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CATF ACTION INC

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $1.6M · expenses $2.0M · assets $2.3M

EIN
84-2360880
Address
114 STATE STREET 6TH FL, BOSTON, MA 02109-2421
Website
WWW.CATFACTION.ORG
NTEE code
C30
Subsection
501(c)(4)
Ruling year
2020
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Mission

EDUCATING AND INFORMING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND RELATED LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENTS, GOVERNMENT POSITIONS AND ACTIONS, AND POLICY INITIATIVES AND PROPOSALS; MAKING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; AND ENGAGING IN LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

4 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Conrad Schneider PRESIDENT2019-2024 $286,143$1,521,174 2
Kay Mcconagha TREAS (THRU2020-2024 $228,637$1,093,299 2
Ashley Korn CLERK2019-2024 $238,859$905,852 2
Lindsey Griffith (former) EXECUTIVE DI2021-2023 $227,484$544,300 2

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

7 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Eric Holster Williams BOARD MEMBER2024 5 $0 reported 1
Sue Sheridan BOARD MEMBER2019-2024 5 $0 reported 1
Clarence Edwards DIRECTOR2023-2024 5 $0 reported 2
Elizabeth Thompson (former) BOARD CHAIR2019-2023 5 $0 reported 2
Jane Flegal (former) DIRECTOR2022-2023 5 $0 reported 1
Doug Scott (former) DIRECTOR2022 5 $0 reported 1
Brad Crabtree (former) DIRECTOR2019-2021 5 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 6 people listed · 3 paid, $754K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CONRAD G SCHNEIDER PRESIDENT5 $0$246,057$40,086 $286,1432
ASHLEY KORN CLERK5 $0$214,236$24,623 $238,8592
KAY MCCONAGHA TREAS (THRU5 $0$220,541$8,096 $228,6372
ERIC HOLSTER WILLIAMS BOARD MEMBER5 $0$0$0 $01
SUE SHERIDAN BOARD MEMBER5 $0$0$0 $01
CLARENCE EDWARDS DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $02
2023 · 8 people listed · 4 paid, $1.0M · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KAY MCCONAGHA TREASURER5 $0$291,440$14,800 $306,2402
CONRAD G SCHNEIDER PRESIDENT5 $0$240,503$38,960 $279,4632
LINDSEY GRIFFITH EXECUTIVE DI20 $0$216,540$10,944 $227,4842
ASHLEY KORN CLERK5 $0$183,142$22,637 $205,7792
ELIZABETH THOMPSON BOARD CHAIR5 $0$0$0 $02
SUE SHERIDAN BOARD MEMBER5 $0$0$0 $01
JANE FLEGAL DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
CLARENCE EDWARDS BOARD MEMBER5 $0$0$0 $02
2022 · 8 people listed · 4 paid, $920K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KAY MCCONAGHA TREASURER5 $0$274,533$13,932 $288,4652
CONRAD G SCHNEIDER PRESIDENT5 $0$240,747$37,705 $278,4522
ASHLEY KORN CLERK5 $0$168,263$21,250 $189,5132
LINDSEY GRIFFITH EXECUTIVE DI20 $0$155,917$7,890 $163,8072
ELIZABETH THOMPSON CHAIR5 $0$0$0 $02
SUE SHERIDAN DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
JANE FLEGAL DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
DOUG SCOTT DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 7 people listed · 4 paid, $731K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CONRAD G SCHNEIDER PRESIDENT5 $0$215,636$30,247 $245,8832
KAY MCCONAGHA TREASURER5 $0$200,300$10,266 $210,5662
LINDSEY GRIFFITH EXECUTIVE DI20 $0$145,443$7,566 $153,0092
ASHLEY KORN CLERK5 $0$106,620$15,113 $121,7332
BRAD CRABTREE DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
SUE SHERIDAN DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
ELIZABETH THOMPSON DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $02
2020 · 6 people listed · 3 paid, $352K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CONRAD G SCHNEIDER PRESIDENT5 $0$187,897$27,926 $215,8232
ASHLEY KORN CLERK5 $0$72,537$3,750 $76,2872
KAY MCCONAGHA TREASURER5 $0$56,500$2,891 $59,3912
BRAD CRABTREE DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
SUE SHERIDAN DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
ELIZABETH THOMPSON DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $02
2019 · 5 people listed · 2 paid, $289K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CONRAD G SCHNEIDER PRESIDENT/TR5 $0$182,627$32,783 $215,4102
ASHLEY KORN CLERK5 $0$61,956$11,725 $73,6812
BRAD CRABTREE DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
SUE SHERIDAN DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $01
ELIZABETH THOMPSON DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $02

Highest-paid independent contractors

2024 · 3 contractors · $618K
NameLocationServicePaid
COMMUNITY NETWORKING RESOURCES LLCWASHINGTON, DCSTRATEGY CONSUL$268,080
WAXMAN STRATEGIESWASHINGTON, DCPOLICY CONSULT$230,000
ROCK CREEK COUNSEL LLCSAN JOSE, CAPOLICY CONSULT$120,000
2023 · 5 contractors · $1.4M
NameLocationServicePaid
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INCBOSTON, MACONTRACT SERVIC$627,902
WAXMAN STRATEGIESWASHINGTON, DCPOLICY & LOBBY$285,000
COMMUNITY NETWORKING RESOURCES LLCSAN JOSE, CASTRATEGY$192,000
ROCK CREEK COUNSEL LLCWASHINGTON, DCPOLICY & LOBBY$180,000
OUTRIGHT AGENCYGAITHERSBURG, MDPOLICY & LOBBY$125,000
2022 · 5 contractors · $1.9M
NameLocationServicePaid
5IVE LLCMINNEAPOLIS, MNSTRATEGIC SVCS$595,700
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INCBOSTON, MACONTRACT SVCS$485,788
FRONTWOOD STRATEGIESWASHINGTON, DCPOLICY$400,000
WAXMAN STRATEGIESWASHINGTON, DCPOLICY & LOBBY$275,000
ROCK CREEK COUNSEL LLCWASHINGTON, DCPOLICY & LOBBY$180,000
2021 · 2 contractors · $610K
NameLocationServicePaid
5IVE LLCMINNEAPOLIS, MNSTRATEGIC SVCS$309,685
WAXMAN STRATEGIESWASHINGTON, DCPOLICY & LOBBY$300,000
2020 · 1 contractor · $220K
NameLocationServicePaid
AJW INCARLINGTON, VAPOLICY & LOBBY$220,396

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2024 · 1 grant to organizations · $240K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,569,247$2,010,256 $2,318,168$2,060,765 $1,569,247$0 -0-
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,289,965$1,631,031 $2,608,383$2,501,774 $2,289,965$0 -0-
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,829,126$2,234,076 $1,904,435$1,842,840 $2,829,126$0 -0-
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,501,190$1,065,265 $1,298,740$1,247,790 $1,501,190$0 -0-
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$575,000$327,507 $854,393$811,865 $575,000$0 -0-
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$650,000$85,628 $608,954$564,372 $650,000$0 -0-

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $5,670,231 in all, tax years 2021 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY ACTION INC Public charity Exact 2021-2024 4$4,540,231 2024$1,305,000
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CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC Public charity Exact 2022-2023 2$790,000 2023$50,000
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CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION Public charity Exact 2023 1$340,000 2023$340,000
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $2,010,256 spent · pay $0 · grants $240,000 · events $18,886
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $1,705,283$1,612,326$79,933$13,024 84.8%
Grants to US organizations and governments $240,000$240,000-- 11.9%
Fees: legal $26,168$24,688$1,480- 1.3%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $18,886$18,886-- 0.9%
Travel $14,227$14,227-- 0.7%
Other (as described)MEMBERSHIP DUES $2,870$2,870-- 0.1%
Information technology $2,659$2,659-- 0.1%
Office expenses $163$163-- 0.0%
Total$2,010,256100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $1,631,031 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $1,606,170$1,469,404$103,393$33,373 98.5%
Fees: legal $17,385-$17,385- 1.1%
Other (as described)MEMBERSHIP DUES $7,000-$7,000- 0.4%
Other (as described)BANK FEES $252-$252- 0.0%
Travel $224$224-- 0.0%
Total$1,631,031100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $2,234,076 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $2,091,112$1,937,673$103,439$50,000 93.6%
Other (as described)NONOPERATING COSTS $140,000-$140,000- 6.3%
Other (as described)BANK FEES $2,764-$2,539$225 0.1%
Fees: legal $200-$200- 0.0%
Total$2,234,076100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $1,065,265 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $1,060,533$670,183$385,814$4,536 99.6%
Fees: legal $2,740$2,740-- 0.3%
Other (as described)BANK FEES $1,992-$1,992- 0.2%
Total$1,065,265100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $327,507 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $100
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $327,143$315,872$11,271- 99.9%
Office expenses $220$220-- 0.1%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $100$100-- 0.0%
Other (as described)BANK FEES $44-$44- 0.0%
Total$327,507100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $85,628 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $85,254$80,320$4,934- 99.6%
Travel $296$296-- 0.3%
Office expenses $78-$78- 0.1%
Total$85,628100%

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