2025-11-17T12:02:19-08:00 2024-12-31 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 548 Market St PMB 97503 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2024-01-01 822723327 Global Energy Monitor GLOB 6262190030 440 N Barranca Ave 2878 Covina CA 91723 Joshua Kruskal Dir. Fin. & Ops 2025-11-17 true true Tierna Jensen P02447146 5108352727 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Justin Locke 9612516 false X www.globalenergymonitor.org X 2017 CA Global Energy Monitor develops and analyzes data on energy infrastructure, resources, and uses. We provide open access to information that is essential to building a sustainable energy future. 7 6 86 6 0 9017975 9394995 245400 157000 46620 58038 -164 2483 9309831 9612516 100000 0 7164180 8825681 0 332435 1168047 850750 8332227 9776431 977604 -163915 5857859 5799924 772905 878885 5084954 4921039 X Global Energy Monitor develops and analyzes data on energy infrastructure, resources, and uses. We provide open access to information that is essential to building a sustainable energy future. false true 2171445 100000 Renewables & Other Power: Global Energy Monitor's Renewables & Other Power program includes projects tracking solar power, wind power, hydropower, geothermal power, bioenergy, and nuclear power. Each tracker includes interactive maps, summary tables, and a downloadable data set with links to footnoted wiki pages on each facility. Some trackers also publish reports about notable trends. These tools are made publicly available under an open source license and are commonly used by nonprofit groups, universities, international agencies, media organizations, and others. 2072891 Oil & Gas: Global Energy Monitor's oil and gas program includes projects tracking oil and gas extraction, infrastructure, power plants, and regional gas production, as well as a weekly newsletter. Each tracker includes interactive maps, summary tables, and a downloadable data set with links to footnoted wiki pages on each facility. Some trackers also publish reports about notable trends. These tools are made publicly available under an open source license and are commonly used by nonprofit groups, universities, international agencies, media organizations, and others. 1677593 Coal: Global Energy Monitor's coal program includes projects tracking coal plants, mines, terminals, and finance, as well as a weekly newsletter. Each tracker includes interactive maps, summary tables, and a downloadable data set with links to footnoted wiki pages on each facility. Some trackers also publish reports about notable trends. These tools are made publicly available under an open source license and are commonly used by nonprofit groups, universities, international agencies, media organizations, and others. 1244447 1000 Heavy Industry: Global Energy Monitors heavy industry program includes projects tracking iron and steel plants, iron mining, and cement and concrete plants. Each tracker includes interactive maps, summary tables, and a downloadable data set with links to footnoted wiki pages on each facility. Some trackers also publish reports about notable trends. These tools are made publicly available under an open source license and are commonly used by nonprofit groups, universities, international agencies, media organizations, and others. 1156597 156000 Other programs: Other projects at GEM include cross-cutting work such as: 1) Our Energy Transition Tracker, which identifies zones with potential for scaling up renewable energy and provides centralized data, maps, and information about factors that facilitate or obstruct the transition, to help stakeholders drive real change in the energy transition. 2) Our Global Integrated Power Tracker, which combines data from all power generation trackers for improved visualization, understanding, and ease of use. 3) Our Global Energy Ownership Tracker, which provides ownership data for facilitates in nine of our other trackers. 4) Our Methane Emitters Tracker, which provides estimates of fossil fuel emissions at oil and gas and coal extraction sites, natural gas transmission pipelines, proposed projects and reserves, and attribution of remotely-sensed methane plumes. And 5) Our Private Equity Tracker, which is part of a multi-organization initiative known as the Private Equity Climate Risks (PECR) project. 2401044 157000 8322973 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false true true true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 18 0 true 86 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 7 6 false false true false false false false true false false false false true true true true false true true false CA X X Josh Kruskal 6262190030 440 N Barranca Ave 2878 Covina CA 91723 Louisa Plotnick Associate Director 40.00 0.00 138739 0 23023 Ryan Driskell Tate Associate Director 40.00 0.00 150259 0 5923 Maisie Bird Chief Data Officer 40.00 0.00 151790 0 0 Caitlin Swalec Program Director 40.00 0.00 126086 0 12849 Joshua Kruskal Dir. 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The Organization has evaluated its current tax positions as of December 31, 2024 and is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary. The Organizations tax returns are generally subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. true East Asia & the Pacific 0 3 Program Research, editing, writing 226331 Europe 0 7 Program Research, editing, writing 721701 South Asia 0 1 Program Research, editing, writing 44347 Mexico & Canada (No. America) 0 3 Program Research, editing, writing 226361 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 1 Program Research, editing, writing 29873 South America 0 1 Program Research, editing, writing 61127 16 16 1309740 1309740 Europe Solar resrch 100000 EFT 1 false false false false false false Part I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside US The organization issued one grant to a charity outside the US this year. This was a payment for service structured as a grant at the request of the recipient. GEM does not anticipate making such payments in the future, and doesn't have formal policies in place to monitor the use of such funds other than the monitoring of contract deliverables. X X X X X false false false false false false false false false Louisa Plotnick Associate Director 137739 1000 5599 17424 161762 Maisie Bird Chief Data Officer 150790 1000 151790 Ryan Driskell Tate Associate Director 149259 1000 5923 156182 Form 990, Part III, Line 3 We launched a new Global Iron Ore Mines Tracker and the Global Integrated Power Tracker. We also updated and consolidated our Global Steel Plant Tracker & Global Blast Furnace Tracker into the rebranded Global Iron and Steel Tracker. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 4 -We updated our bylaws to reflect our 2020 name change to Global Energy Monitor.-Removed provisions giving directors the authority to supervise, appoint, and remove staff members besides the Executive Director.-Adjusted description of Treasurer's responsibilities to allow delegation of day-to-day financial management functions.-Removed provision requiring the use of Robert's Rules of Order. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Board President, ED, and Treasurer review. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c We have board members sign an acknowledgment form annually. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a Pay for the Executive Director is included in our compensation framework. As part of our annual review of the framework, Executive Director pay goes through a review process that includes compensation benchmarking (using Washington D.C. as a reference city given availability of relevant data), review of the previous year's inflation numbers, the organization's financial health, and strategic goals. These findings are then presented to the Board of Directors, who may elect to do additional review and make a final decision about the Executive Directors pay. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b Pay for key employees is outlined in our compensation framework, which is updated annually after going through a review process that includes compensation benchmarking (using Washington D.C. as a reference city given availability of relevant data), review of the previous year's inflation numbers, the organization's financial health, and strategic goals. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Forms 990 are available for public access on our website. Form 1023 may be provided upon request. Form 990, Part VII, Section B, Line 1 - Independent Contractors The Organization contracts with Deel for services provided by international staff. No staff individually was paid more than $100,000 during the year ended December 31, 2024.