FRIENDS OF THE EARTH

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C01

Classification

2800

Street

1101 15TH ST NW 11TH FLOOR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

• OUTREACH AND MEMBERSHIP - THE OUTREACH PROGRAM EDUCATE MEMBERS AND ACTIVISTS AS WELL AS THE GREATER PUBLIC ABOUT SIGNIFICANT THREATS TO THE ENVIRONMENT, AND ENCOURAGES THEM TO PARTICIPATE WITH FRIENDS OF THE EARTH TO ACHIEVE POSITIVE OUTCOMES INCLUDING PROTECTING POLLINATORS FROM TOXIC PESTICIDES, PROTECTING PUBLIC LANDS FROM POLLUTION, AND PREVENTING INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS THAT WOULD HARM COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS. THIS IS DONE THROUGH ONLINE ACTION ALERTS, ONLINE ADVERTISING, MAILINGS INLCUDING PRINT NEWSLETTERS (TO MEMBERS), AS WELL AS COMMUNICATIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA SITES LIKE FACEBOOK, X AND YOUTUBE. FOE ALSO SEEKS OPPORTUNITIES TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC THROUGH TV AND RADIO INTERVIEWS. THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTLY REACHED OVER ONE MILLION PEOPLE WHO TOOK MORE THAN 6.3 MILLION ACTIONS IN THE 2024 FISCAL YEAR. THESE ACTIONS CONTRIBUTED TO ACCOMPLISHMENTS LIKE SECURING A PAUSE ON NEW LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS EXPORT TERMINALS, PROTECTING WYOMING'S PUBLIC LANDS FROM FOSSIL FUEL DRILLING, AND PASSING THE BIRDS AND BEES PROTECTION ACT IN NEW YORK TO RESTRICT AGRICULTURAL USE OF TOXIC PESTICIDES.

  Expenses $7,454,152 · Grants $375,989

• FOOD AND TECHNOLOGY:THE FOOD AND TECHNOLOGY TEAM CONDUCTS MARKET CAMPAIGNS, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND POLICY ADVOCACY TO PROMOTE A MORE JUST AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM. IN THE PAST YEAR, THE TEAM CAMPAIGNED TO CONVINCE GARDEN STORES AND GROCERS TO STOCK MORE BEE-FRIENDLY AND ORGANIC PRODUCTS AND ADVOCATED FOR PUBLIC POLICIES TO PHASE-OUT BEE-KILLING PESTICIDES. IT ALSO HELPED INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS SCHOOLS TO ADOPT MORE CLIMATE-FRIENDLY PURCHASING POLICIES, ENCOURAGED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO DIVEST FROM FACTORY FARMS, AND ADVOCATED FOR BETTER REGULATION OF PRODUCTS MADE WITH SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY.

  Expenses $3,599,085 · Grants $100,000

• ECONOMIC POLICY:THE ECONOMIC POLICY TEAM AIMS TO CREATE A MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE AND SOCIALLY JUST WORLD BY TRANSFORMING FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE EFFORTS TO END SUBSIDIES FOR POLLUTING INDUSTRIES AND ENCOURAGE INVESTMENTS IN CLEAN ALTERNATIVES. DURING THE LAST YEAR, IT WORKED TO ALTER LENDING PRACTICES AT LARGE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT FUND FOSSIL FUELS AND HARM COMMUNITIES AND BIODIVERSITY IN THE US AND ABROAD. IT ENCOURAGED INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS TO ADOPT POLICIES TO DEFUND DEFORESTATION, PARTICULARLY RELATED TO PALM OIL PRODUCTION.

  Expenses $1,897,056 · Grants $48,346

• OCEANS AND VESSELS PROGRAM - THE OCEANS AND VESSELS TEAM WORKS TO STOP AIR AND WATER POLLUTION FROM OCEAN-GOING VESSELS, CRUISE SHIPS, PORTS AND OIL DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT. IN THE LAST YEAR, IT HELPED ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TO PROTECT THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND ISSUED ITS ANNUAL CRUISE SHIP REPORT CARD. IT EXPANDED EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE BUILD-OUT OF NEW PLASTICS FACILITIES, SUPPORTED PORTSIDE COMMUNITIES' IN ADVOCATING FOR CLEANER AIR AND FOUGHT FOR STRONGER INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING REGULATIONS AT THE IMO.

  Expenses $1,494,298 · Grants $30,900

• CLIMATE AND ENERGY:THE CLIMATE & ENERGY TEAM PROMOTES CLEAN ENERGY AND CONSERVATION AND FIGHTS TO END OUR DEPENDENCE ON DIRTY, HARMFUL SOURCES OF ENERGY INCLUDING COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS AND NUCLEAR. IN THE LAST YEAR, THE TEAM HEALPED LEAD EFFORTS TO PREVENT FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES AND RESISTED ATTEMPTS TO OPEN UP PUBLIC WATERS AND LANDS TO FOSSIL FUEL DEVELOPMENT. IT CONTINUED CAMPAIGNS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND/OR RENEWABLE ENERGY IN NC.

  Expenses $1,902,776 · Grants $397,000

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2023

  Revenue

  $16,901,495

  Expenses

  $19,167,470

  Contributions

  $15,813,729

  Grants paid

  $952,235

• 2022

  Revenue

  $16,789,731

  Expenses

  $18,206,483

  Contributions

  $16,192,563

  Grants paid

  $906,773

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,950,451

  Expenses

  $14,979,625

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,314,803

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,624,249

  Expenses

  $12,334,826

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,564,568

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,624,249

  Expenses

  $12,334,826

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,564,568

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,961,583

  Expenses

  $11,294,409

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,852,878

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,801,719

  Expenses

  $12,415,511

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,721,698

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,051,439

  Expenses

  $11,618,561

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,167,428

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,545,714

  Expenses

  $10,291,770

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,255,176

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,486,418

  Expenses

  $10,025,103

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,914,852

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,759,708

  Expenses

  $9,657,628

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,583,403

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,495,818

  Expenses

  $6,456,320

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,505,945

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• FRIENDS OF THE EARTH (ACTION) INC

  $300,000

  2023 · TO ADVANCE PROGRAMS CONSISTENT WITH FOE'S MISSION(RESTRICTED TO 501(C)(3) ALLOWED

• FRIENDS OF THE EARTH (ACTION) INC

  $300,000

  2022 · TO ADVANCE PROGRAMS CONSISTENT WITH FOE'S MISSION(RESTRICTED TO 501(C)(3) ALLOWED

• MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA

  $82,000

  2022 · CONTRIBUTION TO CONDUCT ANALYSIS FOR CLIMATE DISINFORMATION PROJECT

• SOUTH WARD ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE

  $60,000

  2022 · CONTRIBUTION TO STUDY THE IMPACTS OF POLLUTION FROM THE NEWARK AIRPORT AND NY/NJ PORT IN NEWARK

• ACTION FOR THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY

  $50,000

  2023 · TO COORDINATE EFFORTS TO STOP CLIMATE DISINFORMATION.

• ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INC

  $50,000

  2023 · TO COORDINATE EFFORTS TO STOP CLIMATE DISINFORMATION.

• GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR INCINERATOR ALTERNATIVES

  $50,000

  2023 · TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THE BUILDING GRASSROOTS POWER PROJECT.

• GREENLATINOS

  $50,000

  2023 · TO COORDINATE EFFORTS TO STOP CLIMATE DISINFORMATION.

• IRONBOUND COMMUNITY CORPORATION

  $50,000

  2023 · TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THE BUILDING GRASSROOTS POWER PROJECT.

• UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC

  $50,000

  2023 · TO COORDINATE EFFORTS TO STOP CLIMATE DISINFORMATION.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• WINDWARD FUND

  $700,000

  2024 · AGRICULTURE, FOOD, NUTRITION

• CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION

  $600,000

  2024 · TO SUPPORT THE TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL SYSTEM ($150,000); SUSTAINABLE MARITIME SHIPPING ($300,000); TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF FORESTED AND OTHER LANDSCAPES TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE ($150,000)

• GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $501,400

  2024 · Environment & Animals

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $411,550

  2022 · support of work to stop financing for factory farming, General Operating Support, support of FOE's efforts to reduce the number of industrially produced animals (and their associated harms to communities and the climate) by shifting federal food purchases toward more plant-based foods

• SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION

  $400,000

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PROTECTION, BEAUTIFICATION

• CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION

  $375,000

  2022 · LOBBYING & PROJECT SUPPORT

• ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

  $365,000

  2024 · ENVIRONMENT

• IMPACTASSETS INC

  $315,050

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS

  $300,000

  2023 · CHARITABLE GIFT

• ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

  $265,000

  2023 · GENERAL

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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