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Cool Effect Inc

Cool Effects mission is to help individuals and businesses understand and reduce their carbon footprint by supporting verified carbon reducing projects across the globe.

Environment Greenbrae, CA EIN: 475068496 (IRS) Sign up to see website
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Integrity Assessment
Strong transparency
90/100 · methodology

About

Reduce your carbon footprint then buy carbon offsets to compensate for unabatable emissions. Join the fight against climate change now.

Mission

Cool Effects mission is to help individuals and businesses understand and reduce their carbon footprint by supporting verified carbon reducing projects across the globe.

Founder story
Not yet on file. The organization can add how and why it was founded by claiming this profile. Registered with the IRS since February 2016.

Focus & reach

Verification & registration

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IRS
Exempt Organizations · EIN 475068496
Tax-deductible (Pub 78)
501(c)(03)
Federal tax-exempt subsection
Since 2016

Verified certifications

Confirmed against the issuing authority - not self-reported.

IRS Tax-Deductible since 2016

Integrity assessment

A 0-100 measure of public-data transparency - registration, financial disclosure, governance, contact details, and recency. It does not measure programme impact.

Registration 16/20
('Government registration ID on record', 8)
('Sourced from official registry', 4)
('Cross-referenced (2+ sources)', 4)
('Profile not yet claimed by organization', 0)
Financial Transparency 24/30
('No financial documents found on website', 0)
('Financial filing on record', 8)
('Revenue figure disclosed', 6)
('Spending figure disclosed', 6)
('Detailed financial breakdown disclosed', 4)
Governance 20/20
('At least 1 officer disclosed', 5)
('3+ officers disclosed', 3)
('Officer titles disclosed', 2)
('Executive compensation disclosed', 4)
('Mission / description on file', 3)
('Founding date on file', 3)
Contact Availability 10/10
('Website', 3)
('Email', 3)
('Phone', 2)
('Physical address', 2)
Data Recency 15/20
('Updated within 1 year', 15)
('Newer data needed for full score', 0)
Red flags 0
Transparency checklist
Official registration on file
Financial disclosure published
Website on record
Contact details available
Leadership disclosed
Mission or description published

GiveRadar Analysis

Original analysis from GiveRadar's dataset of comparable organizations

GiveRadar's verified records show Cool Effect Inc with a complete profile, cross-referenced across 4 independent sources including the IRS.

  • GiveRadar holds a more complete profile for this organization than for 99% of the 30,143 environment charities in the United States it tracks, because GiveRadar has verified its financial disclosures and its governance. Most of those have little verified data on record yet. View this cohort
  • By reported annual revenue, it is larger than 97% of the 13,369 environment charities in the United States with financial records on GiveRadar. See the filings
  • GiveRadar has cross-referenced this organization across 4 independent sources, led by the IRS - more than 82% of comparable organizations. See the sources
GiveRadar has verified
  • government registration
  • financial records (5 filed years)
  • disclosed leadership
  • a website
  • a contact email
  • a donation page
Not yet verified by GiveRadar
  • an owner-submitted profile claim

Analysis based on GiveRadar's benchmark dataset of 2026-07-03. It describes what GiveRadar has verified, not a judgment of the organization itself.

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Financials

From irs 990 (fy2025) · FY2025
Annual revenue
$10M-$100M
Reporting year
2025
To programmes
99%
Revenue, FY2020-FY2025
2020
2021
2022
2023
2025
Where money goes
Program99%

Leadership & board

Disclosed in official filings
DE
Dee L•••••••
Co-Founder
DR
Dr M•••••• W•••
Advisory Board
DR
Dr R••••• D•••••
Advisory Board
HE
Hector M••••••
Advisory Board

How it stacks up against peers

· vs. 7 similar environment in United States
Program spending This charity: 99%
Peer average: 87%
CEO comp as % of revenue This charity: 0.67%
Peer average: 0.48%
Integrity Assessment This charity: 90
Peer average: 90

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Annual revenue
$10M-$100M
99% to programs
Source: IRS 990 (FY2025) why this matters
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Filing history

5 years on file from IRS 990 (FY2025): revenue, expenses, program spending, assets, and liabilities by fiscal year.

Years on record: FY2025, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020.
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Taxes

Tax-deductibility for donors

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Staff & volunteers

From filings and published profiles

Employees
9

Leadership

From FY2025 filing

RI
Richard H L••••••• J•
Co-Founder

Officers & trustees (9)

Source: Public filings

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Latest news

From global news sources

10 articles found

From news sources and the organization. Shown for transparency; news never affects the integrity score.

Cool Effect Partners with Mitti Labs to Bring Rice Methane Carbon Credits to Global Buyers - iGrow News

igrownews.com ·

Cool Effect Builds on Market-Leading Superpollutant Portfolio with Addition of Rice Methane Reduction Project from Mitti Labs - Business Standard

www.business-standard.com ·

Cool Effect Expands Superpollutant Portfolio With Rice Methane Project - Carbon Herald

carbonherald.com ·

Clean Cookstove Project In Central America Earns Top Carbon Rating, Cool Effect Says - Carbon Herald

carbonherald.com ·

Cool Effect Launches $1M Catalyst Award To Boost Carbon Projects - Carbon Herald

carbonherald.com ·

Google partners with Recoolit and Cool Effect to remove 25,000 tons of super pollutants by 2030 - Data Center Dynamics

www.datacenterdynamics.com ·

New Impact Report By Cool Effect Highlights Benefits From Carbon Finance - Carbon Herald

carbonherald.com ·

Grab This Cool Free Blender Glitch Lighting Effect - 80 Level

80.lv ·

Tuck’s Revers Center Partners with Irving Institute and Cool Effect to Help Community Reduce Carbon Footprint - Dartmouth Tuck School of Business

tuck.dartmouth.edu ·

Controlled burn creates cool effect on sun, sky in Stuart - Treasure Coast News

www.tcpalm.com ·

Activity timeline

Filings and press mentions, merged

Cool Effect Partners with Mitti Labs to Bring Rice Methane Carbon Credits to Global Buyers - iGrow News
May 2026
igrownews.com
Cool Effect Builds on Market-Leading Superpollutant Portfolio with Addition of Rice Methane Reduction Project from Mitti
May 2026
www.business-standard.com
Cool Effect Expands Superpollutant Portfolio With Rice Methane Project - Carbon Herald
May 2026
carbonherald.com
Clean Cookstove Project In Central America Earns Top Carbon Rating, Cool Effect Says - Carbon Herald
Apr 2026
carbonherald.com
Form filed
$14.6M revenue
FY2025
IRS 990
Cool Effect Launches $1M Catalyst Award To Boost Carbon Projects - Carbon Herald
Sep 2025
carbonherald.com
Google partners with Recoolit and Cool Effect to remove 25,000 tons of super pollutants by 2030 - Data Center Dynamics
May 2025
www.datacenterdynamics.com
New Impact Report By Cool Effect Highlights Benefits From Carbon Finance - Carbon Herald
Mar 2025
carbonherald.com
Grab This Cool Free Blender Glitch Lighting Effect - 80 Level
May 2024
80.lv
Form filed
$18.8M revenue
FY2023
IRS 990
Form filed
$19.2M revenue
FY2022
IRS 990
Tuck’s Revers Center Partners with Irving Institute and Cool Effect to Help Community Reduce Carbon Footprint - Dartmout
Feb 2022
tuck.dartmouth.edu
Form filed
$10.6M revenue
FY2021
IRS 990
Form filed
$9.4M revenue
FY2020
IRS 990
Controlled burn creates cool effect on sun, sky in Stuart - Treasure Coast News
Mar 2020
www.tcpalm.com

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Cause areas in United States

How many charities work in each area, with this charity's area highlighted.

Human Services 322,683
Education 195,586
Arts & Culture 133,130
Advocacy & Civil Rights 128,026
Religion 114,636
Health 98,863
Community Development 56,086
Youth Development 53,450
Environment this charity 30,144
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Most common causes in United States

Causes charities work on most.

Community Development 235,146
Education 159,016
Religion 103,741
Arts & Culture 101,203
Human Rights 76,926
Health 65,250
Youth Development 47,775
Animal Welfare 32,425
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Sources and verification

Registration and legal identity
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Tax Exempt Organization Search
Financial filings
IRS Form 990 filings - Fiscal year 2025 most recent on file.
Officers and trustees
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Tax Exempt Organization Search - 26 disclosed in the public registry.
News and media coverage
GDELT Project + Google News
Supplementary verification
Charity Navigator

Data freshness

Last updated
Aug 3, 2026
Registry checked
Aug 3, 2026
Profile completeness
100%

What we know and don't know

Exactly which public data we hold on this charity. Our score reflects transparency, not impact.

On record · 10
  • Financial data · FY2025 on record
  • Named leadership · 26 officers on file
  • Executive pay · Disclosed
  • Government registration · Registered with an official registry
  • Mission statement · Published
  • Official website · On record
  • Headquarters address · On file
  • Direct contact · Email or phone published
  • Tax-deductibility · Verified
  • Founding date · 2015
Not available · 1
  • Programs & activities
    No named programs listed by the charity

Methodology

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Quick facts about Cool Effect Inc

What is Cool Effect Inc?
Cool Effect Inc is a environment publicly-supported charity (509(a)(2)) based in Greenbrae, United States. Reduce your carbon footprint then buy carbon offsets to compensate for unabatable emissions. Join the fight against climate change now.
When was Cool Effect Inc founded?
Cool Effect Inc was founded in 2015.
Who leads Cool Effect Inc?
Richard H Lawrence Jr serves as Co-Founder.
Where is Cool Effect Inc located?
Headquartered in Greenbrae, CA, United States.
What is Cool Effect Inc's annual budget?
Annual revenue for fiscal year 2025 is approximately $10M-$100M. 99% of expenses go to program services.
Is Cool Effect Inc trustworthy?
Cool Effect Inc has a GiveRadar Integrity Assessment of 90 out of 100 (Strong transparency). The score reflects public-data transparency: registration, financial disclosure, governance, contact details, and how recently data was refreshed. It does not measure program impact.
What is Cool Effect Inc's registration number?
IRS EIN: 475068496.
What is Cool Effect Inc's website?
http://www.cooleffect.org