2022-02-02T10:04:25-08:00 2021-06-30 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 1970 Broadway STE 930 Oakland CA 94612 990 2020-07-01 450485495 The Climate Center CLIM 7075251665 1275 4th St 191 Santa Rosa CA 95404 Lois Downy CFO 2022-02-02 true Lois Downy 999009999 Felix Gorrindo P01658413 5108352727 0 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Lois Downy 1275 4th St 191 Santa Rosa CA 95404 2110617 false X www.theclimatecenter.org X 2002 CA The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California. 10 10 22 15 0 1505893 2108288 6854 0 4948 2329 778 0 1518473 2110617 4000 47450 0 1220763 1536874 49905 56123 324470 386728 383531 1661396 2023978 -142923 86639 982823 1132339 289384 352261 693439 780078 X The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California. false true 548705 Climate-Safe California: Mobilizing & Coalition BuildingFounded in 2001, The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions at scale. Our signature campaign, Climate-Safe California, offers a cutting edge policy platform to address the climate crisis. Its a unique and comprehensive campaign designed to bring Californias climate ambition in line with the latest science and catalyze similar efforts across the country.(Continued on Schedule O) 423673 Policy Development & ImplementationThis year, The Climate Center worked with a group of prominent climate scientists and academics including Dan Kammen, Teenie Matlock, Manuel Pastor, David Pellow, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Tom Steyer, Leah Stokes, and Feliz Ventura on a paper called Accelerating the timeline for climate action in California. Based on developments in climate science since 2018, their analysis supports the case that California needs to significantly accelerate its climate targets and implementation, and outlines a suite of policy solutions that will allow the state to meet more ambitious targets.(Continued on Schedule O) 337475 Public Outreach & CommunicationSince last July, The Climate Center has produced 17 webinars on climate solution related topics, including two webinar series. One series focused on Community Energy Resilience and the other on many of the components that make up the Climate-Safe California Campaign. We had 2,694 total attendees across both webinar series. 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The Organization has evaluated its current tax positions as of June 30, 2021 and is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary. The Organizations tax returns are generally subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. 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Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Form 990, Part VI, Line 4: Description of Significant Changes to Organizational Documents Article 3 Directors: increased number of directors to 15 (per recent board approval) defined terms of office to 3 years and 2 consecutive terms, with optional 3rd term at discretion of Executive Committee. Article 4 Committees: Section 4.4 Nonprofit Integrity Act/Audit Committee is a new addition in anticipation that the organization with surpass $2m in income requiring an Audit Committee. Section 4.5 Emergency Bylaws has also been added per the California Code in light of recent disasters and emergencies to simplify operations if needed.Article 5 Officers: Section 5.1 Number of Officers now reflects exact language of the California Code. Section 5.2 Election and Term of Office defines more clearly the Board Director roles versus hired staff roles (CEO, CFO). Section 5.6 Responsibilities of Officers clarifies roles including Chair, President/CEO, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer/Finance Committee Chair, and CFO.Article 7 Transactions between Corporation and Directors or Officers: updated per California CodeArticle 8 Indemnification by Corporation of Directors, Officers, Employees and other Agents: expanded to cover a wider range of potential legal circumstancesArticle 11 Fiscal Year: updated to reflect actual fiscal yearArticle 13 Construction and Definitions: added in per standard practice to ensure that references to statutes include any future changes to the statutes. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Once 990 is prepared and review by the CFO and the Finance Committee of the Board, it is provided to the full BOD for review and comment before submission. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts Board members submit a Conflict of Interest Disclosure form each year that certifies that they have read the understood the organizations Conflict of Interest policy and that they agree to comply with the policy. Board members also disclose any affiliations and potential conflicts so that the board may review them to determine whether any steps need to be taken to comply with the policy. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management Compensation was reviewed and approved by BOD based on comparability data, i.e. "Fair Pay for Northern California Nonprofits". Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees Compensation of CFO, COO, and Director of Philanthropy reviewed and approved by CEO based on "Fair Pay for Northern California NonprofitsX and included in annual budget approved by BOD. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Governing documents by request; summary financial statements on website. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2: Change of Oversight or Selection Process Audit committee established in 2021. Form 990, Part III, Line 4a (Cont.) - Program Service Accomplishments Climate-Safe California is a set of policies that would allow California to remove more climate pollution from the atmosphere than we emit by 2030 while creating thousands of jobs and repairing environmental injustices. The guiding principles of all Climate-Safe California policies and programs are to be based on the latest science, ensure a just transition for fossil fuel workers, and support climate justice for low-income communities.Climate-Safe California is composed of many initiatives or program areas. Over the 2020 21 fiscal year, much has been accomplished developing, promoting, and implementing Climate-Safe California.The first step that supporters can take toward more aggressive climate action in California is to endorse Climate-Safe California. As of 6/30/21 we had 1,132 total endorsements, including 89 businesses, 126 nonprofit organizations, and 75 elected officials.We have also built a coalition of nonprofit organizational partners that work with us to realize components of the Climate-Safe California platform, especially on community energy resilience, setting aggressive targets, and nature-based carbon sequestration.We have developed close partnerships with our core advisors to do strategic planning and implementation of Climate-Safe California. The current core advisors include California League of Conservation Voters, Local Government Commission, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, Labor Network for Sustainability, and Carbon Cycle Institute. Another coalition of close partners has formed around our community resilience work and includes Vote Solar, Grid Alternatives, California Environmental Justice Alliance, and Microgrid Resources Coalition. Form 990, Part III, Line 4b (Cont.) - Program Service Accomplishments As part of our Community Resilience initiative, The Climate Center staff worked at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on the 1339 proceedings advocating for new rulemaking to recognize all the values that microgrids offer the grid and the local community, as well as to ensure equity in the development of state regulation and programs. As a result of our advocacy and the work of our partners, the CPUC approved a new decision in the microgrid proceeding on January 12, 2021. While the decision did very little to advance microgrid commercialization as required by SB 1339, it did include $200 million in utility ratepayer funding for a new incentive program to support microgrid development in vulnerable communities. These funds will not be enough to meet the magnitude of the need, but the decision is an important policy step in the right direction.In September 2020 after the dramatic lightning storm that ignited dozens of wildfires across California and unleashed a smoke storm that covered most of the state The Climate Center drafted a six-page Executive Order to address the crisis that California was facing and sent it to Governor Newsom for his consideration. We also contacted the governors political advisor that same day and briefed him on the Climate Safe-California policy platform. In the following weeks, the governor issued two Executive Orders relevant to climate change, the first to phase out the sale of fossil fuel vehicles by 2035 and the other for significant land and marine conservation and restoration. These were both consistent with recommendations that The Climate Center made to the governor, but still do not go far enough in the face of mounting climate impacts.In May, The Climate Center hosted a Legislative Staff Briefing on the latest climate science and the need for accelerated climate targets with Dan Kammen, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Feliz Ventura, Senator Henry Stern, and Ellie Cohen from The Climate Center.The Climate Center has also produced a report this year entitled Just Transition: A Key Principle of Climate-Safe California, which is a literature review of different perspectives on what constitutes a just transition for fossil fuel workers and how to incorporate this principle more effectively into Climate-Safe California. We also produced a report called Bay Area Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trends which measures and evaluates the greenhouse gas emissions emitted by the nine counties in the San Francisco Bay Area. Finally, The Climate Center commissioned a report from the Carbon Cycle Institute on the potential and need for natured based carbon sequestration for California to meet the more aggressive goals laid out in Climate-Safe California.The Climate Center staff were also the drivers behind developing Senate Bill 99, The Community Energy Resilience Act, authored by Senator Bill Dodd. When signed into law, SB 99 will require the California Energy Commission to develop and implement a technical assistance and grant program to support local governments in developing community energy resilience plans for microgrids and other interventions that increase resilience, prioritizing state support for the most vulnerable communities. This bill passed the California senate on a 40 to 0 vote and is pending a vote in the assembly. Form 990, Part III, Line 4c (Cont.) - Program Service Accomplishments We have also been very successful in communicating beyond our base by placing op-eds in some major California news outlets. These included articles in the Sacramento Bee, CalMatters, San Francisco Chronicle, The Mercury News, The Press Democrat, The Stockton Record as well as coverage of the Kammen et al report mentioned above in the Los Angeles Times. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d - Program Service Accomplishments Other ProgramsThe Climate Center acted as fiscal sponsor for two programs this year - Get out the Vote 2020 and a Climate Leader Scholarship Program for students at Santa Rosa High School.