Climate Health Society Corp
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Sustain Our Abilities mission has been to expand climate justice for people with and without disabilities through provision of education and research related to climate change health quality of life mitigation and adaptation. With the change of our name we are expanding our mission to include education and research regarding climate change and health for all people while continuing to include a focus on climate change and at risk populations. We have also begun to make our organization one that is membership based.
- Income
- $14,879
- Spending
- $55,402
- Reserves
- 2.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 64%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 43 out of 100. Higher than 12% of charities in its peer group (international, under $250k).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 2.5 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 272% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $4,000 spent. Sustain Our Abilities was the organizer of Climate Health 2023 an international hybrid educational meeting. Based upon the success of this program Sustain Our Abilities team members performed due diligence assessing the risks and benefits of expanding the organization from just working on disability and climate change to expanding our mission to advancing education and research regarding climate change and health. It was decided the impact of our programming would be greater with low risk and we just filed a name change to the Climate and Health Society Corporation. In conjunction with this name change we will also be expanding our membership which was introduced in 2024 to professionals in the disability and rehabilitation field to include professionals in the clinical health areas public health and climate change research.
- $12,575 spent. Sustain Our Abilities has had a mission to work with the International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation The International Spinal Cord Society and their affiliates including amongst others the Australia New Zealand Spinal Cord Society the Society Italian of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Congress of Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation of the Hellenic Spinal Cord Section of the Hellenic Society of PRM. In 2024 we attended held courses and events on climate change an d disability and hosted exhibits at the major organizational meetings in Antwerp Belgium for the International Spinal Cord Society and Sydney Australia for the International Spinal Cord Society. Moreover we had presentations at the Australia New Zealand annual meeting and the Hellenic and the Italian meeting. We also initiated a membership option for the organization this year and were able to recruit approximately 500 new members from six continents through these venues.
- $10,577 spent. Another service of Sustain Our Abilities is educating the general public about climate change environmental justice for persons with disabilities and the need for a healthy environment. In 2023 we updated our website so that it has significant resources about climate change and disability and worked to make sure that information about the website was disseminated widely. In 2024 we also distributed cooling vests and cooling towels to persons with disabilities directly and to professionals with a goal of them using these items for persons with disabilities. As part of our US mission in 2024 we also travelled to Puerto Rico to attend and participated in the American Spinal Injury Association meeting interacting with local officials in Ponce Puerto Rico and discussing collaborations and potential grants related to disaster preparedness and disability.
- $11,383 spent. One of the main functions of Sustain Our Abilities has been the Graham journey-the Green Route Aiding Healthy Adaptation and Mitigation an active transport journey from Canada to Key West aimed at bringing attention to the benefits of active transportation the need for improvements in accessibility and walkability in the US and the hazards of extreme weather and climate change. This walk recumbent bike ride was completed in 2024 with much of the journey being posted on social media. In addition it is planned that a book will be published in 2025 that will detail the journey and whose proceeds will support the nonprofit organization.
- $1,929 spent. Another Sustain Our Abilities initiative is to share information about disability rehabilitation and climate change with people that are not in the rehabilitation field. In light of this in 2024 the team at Sustain Our Abilities edited a textbook called Climate Change and Disability: A Collaborative Approach to a Sustainable Future for All. This required international networking and up to date knowledge amongst the editors and authors. As such the editorial team of the textbook participated in national climate and health meetings so as to share information related to climate change and disability and to garner more up to date information. Events the team participated in in 2025 included climate week which was held in New York City and a course on geospatial mapping at the Mt. Sinai Exposomics Institute.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 2019.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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