California · Nonprofit
LEAD FOR EARTH
LEAD FOR EARTH (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being THE HERMES FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $109k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $22k
What Lead for Earth does
Mission
Opgov.news promotes transparent governance by making local government information accessible, amplifying community voices, and encouraging civic participation through open, community-driven journalism
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The organization launched opgov.news which promotes transparent governance by making local government information accessible, amplifying community vioces, and encouraging civic participation through open, community-driven journalism.
$86,318 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $86,318.
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
Chirag Kathrani
Founder/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
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 LEAD FOR EARTH’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
LEAD FOR EARTH draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, 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
LEAD FOR EARTH 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
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LEAD FOR EARTH: 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 LEAD FOR EARTH?
- LEAD FOR EARTH (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being THE HERMES FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEAD FOR EARTH have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to LEAD FOR EARTH.
- Who is the largest funder of LEAD FOR EARTH?
- THE HERMES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEAD FOR EARTH 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.
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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 2025–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing