CDP

Legal name: Cdp North America Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364709977
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2013
Location
London, NY, United Kingdom
Phone
2123782086
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$38,707,055
Expenses
$44,175,042
Assets
$28,876,823
Liabilities
$17,294,258

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • LORI LLEWELLYN (MANAGING DIRECTOR): $285,959 total reported compensation
  • DANIEL GOLDSMITH (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $263,575 total reported compensation
  • JONATHAN LABOZZETTA (HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT): $257,938 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Cdp north america, inc. 's ("cdp-na") vision for the future is a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term. We focus investors and companies on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy by measuring and understanding their environmental impact. To that end, cdp pioneered the only global system for companies to disclose and manage their environmental performance. Cdp-na is part of the not-for-profit charity network cdp worldwide which tracks how companies and cities measure, disclose, manage and act upon vital environmental information.

What it reported doing in 2024

Disclosure & global initiatives: cdp has 640+ signatory investors globally with usd $127 trillion in assets. Of this, north america accounts for more than 200 signatories. Highlights for how north american investors used cdp data over the year include: bloomberg integrates cdp climate change, deforestation, and water security data, cdp scores data, and modelled emissions data into the bloomberg terminal; invesco indexing is using cdp climate data to create tradeable indices and investment products for clients; msci uses cdp data to build index products as well as providing other in-depth esg services to their clients; iss uses cdp data in environmental & social disclosure quality score, esg corporate rating and carbon and climate footprint data; s&p global is using cdp climate, water security and deforestation data to inform their research and service offerings to capital markets and corporations; and cdp has also established symbiotic partnership agreements with three environmental NGO's (share, iccr, emia), where cdp data is used to drive corporate engagements.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 44% for direct work, and 56% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 89.2%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $14.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.1%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.6; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.3% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $39.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $286K · 14 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $799K reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.