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Pollution abatement and control organizations

There are 2,844 pollution abatement organizations in the United States. Combined, these pollution abatement organizations employ 15,111 people, earn more than $4 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $12 billion.
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Types of pollution abatement organizations

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Pollution abatement and control organizations
 
2,844
 
$4,303,869,887
Recycling programs
 
1,316
 
$1,015,518,321
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Job trends for Pollution abatement organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
434
1-10
 
390
11-25
 
201
26-100
 
111
101 to 1,000
 
21
1,000+
 
1
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Sizes of pollution abatement organizations

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
772
$250k to $1M
 
389
$1M to $5M
 
310
$5M to $25M
 
81
$25M to $100M
 
27
$100M+
 
4
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Directory of pollution abatement organizations

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1-20 of 2,844

Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth US advocates for environmental protection and social justice, targeting climate change and corporate accountability through grassroots organizing and education.
Revenue
$1.3m
Assets
$1.6m
Employees
65
EIN
13-2644641
IRS type
501(c)(4)

TreePeople

TreePeople inspires and supports personal responsibility for the urban environment by uniting nature-based solutions, research, and community engagement.
Revenue
$18.0m
Assets
$19.6m
Employees
179
EIN
23-7314838
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Ceres

Ceres is a sustainability nonprofit organization working with the most influential investors and companies to build leadership and drive solutions throughout the economy.
Revenue
$33.6m
Assets
$35.1m
Employees
236
EIN
22-3053747
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Clean Water Action

Clean Water Action's mission is to protect their environment, health, economic well-being and community quality of life. Clean Water Action organizes strong grassroots groups and coalitions, and campaigns to elect environmental candidates.
Revenue
$5.9m
Assets
$1.9m
Employees
527
EIN
23-7128611
IRS type
501(c)(4)

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

Environmental Defense Fund delivers science- and economics-based solutions that cut pollution, advance climate justice, protect natural systems, and accelerate a resilient zero-carbon future.
Revenue
$443.3m
Assets
$520.4m
Employees
1,058
EIN
11-6107128
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC)

The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) uses the power of the law to protect the environment and health of the Southeast.
Revenue
$58.2m
Assets
$280.9m
Employees
267
EIN
52-1436778
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Climate Power Education Fund

The Climate Power Education Fund drives awareness of climate action, educates the public on clean energy benefits, and tracks industry impacts on climate progress.
Revenue
$11.5m
Assets
$537.4k
Employees
0
EIN
92-2286208
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)

APEN seeks to empower low-income Asian Pacific Islander (API) communities to achieve environmental and social justice. APEN believes that the environment includes everything around us: where we live, work and play.
Revenue
$8.0m
Assets
$16.6m
Employees
152
EIN
94-3261846
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Climate Vault

Climate Vault reduces carbon allowances for CO2 emitters, buying offset allowances as investments to decrease future emissions and slow climate change.
Revenue
$6.0m
Assets
$18.6m
Employees
2
EIN
85-4211960
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lamb Center

We're a group of caring and determined creative problem-solvers who want to make a difference. Our mission is to serve the poor and homeless, transform lives, and share God's love.
Revenue
$5.5m
Assets
$15.6m
Employees
24
EIN
41-2222581
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Climate Lead

Climate Lead mobilizes philanthropists to address climate change through tailored guidance, expert insights, and funding opportunities that intersect with key social issues.
Revenue
$37.5m
Assets
$44.5m
Employees
43
EIN
88-4336644
IRS type
501(c)(3)

PaintCare

To provide a system for the collection of post-consumer architectural paint and the management of its end-of-product life, including reuse, recycling, energy recovery, and proper disposal.
Revenue
$77.1m
Assets
$90.7m
Employees
53
EIN
27-1354262
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Conservation X Labs

Conservation X Labs innovates solutions to combat the sixth mass extinction, leveraging technology and interdisciplinary collaboration while centering humanity in conservation efforts.
Revenue
$9.1m
Assets
$4.6m
Employees
31
EIN
47-4066524
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Little Village Environmental Justice Org

Little Village Environmental Justice Org organizes residents and youth to advance environmental justice, strengthen community resilience, and secure clean air, safe water, and equitable food and energy.
Revenue
$6.4m
Assets
$7.6m
Employees
43
EIN
36-4259477
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Verra

VCS develops and manages standards that help countries, the private sector and civil society achieve their sustainable development and climate action goals.
Revenue
$30.6m
Assets
$26.8m
Employees
68
EIN
27-0566795
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Deployus

Deployus accelerates bipartisan climate leadership, empowering conservatives with resources and collaboration to achieve ambitious decarbonization policies and advance effective climate solutions.
Revenue
$32.0m
Assets
$18.3m
Employees
18
EIN
47-2818525
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Carbon Mapper

Carbon Mapper remotely senses methane and CO2 emissions at facility level for global monitoring. Future goal: daily satellite-based real-time monitoring.
Revenue
$42.0m
Assets
$45.3m
Employees
32
EIN
85-3149996
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Environmental Policy Innovation Center advances equitable water access, drives contracting reform, attracts private investment, and promotes efficient ecological restoration for a sustainable future.
Revenue
$7.9m
Assets
$4.0m
Employees
43
EIN
93-3208396
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Recycling Partnership

We focus on improving residential recycling. Curbside recycling is the easiest way for Americans to recycle yet there is still much opportunity for improvement.
Revenue
$41.2m
Assets
$46.1m
Employees
113
EIN
37-1622018
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Western Climate Initiative (WCI)

The Western Climate Initiative (WCI) is a collaboration among states and provinces to tackle climate change at a regional level.
Revenue
$11.1m
Assets
$31.5m
Employees
22
EIN
45-4044016
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "C20: Pollution Abatement and Control Services" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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