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Environment America Inc

The corporation is organized for the purpose of conducting public interest research, policy development, analysis, education, 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. The corporation is not organized for…

$25k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2025
5
Organizations funded FY2024
40%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 5
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$76M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Environment America Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentInternationalEducationAnimalsCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving1$25k0%
FY20245$3.6M40%
FY20231$25k0%
FY20222$1.0M50%
FY20214$185k75%
FY20202$1.0M50%
FY20194$6.3M50%
FY20185$7.5M100%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$19MPublic Benefit$686kCivil Rights$685kEducation$100kInternational$75kYouth Development$25kAnimals$5k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
PA
CO
NE
VA
MD
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Environment America Action Fund$18,445,7615n/a
Change Corps$685,0001n/a
Pennenvironment Inc$181,14127%
Center for Innovative Policy$150,00054%
Our Colorado Values$100,0002n/a
Fair Fight Action Inc$100,00010%
Coloradoans for Fairness (Fec Committee Id 20165031864)$50,0001n/a
Marypirg Citizen Lobby Inc$40,00018%
Bold Alliance Inc$30,11517%
Green Corps Inc$27,00012%
Show all 18 grantees
All grantees of Environment America Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Environment America Action Fund$18,445,7615n/a
Change Corps$685,0001n/a
Pennenvironment Inc$181,14127%
Center for Innovative Policy$150,00054%
Our Colorado Values$100,0002n/a
Fair Fight Action Inc$100,00010%
Coloradoans for Fairness (Fec Committee Id 20165031864)$50,0001n/a
Marypirg Citizen Lobby Inc$40,00018%
Bold Alliance Inc$30,11517%
Green Corps Inc$27,00012%
Coloradans Creating Opportunities$25,0001n/a
Illinois State Public Interest Research Group Inc$20,00014%
Public Interest PAC (Fec Committee Id C00582247)$15,0001n/a
Alaska Wilderness League Action$10,00011%
Northam for Governor$6,0001n/a
National Wildlife Federation$5,45010%
Environment America Research and Policy Center Inc$5,22010%
Citizens for Integrity Inc$5,00012%

Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($375k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Environment America Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPennenvironment Inc: $181,141 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetCenter for Innovative Policy: $150,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetFair Fight Action Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMarypirg Citizen Lobby Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetBold Alliance Inc: $30,115 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetGreen Corps Inc: $27,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetIllinois State Public Interest Research Group Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetAlaska Wilderness League Action: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $5,450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironment America Research and Policy Center Inc: $5,220 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCitizens for Integrity Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 11.

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How do I get to Environment America Inc?

Find your warmest path to Environment America Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Environment America Inc

How much does Environment America Inc give?
Environment America Inc reported 1 grants totaling $25,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Environment America Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (92%), Public Benefit (3%), Civil Rights (3%).
Who are Environment America Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Environment America Action Fund ($18M), Change Corps ($685k), Pennenvironment Inc ($181k).
Does Environment America Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is Environment America Inc based?
Environment America Inc is based in CO.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 22 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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