Ohio · Nonprofit
OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND
OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,601,750 to it, the largest being LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC ($2,589,750). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $3.6M
- Net assets
- $810k
What Ohio Environmental Council Action Fund does
Mission
To protect the environment and health of all ohio communities by electing climate champions, holding public officials accountable, and advancing environmental justice policies.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The oec action fund delivered measurable policy wins and elevated environmental advocacy at the statehouse and in communities across ohio. Most notably, the action fund played a key role in the passage of ohio house bill 15 - landmark legislation modernizing ohio's energy system. The law ends costly ratepayer bailouts for outdated coal plants, advances grid transparency and reliability, prioritizes renewable energy development on brownfields and former coal sites, and establishes a solar and energy efficiency fund for ohio schools. Following its passage, the action fund shifted toward ensuring equitable implementation, working to secure community-level benefits, particularly in historically underserved areas.(program narrative continues in schedule o)the action fund also anchored bipartisan momentum behind the reintroduction of the lead line replacement act (hb 307/hb 534), providing proponent testimony and reinforcing the economic and public health case for fully replacing ohio's estimated 745,000 lead service lines. In parallel, the team defended critical investments, including h2ohio and the great lakes restoration initiative, while advocating for long-term program stability…
$208,191 spent17% of program spendingThe oec action fund deepened its commitment to public education and civic advocacy - ensuring ohioans are informed, engaged, and equipped to influence the decisions that shape their communities. Through statewide alerts, digital campaigns, testimony, and direct lawmaker engagement, the action fund mobilized thousands of residents to take action on energy reform, clean water protections, and fair representation.the launch of the energy champions ohio series created new opportunities for community learning, helping ohioans better understand how the energy system works, how policy decisions impact their bills and neighborhoods, and how to advocate for affordable, equitable(program narrative continues in schedule o)solutions. At the same time, the team expanded voter education during the 2025 redistricting cycle - providing resources on new voting requirements and reinforcing the connection between democracy and environmental progress.
$1,006,650 spentof which $570,000 as grants83% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,214,841.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2023 to 2024, from $692k to $1.1M (+65%).
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.
100% of OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND’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. 3 of the last 8 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
Peter Bucher
Executive director
Board chair
Mike Shelton
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $95k → $494k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $150k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Ohio Environmental Council). These are real filings, and they are not money OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND raised.
From the IRS filings of OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND’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
OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 54% · 2019 70% · 2020 90% · 2021 63% · 2022 100% · 2023 88% — growing more concentrated.
“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
OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $465k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND is better cushioned than half of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- The Ohio Environmental Council · exempt
- Conservation Ohio Political Action Committee · exempt
- The Ohio Environmental Council Action Fund PAC · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND: 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 OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND?
- OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,601,750 to it, the largest being LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC ($2,589,750). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $3,601,750 in grants to OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND?
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,589,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 6 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