Bcarbon Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
BCarbon's mission is to provide high-integrity research and certification services for empirically tested carbon sequestration projects around the world and to sustain a community of practice for sharing knowledge about the low-carbon economy.
- Income
- $673,504
- Spending
- $1.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 85%
- Reserves
- 1.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 57%
- Employees
- 5
- Volunteers
- 9
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 45 out of 100. Higher than 9% of charities in its peer group (environment, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.3 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 2% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 96% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 70% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1585% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 91 out of 100. Higher than 71% of charities in its peer group (environment, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 259 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 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)
- $907,883 spent. BCarbon creates and maintains standards and programs to achieve sustainable climate change goals to protect and conserve the environment for the benefit of the general public using nature-based solutions. BCarbon reviews and certifies applications for both soil and timber carbon credits as well as methane well credits to determine whether they meet BCarbon's criteria for credit issuance. Credits are issued and registered on a blockchain accounting system to keep up with subsequent transactions. During 2024, BCarbon added a carbon credit protocol for plugging orphaned and abandoned oil and gas wells that are leaking methane, for which no state or federal funding is available.
- $100,239 spent. BCarbon is working with Prairie View A&M University to develop a program for small landowners in East Texas to help them create what is called the Small Landowner Carbon Collaborative that we intend to become a model for small landowner participation in the carbon market throughout the United States.
- $81,223 spent. BCarbon has created a coastal living shoreline protocol that will protect coastal wetlands from sea level rise and provide carbon credits at the same time.
- $28,610 spent. BCarbon is working with the East Foundation to develop a crediting protocol for biodiversity that will attempt to establish additional value for properties that are participating in the carbon market and also exhibit great biological diversity, with an initial focus on South Texas ranchlands and the endangered ocelot which is a small spotted cat that lives in the deep brush of South Texas.
Source: Form 990 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 August 2021.
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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