Ecoadapt, founded by a team of some of the earliest adaptation thinkers and practitioners in the field, has one goal - creating a robust future in the face of climate change. We bring together diverse players to reshape planning and management in response to rapid climate change.

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83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$273K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2022 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $115K a year · 8% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$273K
to officers and key staff · 18% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 18% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 12.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $952K
Looks good: 10 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$73K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.6M
-4% vs prior year
Spent
$1.5M
To programs
83%
Net assets
$1.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.6M
FY2022▼ -4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.9M
Expenses
$1.5M
FY2022▲ +20%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.7M
Net assets
$1.6M
FY2022▲ +7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$2.0M

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 2009.

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Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $1.2M Management & general 15% · $228K Fundraising 1% · $19K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990; $273K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President and Executive Di
$155,355Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Operations
$117,267Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lara Hansen’s $168K as President is at the 73rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1851 $1–10M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Lara Hansen$168,109$159,985$155,355$148,642$143,704
Eric Mielbrecht$126,617$117,196$117,267$117,629$112,346
Lori Meagher———$93,817$96,703

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Reshaping planning and management to build a robust future despite climate change.

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3 programs · $1.2M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

National Adaptation Forum (naf)

Action today for a better tomorrow. The national adaptation forum is the gathering of the adaptation minded. Since the forum is created by and for the members of the adaptaton community, the meeting focuses on the established and emerging issues of the day.

$663Kprogram expense
02

Awareness to Action (a2a)

Making adaptation happen. Building capacity and bringing our partners from awareness to action are central to ecoadapt's mission. Our adaptation experts have pioneered a series of innovative and interactive processes to bring those engaged in the early stages of climate change adaptation from awareness to implementation.

$375Kprogram expense
03

State of Adaptation (sofa)

Building the foundation while climate change adaptation is developing as a field, many managers are already dealing with the reality of climate change in their daily work. Our state of adaptation program is a research initiative desgined to facilitate adaptation action by surveying practitioners, assessing adaptation activities, writing…

$112Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$7K
Money outPt IX
$1.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.2M
Managementcol C$228K
Fundraisingcol D$19K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$73K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$374K
Investment incomeLn 3$7K
Total revenueLn 12$1.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$721K
SavingsLn 2$842K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.6M
Other assetsLn 15$30K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$73K
Net assetsLn 32$1.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 513
VolunteersI 64
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$146K$73K
Net assetsLn 32$1.5M$1.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$273K$190K$75K$8K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$238K$180K$50K$8K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$25K$14K$10K$571
Other employee benefitsLn 9$63K$38K$24K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$43K$25K$17K$910
Accounting feesLn 11c$24K$14K$9K$324
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$598K$594K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$23K$14K$9K
Information technologyLn 14$11K$9K$2K$612
OccupancyLn 16$17K$10K$7K$259
TravelLn 17$21K$20K$854$17
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$94K$94K
InsuranceLn 23$13K$7K$6K$82
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$43K$33K$9K$147
All other expensesLn 24e$10K$4K$5K$82
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.5M$1.2M$228K$19K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $1.9M$1.7M$116K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.4M$1.1M$324K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $1.6M$1.5M$102K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.7M$1.2M$419K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.1M$1.4M−$386K$1.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,596,808 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,658,566$1,590,280
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,082$6,528
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,661,648$1,596,808
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $969,811$642,153
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $273,058$852,637
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,242,869$1,494,790
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $418,779$102,018
Part VI · Governance 5 of 6 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,596,808 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$374,043
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,216,237
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,590,280
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $6,528$6,528
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $6,528$1,596,808
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,494,790 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $190,403 · Management $74,608 · Fundraising $7,612$272,623
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $180,420 · Management $49,589 · Fundraising $7,709$237,718
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $14,320 · Management $10,402 · Fundraising $571$25,293
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $38,268 · Management $23,701 · Fundraising $1,127$63,096
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $25,077 · Management $17,436 · Fundraising $910$43,423
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $14,318 · Management $9,332 · Fundraising $324$23,974
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $594,306 · Management $3,629$597,935
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $14,081 · Management $8,736$22,817
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $8,533 · Management $2,258 · Fundraising $612$11,403
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $9,790 · Management $6,670 · Fundraising $259$16,719
IX-17 TravelPrograms $19,893 · Management $854 · Fundraising $17$20,764
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $93,515$93,515
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,202 · Management $5,822 · Fundraising $82$13,106
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $33,322 · Management $9,226 · Fundraising $147$42,695
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $4,162 · Management $5,465 · Fundraising $82$9,709
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,247,610 · Management $227,728 · Fundraising $19,452$1,494,790
Part X · Balance sheet $1,659,889 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $600,323$721,472
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $663,214$841,654
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $50,446$55,177
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $16,815$11,894
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $750$29,692
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,631,548$1,659,889
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $54,089$72,602
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $146,279$72,602
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $531,651$1,104,064
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $953,618$483,223
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,485,269$1,587,287
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,631,548$1,659,889
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,587,287 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,596,808
XI-2 Total expenses$1,494,790
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$102,018
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,485,269
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,587,287

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