Evergreen Climate Innovations

Analysis

Evergreen Climate Innovations is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, Evergreen Climate Innovations reported income of $4.4m and spending of $2.8m, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $2.5m to $4.4m (+78%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 217%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Evergreen Climate Innovations sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 91st percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships Inc ($4.4m), Ecostudies Institute ($4.4m) and Flourish Agenda Inc ($4.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% and program service revenue 2.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $266k (9.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $15.4m against liabilities of $3.2m, net assets of $12.2m. It reported 10 employees.