Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE ALLIANCE FOR JUST DELIBERATION ON SOLAR GEOENGINEERING INC
THE ALLIANCE FOR JUST DELIBERATION ON SOLAR GEOENGINEERING INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,150,000 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($750,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What The Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering Inc does
Mission
The alliance for just deliberation on solar geoengineering (dsg) is a charitable, scientific and educational organization dedicated to building just and inclusive deliberation about research and potential use of solar geoengineering. Solar geoengineering is an emerging technology that could potentially limit the harm of future environmental impacts while emissions reductions and efforts to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are scaled, but also has potential major risks that require better understanding and governance. Dsg will convene educational events, create publicly available materials, foster collaboration across sectors and geographies, and build communication tools for the public and ngo sectors.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Engagement and education:in 2025, dsg significantly expanded engagement activities and learning materials. Through our continued iterative learning and trust-building approach, we engaged with over 80 ngos and 50 policymakers. The organization also hosted 6 major regional workshops and convenings. Through these workshops, targeted one-to-one dialogues, and partnerships with research and advocacy institutions, these engagements brought new and diverse organizations into constructive dialogue about its risks, governance, and implications for vulnerable communities.dsg also launched 35 public learning resources, a modular set of materials supporting informed engagement and building understanding of srm risks, uncertainties, and governance needs. Educators, civil society, and policymakers are using these materials, with translated subsets supporting recent workshops and global institutions adapting select resources. Dsg also furthered the work of its climate intervention network, an early career focused initiative, by bringing together over 45 students and professional for an in person gathering focused on learning and network building. We also launched a residency program for early…
$1,046,693 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,046,693.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $1.6M to $2.8M (+70%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of THE ALLIANCE FOR JUST DELIBERATION ON SOLAR GEOENGINEERING INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE ALLIANCE FOR JUST DELIBERATION ON SOLAR GEOENGINEERING INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE ALLIANCE FOR JUST DELIBERATION ON SOLAR GEOENGINEERING INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
53% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE ALLIANCE FOR JUST DELIBERATION ON SOLAR GEOENGINEERING INC.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
53% of THE ALLIANCE FOR JUST DELIBERATION ON SOLAR GEOENGINEERING INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.0M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE ALLIANCE FOR JUST DELIBERATION ON SOLAR GEOENGINEERING INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ALLIANCE FOR JUST DELIBERATION ON SOLAR GEOENGINEERING INC?
- THE ALLIANCE FOR JUST DELIBERATION ON SOLAR GEOENGINEERING INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,150,000 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($750,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE ALLIANCE FOR JUST DELIBERATION ON SOLAR GEOENGINEERING INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $2,150,000 in grants to THE ALLIANCE FOR JUST DELIBERATION ON SOLAR GEOENGINEERING INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ALLIANCE FOR JUST DELIBERATION ON SOLAR GEOENGINEERING INC?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $750,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ALLIANCE FOR JUST DELIBERATION ON SOLAR GEOENGINEERING INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing