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ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES NY INC

EIN 22-2360736 ALBANY, NY

Revenue 2025
$2,987,000
Expenses 2025
$2,976,369

Program services were 84.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C052
Classification
1000
Street
353 HAMILTON ST

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

Mission

FOR MORE THAN FIVE DECADES, EANY HAS CHAMPIONED POLICIES THAT PROTECT NEW YORK'S AIR, WATER, LAND, AND CLIMATE WHILE SERVING AS A TRUSTED WATCHDOG IN ALBANY. WE TRANSLATE COMMUNITY NEEDS INTO LEGISLATIVE ACTION AND ENSURE LEADERS FOLLOW THROUGH ON THEIR COMMITMENTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FOR OVER 55 YEARS, EANY HAS WORKED TO ACHIEVE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL VICTORIES IN NEW YORK AND TO HOLD LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE. WE SERVE AS A CONNECTIVE TISSUE BETWEEN POLICYMAKING IN ALBANY AND THE NEEDS OF FRONTLINE ORGANIZATIONS.

  • AIR & CLIMATE: WORKS TO ADVANCE CLEAN AIR AND ACCELERATE NEW YORK'S TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS THROUGH LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, REGULATORY OVERSIGHT, COALITION BUILDING, AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. EANY ADVOCATES FOR STRONG EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, RENEWABLE ENERGY DEPLOYMENT, CORPORATE CLIMATE ACCOUNTABILITY, AND POLICIES THAT PROTECT COMMUNITIES DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE. EANY ALSO COMBATS MISINFORMATION AND STRENGTHENS PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF CLIMATE POLICY THROUGH STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS AND STATEWIDE ORGANIZING. KNOWING THAT NY MUST LEAD AS OTHER INSTITUTIONS FALTER, IN 2025 WE LAUNCHED A JOINT PROGRAM WITH COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL'S SABIN CENTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE LAW-THE MODEL CLIMATE LAWS INITIATIVE-TO REPLICATE INDIVIDUAL STATE AND CITY CLIMATE POLICY SUCCESSES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

    Expenses $1,128,542

  • WATER: LEADS CLEAN WATER PROTECTION EFFORTS, FROM SOURCE TO TAP, BY PUSHING FOR STRONG ENVIROMENTAL STANDARDS, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, POLLUTION PRVENTION, AND RAPID RESPONSE TO CONTAMINATION THREATS. EANY WORKS WITH POLICYMAKERS, AGENCIES, AND COALITION PARTNERS TO SECURE FUNDING FOR DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES, STRENGTHEN PROTECTIONS FOR WATERWAYS AND SOURCE WATERS, AND ENSURE COMMUNITIES HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE WATER. SINCE 2017, EANY HAS HELPED SECURE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CLEAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING, SUPPORTED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GREAT LAKES COMPACT, AND HELPED GALVANIZE SUPPORT FOR THE 2022 ENVIRONMENTAL BOND ACT TO ADDRESSS WATER QUALITY, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION STATEWIDE.

    Expenses $463,900

  • LAND & AGRICULTURE:STRIVES TO PROTECT NEW YORK'S SOILS, FARMS, FORESTS, WILDLIFE, AND NATURAL RESOURCES FROM CONTAMINATION, OVERDEVELOPMENT, AND THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. EANY ADVANCES POLICIES THAT SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE AND CLIMATE-RESILIENT AGRICULTURE, CONSERVE OPEN SPACE AND ECOSYSTEMS, AND REDUCE EXPOSURE TO HARMFUL CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES. THE ORGANIZATION HELPED ADVANCE SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO BAN TOXIC INSECTICIDES THROUGH THE BIRDS AND BEES PROTECTION ACT AND RESTRICTIONS ON CHLORPYRIFOS, WHILE SUPPORTING POLICIES THAT PROTECT BIODIVERSITY, STRENGTHEN LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS, AND CONSERVE MORE THAN ONE MILLION ACRES OF FORESTS AND LAND ACCROSS NEW YORK STATE.

    Expenses $401,359

  • HEALTHY COMMUNITIES: PARTNERS WITH COMMUNITIES DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES AND WORKS TO ADVANCE POLICIES THAT IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH, REDUCE WASTE AND POLLUTION, AND HOLD POLLUTERS ACCOUNTABLE. EANY HAS LED EFFORTS TO ADDRESS PFAS AND OTHER HARMFUL CHEMICALS, INCLUDING PASSAGE OF ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE PFAS CHEMICAL NOTIFICATION PROGRAMS, AND HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN REDUCING COMSUMER WASTE THROUGH PASSAGE AND EXPANSION OF NEW YORK'S BOTTLE BILL AND RELATED WASTE REDUCTION INITIATIVES.

    Expenses $348,723

  • GRASS ROOTS AND DIRECT LOBBYING.

    Expenses $161,867

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.

  • JOHN BUTTRICK

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ROBERT RACHOFSKY

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • VICTORIA SHAW

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DOUGLAS BATESON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • STEVE ALLINGER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BARBARA LIFTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • ANDY DARRELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • BETH BRAUN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • ERIC GOLDSTEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • MICHAEL KINK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • PETER LEHNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • MATTHEW MORREALE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • MICHAEL O'LOUGHLIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • RAHWA GHIRMATZION

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • FRED KOWAL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • ROBERT SWEENEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • ERNEST TOLLERSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • CHARLES UPDIKE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • MICHAEL WARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • TONYA GAYLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • ALEXANDRA PAYNE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • ROBERT TANNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • JIM TIERNEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • VANESSA FAJANS-TURNER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $282,108
    From this org
    $273,858
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,250
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $273,858
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $282,108
  • BRIAN KEEGAN

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICA

    Total calculated
    $187,115
    From this org
    $183,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,990
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,125
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,990
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $187,115

The first 25 listed. 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
    $2,987,000
    Expenses
    $2,976,369
    Contributions
    $2,921,312
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,696,699
    Expenses
    $1,979,284
    Contributions
    $2,600,651
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,217,159
    Expenses
    $1,626,624
    Contributions
    $2,104,796
    Grants paid
    $60,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,807,383
    Expenses
    $1,761,215
    Contributions
    $1,432,194
    Grants paid
    $176,727

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
    $2,517,146
    Expenses
    $1,986,638
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,612,721
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,855,649
    Expenses
    $1,748,166
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,050,527
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,558,552
    Expenses
    $1,750,600
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,840,487
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,558,241
    Expenses
    $1,293,202
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,883,568
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,341,061
    Expenses
    $1,251,586
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,703,833
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,148,430
    Expenses
    $987,509
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,512,101
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,130,979
    Expenses
    $1,079,107
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,309,048
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,210,936
    Expenses
    $967,610
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,273,332
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,124,907
    Expenses
    $1,112,549
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,083,907
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,146,798
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,030,030

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

  • NYC ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

    $60,000

    2022 NORTHLIGHT CLIMATE

  • NYC ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE

    $60,000

    2023 NORTHLIGHT CLIMATE

  • NYC ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

    $58,334

    2022 OUTREACH & EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS

  • TRI-STATE TRANSPORTATION

    $58,333

    2022 OUTREACH & EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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.

Declared on its 2025 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.