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Though Sea Change was listed in 2011 as the sixth-largest donor to environmental causes - giving $43,149,911 in grants to green activist groups - remarkably little has been known until now about its make-up or the extent of its influence.

Its <a href="http://www.seachange.org/" style="text-decoration: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 85, 0);">website</a> consists solely of a page revealing this somewhat limited information:

Sea Change Foundation is dedicated to achieving meaningful social impact through leveraged philanthropy that addresses the most pressing problems facing the world today. The Foundation's initial focus is addressing the serious threats posed by global climate change. The Foundation is in the process of determining how its grantmaking can have maximum impact, and is not able to accept unsolicited proposals.

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Sea Change's president is Nathaniel 'Nat' Simons, son of Renaissance's founder James Simons (currently ranked 34th on Forbes's Richest People In America; also - with his wife Marilyn Simons, the no. 5 contributor in the 2014 mid-term election cycle, donating 100% to Democrats – totaling $3,289,200). Nat's wife Laura Baxter-Simons is Sea Change's secretary.

Nat Simons is also involved in businesses which stand to benefit financially from the advancement of the green agenda and the Obama administration's war on fossil fuels.

He is the CEO of Elan Management where he manages the early stages of clean tech companies with a focus on solar and wind energy sources. Elan also created Prelude Ventures in 2009, an investment firm dedicated to clean energy.

As the report notes, Sea Change's war on fossil fuels is felicitously aligned with Simons's business interests:

According to the Senate report:

Sea Change’s IRS Form 990 also shows that in addition to funding by the Simons, the only other source of its contributions derives from a Bermuda-based company called Klein Ltd. It appears that Klein exists on paper only, as it does not have an internet presence, and was set up for the sole purpose of funneling anonymous donations to Sea Change.411 In 2010, Klein contributed $13 million to Sea Change, amounting to 49% of all contributions to Sea Change that year, and in 2011 Klein contributed $10 million to Sea Change, amounting to 33% of all contributions to Sea Change.412 Bermuda offer Klein government guaranteed anonymity for the sources of their donations.413 As a practical matter, an overseas company contributing tens of millions to organizations dedicated to abolishing the use of affordable fossil fuels is highly problematic. This is only compounded by the fact it is deliberately and completely lacking in transparency. However, it is likely this lack of transparency shields Klein Ltd. from any responsibility to the American businesses and families it hurts.

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Sea Change, and his wife, Laura Baxter-Simons, is its Secretary.398 Nat and Laura

predominately fund Sea Change through their own personal wealth, mostly attributed to their ties

to Renaissance Technologies, a wildly profitably hedge fund.

399 Nat was once a principal at

Renaissance and currently serves on the board of Renaissance; Laura was an associate counsel at

Renaissance.400 Notably, Nat’s father, James Simons founded Renaissance.401 James Simons

has been described as “one of the richest people on the planet,

402 is ranked 34th on the Forbes’

Richest People in America,

403 and 88th on the Forbes’ list of world billionaires with a net worth

of $12 billion.404 In fact, the most recent data from the Center for Responsive Politics listed

James and Nat’s mother, Marilyn Simons, as the #5 top contributor in the 2014 mid-term

election cycle, donating 100% to Democrats – totaling $3,289,200.405 Nat also actively donates

to political campaigns, including giving $15,000 to Obama’s 2009 Inaugural, and has given to

dozens of Democratic candidates for Congress.406

Nat also serves as CEO of Elan Management where he manages the early stages of clean

tech companies with a focus on solar and wind energy sources.407 Similar to Sea Change, Elan is

based in San Francisco. Elan also created Prelude Ventures in 2009, an investment firm

dedicated to clean energy. Tim Woodward, Managing Director of Prelude Ventures, has made

comments revealing Elan’s agenda: “we still believe that advancements in renewables from solar

to wind will be important opportunities . . . Unfortunately, energy is still a very inexpensive

resource in North America, and that can make it difficult for many customers to pay much

attention”408 (emphasis added). Only an affiliate of the Billionaire’s Club invested in renewable

technologies would express disappointment in low energy prices.

Aside from the Simons, Stephen Colwell is the Executive Director of Sea Change. </blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 5px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.4px; vertical-align: baseline; quotes: none; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">==</blockquote>