Public Charity

PROJECT DRAWDOWN

PROJECT DRAWDOWN is a Public Charity headquartered in SAINT PAUL, MN. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $5.8M revenue, $5.6M expenses, $8.8M total assets. 74 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $10.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 383705448 SAINT PAUL, MN Education N.E.C. NTEE: B99 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.8M
Total Expenses$5.6M
Total Assets$8.8M
Grant Records74
Funding Total$10.0M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

PROJECT DRAWDOWN'S MISSION IS TO DRIVE MEANINGFUL CLIMATE ACTION BY ADVANCING SCIENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS AND STRATEGIES. PROJECT DRAWDOWN'S WORK IS FOCUSED ON THREE PILLARS: SCIENCE - ADVANCING SCIENCE-BASED CLIMATE SOLUTIONS AND STRATEGIES; STAKEHOLDERS - ENGAGING KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND EMPOWERING BOLD CLIMATE LEADERSHIP; AND STORIES - TELLING HUMAN STORIES OF SOLUTIONS IN ACTION.

Where $100 goes at Project Drawdown

How Project Drawdown divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$78 Programs the work itself
$15 Management running the organization
$7 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $78 for programs

$52
Science
66% of program spending
$13
Drawdown labs
17% of program spending
$7
Additionally, drawdown stories contributed to our 2025 accomplishments
9% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Angela Mwanza
DIRECTOR Bradley Palmer
MANAGING DIR Elizabeth Bagley
SECRETARY Jennifer Caldwell
EXECUTIVE DI Jonathan Foley
DIRECTOR Laura Turner Seydel

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$6,995,649 45 grants
Arts & Culture
$1,363,600 6 grants
Environment & Conservation
$725,797 7 grants
Education
$638,178 8 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$175,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.8M $5.6M $8.8M
2024 $8.3M $4.5M $8.5M
2023 $5.3M $5.1M $4.6M
2022 $3.7M $4.8M $3.8M
2020 $5.6M $2.5M $4.0M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue held roughly steady at around $5.8M, with total assets most recently reported at $8.8M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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