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BLACKSMITH INSTITUTE INC

EIN 13-4075779 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$18,493,014
Expenses 2024
$6,837,260

Program services were 80.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q025
Classification
1000
Street
475 RIVERSIDE DR RM 860

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (RM 860). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PURE EARTH PARTNERS WITH GOVERNMENTS, COMMUNITIES AND INDUSTRY LEADERS TO IDENTIFY AND IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS THAT STOP TOXIC EXPOSURES, PROTECT HEALTH, AND RESTORE ENVIRONMENTS. WE PRIORITIZE ACTIONS TO PROTECT THE DEVELOPING BRAINS AND BODIES OF CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN LIVING IN TOXIC HOT SPOTS. WE WORK TO STOP THE MULTIGENERATIONAL CYCLE OF POISONING THAT IS ENDEMIC IN MANY LOW AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEDICATED TO SOLVING LIFE-THREATENING POLLUTION ISSUES IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD.

  • OUR OBJECTIVELEAD AND MERCURY ARE TWO OF THE MOST PREVALENT POLLUTANTS IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES, AND POSE A GREATER RISK THAN ALL OTHER TOP TEN CHEMICALS OF CONCERN IDENTIFIED BY WHO. THROUGH 2030, PURE EARTH IS FOCUSING ON THESE POLLUTANTS THROUGH TWO CORE PROGRAMMATIC AREAS IN NINE COUNTRIES.THE OBJECTIVE OF OUR GLOBAL LEAD PROGRAM IS TO MEASURABLY AND SUSTAINABLY REDUCE LEAD POLLUTION AND POISONING USING A 5-PHASE APPROACH, WHICH INCLUDES HEALTH SURVEILLANCE, EXPOSURE SOURCE ANALYSIS, SOURCE SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING.OUR GLOBAL MERCURY PROGRAM AIMS TO REDUCE MERCURY POLLUTION FROM THE LEADING SOURCE OF EMISSIONS - ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE GOLD MINING (ASGM). THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE MERCURY EXPOSURE AND POISONING, BY TARGETING THE MOST SEVERELY AFFECTED POPULATIONS: MINERS AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $5,515,440 · Grants $1,246,334

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Andrew McCartor

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $187,008
    From this org
    $183,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,931
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,077
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,769
    Nontaxable benefits
    $162
    Filer's total
    $187,008

  • Ethan Sawyer

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Conrad Meyer III

    CHAIR EMERITAS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Roux

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Kathryn Huarte

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Paul Brooke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Francois Guillon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Howard Hu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • David Hunter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Troy Hysmtih

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Tabassum Inamdar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Gloria Janata

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Karen Mathiasen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Anna Mutoh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Alicia Ogawa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Charlotte Triefus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Richard Fuller Ceo Thru Nov

    HEAD OF SPECIAL INITIATIVES

    Total calculated
    $204,990
    From this org
    $200,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,990
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,615
    Nontaxable benefits
    $375
    Filer's total
    $204,990

  • Rachael Kupka

    VP, OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $171,608
    From this org
    $152,624
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,984
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,624
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,584
    Filer's total
    $171,608

  • Carol Sumkin

    VP, DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $243,156
    From this org
    $192,003
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,153
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,003
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,912
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,241
    Filer's total
    $243,156

  • Shishi Zhang

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $182,923
    From this org
    $159,888
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,035
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,888
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,435
    Filer's total
    $182,923

  • Angela Bernhardt

    VP, COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $129,575
    From this org
    $124,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,767
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $18,493,014
    Expenses
    $6,837,260
    Contributions
    $18,285,320
    Grants paid
    $1,246,334
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,230,809
    Expenses
    $7,015,280
    Contributions
    $5,095,591
    Grants paid
    $1,305,794
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,646,852
    Expenses
    $6,117,424
    Contributions
    $9,679,824
    Grants paid
    $787,875

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
    $10,512,947
    Expenses
    $5,966,870
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,522,554

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,414,849
    Expenses
    $4,746,196
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,267,828

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,382,675
    Expenses
    $4,678,962
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,267,828

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,829,102
    Expenses
    $4,302,057
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,805,952

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,140,899
    Expenses
    $3,981,974
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,082,288

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,637,326
    Expenses
    $5,071,045
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,843,237

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,673,817
    Expenses
    $4,713,887
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,067,922

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,318,172
    Expenses
    $3,120,384
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,891,294

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,790,205
    Expenses
    $1,836,560
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,274,510

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,745,134
    Expenses
    $1,527,631
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,910,783

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

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

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 2024 return

  • BLACKSMITH INITIATIVE (UK)

    501(C)(3) · ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION · UK · controlled entity

  • INSTITUTO BLACKSMITH MEXICO AC

    501(C)(3) · ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION · MX · controlled entity

  • BLACKSMITH INITIATIVE (IRELAND)

    501(C)(3) · ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION · EI · controlled entity

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.