Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$6,400,051

Total expenses

$6,880,441

Contributions and grants received

$5,682,668

Grants paid

$68,775

Program service revenue

$602,381

Investment income

$93,389

Other revenue

$21,613

Total assets, end of year

$4,615,197

Total liabilities, end of year

$866,612

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,748,585

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$5,862,867

Management and general expenses

$960,669

Fundraising expenses

$56,905

Program service expenses (Part III)

$5,862,867

Program services were 85.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• OIL & GAS: EIP ADVOCATES FOR THE CLEANUP OF PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS, IMPROVED MONITORING OF PLANTS AND HYDRAULIC FRACTURING SITES, AND THE CREATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATIONS TO PROTECT NEARBY COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY THESE OPERATIONS. EIP TAKES PART IN RULEMAKING, PERMITTING, AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TO ENSURE REDUCTION OF HARMFUL POLLUTANTS AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. EIP ALSO PROVIDES THE PUBLIC WITH TIMELY INFORMATION ABOUT MAJOR SOURCES OF POLLUTION THAT CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE CHANGE OR THREATEN AIR AND WATER QUALITY THROUGH OIL & GAS WATCH NEWS AND HIGH QUALITY REPORTS AND NEWSLETTERS. THROUGH ITS DYNAMIC ONLINE PLATFORM, OIL & GAS WATCH, EIP HAS ESTABLISHED AND CONTINUES TO EXPAND A NATIONAL INVENTORY OF PETROCHEMICAL PROJECTS, WHICH ALERTS COMMUNITIES TO NEW PERMIT APPLICATIONS AND HELPS IDENTIFY PROJECTS THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT ALREADY OVERBURDENED COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $2,822,285 · Revenue $53,750

• CENTER FOR APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: CAES SEEKS TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE BY ENSURING THAT COMMUNITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EXPERTISE. BY PROVIDING THIS ACCESS, WHICH IS A CRITICAL ELEMENT IN PERMITTING AND SITING DECISIONS, LEGAL CHALLENGES, AND RULEMAKING EFFORTS, WE SUPPORT DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES AS THEY SEEK MORE POWER TO INFLUENCE ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THEIR HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

  Expenses $755,928

• COAL: EIP WORKS TO REDUCE POLLUTION FROM COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS THROUGH REGULATION, PERMIT REVIEW, AND COMMUNITY ENFORCEMENT. EIP AIMS TO EXPEDITE RETIREMENT OF THE DIRTIEST AND LEAST EFFICIENT PLANTS. THE PROGRAM EVALUATES AND PUBLISHES ANALYSES OF EMISSIONS OF HAZARDOUS POLLUTANTS AND GREENHOUSE GASES, WASTEWATER DISCHARGES, AND GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF COAL PLANTS AND LEGACY FACILITIES; TAKES PART IN RULEMAKINGS, PERMIT PROCEEDINGS, AND ENFORCEMENT TO ENSURE THAT NEW OR MODIFIED COAL PLANTS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CLEAN AIR AND CLEAN WATER ACTS; WORKS WITH FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES TO IMPROVE MONITORING AND CLEANUP OF COAL PLANTS; TRACKS AND PUBLISHES INFORMATION ABOUT CONTAMINATION FROM COAL ASH PONDS AND LANDFILLS ACROSS THE US.

  Expenses $424,241 · Revenue $25,981

• MARYLAND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES CAMPAIGN: THE PROGRAM USES RESEARCH, PUBLIC ADVOCACY, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING, MEDIA OUTREACH, AND LEGAL ACTION TO REDUCE POLLUTION THAT THREATENS THE HEALTH OF MARYLAND RESIDENTS. PROJECT GOALS INCLUDING HOLDING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS OR MEET DEADLINES; HELPING COMMUNITIES ENGAGE IN DECISIONMAKING AND TAKE ACTION TO CHALLENGE SOURCES OF POLLUTION; AND BUILDING SUPPORT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND THEIR ENFORCEMENT.

  Expenses $157,673 · Grants $43,775

• CLEAN WATER ACT: THIS PROGRAM IDENTIFIES THREATS TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR NATURAL RESOURCES THAT ARISE FROM EPA OR STATE FAILURE TO ENFORCE THE CLEAN WATER AND SAFE DRINKING WATER ACTS. EIP EVALUATES FEDERAL AND STATE RESPONSES, COMMUNICATES FINDINGS, AND MAKES POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.

  Expenses $165,987 · Revenue $110,150

• BAY ENFORCEMENT. THIS PROGRAM IS DEDICATED TO REDUCING WATER POLLUTION FROM MUNICIPALITIES AND INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER SOURCES TO ENSURE THAT THESE DISCHARGES MEET THE GOALS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY TMDL AND STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS DESIGNED TO PROTECT WATER QUALITY

  Expenses $321,093 · Revenue $360,000

• BIOENERGY: THE PROGRAM CONDUCTS AND PUBLISHES RESEARCH RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL HARMS FROM THE BIOENERGY SECTOR AND ENGAGES IN ADVOCACY TO REQUIRE REGULATION AND APPROPRIATE PERMITTING OF BIOFUELS FACILITIES.

  Expenses $96,043

• EPA WATCH: THROUGH APPLICATION OF MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TOOLS THAT INCLUDE RESEARCH, REPORTING, MEDIA OUTREACH, ADVOCACY, AND LITIGATION, EIP PROMOTES AND DEFENDS THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY MISSION TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ITS RESPONSIBILITIES TO RESPECT ALL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, RELY ON SCIENTIFIC AND OTHER FACTUAL EVIDENCE, AND ACT THROUGH A TRANSPARENT PROCESS THAT GIVES ALL PEOPLE A FAIR CHANCE TO BE HEARD.

  Expenses $181,522

• LANDFILL METHANE: EIP WORKS TO IMPROVE STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATORY STANDARDS THAT CONTROL METHANE EMISSIONS FROM LANDFILLS; REDUCE LANDFILL EMISSIONS THROUGH PERMITTING AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS; GATHER INFORMATION AND DEEPEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITIES THROUGH FENCE-LINE MONITORING NEAR LANDFILLS; AND CURB INCINERATOR POLLUTION USING REGULATORY ADVOCACY, RESEARCH, AND PERMITTING STRATEGIES.

  Expenses $368,382 · Revenue $52,500

• ALUMINUM: EIP APPLIES A MIX OF MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TOOLS AS PART OF ITS WORK TO CLEAN UP CLIMATE, AIR, AND WATER EMISSIONS FROM THE ALUMINUM INDUSTRY. THESE INCLUDE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND ADVOCACY AND LEGAL ACTION TO CREATE MORE PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND POLLUTION CONTROL STANDARDS

  Expenses $407,115

• STEEL: EIP APPLIES MULTIDISCIPLINARY TOOLS, INCLUDING ADVOCACY FOR MORE STRINGENT REGULATORY STANDARDS, ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS, MONITORING, AND PARTICIPATION IN PERMITTING PROCESSES, TO REDUCE CLIMATE, AIR, AND WATER EMISSIONS FROM STEEL PLANTS.

  Expenses $158,374 · Grants $25,000

• OTHER PROJECTS

  Expenses $4,224

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• CHESAPEAKE CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK

  $43,775

  MARYLAND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES CAMPAIGN

• ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY CENTER

  $25,000

  CLEAN AIR AND CLEAN WATER PERMITS AND EMISSIONS FROM THE STEEL MILLS IN NW INDIANA

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

15 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202413209349302511

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