2025-07-29T14:00:47-07:00 2024-12-31 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 548 Market St PMB 97503 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2024-01-01 814526660 The Breakthrough Institute BREA 8325940184 2054 University Ave Ste 500 Berkeley CA 94704 Thomas Riley Sec/Treasury 2025-07-29 true true Felix Gorrindo P01658413 5108352727 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Ronald Nordhaus 2054 University Ave Ste 500 Berkeley CA 94704 7537340 false X www.thebreakthrough.org X 2016 CA The Breakthrough Institute is a research center that identifies and promotes technological solutions to environmental and human development challenges. 10 10 33 10 0 4063704 7181014 184713 141341 189902 200020 14965 4438319 7537340 20000 0 3968836 3544668 0 190231 2589261 1971765 6558097 5536433 -2119778 2000907 4738080 6490079 1626293 1377385 3111787 5112694 The Breakthrough Institute is a research center that identifies and promotes technological solutions to environmental and human development challenges. false false 3937351 20000 35842 Research Programs: Breakthrough's research programs consist of our Climate and Energy program, which focuses on policies and technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase social resilience to a changing climate; our Nuclear Innovation Program, which oversees all engagement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and publishes cutting-edge analysis on nuclear technology; our Food and Agriculture Program, which advances an innovation-and-productivity framework for enabling abundant and low-impact food production; and our Energy and Development Program, which focuses on energy and infrastructural equity and resilience in emerging economies. 556438 105439 Events: Network building is one of the principal ways that Breakthrough makes change in the world, and we primarily execute on this through our events. For the last ten years we hosted a West Coast conference and are going on our 8th year hosting a multi-day East Coast event that is policy-focused with hundreds of bipartisan attendees. We also host numerous small gatherings, high-level meetings, and issue-focused workshops. 107609 60 Communications: Our communications program consists of regular publication of research and commentary on our website; our flagship Breakthrough Journal, which now lives on Substack as The Ecomodernist; a strong social media presence; speaking engagements at conferences and events; and staff writing at other outlets--including in academia, the peer-reviewed literature, and mainstream media. 4601398 true true false true false false false false false false true false false true true true true false false true true false false false false false false true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 36 0 true 33 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 10 10 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true false true true false AK AL CA CO DC FL GA HI KS KY MD MI MS ND NH NM NV OH OK OR PA RI SC TN UT WA X Ann Wang 8325940184 2054 University Ave Ste 500 Berkeley CA 94704 Ronald Nordhaus Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 260777 0 44729 David Hong Washington Dir. 40.00 0.00 204369 0 20336 Adam Stein Dir Nuclear Energy Innovation 40.00 0.00 158328 0 43165 Alex Trembath Deputy Director 40.00 0.00 191402 0 8107 Seaver Wang Co-Dir Climate & Energy 40.00 0.00 184332 0 12318 Vijaya Ramachandran Dir Energy for Dev 40.00 0.00 168212 0 21605 Daniel Blaustein-Reijto Dir Food & Agriculture 40.00 0.00 162318 0 17089 Patrick Brown Co-Dir Climate & Energy 40.00 0.00 152894 0 26289 Ann Wang Dir. of Operations 40.00 0.00 128619 0 29623 Ephstathia Bonadies Dir Events & Proj 40.00 0.00 135101 0 20155 Alexander Smith Editorial Dir. 40.00 0.00 124608 0 12806 Rachel Pritzker Board Chair 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Thomas Riley Sec./Treasury 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Matthew Winkler Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tisha Schuller Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ross Koningstein Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ray Rothrock Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Hernandez Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Chris Foreman Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bill Budinger Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Varun Sivaram Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 1870960 256222 14 false true false 0 7181014 7181014 Conference & program fees 900099 141341 141341 141341 200020 200020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other 900099 14965 14965 14965 7537340 141341 214985 X 20000 20000 0 0 0 1322400 1083281 146287 92832 0 1764712 1463916 260602 40194 38657 29562 6959 2136 198546 155691 39976 2879 220353 184562 26574 9217 0 20436 2650 16507 1279 74809 74809 0 0 0 579198 466789 76264 36145 21752 18058 2770 924 53771 17961 32453 3357 85237 41306 42971 960 0 273311 273311 0 0 72748 51667 21081 0 0 53333 53333 22723 22723 Forums & program events 670005 654214 15791 Professional Dev/Recruitment 24528 15213 9315 Equipment 19914 16053 3861 Allocation of shared costs 0 380475 -380783 308 0 5536433 4601398 744804 190231 406298 924100 0 31175 1558855 5544 91 0 0 0 0 195287 128692 307136 209107 143802 98029 2901873 2951893 0 0 0 1054101 828419 4738080 6490079 471467 396711 54010 1154826 926664 1626293 1377385 X 2375416 2660292 736371 2452402 3111787 5112694 4738080 6490079 2000907 X false true X true false X 3144758 4482128 6545552 4063704 7181014 25417156 0 0 3144758 4482128 6545552 4063704 7181014 25417156 4360634 21056522 17378 7249 49018 159143 186539 419327 0 14965 14965 25851448 546140 0.81450 0.78280 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false false true false false false false true 7734 false false 7734 false false Part II-B, Line 1i - Other Activities Description Various Breakthrough Institute staff engaged a limited amount of lobbying activities in 2024 in relation to priorities of the mission of the organization. Part IV - Additional Information 307136 209107 98029 98029 Right of use - operating lease 828419 828419 Operating lease liability 926664 926664 X 7537340 7537340 7537340 5536433 5536433 5536433 Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board have determined that the Organization is exempt from federal and state income taxes under IRC 501(c)(3) and California RTC 23701(d). 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. 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X X X X X X false false false false false false false false false Adam Stein Dir Nuclear Energy Innovation 158328 4950 38215 201493 Alex Trembath Deputy Director 191402 5803 2304 199509 Ann Wang Dir. of Operations 128619 3859 25764 158242 Daniel Blaustein-Reijto Dir Food & Agriculture 162318 4949 12140 179407 David Hong Washington Dir. 204369 6275 14061 224705 Ephstathia Bonadies Dir Events & Proj 135101 4120 16035 155256 Patrick Brown Co-Dir Climate & Energy 152894 4833 21456 179183 Ronald Nordhaus Executive Dir. 260777 7500 37229 305506 Seaver Wang Co-Dir Climate & Energy 184332 5550 6768 196650 Vijaya Ramachandran Dir Energy for Dev 168212 5100 16505 189817 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The draft 990 is presented to the finance committee for review and approval prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c All board members are asked to complete a conflict of interest form annually. The results of the form are reviewed by the executive team, who will bring concerns about conflicts of interest to the board member in question and to the entire board as appropriate. So far, no conflicts of interest have been flagged in these annual disclosures. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The treasurer and chair of the board consider the salaries of executive directors at comparable non-profits, and in conjunction with current and forecasted budgets forthe organization, approve the executive director's salary. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b The Board of Directors reviews national salary comparability information within the Not-for-Profit sector each year. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The Organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available upon request.