Other Group

Higher Ground

Website:

anthropocenealliance.org/higherground

Location:

KETCHUM, ID

Tax ID:

82-0512146

Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(4)

Budget (2016):

Revenue: $3,374,309
Expenses: $3,009,284
Assets: $2,533,017

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Higher Ground, formerly known as Flood Forum USA, is a project of Anthropocene Alliance that assists victims of flooding and advocates for environmentalist causes. Higher Ground sponsored the Green New Deal in 2019. Higher Ground has opposed the use of zero carbon nuclear energy. 1

Opposition to Nuclear Energy

Higher Ground 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: April - March
  • Tax Exemption Received: October 1, 2006

  • 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 Apr Form 990 $3,374,309 $3,009,284 $2,533,017 $192,131 N $3,539,885 $0 $4 $0
    2015 Apr Form 990 $2,686,228 $2,769,978 $2,187,704 $210,422 N $2,823,767 $0 $4,429 $0 PDF
    2014 Apr Form 990 $2,725,614 $2,488,029 $2,302,608 $241,577 N $2,872,791 $0 $5,932 $68,125 PDF
    2013 Apr Form 990 $1,955,814 $1,669,871 $2,046,603 $223,157 N $1,789,699 $0 $3,671 $71,000 PDF
    2012 Apr Form 990 $1,610,564 $1,366,514 $1,763,869 $226,366 N $1,469,533 $0 $3,147 $0 PDF

    Additional Filings (PDFs)

    Higher Ground

    PO BOX 6791
    KETCHUM, ID 83340-6791