Take Action Global Inc
Climate Action Education for All
Take Action Global Inc
EIN: 83-4628057
as of October 2024
as of October 15, 2024
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Policy-makers, educators, parents, and students are demanding support for climate literacy and justice in PreK-12 education. Yet, it is still a challenge for governments and local communities worldwide to prepare teachers to address climate change in their classrooms. A recent UNESCO survey found that, "While 95% of surveyed primary and secondary teachers felt that teaching climate change is important, less than 30% expressed a readiness to teach it.” Through its climate action education programs, Take Action Global (TAG) is helping school systems in an inclusive, equitable, and impactful way to prepare teachers to address climate with their students.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Climate Action Schools
Imagine a world in which young people across seven continents connect virtually and solve one of the world’s most pressing challenges: Climate Change.
The Climate Action Schools Program is a paid, year-long project allowing schools, districts, and networks with students ages 5-18 to collaborate at local and global levels on environmental topics.
Over the course of the project, classrooms explore the causes and effects of climate change, develop solutions, and take action as a school community.
Climate Action Project
The Climate Action Project is a free 6-week project allowing teachers and students ages 3-21 to collaborate on environmental topics. Over the course of the project, classrooms will explore causes and effects of climate change and will have the opportunity to develop solutions and take action. In 2022, 3.5 million teachers and students across 149 countries participated in the program, which included the culminating event, Climate Action Day on November 4th. This project is supported by HH Dalai Lama, Queen Elizabeth II, Dr. Jane Goodall, world leaders and Ministries of Education across 20 countries. During the past years the project was featured by media across 45 countries including National Geographic, BBC and CNN.
Where we work
Awards
Silver, Sustainability, Environment, & Climate Event 2022
The Anthem Awards
Education Lighthouse 4.0 2023
World Economic Forum
Build the Change 2023
The LEGO Group
J. Christopher Stevens Virtual Exchange Initiative Grant 2024
Aspen Institute
Affiliations & memberships
Climate Education Hub COP27 2022
Member, UNESCO Greening Education Partnership 2023
Climate Education Hub COP28 2023
Member, GREEN (Global Response to Education and the Environment Network) 2023
Scratch Education Collaborative 2024
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of teachers and students taking climate action
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Students, Teachers, Children and youth, Adults, Activists
Related Program
Climate Action Project
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
TAG launched the Climate Action Project in 2017. It now serves more than 4 million youth and 20,000 teachers in 150 countries.
Number of program sites
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Students, Teachers, Activists, Children and youth, Adults
Related Program
Climate Action Schools
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
TAG launched the Climate Action Schools program in 2022 with 100 founding school partners from 26 countries.
Number of Countries Participating
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Climate Action Project
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Take Action Global now serves teachers and students in 157 countries.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
Learn more about Sustainable Development Goals.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Take Action Global believes that educators and students can become leaders of a movement to protect and secure the future through climate action education. Our goals include:
To improve instruction: TAG methods of teaching and learning are organized around principles of cooperation, collaboration, leadership, and action. Activities emphasize experiential learning across all content areas with every teacher a climate action educator and every student bringing unique ideas and skills.
To increase access to information, ideas, and opportunity: To equip students with the tools they need to meet this call to action as empowered learners, TAG is committed to ensuring that every classroom can equitably access new ideas, reliable information, and meaningful opportunities for engagement to take action for the world. TAG commits to reducing barriers to learning across language, technology, resources, and funding.
To provide shared, positive experiences: Something happens when people from different locations and different life experiences come together to create change. TAG’s teachers and students join in virtual exchanges and global collaborations and as they become united in an effort for taking on a problem as big as the climate crisis, they start to understand how in this world we all fit together.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Take Action Global has three strategies for helping school systems in an inclusive, equitable, and impactful way to prepare teachers to address climate with their students: 1) Partnerships, including for research, activism, and impact at scale; 2) Annual Climate Action Project and Climate Action Day, with a focus on student voice and agency; 3) Climate Action Schools, a network of schools around the world committed to school-wide action, an educator Community of Practice, and virtual exchanges.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
Financials
Revenue vs. expenses: breakdown
Liquidity in 2023 info
0.00
Months of cash in 2023 info
3.6
Fringe rate in 2023 info
0%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
Take Action Global Inc
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Fiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
This snapshot of Take Action Global Inc’s financial trends applies Nonprofit Finance Fund® analysis to data hosted by GuideStar. While it highlights the data that matter most, remember that context is key – numbers only tell part of any story.
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Business model indicators
Profitability info | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | $171,579 | -$158,727 | $180,486 |
As % of expenses | 106.3% | -32.4% | 20.8% |
Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | $171,579 | -$158,727 | $180,486 |
As % of expenses | 106.3% | -32.4% | 20.8% |
Revenue composition info | |||
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Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $332,994 | $331,221 | $1,047,331 |
Total revenue, % change over prior year | 0.0% | -0.5% | 216.2% |
Program services revenue | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Membership dues | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Investment income | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Government grants | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
All other grants and contributions | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Other revenue | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Expense composition info | |||
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Total expenses before depreciation | $161,415 | $489,948 | $866,845 |
Total expenses, % change over prior year | 0.0% | 203.5% | 76.9% |
Personnel | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Professional fees | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Occupancy | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Pass-through | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
All other expenses | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Full cost components (estimated) info | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Total expenses (after depreciation) | $161,415 | $489,948 | $866,845 |
One month of savings | $13,451 | $40,829 | $72,237 |
Debt principal payment | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Fixed asset additions | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Total full costs (estimated) | $174,866 | $530,777 | $939,082 |
Capital structure indicators
Liquidity info | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Months of cash | 17.6 | 1.9 | 3.6 |
Months of cash and investments | 17.6 | 1.9 | 3.6 |
Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 17.6 | 1.9 | 3.6 |
Balance sheet composition info | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Cash | $237,387 | $78,660 | $259,146 |
Investments | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Receivables | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Unrestricted net assets | $237,387 | $78,660 | $259,146 |
Temporarily restricted net assets | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Permanently restricted net assets | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Total restricted net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Total net assets | $237,387 | $78,660 | $259,146 |
Key data checks
Key data checks info | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Material data errors | No | No | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Dr. Jennifer Williams
Recognized as a transformational leader in education, Dr. Jennifer Williams has dedicated herself for nearly 25 years to the field of education through her roles as an education activist, professor, school administrator, literacy specialist, and classroom teacher. She speaks, writes, and consults on practices that develop global perspectives and social good through creative uses of technology, and her research interests include innovations in teaching and learning, equity and diversity in education, and social action. Jennifer is inspired everyday by teachers and students that are catalysts for making the world a better place!
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Koen Timmers
Koen Timmers launched several Global Educational Projects involving 1000 educators across 100 countries, focussing on several UN Sustainable Development Goals and new learning approaches. These projects were widely covered by national media and supported by public figures like His Holiness Dalai Lama, Dr. Jane Goodall, Charlize Theron, Greenpeace, UNESCO, National Geographic, scientists, politicians, etc.
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
Take Action Global Inc
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
Take Action Global Inc
Board of directorsas of 08/08/2024
Board of directors data
Rachel Moreau
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