2020年年报

As we write this letter, we don’t yet know the outcome of the presidential election. 但我们知道，今年对我们所有人来说都很艰难.

我们的损失是巨大的. We’ve been tossed from crisis to crisis with hardly a moment to mourn or regroup. So above all, we hope you are taking good care of yourself, your loved ones, and your community. We’re especially thankful for your support in such uncertain times. Because of you, UCS is still strong, and still fighting for a better world.

As the pandemic changed everything about how we live and work, UCS adapted on the fly. 我们扩大了我们在网上的影响力, 寻找新的方法来推动我们的优先事项, and new opportunities to engage with a broader range of people.

在您的支持下, we pivoted nearly all of our campaigns to address the intersecting crises we face: the pandemic and the federal government’s inadequate, science-denying response; the resulting economic fallout; climate disasters ranging from the West Coast wildfires to a series of Gulf Coast hurricanes; episodes of police violence; and how each of these expose stark inequities throughout our society.

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你会看到, our work in 2020 helped to build a case for the dramatic changes we need, and to mobilize the scientific community to speak up and advocate for these changes—regardless of election outcomes. It has never been clearer that we must work for systemic change, 以及造福所有人的循证解决方案.

No matter how tough the circumstances, our environment, health, and 安全 are worth fighting for. We’re committed to that fight and grateful that you are with us.

The Union of Concerned Scientists continues to benefit from the generosity of our more than 124,000名会员和基金会, who work in partnership with us to build a healthy planet and safer world. 2020财年, the majority of our support—75 percent—came from generous individual donors through outright and planned gifts, while support from foundations represented 16 percent of our revenue. 其他 sources provided the remaining 9 percent of revenue, 包括我们的董事会储备基金, 它提供了1美元,133,274支持业务.

Eighty-eight percent of every dollar donated to UCS in fiscal 2020 directly funded our program work, with the remaining 12 percent spent on the critical administrative infrastructure and fundraising that support our programs. 每年的预算是4100万美元, UCS continues to strengthen our unique ability to help solve our planet's most pressing problems with the power of independent science.

我们对你们的热情和忠诚深表感激. 因为有你，改变才有可能实现. 谢谢你！.