Project Drawdown
Project Drawdown
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Mission
Project Drawdown's mission is to help the world reach “drawdown”—the point in the future when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline, thereby stopping catastrophic climate change—as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible.
About
Research Over the course of the first half of 2018, the Drawdown research team updated 88 technical reports and associated models with new data, improved methods, and revised scenarios. In addition, the core Drawdown Reduction and Replacement (RRS) and Land Use models were further developed, and are now in version 1.1d. This version includes improved functionality for regionalization and a new carbon pricing module to further our efforts towards the second research phase of initiating contextual analyses. Current versions of all the Excel-based models were prepared for public release under a free and open source license with the intention of a 2019 release date. In parallel, scoping and initial blueprinting of the open source Drawdown Model Platform was developed with a "brain trust" of IT leaders from around the world. This resulted in the first Drawdown Hackathon in September 2018 that produced a kernel of the new model software program in the computing language Python. The Python implementation of the Drawdown model software continued with the first web-hosted standalone model successfully run in December. Currently, ~25% of the full software package is completed and is on target to be beta launched by end of 2019.The 2018-2019 Drawdown Fellowship program was launched in October with the addition of 12 new Research Fellows from across the globe working on incorporating the latest data for 43 existing solution models, evaluating new solution sets, and beginning work on creating regional electricity generation models for India and Nigeria. The latter analyses are test cases on new regional methodologies with the intention of being kernels for further development from local contexts. This cohort will complete work on May 1, 2019. In 2018, the Drawdown oceans research program was initiated with two Research Fellows recruited to develop the core Drawdown Oceans model. This core model template is being developed in both Excel and Python, and will allow the evaluation of marine-based technologies and practices within the Drawdown system.CommunicationsProject Drawdowns activities - including events, public speaking, partnerships, engagement, and published writing - resulted in greatly increased visibility and reach during 2018. We are seeing an overall trend of growth and expansion in our digital ecosystem, as shown below. This growth has happened without the use of paid advertising, paid mailing lists or paid search optimization.Copies of Drawdown sold during 2018: Approximately 25,000Drawdown Newsletter:Number of subscribers grew from 11,800 to 19,570 Twitter:147% growth in number of followers from 5,107 followers to 15,000Number of impressions on Twitter:Dec 1, 2018 Feb. 28, 2019 2.5 million impressions Sept. 2, 2018 Nov. 30, 2018 1.3 million impressions June 1, 2018 Aug. 31, 2018 525,300 impressions March 1, 2018 May 31, 2018 371,400 impressions Dec. 1, 2017 Feb. 28, 2018 137,200 impressions Facebook:Facebook page followers grew from 30,139 to 36,603Video:Two of our senior staff, Chad Frischmann and Katharine Wilkinson, emerged as global influencers as a result of TED Talks they presented in 2018. TED Talk by Chad Frischmann 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming more than 1 million views.TED Women Talk by Katharine Wilkinson How Empowering Women and Girls Can Help Stop Global Warming More than 1 million views.Website:Number of visits drawdown.org saw a 142% increase in page views and a 155% increase in sessions during 2018. In January 2018, the site had 2595 page views per day. By January 2019, the site had 6278 page views per day. A total of 318,725 new visitors and 72,138 returning visitors came to drawdown.org in 2018.Number of countries: Visitors to the site were from 22 countries.Media mentions:Our work was the subject of approximately 2000 media mentions during 2018, with the top 50 articles having a reach of 664,994,757. Reach is an estimate of the potential viewership of any particular article based on the number of visitors to the specific source. While we will continue to contribute to thought leadership, we will shift our efforts away from publishing additional books to avenues that have the potential for broader reach.Partnerships and Drawdown LearnTwelve Drawdown Communities are currently active in varying stages of development. These are collaborative efforts to promote and/or implement climate solutions in different regions and sectors across the world, using Drawdown as a framework.We have entered a key partnership with Pennsylvania State University, one of the world's most respected universities with regard to climate change research, to work collaboratively with us on research and education. The first joint program to emerge from this partnership is the Drawdown Scholars Program, a 6-week research experience for 40 undergraduate students during summer 2019.In addition, the first International Drawdown Conference, to be held September 16 18, 2019 at Penn State, is in the planning stages. The three-day conference will be a forum for diverse perspectives on research and implementation of science-based solutions to reverse global warming, from diagnosis to prognosisDrawdown was incorporated into Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned curriculum prototypes, teacher professional development, and assessment tools developed by a network of education leaders in Washington State for thousands of K-12 students and their communities.The first Drawdown Learn conference was held at Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York in October 2018, with hundreds of students, activists, educators, curriculum developers, organizations, librarians, parents, and local officials in attendance, both in person and via live stream.Several Inspiring challenges and competitions based on Project Drawdowns work emerged around the world, including The Roddenberry Prize, Richard Branson's Global Cooling Prize, the Drawdown EcoChallenge, RAREs Solution Search, and others.OperationsProject Drawdown completed a 6-month strategic planning process to create a clear picture of long-range goals, immediate next steps, and principles that will govern future decision-making and organizational learning for Project Drawdown over the next 3+ years.We brought on Jonathan Foley as our new Executive Director. Jon is one of the worlds leading climate scientists and was selected and recruited by our Founder, Paul Hawken, as uniquely qualified to continue and amplify our work, while building our legacy.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The non-profit's aim, as stated in the filing, is “Project drawdown is facilitating a broad coalition of researchers, scientists, graduate students, phds, post-docs, policy makers, business leaders and activists to assemble and present the best available information on climate solutions in order to describe their beneficial financial, social and environmental impact over the next thirty years.”.
When referring to its actions, they were outlined as: “Project drawdown is facilitating a broad coalition of researchers, scientists, graduate students, phds, post-docs, policy makers, business leaders and activists to assemble and present the best available information on climate solutions in order to describe their beneficial financial, social and environmental impact over the next thirty years.”.
- The non-profit has complied with legal obligations by reporting their state of operation as CA.
- The non-profit's address in 2019 is noted in the filing as 3450 SACRAMENTO STREET 506, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 94118.
- The non-profit's form for 2019 reports a total of 7 employees.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $351,985.
- The salary policy for the CEO of the organization is established through a review and approval by an impartial party.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has 11 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2005.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $695,026 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $148,901 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
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