Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
“Protect public employees who protect our environment.”
6 comments to the agencies, 84 cents of every dollar to the work.
The work
What they do
Whistleblower protection, accountability, and transparency for federal land management agencies. Exposes political interference in science and resource management.
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
Legal
$521K, 30% of spendingPeer provides legal counsel, assistance, and representation to public employees who may face retaliation for speaking out for higher standards of scientific integrity, environmental ethics, and accountability in…
Read it as they filed it
Legal: Peer provides legal counsel, assistance, and representation to public employees who may face retaliation for speaking out for higher standards of scientific integrity, environmental ethics, and accountability in government. PEER engages in litigation and administrative processes to improve environmental outcomes. Peer has engaged in over 30 lawsuits and administrative actions in the past year.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Membership and outreach
$432K, 25% of spendingPEER helps employee members expose and remedy environmental problems within their public agencies and educate the public and policy makers on issues facing government employees who work to protect the environment.
Read it as they filed it
Membership and outreach: PEER helps employee members expose and remedy environmental problems within their public agencies and educate the public and policy makers on issues facing government employees who work to protect the environment.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Resource Protection
$338K, 20% of spendingPeer works with and on the behalf of public employees who serve as stewards of our nation’s public lands and natural resources.
Read it as they filed it
Resource Protection: Peer works with and on the behalf of public employees who serve as stewards of our nation's public lands and natural resources. Peer advocates responsible planning and management, informing policy makers and the public on natural resources issues.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Field operations
$155K, 9% of spendingPeer has retained a number of former public employees as field representatives operating out of California, Colorado (covering the Rocky Mountain region), Massachusetts (covering New England), and Tennessee.
Read it as they filed it
Field operations: Peer has retained a number of former public employees as field representatives operating out of California, Colorado (covering the Rocky Mountain region), Massachusetts (covering New England), and Tennessee. These field offices are extensions of the national operation and are the focal point for state and local activity
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
84 cents of every dollar goes to the work
A good sign, not a scorecard: what matters is the extremes, and this is nowhere near one.
$1,450,027 programs, $162,269 management, $118,418 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 PEER? Claim this page.
Those 4 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If PEER is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Find your way inThe filings
14 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at or tap the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $1,687,136 |
| 2012 | $948,429 |
| 2013 | $1,015,134 |
| 2014 | $927,198 |
| 2015 | $772,397 |
| 2016 | $609,677 |
| 2017 | $1,457,087 |
| 2018 | $1,273,818 |
| 2019 | $1,180,747 |
| 2020 | $1,293,090 |
| 2021 | $1,323,121 |
| 2022 | $1,177,028 |
| 2023 | $1,801,204 |
| 2025 | $2,229,404 |
From $1.7M in 2011 to $2.2M in FY25, across 14 public filings (none on record for 2024).
The record
On the record with the agencies
6 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
- 1996Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is formed.the directory; the return’s own formation year is 1992
- 2023Marin Audubon Society v. FAA: plaintiff, closed.the docket
- 20253 comments to federal agencies, the Fish and Wildlife Service among them, under the group’s own name.regulations.gov
- 20263 comments, most to NOAA, under the group’s own name.regulations.gov
Hollow, a filing. Every row is a record we hold: 1 federal case with the group on the docket, 6 comments filed under its own name. Nothing here is written from memory.
Their ground
PEER is not on our editors’ record for a threatened place yet. See every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.
Ways in
How to help
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
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The mission is theirs. The backing is yours.