The group administrator encouraged me to provide some additional information.
Silver Linings' board members are (as of 2022): > KELLY WANSER - PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR She is both the president of the board and the executive director of the organization. Such arrangements of overlapping responsibilities and power are uncommon. https://www.silverlining.ngo/kelly-wanser https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellywanser > ALEX WONG - RESEARCH DIRECTOR He is both a member of the board and the second-ranking staff member. Having half of the board from senior staff is rare. Whether it matters, Wong's previous job was at US's DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). https://www.silverlining.ngo/alex-wong https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-wong-613b03172 > CLAY DUMAS He is a 'general partner' at Lowercarbon Capital, a funder of Silver Linings. https://lowercarboncapital.com/team/clay-dumas/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/clay-dumas > CARLA HOLTZE She appears to be the Managing Director, Commerce for Sovrn, an "online advertising technology firm". https://www.sovrn.com/blog/press-release-carla-holtze-cell/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/carla-holtze-cell-2639326/ On Monday, March 11, 2024 at 11:39:26 PM UTC+1 Solar Geoengineering wrote: > Executive salaries at nonprofit organisations are set by the board of > directors. According to the document you sent (page 7), the board of > Silver Linings is: > > (1) KELLY WANSER > PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR > > (2) CARLA HOLTZE > BOARD MEMBER > > (3) CLAY DUMAS > BOARD MEMBER > > (4) ALEX WONG > RESEARCH DIRECTOR > > Silver Linings does not provide this information on its website. > > On Monday, March 11, 2024 at 4:59:50 PM UTC+1 Andrew Lockley wrote: > >> (source redacted for security reasons) >> >> *Subject: *SCRI Meeting March 22 2024 >> >> *Where does the SCRI money go?* >> >> >> >> Here is a breakdown of their most recent filing, for 2022, >> highlighting how *no more than 20% of their revenues are regranted to >> research teams, while 16% goes to paying Kelly's salary and lifestyle.* >> >> >> >> The data is freely available here: >> https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/371908884 >> >> And a PDF is attached. >> >> >> >> Fundraising: *2,763,150* >> Grants given out: *about 560,000* >> Salaries and benefits paid to employees: *1,011,165, including 350,000 >> to Kelly herself* >> Communications: *351,975, including 176,950 for a website designer and >> 114,688 for an accounting firm* >> Policy research (in-house): *226,019* >> Advertising and promotion: *199,767* >> Travel: 252,157 >> Purchases: 155,186 >> Housing allowance (*Kelly's apartment in DC*): *103,260* >> Funding to their 501(c)(4) lobbying organization: 641,018 >> >> >> >> You can figure out on your own how many good researchers could have been >> supported with similar numbers. >> >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/0ce16885-c21c-4c83-9a47-b23c32ad1728n%40googlegroups.com.
