PLATINUM2024

Carbon180

Carbon180 is a new breed of climate NGO on a mission to reverse two centuries of carbon emissions.

Washington, DC   |  www.carbon180.org

Learn how to support this organization

Mission

Carbon180 is a new breed of climate NGO dedicated to bringing together the people, resources, and vision to realize a carbon-removing world. Our mission is to design and champion equitable science-based policies that bring carbon removal solutions to gigaton scale. Our vision is to eliminate legacy carbon emissions and create a livable climate in which current and future generations can thrive.

Ruling year info

2016

Executive Director

Erin Burns

Main address

650 Massachusetts Ave NW Suite 600

Washington, DC 20001 USA

Show more contact info

Formerly known as

Center for Carbon Removal

EIN

81-2560407

Subject area info

Environment

Science

Agriculture, fishing and forestry

Population served info

Children and youth

Adults

Ethnic and racial groups

NTEE code info

Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis (C05)

Science, General (includes Interdisciplinary Scientific Activities) (U20)

Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis (K05)

IRS subsection

501(c)(3) Public Charity

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.

Tax forms

Show Forms 990

Communication

Blog

What we aim to solve

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Science and Innovation

We work directly with scientists and startups, grounding our work in the latest research, partnering with entrepreneurs to incubate early ideas, and supporting innovation in emerging markets - all with the goal of creating tangible, lasting impact.

Population(s) Served

The US government is a powerful engine for change; we put it to work on carbon removal's biggest obstacles, helping policymakers fill in research gaps, drive down costs, and unlock private capital.

Population(s) Served

With carbon removal, we have the chance to redress the injustices that led to this crisis in the first place. We weave environmental justice through every policy, project, and engagement to shape a carbon removal field that reroutes power to the most disenfranchised.

Population(s) Served

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of meetings or briefings held with policymakers or candidates

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn more about Sustainable Development Goals.

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Carbon180 designs and champions science-based, equitable policies that can remove carbon from the atmosphere at the gigaton scale.

Every day, we work to leverage the size and power of the US government to tackle carbon removal's biggest obstacles. Using the same policy levers and finance mechanisms that helped pioneer past climate solutions, policymakers can fill in research gaps, drive down costs, and unlock private capital all while ensuring practices meet the highest labor and environmental standards.

We're working to reverse two centuries of carbon emissions - the right way.

For us, that means centering justice, equity, and accountability in every policy and project so that the carbon-removing future we build works for everyone.

Building the carbon removal field means working collaboratively with policymakers, community members, entrepreneurs, and scientists to bring big ideas to bear in this fast-moving space. As we do, we're defining what good carbon removal looks like, making sure it scales not just quickly, but well.

Policy: The US government is a powerful engine for change, we put it to work on carbon removal's biggest obstacles, helping policymakers fill in research gaps, drive down costs, and unlock private capital.

Environmental Justice: With carbon removal, we have the chance to redress the injustices that led to this crisis in the first place. We weave environmental justice through every policy, project, and engagement to shape a carbon removal field that reroutes power to the most disenfranchised.

Science & Innovation: We work directly with scientists and startups, grounding our work in the latest research, partnering with entrepreneurs to incubate early ideas, and supporting innovation in emerging markets - all with the goal of creating tangible, lasting impact.

Our team includes veterans in US government advocacy as well as climate scientists.

All of our impact is measured as contribution not attribution (as we focus on policy change). In FY2022, Congress appropriated approximately $172.6 million for carbon removal.

Our advocacy in 2021 and 2022 included the following highlights:
Worked with key Senate offices and Finance Committee staff to advocate for important provisions within the 45Q credit for DAC; Successfully continued work with Congressional offices and committee staff to ensure carbon management (SCALE Act, Regional DAC Hubs, Class VI funding) provisions drafted by the Senate remain in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal; Began to work with partners to advise DOE on how to best implement provisions authorized through IIJA, particularly DAC hubs in coordination with other carbon management programs; Continued to refine our policy position on enhanced oil recovery (which ultimately resulted in a public position of no EOR in DAC hubs).

Last, we continue to publish a variety of tools & resources for thinking and learning about carbon removal. These include fact sheets, graphics, a newsletter, a blog, and reports. Search our tools & resources here: https://carbon180.org/search.

Financials

Carbon180
Fiscal year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
Financial documents
2022
done  Yes, financials were audited by an independent accountant. info

Revenue vs. expenses:  breakdown

SOURCE: IRS Form 990 info
NET GAIN/LOSS:    in 
Note: When component data are not available, the graph displays the total Revenue and/or Expense values.

Liquidity in 2022 info

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

10.33

Average of 30.65 over 7 years

Months of cash in 2022 info

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

8.3

Average of 17.7 over 7 years

Fringe rate in 2022 info

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

18%

Average of 16% over 7 years

Funding sources info

Source: IRS Form 990

Assets & liabilities info

Source: IRS Form 990

Financial data

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

Carbon180

Revenue & expenses

Fiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31

SOURCE: IRS Form 990 info

Fiscal year ending: cloud_download Download Data

Carbon180

Balance sheet

Fiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31

SOURCE: IRS Form 990 info

The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.

Fiscal year ending: cloud_download Download Data

Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

Documents
Letter of Determination is not available for this organization
Form 1023/1024 is not available for this organization

Executive Director

Erin Burns

As executive director, Erin guides our team as we think big to equitably scale carbon removal and address the climate crisis. She previously worked on energy, labor, and coal worker transition issues in the Senate. She is originally from West Virginia and currently lives in DC with her family. Follow her on Twitter: @erinmburns.

Number of employees

Source: IRS Form 990

Carbon180

Officers, directors, trustees, and key employees

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

Compensation
Other
Related
Show data for fiscal year
Compensation data
Download up to 5 most recent years of officer and director compensation data for this organization

Carbon180

Highest paid employees

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

Compensation
Other
Related
Show data for fiscal year
Compensation data
Download up to 5 most recent years of highest paid employee data for this organization

Carbon180

Board of directors
as of 04/03/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board of directors data
Download the most recent year of board of directors data for this organization
Board chair

Gabriel Kra

Prelude Ventures

Term: 2018 - 2024

Roxanne D Brown

United Steelworkers

Keely Anson

Incite

Erin Burns

Carbon180

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

GuideStar worked with BoardSource, the national leader in nonprofit board leadership and governance, to create this section.

  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 4/3/2024

Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

Disability

Equity strategies

Last updated: 04/03/2024

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
  • We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.