New York · Nonprofit
ECOS THE ENVIROMENTAL CLEARINGHOUSE INC
ECOS THE ENVIROMENTAL CLEARINGHOUSE INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,431 to it, the largest being FAIRBANKS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($27,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $37k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $31k
- Net assets
- $172k
What Ecos the Enviromental Clearinghouse Inc does
Mission
environmental education
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Communication: environmental newsletter publication to increase awareness of environmental issues and to coordinate activities with other organizations. Website and Facebook updates to keep membership and the general public informed of organization's accomplishments and future programs scheduled.
$19,959 spent56% of program spendingEnvironmental programs (walks, hikes, films, talks) attend by hundreds of participants of all ages. Summer programs for children and teenagers, covering topics such as stream life, nature hunts, aquatic life, animal tracks, bees and beekeeping. Established a Schenectady Nature Bus, which provides free bus service for underserved neighborhoods to natural areas in the county.
$14,588 spent41% of program spendingMiscellaneous programs and events of less than $500 per program
$1,000 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $35,547.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $94k to $145k (+54%).
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.
80% of ECOS THE ENVIROMENTAL CLEARINGHOUSE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $3k → $4k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ECOS THE ENVIROMENTAL CLEARINGHOUSE INC’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
ECOS THE ENVIROMENTAL CLEARINGHOUSE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 51% · 2021 89% · 2022 90% · 2023 78% — diversifying over time.
“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
ECOS THE ENVIROMENTAL CLEARINGHOUSE INC draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $180 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
ECOS THE ENVIROMENTAL CLEARINGHOUSE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 77 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 77 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like ECOS THE ENVIROMENTAL CLEARINGHOUSE INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
97%
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 ECOS THE ENVIROMENTAL CLEARINGHOUSE INC: 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ECOS THE ENVIROMENTAL CLEARINGHOUSE INC?
- ECOS THE ENVIROMENTAL CLEARINGHOUSE INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,431 to it, the largest being FAIRBANKS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($27,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ECOS THE ENVIROMENTAL CLEARINGHOUSE INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $31,431 in grants to ECOS THE ENVIROMENTAL CLEARINGHOUSE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ECOS THE ENVIROMENTAL CLEARINGHOUSE INC?
- FAIRBANKS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $27,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ECOS THE ENVIROMENTAL CLEARINGHOUSE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2022–2026), 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