Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Environmental Research Institute of the States Inc
Environmental Research Institute of the States Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($40,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Environmental Research Institute of the States Inc does
Mission
The Environmental Research Institute of the States' purpose is to conduct educational and research activities related to the purposes of the Environmental Council of the States.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) - ITRC is a state-led coalition working to reduce barriers to the use of innovative technologies and best practices to address our nation's air, water, and waste environmental challenges. ITRC produces documents and training that broaden and deepen technical knowledge and expedite quality regulatory decision making while protecting human health and the environment.
$1,819,659 spent$26,250 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,819,659.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.7M to $2.1M (+20%).
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: 2017 63% · 2018 59% · 2019 62% · 2020 63% · 2021 65% · 2022 67% · 2023 64% · 2024 63% · 2025 68%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of Environmental Research Institute of the States Inc’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. 2 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.
Chief executive
Ben Grumbles
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Environmental Research Institute of the States 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.
Where its funders are
Environmental Research Institute of the States Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
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
Environmental Research Institute of the States Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Environmental Research Institute of the States Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $11.5M on record.
- Department of Defense$8.2M
- Department of Energy$3.3M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Environmental Research Institute of the States 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Environmental Council of the States Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Environmental Research Institute of the States 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 Environmental Research Institute of the States Inc?
- Environmental Research Institute of the States Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($40,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Environmental Research Institute of the States Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $40,000 in grants to Environmental Research Institute of the States Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Environmental Research Institute of the States Inc?
- THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Environmental Research Institute of the States Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 1 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