Environment America
“To transform our ideas for preserving the environment into reality.”
1 live lawsuit, 21 comments to the agencies.
The work
What they do
A federation of state-based environmental advocacy organizations.
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
Conservation
$2.6M, 30% of spendingWorking 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, all of it 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
$2.3M, 26% of spendingPromoting 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.
Clean Water and Air
$507K, 6% of spendingProtecting 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. If it’s out of date, tell us. Work at Environment America? Claim this page.
The record
The court record
And 1 more in our case database: a selection we track, not their full docket.
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.
The filings
14 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at or tap 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 (none on record for 2024).
The record
On the record with the agencies
21 comments on federal decisions since 2023, each filed under the group’s own name on regulations.gov. The latest on decisions we track:
Year by year
The record, in order
- 2007Environment America is formed.the directory; the return’s own formation year is 2006
- 2020Gwich’in Steering Committee v. United States Department of the Interior: plaintiff, still in court.the docket
- 2 cases filed, all closed: Organized Village of Kake v. Vilsack; Alaska Community Action on Toxics v. Council on Environmental Quality.the docket
- 2021Alaska Wildlife Alliance v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: plaintiff, closed.the docket
- 20232 cases filed, all closed: Sovereign Inupiat for a Living Arctic v. United States Bureau of Land Management; Sovereign Inupiat for a Living Arctic v. Bureau of Land Management.the docket
- 2 comments, one to the Fish and Wildlife Service and one to NOAA, under the group’s own name.regulations.gov
- 20242 comments, one to the Fish and Wildlife Service and one to NOAA, under the group’s own name.regulations.gov
- 20258 comments, most to the Fish and Wildlife Service, under the group’s own name.regulations.gov
- 20269 comments, most to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, under the group’s own name.regulations.gov
Rust, a case still in court. Hollow, a filing. Every row is a record we hold: 6 federal cases with the group on the docket, 21 comments filed under its own name. Nothing here is written from memory.
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
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