FINANCIAL INFORMATION
As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization Solana Center looks to the future with focus on practical climate solutions, innovation, results, and community responsiveness. With environmental education as our bedrock, Solana Center looks beyond today, bringing ingenuity to address the climate crisis. We are proud to be a Platinum rated charity via Candid, and a 3 start non-profit organization via Charity Navigator.
Award Winning Financial Transparency
Expenses
Solana Center's work is funded by a combination of government contracts, grants, consulting fees, donations, and sponsorships. We are proud to share that a majority of our funding goes directly back into our environmental programs and all of these dollars stay right here in the San Diego region.
Initiatives
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Creating new systems & solutions to the climate crisis are included in our management costs. These research projects create new innovations for local environmental challenges and concerns, which then go on to be models for the rest of the country. This is where visionary funders have the largest impact on the climate crisis, not just here in our community, but across the country and beyond.
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Creating new programming that addresses problems not yet at the forefront of the environmental movement. Providing thought leadership to jurisdictions, businesses, and organizations to create impactful change in our region. Innovating trailblazing research projects to address problems we see on the horizon
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Being responsive to the gaps we see in the region is part of our responsibility. This focus on filling the gaps has impacts on the people of the San Diego region, as well as on the planet.
Historically marginalized BIPOC, Indigenous, economically disadvantaged, and non-English speaking communities that are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis should receive more of the environmental movement's attention. Solana Center has prioritized reaching these communities, in their native languages and with a focus on the issues and solutions that are most impactful as determined by those communities. When we see gaps in the community, we look to fill them.