California · Nonprofit
THE FOUNDATION FOR CLEAN AIR
THE FOUNDATION FOR CLEAN AIR (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $224,106 to it, the largest being GOLDEN STATE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE ($175,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $224k
- Net assets
- $-33301
What The Foundation for Clean Air does
Mission
Established for the purpose of community education on clean air and providing air filtration systems to schools, charities and community organizations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 2025 the organization shipped approximately 600 residential air purifiers to california homes for south coast air quality management district's ab617 program, installed air filtration equipment/provided air filtration services to approximately 43 schools in california through multiple grants with california air resources board, and provided/installed hvac and air filtration for multi-family residential housing buildings which was funded by west oakland environmental indicators project.
$2,550,348 spentof which $2,502,464 as grants$178,267 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,550,348.
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 2019 to 2020, from $245k to $4.8M (+1855%).
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
Nancy Dinella
Interim executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $7k → $3k.
From the IRS filings of THE FOUNDATION FOR CLEAN AIR’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
THE FOUNDATION FOR CLEAN AIR leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
99% of THE FOUNDATION FOR CLEAN AIR's grant income comes from California 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
THE FOUNDATION FOR CLEAN AIR holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE FOUNDATION FOR CLEAN AIR
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
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 THE FOUNDATION FOR CLEAN AIR: 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 THE FOUNDATION FOR CLEAN AIR?
- THE FOUNDATION FOR CLEAN AIR (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $224,106 to it, the largest being GOLDEN STATE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE ($175,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FOUNDATION FOR CLEAN AIR have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $224,106 in grants to THE FOUNDATION FOR CLEAN AIR, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FOUNDATION FOR CLEAN AIR?
- GOLDEN STATE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE is the largest funder on record, with $175,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FOUNDATION FOR CLEAN AIR find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 3 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