitable
    $1552020 Democracy WorksDemocracy and justice
    $1302020 The Berkshire Taconic Community FoundationFor general support
    $1252022 The Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
    $182022 Amazonsmile FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT

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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/