Higher Ground

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

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(4), Organization
Issue Areas: Environmental Policy
Website: anthropocenealliance.org/higherground
Location: Ketchum, ID View on map
Tax ID: 82-0512146
Most Recent Filing: 2025
Budget (2025): Assets: $5,944,809 Revenue: $5,228,763 Expenses: $5,324,425

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    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.” 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

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    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2025 $5,944,809 $5,228,763 $5,324,425 View
    2024 $5,554,872 $4,851,617 $5,128,126 View
    2023 $5,555,832 $5,726,238 $4,842,635 View
    2022 $4,850,142 $4,135,308 $3,711,296 View
    2021 $4,273,014 $4,170,853 $2,725,108 View

    Revenue Detail

    Expenses Detail

    Employee Compensation

    • Number of Employees: 68

    Highest Earning Employees

    EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
    Katherine DobbieCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER$172,037
    Alyssa EaganCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER$159,325
    Brian Von HerbulisCHIEF OPERATION OFFICER$146,189
    Erin RheinschildDIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPY$144,412

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $17,797,933
    • Number of Grants: 815
    • Number of Funders: 251

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

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $675,0002022 Jans FoundationFUNDS FOR DISCRETIONARY USE
    $424,9002020 Jans FoundationFUNDS FOR DISCRETIONARY USE
    $420,0002021 Jans FoundationFUNDS FOR DISCRETIONARY USE
    $260,0002021 The Ayco Charitable FoundationCOMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
    $198,3502022 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.HUMAN SERVICES
    $185,0002023 Jans FoundationFUNDS FOR DISCRETIONARY USE
    $168,1002021 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.HUMAN SERVICES
    $165,0502022 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
    $150,5002020 Argyros Family FoundationArts
    $150,0002020 The Kendeda FundHigher Ground Military Program
    $132,8002024 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.HUMAN SERVICES
    $125,0002021 The Kendeda Fundthe Higher Ground Military Program
    $114,5002023 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.HUMAN SERVICES
    $111,0002021 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
    $109,5002022 National Philanthropic TrustHUMAN SERVICES
    $105,0002023 Koret FoundationBAY AREA VETERANS PROGRAM
    $105,0002022 Koret FoundationBAY AREA VETERANS PROGRAM
    $100,3002023 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
    $100,0002024 Koret FoundationBAY AREA VETERANS PROGRAM
    $100,0002022 The Kendeda Fundthe Higher Ground Military Program
    $100,0002021 Ja & Kathryn Albertson Foundation IncAdam's Gulch Project
    $100,0002021 Foundation 214 IncCHARITABLE
    $96,0002020 Craig H. Neilsen FoundationAccess Idaho
    $90,0002024 Spur Community FoundationGENERAL AND SPECIFIC SUPPORT
    $75,0002024 The Ambrose Monell FoundationFOR APPLICATION TO THE HIGHER GROUND VETERANS PROGRAMS

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    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/