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US nonprofit · EIN 274220630 · Walnut Creek, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 274220630) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2016.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Carbon Offsets to Alleviate Poverty

Donations deductible
Revenue
$242k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$198k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$401k
$353k liabilities
Net assets
$48k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
3
7.8 years on average
Staff
1
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
2
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Carbon Offsets to Alleviate Poverty's network

3 people6 organisationsi3 people and 6 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Violet dotted lines (6) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

3 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 3 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
David MinorDirector2017
9 yrs
Steve WolfCompany secretary2020
6 yrs
Timothy R WhitleyCEO2019
7 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Philip A CurryChief Financial Officersince 2017
Timothy R WhitleyChief Executive Officersince 2017

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Timothy R WhitleyCEO45$0
Steve WolfSecretary1$0
David MinorDirector1$0
Philip A CurryCFO1$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Carbon Offsets to Alleviate Poverty
EIN
274220630
Address
1200 Mt Diablo Blvd Ste 111, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596-4823
State
California
Mission
The mission of carbon offsets to alleviate poverty (cotap) is to empower individuals and organizations in developed countries to address both climate change and global poverty. Cotap counteracts your carbon emissions through certified forestry projects in least-developed regions which create transparent, accountable, and life- changing earnings for rural farming communities where income... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
C35 Environment
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Environment
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2010
Principal officer
Timothy R Whitley (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 July 2011
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥9years on the filingsDavid Minor
≥7years on the filingsTimothy R Whitley
≥6years on the filingsSteve Wolf

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$401k
Total liabilities
$353k
Net assets or fund balances
$48k
Contributions and grants received
$240k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
1

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$323k$387kDeficit $64k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.