Larsen-lam Climate Change Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
854312409
IRS 990-PF coverage
2020–2023
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2023
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Phone
6507403518
Rating
99
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Energy Resources Conservation and Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,217,678
Expenses
$511,772

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Energy Resources Conservation and Development

What it reported funding in 2023

The foundation reported 1 grant totaling $500,000. The stated grant purpose was environment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The foundation combined direct charitable work with grants to other organizations or people.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 93

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 97.7%; rating input score 98; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 123.33; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 93th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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.