Catholic Climate Covenant

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The Catholic Climate Covenant inspires and equips people and institutions to care for creation and care for the poor. Organizations mission through its twenty national partners, it guides the United States catholic churches response to climate change by educating, giving public witness, and offering resources.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 81-1503864) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
65¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 90 volunteers and 13 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $60K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
65%
of spending
65% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$239K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
3.4 mo
of spending, in cash
3.4 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
8
named funders · $153K
8 funders name it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.1M
84% of total assets
Liabilities are 84% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
9 of 9 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$846K
-60% vs prior year
Spent
$1.6M
To programs
65%
Net assets
$402K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$846K
FY2025▼ -60%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$2.1M
FY2025$846K
Expenses
$1.6M
FY2025▼ -19%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$970K
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$2.0M
FY2025$1.6M
Net assets
$402K
FY2025▼ -66%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$619K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$712K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$402K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2016.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

65 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 65% · $1.0M Management & general 23% · $374K Fundraising 12% · $195K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $239K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$135,000Pt VII · Sec A
Associate Director
$103,857Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Dan Misleh$135,000$139,104————
Daniel Misleh————$124,000$124,000
Jose Aguto——$109,200$110,962——
Lonnie Ellis$103,857—————

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

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1 program · $1.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The Covenant's Catholic Energies Program developed several solar and energy efficiency projects for Catholic institutions across the United States including Illinois, Rhode Island, Virginia, Texas, Puerto Rico and New York. The solar projects alone will offset 100,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 81-1503864) · Dispute this line
$1.0Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 7 grants · $577K · 2021–2024
St Michael CongregationFY2024$20,000
Marian Catholic High SchoolFY2024$10,000
Community CooperativeDC · FY2023$342,557
Armando Multimedia LLCFY2023$12,500
Catholic Network for Environment (cynesa)FY2022$6,500
Other Less Than 5000FY2021$180,386

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$846K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$553K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$177K
Investment incomeLn 3$115K
Money outPt IX
$1.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.0M
Managementcol C$374K
Fundraisingcol D$195K
Owns and owesPt X
$402K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$453K
Total assetsLn 16$2.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$553K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$177K
Investment incomeLn 3$115K
Other incomeLn 4–11$300
Total revenueLn 12$846K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$453K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$453K
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$22K
Notes and loans receivableLn 7$2.0M
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$13K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K
Total assetsLn 16$2.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.1M
Net assetsLn 32$402K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 513
VolunteersI 690
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M$453K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$2K
Total assetsLn 16$3.3M$2.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.1M$2.1M
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$402K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$37K$37K
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$139K$95K$12K$31K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$652K$460K$42K$150K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$11K$11K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$67K$18K$50K
Payroll taxesLn 10$66K$9K$57K
Accounting feesLn 11c$44K$44K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$173K$139K$34K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$12K$10K$1K$450
Office expensesLn 13$72K$15K$49K$8K
Information technologyLn 14$7K$5K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$11K$11K
TravelLn 17$103K$94K$4K$5K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$62K$30K$31K$229
InterestLn 20$112K$110K$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$67$67
InsuranceLn 23$10K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$39K$24K$15K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.6M$1.0M$374K$195K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 5, 2026 $846K$1.6M−$770K$402K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 13, 2025 $2.1M$2.0M$123K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024 $2.0M$1.6M$336K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 14, 2023 $1.5M$1.8M−$360K$712K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 16, 2022 $1.8M$1.3M$454K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Mar 22, 2021 $1.5M$970K$580K$619K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support B · Donors D · Assets and endowments I · Grants O · Explanations R · Related orgs
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $846,126 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,055,794$553,310
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$177,107
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $71,652$115,409
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$300
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,127,446$846,126
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $437,074$36,872
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $938,552$934,355
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $628,841$644,957
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,004,467$1,616,184
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $122,979−$770,058
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
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 $846,126 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$553,310
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$553,310
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $177,107$177,107
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $115,409$115,409
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $300$300
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $177,107 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $115,709$846,126
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,616,184 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $36,872$36,872
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $95,207 · Management $12,448 · Fundraising $31,083$138,738
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $459,662 · Management $42,052 · Fundraising $150,069$651,783
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsManagement $10,853$10,853
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $17,614 · Management $49,604$67,218
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $8,763 · Management $57,000$65,763
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $44,265$44,265
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $139,454 · Management $33,790$173,244
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $10,325 · Management $1,164 · Fundraising $450$11,939
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $15,245 · Management $48,606 · Fundraising $8,455$72,306
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $5,000 · Management $2,125$7,125
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $11,377$11,377
IX-17 TravelPrograms $94,038 · Management $4,076 · Fundraising $4,687$102,801
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $30,138 · Management $31,133 · Fundraising $229$61,500
IX-20 InterestPrograms $110,286 · Management $1,474$111,760
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $67$67
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $9,650$9,650
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $24,114 · Management $14,809$38,923
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,046,718 · Management $374,493 · Fundraising $194,973$1,616,184
Part X · Balance sheet $2,489,560 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,243,191$452,551
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $6,000$22,000
X-7 Notes and loans receivableStart of year $2,000,000$2,000,000
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $13,104$12,654
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$2,355
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,262,295$2,489,560
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $90,161$87,451
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $2,000,000$2,000,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,090,161$2,087,451
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $981,134$389,609
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $191,000$12,500
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,172,134$402,109
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,262,295$2,489,560
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $402,109 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$846,126
XI-2 Total expenses$1,616,184
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$770,058
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,172,134
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$33
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$402,109

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