Environment America
“To transform our ideas for preserving the environment into reality.”
The work
What they do
A federation of state-based environmental advocacy organizations.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “TO ENGAGE IN RESEARCH, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, ANALYSIS, PUBLIC EDUCATION, CITIZEN OUTREACH AND ORGANIZING, LITIGATION, AND ADVOCACY TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE QUALITY OF AMERICA'S AIR, WATER AND LAND.”
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
Reading every lease sale
$2.6MWORKING TO PROTECT OUR PUBLIC LANDS FROM EXPLOITATION AND DEVELOPMENT, SAVE AMERICA’S REMAINING WILDLIFE, AND DEFEND OUR OCEANS FROM DRILLING, PLASTIC POLLUTION AND OTHER THREATS.
Including $11,820 granted onward, most of it $25,000 to Center For Innovative Policy.
Read it as they filed it
CONSERVATION: WORKING TO PROTECT OUR PUBLIC LANDS FROM EXPLOITATION AND DEVELOPMENT, SAVE AMERICA'S REMAINING WILDLIFE, AND DEFEND OUR OCEANS FROM DRILLING, PLASTIC POLLUTION AND OTHER THREATS.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Clean Energy
$2.3MPROMOTING SOLUTIONS THAT WILL HELP OUR COUNTRY TO GO FOSSIL FUEL FREE, PROMOTE CARBON-FREE TRANSPORTATION, REDUCE POWER PLANT POLLUTION, PRESERVE TROPICAL FORESTS AND MORE.
Including $10,813 granted onward.
Read it as they filed it
CLEAN ENERGY:PROMOTING SOLUTIONS THAT WILL HELP OUR COUNTRY TO GO FOSSIL FUEL FREE, PROMOTE CARBON-FREE TRANSPORTATION, REDUCE POWER PLANT POLLUTION, PRESERVE TROPICAL FORESTS AND MORE. THE ORGANIZATION IS ALSO WORKING TO REDUCE ENERGY WASTE, CONVINCE COMPANIES THAT OWN AND OPERATE BUILDINGS WITH BIG, FLAT, SUNNY ROOFS TO USE THEM TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY FROM THE SUN, BUILD PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR AND WIN POLICIES THAT WILL HELP AMERICA RUN ON RENEWABLE ENERGY.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Guarding the water
$507KPROTECTING THE WATER WE DRINK AND THE AIR WE BREATHE BY HOLDING POLLUTERS ACCOUNTABLE, STRENGTHENING STATE AND FEDERAL PROTECTIONS, NETWORKING WITH LOCAL CLEAN WATER CHAMPIONS, AND MORE..
Including $2,367 granted onward.
Read it as they filed it
CLEAN WATER AND AIR: PROTECTING THE WATER WE DRINK AND THE AIR WE BREATHE BY HOLDING POLLUTERS ACCOUNTABLE, STRENGTHENING STATE AND FEDERAL PROTECTIONS, NETWORKING WITH LOCAL CLEAN WATER CHAMPIONS, AND MORE..
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
66 cents of every dollar goes to the work
Read it as a snapshot, not a scorecard. Splits move year to year with grants and campaigns, and healthy shops live all across this range.
$5,787,000 programs, $641,981 management, $2,389,554 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
The people
Who does the work
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. Orgs that claim their page can update it same-day. Work at EA? Claim this page.
The record
The court record
And 2 more in our case database: a selection we track, not their full docket.
14 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $3,716,266 |
| 2012 | $4,863,089 |
| 2013 | $8,892,417 |
| 2014 | $3,769,578 |
| 2015 | $5,367,611 |
| 2016 | $12,433,138 |
| 2017 | $16,746,045 |
| 2018 | $18,225,649 |
| 2019 | $24,745,830 |
| 2020 | $22,858,363 |
| 2021 | $14,481,282 |
| 2022 | $14,910,441 |
| 2023 | $14,556,277 |
| 2025 | $15,053,495 |
From $3.7M in 2011 to $15.1M in FY25, across 14 public filings.
Fights alongside Alaska Wilderness League (5 shared cases), Sierra Club (5 shared cases), Center for Biological Diversity (4 shared cases), The Wilderness Society (4 shared cases) and Defenders of Wildlife (3 shared cases) and 19 more. Same case, same side, on the federal docket.
Their ground
The places they defend
See every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.
Environment America files 6 related organizations on its return: Arizona Pirg INC (501(c)(4)), Bold Alliance INC (501(c)(4)), California Public Interest Research Group INC (501(c)(4)), Campus Organizing Support Services INC (501(c)(4)), Colorado Public Interest Research Group INC (501(c)(4)) and Connpirg Citizen Lobby INC (501(c)(4)). A related organization shares people or purpose; it does not share the books.
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Ways in
How to help
66 cents of your dollar goes straight to the work above.
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19 years on the ground, 1 live lawsuit, 66 cents of every dollar on the line. That is who is holding it. There is room for one more.