ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C30

Classification

2000

Street

807 BROADWAY ST NE STE 230

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 · 2025

• CLEAN AIR MINNESOTA: CLEAN AIR MINNESOTA IS A DIVERSE COALITION OF AIR QUALITY LEADERS CONVENED BY ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE WORKING TOGETHER TO REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM MOBILE SOURCES, SMALL BUSINESSES, AND WOOD SMOKE. PARTNERS FORM TEAMS THAT COORDINATE, COLLABORATE, AND DEVELOP SPECIFIC PROJECTS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM MINNESOTA'S SMALLER, WIDESPREAD AND LESS REGULATED SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION WHICH CONTRIBUTE NEARLY 75 PERCENT OF AIR POLLUTION EMISSIONS IN THE STATE. THE ORGANIZATION'S CLEAN AIR WORK INCLUDES: PROJECT GREEN FLEET WHICH REDUCES DIESEL EMISSIONS, PROJECT CAR WHICH PROVIDES AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS, PROJECT STOVE SWAP THAT REDUCES EMISSIONS FROM WOOD BURNING APPLIANCES, AND CLEAN AIR ASSISTANCE PROJECT WHICH WORKS WITH SMALL BUSINESSES TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION.

  Expenses $2,208,831 · Revenue $977

• MIDWEST ROW CROP COLLABORATIVE: ADMINISTERED BY ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE, THE MIDWEST ROW CROP COLLABORATIVE (MRCC) EXPLORES AND IMPLEMENTS NEW APPROACHES TO AGRICULTURAL CHALLENGES. THE COLLABORATIVE'S MEMBERS WORK TOGETHER TO FIND SOLUTIONS THAT INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY WHILE ENSURING SOIL HEALTH, PROTECTING WATER, ADDRESSING THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE, AND SUPPORTING FARM FAMILIES IN THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN. IN 2025, MRCC ESTABLISHED A REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE LEADERSHIP COHORT PROVIDING MENTORSHIP FROM LEADING COMPANIES AND NGOS TO COMPANIES ACTIVELY BUILDING ON-THE-GROUND CAPACITY FOR CONSERVATION PROJECTS WITH FARMERS.

  Expenses $862,845

• ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST FUND COMMUNITY GRANTS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT- ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE AND RAINBOW RESEARCH CONVENE A WORKING GROUP OF BIPOC AND RURAL LEADERS AND MAINSTREAM ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE APPROXIMATELY $25 MILLION PER YEAR COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST FUND. THE WORKING GROUP COLLABORATES WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO DESIGN THE COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM AND COORDINATES OUTREACH TO THE BIPOC AND RURAL COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY TO THE PROGRAM ONCE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE. THROUGH OTHER PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE IS WORKING WITHIN ITSELF AND ACROSS DIFFERENCE TO FACILITATE OPENNESS TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, AND PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES BETWEEN DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS AND WORKING TOWARDS SOCIAL EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH FOR ALL.

  Expenses $527,212 · Revenue $147,407

• SUSTAINABLE GROWTH COALITION: A BUSINESS-LED PARTNERSHIP WITH 15 BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS ADMINISTERED BY ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE HARNESSING MEMBER EXPERTISE TO ADVANCE THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY, WHERE ALL ENERGY IS RENEWABLE, WASTE IS ELIMINATED, AND NATURAL, SOCIAL, AND HUMAN RESOURCES ARE PROTECTED AND PRESERVED. INDIVIDUALLY, EACH ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED TO SUSTAINABILITY, AND RECOGNIZES THAT TOGETHER THEY CAN HAVE A LARGER SOCIETAL IMPACT ON THEIR OPERATIONS, INDUSTRIES, ENVIRONMENT, AND COMMUNITY.AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS: ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE PARTNERS WITH AGRICULTURAL STAKEHOLDERS TO ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF FARMER-LED SOLUTIONS THAT BENEFIT THE ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF FARMERS, AND VITALITY OF RURAL COMMUNITIES. THESE PARTNERSHIPS OFFER INNOVATIONS TO ACCELERATE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR ENVIRONMENT, PARTICULARLY FOR WATER QUALITY, SOIL HEALTH, HABITAT, AND CLIMATE PROTECTION. IN 2025, THE ORGANIZATION'S AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS INCLUDED: REACH FARMERS FASTER, A PARTNERSHIP WITH TRUST IN FOOD, TO HELP CONSERVATION IMPLEMENTERS BETTER UNDERSTAND THE MOTIVATIONS OF FARMERS AND TO DESIGN PROGRAMS TO MORE EFFECTIVELY LEAD TO PRACTICE CHANGE; AND SEVERAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE FOREVER GREEN INITIATIVE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, ADVANCING THE DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF PERENNIAL CROPS. SOURCE WATER PROTECTION COLLABORATIVE - A MINNESOTA-BASED STATEWIDE INITIATIVE, THE SOURCE WATER PROTECTION COLLABORATIVE BRINGS TOGETHER INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EXPERTISE IN SOURCE WATER, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, ENGAGEMENT, OR PUBLIC HEALTH TO DEVELOP WAYS TO PROMOTE LAND USE WHICH PROTECTS DRINKING WATER SOURCES. ONE ACTIVITY OF THE COLLABORATIVE HAS BEEN A CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT PILOT THAT HAS WORKED WITH AN ARTIST TO EDUCATE AND MOBILIZE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN LITTLE FALLS, MINNESOTA. WE INTEND TO EXPLORE OTHER CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE, INCLUDING A PROJECT IN CHATFIELD, MINNESOTA IN 2026.ROOTS FOR THE FUTURE (FORMERLY KNOW AS NORTHSIDE SAFETY NET) - THIS GREEN CAREER EXPLORATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM SERVES YOUTH FROM THE SEVEN-COUNTY TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. THE PROGRAM IS LED BY ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE AND HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND NONPROFIT PARTNERS. THE INNOVATIVE PROGRAM MODEL PLACES INTERNS AT THE CENTER OF A ROBUST LEARNING ENVIRONMENT DESIGNED TO SUPPORT CONSISTENT, LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS WITH AND BETWEEN YOUTH PARTICIPANTS AND PROGRAM PARTNERS, WITH A GOAL OF EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING A NEW GENERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES. ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE AWARDS - THIS IS OUR ANNUAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM CELEBRATING PEOPLE AND PROJECTS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP AT THE NEXUS OF A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, A PROSPEROUS ECONOMY, AND AN EQUITABLE SOCIETY. WE BRING TOGETHER PARTNERS FROM ACROSS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY AND OUR ORGANIZATIONAL WORK TO HONOR AWARD RECIPIENTS DURING AN INSPIRING EVENT OF CELEBRATION AND NETWORKING.

  Expenses $373,425

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $3,996,463

  Expenses

  $4,578,539

  Contributions

  $3,826,679

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,633,107

  Expenses

  $5,163,143

  Contributions

  $4,486,997

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,899,872

  Expenses

  $4,281,660

  Contributions

  $2,886,625

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $7,299,433

  Expenses

  $4,824,538

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,533,622

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,417,800

  Expenses

  $4,991,133

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,102,183

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,143,344

  Expenses

  $3,933,317

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,996,276

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,918,713

  Expenses

  $2,206,696

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,107,411

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,478,351

  Expenses

  $2,064,185

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,380,595

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,507,898

  Expenses

  $1,570,731

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,138,524

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,147,175

  Expenses

  $1,337,924

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,755,831

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,042,646

  Expenses

  $1,287,285

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,934,592

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,032,616

  Expenses

  $1,002,906

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,166,029

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,320,855

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,138,034

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION

  $139,625

  2023 · MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS, OPERATIONS, OR OTHER PURPOSES

• YOUTHPRISE

  $55,282

  2022 · Northside Safety N.E.T

• CONSERVATION MINNESOTA

  $53,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $51,430

  2024 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• NATURE CONSERVANCY

  $47,642

  2024 · CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES

• NATURE CONSERVANCY

  $43,040

  2023 · CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES

• THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

  $39,797

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• NATURE CONSERVANCY

  $36,150

  2022 · CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES

• CONSERVATION MINNESOTA

  $32,500

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $28,890

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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

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