2022-11-15T10:59:11-08:00 2021-12-31 271795561 Chuah Puentes LLP 6360 Clark Avenue Dublin CA 94568 990 2021-01-01 383705448 PROJECT DRAWDOWN PROJ 2072064634 3450 SACRAMENTO STREET 506 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94118 JONATHAN FOLEY Executive Director 2022-11-15 true Jonathan Foley 999009999 Bunny Chuah CPA P00185436 9258032988 X 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z JONATHAN FOLEY 3450 SACRAMENTO STREET 506 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94118 4290409 false X www.drawdown.org X 2005 CA Project Drawdown is facilitating a broad coalition of researchers, scientists, graduate students, PhDs, post-docs, policy makers, business leaders and activists to assemble and present the best available information on climate solutions in order to describe their beneficial financial, social and environmental impact over the next thirty years. 8 8 28 0 5284736 3919932 295000 320000 -6634 176 75559 38769 5648661 4278877 7500 0 0 1800740 3164698 0 142211 708937 745775 2517177 3910473 3131484 368404 4001897 4426506 267986 324191 3733911 4102315 X Project Drawdown is facilitating a broad coalition of researchers, scientists, graduate students, PhDs, post-docs, policy makers, business leaders and activists to assemble and present the best available information on climate solutions in order to describe their beneficial financial, social and environmental impact over the next thirty years. false false 951200 RESEARCHThe Drawdown Research program aims to determine when and how reaching Drawdown is possible, using existing, well-proven and scalable climate solutions. To uncover that answer, the research team, reviews and evaluates the potential performance of diverse technologies and practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and/or enhance carbon sequestration from the atmosphere while providing many co-benefits to human society. 578748 MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONSThe marketing and communications team supports and works with Project Drawdowns people and programs to expand the organizations reach, influence and impact with target audiences.From The Hill and Fast Company to Ms. Magazine and Scientific American, Project Drawdown experts published over a dozen op-eds and feature stories in top media outlets and were interviewed by leading journalists, TV anchors, and podcast hosts. Drawdown-aligned solutions were referenced in hundreds of popular press articles around the world 475559 DRAWDOWN LEARNDrawdown Learn is a broad initiative to encourage education and learning about climate solutions based on Project Drawdowns research, analysis, and insights. Through our programs and partnerships, we engage people of all ages in climate solutions and create new ways of teaching and learning about how the world can reach Drawdown.Drawdown Learn produced Climate Solutions 101 the worlds first major educational effort focused on climate solutions. This 6-unit course combines Project Drawdowns trusted knowledge and insights with inspiring voices from around the world, and has more than a million views globally. 1168629 3174136 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 9 0 false 28 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 8 8 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false true true false false CA X X Anne Marshall 8552090507 3450 SACRAMENTO STREET 506 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94118 JONATHAN FOLEY Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 435976 0 0 CRYSTALL CHISSELL SENIOR DIRECTOR 40.00 0.00 X 185624 0 0 TODD REUBOLD MARKETING DIR 40.00 0.00 X 185577 0 0 MATTHEW SHAMBROOM OPERATIONS DIR 40.00 0.00 X 178854 0 0 CHAD FRISCHMANN SENIOR DIRECTOR 40.00 0.00 X 171552 0 0 BRADLEY PALMER President 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER CALDWELL Secretary 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 STEPHEN NICOLEAU Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JONATHAN WOETZAL Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LAURA SEYDEL Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARTIN O'MALLEY Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 PEGGY LIU Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 1157583 5 false true false 0 3919932 3919932 PROGRAM FEES 320000 320000 320000 0 0 0 0 11708 11532 176 176 176 0 0 0 ROYALTY 38769 38769 38769 4278877 358945 0 0 0 0 1157583 695345 375043 87195 0 1556733 1507742 10750 38241 0 273098 219043 45729 8326 177284 145632 24238 7414 335277 335277 20903 20903 16549 16549 0 0 0 84363 68183 16180 14954 14954 5574 3325 1926 323 24520 1850 22610 60 0 3556 3556 24234 22431 1803 0 43210 43210 0 0 4647 4647 8390 8390 COMMUNICATIONS 89856 87850 2006 TELEPHONE 19792 17971 1454 367 TRAINING 14501 9983 4518 BANK CHARGES 11852 11852 23597 1340 21972 285 3910473 3174136 594126 142211 2638613 3962971 0 1294286 390000 0 0 0 0 0 0 28669 5408 14019 23261 4862 158 44116 44116 0 0 6001 6000 4001897 4426506 192986 199191 75000 125000 267986 324191 X 2137441 2505845 1596470 1596470 3733911 4102315 4001897 4426506 368404 X false true X false false X 1168407 1505447 1763943 5284736 3919932 13642465 0 0 1168407 1505447 1763943 5284736 3919932 13642465 0 13642465 0 0 35738 35420 75559 38945 185662 13828127 0.98660 0.98670 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 28669 5408 23261 23261 4278877 4278877 4278877 3910473 3910473 3910473 false false false false false false false false false CHAD FRISCHMANN SENIOR DIRECTOR 171552 171552 CRYSTALL CHISSELL SENIOR DIRECTOR 185624 185624 JONATHAN FOLEY Executive Dir. 435976 435976 MATTHEW SHAMBROOM OPERATIONS DIR 178854 178854 TODD REUBOLD MARKETING DIR 185577 185577 Statement Note 1 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTSAT THE TIME OF THE PREPARATION OF THE INFORMATIONAL RETURNS, THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS HAD NOT BEEN ISSUED. IT IS MANAGEMENT'S OPINION THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS USED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE INFORMATIONAL RETURNS WOULD NOT BE MATERIALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WHEN IT IS LATER RELEASED. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: DRAWDOWN LIFTDrawdown Lift is Project Drawdowns approach to deepening collective understanding of the connections between climate change solutions and poverty alleviation, particularly in countries in Africa and South Asia. Drawdown Lift published a policy brief "Girls' Education and Family Planning: Essential Components of Climate Adaptation and Resilience" in both English and French, which was shared at COP26 by other leading organizations.Drawdown Lift supported the development of and signed the So Paulo Declaration on Planetary Health, which was published in The Lancet, and calls for a just, global transition in how we live ... to optimize the health and well-being of people and the living world in which we are embedded. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: DRAWDOWN LEARNDrawdown Learn is a broad initiative to encourage education and learning about climate solutions based on Project Drawdowns research, analysis, and insights. Through our programs and partnerships, we engage people of all ages in climate solutions and create new ways of teaching and learning about how the world can reach Drawdown.Drawdown Learn produced Climate Solutions 101 the worlds first major educational effort focused on climate solutions. This 6-unit course combines Project Drawdowns trusted knowledge and insights with inspiring voices from around the world, and has more than a million views globally. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: DRAWDOWN LABSDrawdown Labs is Project Drawdowns testing ground for how the private sector can accelerate the scaling of climate solutions quickly, safely, and equitably. Leveraging world-class research and analysis from Project Drawdown and the cross-industry capabilities of climate-leading businesses, philanthropists and investors, Drawdown Labs offers the world powerfuland attainableways of addressing the climate crisis at scale.Drawdown Labs published Climate Solutions at Work a guide for employees seeking to help companies take bolder climate action. It has been downloaded thousands of times, presented to more than 1,000 employees across hundreds of businesses, and been in major media outlets including NPR, Fast Company, GreenBiz, and others.Project Drawdown provided insights to dozens of philanthropies, start-ups, and investors on the most impactful climate solutions, helping shape strategies for high-impact climate financing. In 2021 these conversations led to more than $2 billion in new investments in drawdown-aligned climate solutions.Project Drawdown experts served as advisors for the Count Us In climate action campaign developed by Netflix, ENGIE Impact, and Rare in parallel with the Academy Awardnominated Netflix film Dont Look Up. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: DRAWDOWN SOLUTIONSIn Drawdown Solutions, our research team seeks to determine whether reaching drawdown is possible, using existing and well-proven climate solutions, and to quantify and compare the potential impact of those solutions. Nearly a dozen top-tier scientists from around the world updated the cost-benefit analyses for the entire Drawdown System of Solutions and analyzed 11 new solutions. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Form 990 is e-mailed to the Director of Operations by the CPA prior to filing for review and comment. The electronic copy is then e-mailed to board members for their review. Majority of input on the Form 990 is from the Director of Operations and bookkeeper.Comments are then e-mailed to the CPA for incorporation into the final filing copy. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts A conflict of interest form is completed and signed by each board member regarding conflict of interest issues such as business relationships and compensation including certain payments made to key employees at the end of each board meeting in December 2011. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS A ONLINE MARKET RESEARCH FOR COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available The organization's tax returns and any other related documents pertinent to the public's interest is made available to the public only upon request. The organization complies with all reasonable request for review of its records.