Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
GROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION INC
GROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,506,072 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($995,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $696k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $411k
What Group Against Smog and Pollution Inc does
Mission
The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) works to improve air quality in Southwestern Pennsylvania. We envision a region where clean air sustains human, environmental, and economic health. All stakeholders-from residents to industry, regulators, and elected officials- are informed, engaged, and committed to protecting and improving air quality through timely action, enforcement, and shared responsibility.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
AIR QUALITY ADVOCACY, WATCHDOG, AND REGULATORY ACCOUNTABILITY - GASP worked to improve air quality in Southwestern PA by monitoring regulatory developments, reviewing permits and public notices, participating in public processes, and advocating for stronger enforcement of air pollution laws and standards. GASP's watch dog activities helped ensure that industrial sources, regulators, and policymakers remained accountable to public health and community concerns. The organization translated technical air quality and permitting information into accessible public communications so residents could understand local pollution issues and take informed action.
$159,402 spent40% of program spendingPUBLIC EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT - GASP provided public education, plain-language resources, presentations, updates, and outreach to help residents understand air quality conditions, pollution sources, health implications, and opportunities for civic participation. The organization supported community members, local officials, partner organizations, and advocates by making complex environmental information easier to access and use. These activities advanced informed participation in public comment opportunities, community conversations, and decision-making processes affecting clean air and public health.
$99,627 spent25% of program spendingPUBLIC HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND COMMUNITY PROTECTION - GASP promoted healthier communities by highlighting the public health impacts of air pollution and advocating for stronger protections for residents affected by industrial and localized pollution burdens. The organization emphasized the relationship between clean air, environmental justice, and community well-being, particularly in communities facing disproportionate exposure to pollution. Through communications, coalition work, public comments, and community support, GASP encouraged better monitoring, stronger controls, more transparent enforcement, and more responsive public decision-making.
$139,477 spent35% of program spendingAll 3 program areas benefited from an EPA grant. GASP administered and supported community air monitoring efforts in Allegheny County to provide residents with more localized, accessible information about air pollution near facilities of concern. Working with community partners, the project deployed and maintained PurpleAir sensors for real-time particulate matter data and S-pod monitors to sample volatile organic compound plumes in targeted areas. The project helped community members better understand local air quality conditions, supported public education and engagement, and strengthened advocacy for cleaner air, transparency, and responsive public health protections.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $398,506.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $256k to $414k (+62%).
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 12% · 2021 19% · 2022 6% · 2023 3% · 2024 1% · 2025 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of GROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $49k → $331k.
5 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 GROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION 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
GROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 83%; 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: 2018 85% · 2019 56% · 2020 65% · 2021 93% · 2022 62% · 2023 83% — broadly stable.
“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.
How long its funders stay
44% of GROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
97% of GROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $332k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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
GROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,606 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,606 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding GROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $591k on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$591k
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 GROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
53%
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 GROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION 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 GROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION INC?
- GROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,506,072 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($995,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,506,072 in grants to GROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION INC?
- THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS is the largest funder on record, with $995,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION INC 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 15 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing