Editing Union of Concerned Scientists (section)

==Funding and governance==
According to the [[George C. Marshall Institute]], the UCS was the fourth-largest recipient of foundation grants for "climate-related activities" in the period 2000–2002, a fourth of its $24M grant income being for that purpose.<ref name=marshall>[http://www.marshall.org/pdf/materials/289.pdf Funding Flows for Climate Change Research and Related Activities] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329205445/http://www.marshall.org/pdf/materials/289.pdf |date=March 29, 2007 }}</ref> [[Charity Navigator]] – an independent non-profit organization that evaluates American charities – gave the UCS a four out of four star rating in the [[fiscal year]] ending in September 2018, with an overall score of 91.85 out of 100.<ref name=charnav>{{cite web |url=https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.history&orgid=5970#.VR0eoFxvwX4 |title=Union of Concerned Scientists |work=[[Charity Navigator]] |access-date=2 April 2015 |url-access=registration }}</ref> According to the organization's [[IRS Form 990]], the UCS received $39.9 million in total revenue and had $3.1 million in expenses and $48.8 million in net assets for the tax year beginning October 1, 2017, and ending September 30, 2018.<ref name="IRS990">{{cite web |title=Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax |url=https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2019/03/ucs-fy18-990.pdf |website=ucsusa.org |publisher=Union of Concerned Scientists |access-date=11 September 2019}}</ref>{{primary inline|date=August 2024}}

In February 2004, the UCS published "[[Scientific Integrity in Policymaking]]". The report criticized the administration of U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] for "politicizing" science. Some of the allegations include altering information in global warming reports by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA), and choosing members of scientific advisory panels based on their business interests rather than scientific experience.{{cn|date=August 2024}} In July 2004, the UCS released an addendum to the report in which they criticize the Bush administration and allege that reports on [[West Virginia]] [[strip mining]] had been improperly altered, and that "well-qualified" nominees for government posts such as Nobel laureate [[Torsten Wiesel]] were rejected because of political differences.{{cn|date=August 2024}} On April 2, 2004, [[John Marburger]], the director of the [[White House Office of Science and Technology Policy]], issued a statement claiming that incident descriptions in the UCS report are "false", "wrong", or "a distortion",<ref name=response>[http://www.ostp.gov/html/ucs/ResponsetoCongressonUCSDocumentApril2004.pdf UCS Response to Congress]. Ostp.gov. Retrieved on 2015-12-26.</ref> and dismissed the report as "biased".<ref name=wired>[https://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,62339,00.html Scientists: Bush Distorts Science] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221101440/http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,62339,00.html |date=February 21, 2007 }}</ref> UCS responded to the White House document by saying that Marburger's claims were unjustified.{{cn|date=August 2024}} UCS later wrote that from then on, the Bush administration was "virtually silent" about the issue.<ref name=policymaking>[http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/rsi/page.cfm?pageID=1641 Scientific Integrity in Policymaking] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050404170527/http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/rsi/page.cfm?pageID=1641 |date=April 4, 2005 }}</ref>{{primary inline|date=August 2024}}