Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL
CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $336,000 to it, the largest being MALAMA FOUNDATION ($145,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $157k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $336k
- Net assets
- $21k
What Citizens Coal Council does
Mission
Citizens Coal Council is a national grassroots watchdog organization that empowers coalfield communities to protect their homes, land, and water by holding regulators and industry accountable to fully enforce environmental laws-especially the surface mining control and reclamation act (smcra).
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Citizens Coal Council sponsored a baseline environmental study conducted in may 2025 to document existing water quality, habitat conditions, and aquatic life in greene county, pennsylvania, before the expansion of longwall coal mining. The effort focused on nine stream sites across eight small headwater watersheds, along with a reference site for comparison, all located in areas facing potential mining impacts. The purpose was to establish a clear, science-based snapshot of current conditions, determine whether these waters are truly meeting their legal protections, and identify where stronger safeguards may be warranted-creating a foundation for informed decision-making and future accountability.
$30,000 spent28% of program spendingPublished in the federal register in june 2025, the office of surface mining reclamation and enforcement proposed rolling back the 2024 ten-day notice (tdn) rule and bringing back the 2020 version, saying it would better match the surface mining control and reclamation act of 1977 (smcra) and ease requirements on states. A coalition including Citizens Coal Council, appalachian voices, center for biological diversity, sierra club, appalachian citizens' law center, and the kentucky resources council pushed back, arguing the change would make it harder to catch and fix violations and would go against what the law is meant to do. Our comments clearly laid out the legal and real-world problems with the proposal-showing it could lead to delays, additional damage on the ground, and likely court challenges. In doing so, we strengthened the case for keeping the 2024 rule and put pressure on the agency to reconsider or risk facing legal and public pushback.
$5,000 spent5% of program spendingOsmre watch is a national initiative to hold the office of surface mining reclamation and enforcement accountable for enforcing the surface mining control and reclamation act. It documents community impacts from coal mining-such as water loss, property damage, and failed reclamation-to expose gaps in federal oversight. By pairing these stories with legal advocacy and public pressure, osmre watch strengthens citizen enforcement and pushes for meaningful protections for coalfield communities.
$72,772 spent$620 earned by the program68% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $107,772.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $63k to $338 (−99%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 1% · 2021 5% · 2022 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $30k → $68k.
From the IRS filings of CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 71% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 74% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
57% of CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
40%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL?
- CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $336,000 to it, the largest being MALAMA FOUNDATION ($145,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $336,000 in grants to CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL?
- MALAMA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $145,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CITIZENS COAL COUNCIL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
Play a game about who funds Citizens Coal Council →
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing