Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
EDUCATIONAL
- Income
- $19,979
- Spending
- $89,602
- Reserves
- 9.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 63%
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
Fair: 69 out of 100. Higher than 44% of charities in its peer group (international, under $250k).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 9.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 348% 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 (4)
- PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH THROUGH THE CCNS MEDIA NETWORK, CCNS PRODUCES A WEEKLY RADIO PROGRAM OF ABOUT 485 WORDS, OR ABOUT FOUR MINUTES IN LENGTH, CALLED THE "CCNS NEWS UPDATE." WE THEN POST THE BROADCAST, PODCAST, WRITTEN TEXT AND THE ASSOCIATED VISUALS TO OUR WEBSITE AT NUCLEARACTIVE.ORG AND TO SOCIAL MEDIA (FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER). EACH BROADCAST IS EMAILED TO THE MEDIA AND SEVERAL HUNDRED SUBSCRIBERS.IN ADDITION, IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL POLICY DECISIONMAKING PROCESSES IMPACTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT, CCNS RESEARCHES AND PREPARES PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS SUCH AS FACT SHEETS, SAMPLE COMMENT LETTERS, AND REPORTS. THESE MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE CCNS MEDIA NETWORK.IN BOTH OF THESE CASES, THE CCNS NEWS UPDATE AND THE WRITTEN ARGUMENTS BASED ON FACTUAL GROUNDS MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION OR TO SPEAK TO SMALL GROUPS. CCNS ACTS AS AN INTERMEDIARY MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO ACCURATELY TESTIFY AT LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL PUBLIC MEETINGS AND HEARINGS. CCNS PROVIDES FACTUAL INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE TIME TO DO THE DETAILED RESEARCH BUT ARE COMMITTED TO SAFETY WHERE NUCLEAR ISSUES ARE CONCERNED AND ARE WILLING TO TESTIFY IN PUBLIC. HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE TOPICS COVERED BY THE WEEKLY CCNS NEWS UPDATES. THE TOPICS ARE CHOSEN SO THAT READERS MAY BE INFORMED TO TAKE ACTION ON THE ISSUES THAT HAVE PUBLIC RELEVANCE:JANUARY 2024 PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE "FINAL" LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY (LANL) REMEDY FOR THE HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM PLUME ARE DUE BY FEBRUARY 12TH;FEBRUARY 2024PUBLIC COMMENTS NEEDED ABOUT THE PROPOSED ELECTRICAL POWER CAPACITY UPGRADE (EPCU) PROJECT FOR A NEW ELECTRICAL LINE TO LANL THAT WOULD CROSS THE SACRED CAJA DEL RIO PLATEAU, THE RIO GRANDE AND THE PAJARITO PLATEAU;MARCH 2024UPDATES ABOUT THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT (WIPP) AND THE FIRST ANNUAL PLUTONIUM TRAIL CARAVAN;APRIL 2024TWO UPDATES ABOUT THE FIRST ANNUAL PLUTONIUM TRAIL CARAVAN, AND THE CONTINUING SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH THE NEW WIPP SHAFT; THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (NNSA) DELAY OF URGENT RESEARCH ON THE AGING OF PLUTONIUM "PITS" WHILE SPENDING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON NUCLEAR WEAPON BOMB CORES;MAY 2024WIPP OPERATIONS DETAILING ONGOING CONCERNS ABOUT FLAWS IN EMERGENCY AIR MONITORING; NEED FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT PROPOSED FRACKING OF WASTEWATER REUSE RULE; AND THE NEED TO BAN OPEN BURNING AND OPEN DETONATION OF PFAS, TOXIC CARCINOGENIC EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS;BELOW WE DESCRIBE OUR SUMMER ACTIVITIES:JUNE 2024UPDATES ABOUT URANIUM MINING AND THE IMPACTS TO THE GRAND CANYON - A CALL TO CLOSE AND CLEANUP THE PINYON PLAINS URANIUM MINE; DANIEL ELLSBERG WEEK JUNE 10TH THROUGH 16TH - A WEEK OF EDUCATION AND ACTION TO HONOR PEACEMAKING AND WHISTLEBLOWING; AND THE PROPOSED EPCU PROJECT AT LANL;JULY 2024 JULY 22ND DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) AND NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (NNSA) TOWN HALL ABOUT EXPANSION PLANS FOR LANL AND WIPP; 45TH ANNUAL URANIUM SPILL COMMEMORATION AT CHURCH ROCK, NEW MEXICO; AND ARCHBISHOP WESTER HOSTS COMMEMORATION EVENT FOR THE TRINITY TEST 80 YEARS AGO;AUGUST 2024TWO HYBRID PUBLIC MEETINGS ABOUT WIPP EXPANSION; AUGUST 9TH COMMEMORATION EVENT ON THE SANTA FE PLAZA FOR HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI BOMBINGS; INTERNATIONAL PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTIN OF NUCLEAR WAR (IPPNW) CO-PRESIDENT CARLOS UMANA EXPLORES MAKING NUCLEAR WEAPONS TABOO;BELOW WE DESCRIBE OUR FALL ACTIVITIESSEPTEMBER 2024TWO WEEKS OF ACTION ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND CLIMATE; AND CCNS SUBMITS COMMENTS ABOUT THE NEED TO EXCAVATE THE MIXED WAST LANDFILL AT SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES IN ALBUQUERQUE;OCTOBER 2024JOIN THE THREE SISTRERS COLLECTIVE TO PAINT THE "I AM LIFE (CREATOR OF WORLDS)" MURAL IN O'GA P"OGEH OWINGEH; AND FOUR UPDATES ABOUT NEED FOR COMMENTS ABOUT THE PROPOSED LANL EPCU PROJECT;NOVEMBER 2024LANL'S PLANS TO VENT LARGE QUANTITIES OF RADIOACTIVE TRITIUM IN THE AIR; UNITED NATIONS TO STUDY THE IMPACTS OF NUCLEAR WAR; NEW FILM"HALF-LIFE OF MEMORY: AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN ATOMIC BOMB FACTORY" (AT ROCKY FLATS); ANDDECEMBER 2024WIPP'S LEGACY TRANSURANIC WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN DEMONSTRATES DOE'S BROKEN PROMISES - SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY JANUARY 3, 2025; MORE VOICES IN SUPPORT OF DESIGNATING THE CAJA DEL RIO AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT; JAPANESE NGO NIHON HIDANKYO AND HIBAKUSHA AWARDED NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.IN ALL OUR WORK, CCNS ADHHERES TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PRINCIPLES AND THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE, AKA THE "DO NO HARM PRINCIPLE."
- ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CCNS SCRUTINIZES THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS FROM CURRENT AND OVER 80 YEARS OF OPERATIONS AT LANL TO DOWNWIND AND DOWNSTREAM DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES AND COMMUNITIES. CCNS NOTIFIES THE PUBLIC OF OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE VERBAL AND WRITTEN COMMENTS ABOUT PROPOSED CHANGES AT LANL AND PROVIDES TALKING POINTS TO ASSIST IN MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS.PLEASE SEE REPORT IN LINE 28 ABOVE DETAILING THESE TYPES OF PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND STORIES ABOUT ONGOING NUCLEAR SAFETY ISSUES IN NEW MEXICO AND THE WORLD. FOR OVER A DECADE, CCNS HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN ONE FEDERAL CASE AND ONE NEW MEXICO STATE CASE CHALLENGING THE PERMITTING OF A HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES AT LANL AT THE RADIOACTIVE LIQUID WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY (RLWTF), LOCATED IMMEDIATELY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PLUTONIUM FACILITY. THE ONE FACILITY HAS ONE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT FROM THE NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT (NMED) AND ONE DISCHARGE PERMIT FROM THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA). CCNS CHALLENGES BOTH PERMITS IN THE NEW MEXICO AND FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES AND IN THE NEW MEXICO AND FEDERAL COURTS.IN NOVEMBER 2023, CCNS RECEIVED A $150,000 TWO-YEAR GRANT FROM THE TIDES FOUNDATION FOR THE RLWTF WORK. THE TIDES FOUNDATION FUNDING ALLOWED CCNS TO CONTRACT WITH SPECIALIZED LEGAL AND COMMUNITY EXPERTS IN THE STRATEGY AND PRODUCTION OF HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PRESENTATIONS.CCNS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE CORE GROUP OF THE COMMUNITIES FOR CLEAN WATER (CCW) COALITION WITHIN CCW, CCNS TAKES THE LEAD ON LANL GROUNDWATER AND FLOODPLAIN ISSUES.IN ALL OUR WORK, CCNS ALSO EXAMINES THE TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE, TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THROUGH NEW MEXICO BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ATTENDS REGULAR LOCAL HYBRID MEETINGS INVOLVING LANL AND WIPP ISSUES, AS WELL AS MEETINGS OF THE ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY (ANA). CCNS ALSO ATTENDS THE HYBRID MONTHLY MEETINGS OF PUBLIC ENTITIES, INCLUDING THE BUCKMAN DIRECT DIVERSION BOARD, WHICH ACCEPTS RIO GRANDE WATER FOR TREATMENT TO DRINKING WATER STANDARDS FOR USE IN THE CITY OF SANTA FE AND SANTA FE COUNTY. CCNS ALSO ATTENDS MEETINGS OF THE LOS ALAMOS COUNTY BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES IN ORDER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ITS PLANS TO ACCESS MORE ENERGY FOR OPERATIONS IN LOS ALAMOS COUNTY AND AT LANL.
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND CLEANUPCCNS ENSURES PROTECTION OF THE AIR, SOIL, SURFACE, GROUND AND DRINKING WATER RESOURCES AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH BY THE THOROUGH REVIEW OF FEDERAL AND STATE PERMITS THAT ALLOW POLLUTION TO CONTINUE TO BE GENERATED AND RELEASED, THUS CAUSING HARM. WE PROVIDE INFORMED TECHNICAL COMMENTS TO THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES AS WELL AS SAMPLE COMMENTS FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC.PLEASE SEE REPORT IN LINE 28 ABOVE DETAILING THESE TYPES OF PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND STORIES ABOUT ONGOING NUCLEAR SAFETY ISSUES IN NEW MEXICO AND THE WORLD.
- WEAPONS PROGRAM - CCNS MONITORS AND ENCOURAGES CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN DOE PLANS TO EXPAND AND/OR 'MODERNIZE' NUCLEAR WEAPONS PRODUCTION AND WASTE GENERATION AND DISPOSAL IN NEW MEXICO.
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 1992.
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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