Cause IQ organization profile

Pure Earth

Pure Earth is a international development organization based in New York, NY that was founded in 1999. As of 2019 they had $5.1 million in revenue and $5.0 million in assets.

The mission of Pure Earth is to identify and clean up the poorest communities throughout the developing world where high concentrations of toxins have devastating health effects.

Previous legal names or variations of their name include: Blacksmith Institute.

EIN:

13-4075779

City:

New York

State:

New York

Metro:

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

Website:

pureearth.org

Phone:

212.870.3490

Facebook:

facebook.com/BlacksmithInstitute

Twitter:

@pureearthnow

Founded:

1999

Type:

501(c)(3)

NTEE:

Q30: International development and relief organizations

Revenue:

$5,140,899

Assets:

$5,082,288

Employees:

Fiscal year end:

December

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at Pure Earth

The organization's objective is to ensure that we provide a clean and hospitable place for future generations. Our focus is on pollution-related problems in developing countries in particular. We provide strategic, technical and financial support to local champions of organizations in developing countries as they strive to solve specific pollution-related environmental issues.

Form 990s for Pure Earth

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2018-12	Feb 11, 2020	990	View PDF
2017-12	Feb 21, 2019	990	View PDF
2016-12	Mar 14, 2018	990	View PDF
2015-12	Feb 21, 2017	990	View PDF
2014-12	Feb 8, 2016	990	View PDF
...and six more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for Pure Earth

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Federated campaigns	$0	$0
Membership dues	$0	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$133,955	$128,619	4.1%
Related organizations	$0	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$3,087,412	$11,435	26899.7%
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$1,858,781	$1,131,033	64.3%
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$62,388	$50,317	24.0%
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$5,080,148	$1,271,087	299.7%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$5,080,148	$1,271,087	299.7%
Program services	$0	$0
Investment income and dividends	$803	$31	2490.3%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$0	$0
Net rental income	$0	$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$892	$-334	367.1%
Net income from fundraising events	$72,859	$75,961	-4.1%
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$-13,803	$290,581	-104.8%
Total revenues	$5,140,899	$1,637,326	214.0%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$0	$0
Grants to individuals in USA	$0	$0
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$0	$0
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$135,486	$130,691	3.7%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$1,739,897	$1,842,741	-5.6%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$0	$0
Other employee benefits	$35,676	$28,273	26.2%
Payroll taxes	$102,935	$109,632	-6.1%
Management fees	$0	$0
Legal fees	$0	$15,699	-100%
Accounting fees	$75,326	$81,076	-7.1%
Lobbying fees	$0	$0
Pro. fundraising fees	$55,000	$60,000	-8.3%
Investment mgmt fees	$0	$0
Other fee-for-service	$672,953	$1,154,123	-41.7%
Advertising and promotion	$0	$0
Office expenses	$281,281	$406,732	-30.8%
Information tech. expenses	$0	$0
Royalty expenses	$0	$0
Occupancy	$177,320	$172,061	3.1%
Travel	$440,802	$566,873	-22.2%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$77,209	$287,877	-73.2%
Interest	$37,900	$36,990	2.5%
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$94,371	$97,705	-3.4%
Insurance	$21,104	$21,274	-0.8%
All other expenses	$34,714	$59,298	-41.5%
Total expenses	$3,981,974	$5,071,045	-21.5%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$490,436	$120,778	306.1%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$0	$0
Pledges and grants receivable	$3,925,546	$3,797,842	3.4%
Accounts receivable	$0	$0
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$0	$0
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0	$0
Inventories for use	$0	$0
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$145,346	$305,766	-52.5%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$495,960	$593,851	-16.5%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$0	$0
Investments, other securities	$0	$0
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$25,000	$25,000
Total assets	$5,082,288	$4,843,237	4.9%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$608,811	$1,063,060	-42.7%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$0	$0
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$0	$0
Escrow or custodial account liability	$0	$0
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$0	$0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$218,674	$384,770	-43.2%
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Other liabilities	$153,257	$452,786	-66.2%
Total liabilities	$980,742	$1,900,616	-48.4%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$68,050	$290,540	-76.6%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$4,033,496	$2,652,081	52.1%
Permanently restricted net assets	$0	$0

Vendors for Pure Earth

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
PayPal	Fundraising software; Payment processing		2020-03-06
█████████	Content management system software		2020-03-06
███ ████████ ██ ███	Tax accounting		2020-02-11
████████ ██████████	Golf Event and Spring Gala	$55,000	2018-12-01

Personnel at Pure Earth

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Eric Fecci	Chief Financial Officer	-	Jan. 15, 2020
Carol Sumkin	Chief Development Officer	$176,608	Dec. 31, 2018
██████ █████████	Executive Director, Communications	-	Jan. 15, 2020
█████ ████████	Director of Operations	-	Jan. 15, 2020
█████████ ███	Director , Communications	-	Jan. 15, 2020
████ ██████	Director, Community Outreach	-	Jan. 15, 2020
███ ██████████	Senior Director of Development	-	Jan. 15, 2020
███████ █████	Director, Strategy and Development	-	Jan. 15, 2020
███ ████ █████████	Director of Research	-	Jan. 15, 2020
████ █████████	Regional Director, Latin America and the Caribbean	-	Jan. 15, 2020
...and seven more key personnel

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	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	Echoing Green	501(c)(3)	$10 million	New York, NY
2	Endeavor Global	501(c)(3)	$9.0 million	New York, NY
3	Near East Foundation (NEF)	501(c)(3)	$16 million	Syracuse, NY
4	Nest (NEST)	501(c)(3)	$3.4 million	New York, NY
5	Family Care International	501(c)(3)	$4.3 million	New York, NY
6	Sonset Solutions	501(c)(3)	$1.8 million	Elkhart, IN
7	Landesa	501(c)(3)	$12 million	Seattle, WA
8	Verite	501(c)(3)	$7.9 million	Amherst, MA
9	International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)	501(c)(3)	$17 million	Washington, DC
10	Bridges to Prosperity (B2P)	501(c)(3)	$5.4 million	Denver, CO
11	Kiva Microfunds	501(c)(3)	$23 million	San Francisco, CA
12	Grameen Foundation	501(c)(3)	$10 million	Washington, DC
13	Engineers Without Borders USA	501(c)(3)	$10 million	Denver, CO
14	Village Capital	501(c)(3)	$5.8 million	Washington, DC
15	International Technical Assistance Group (ITAG)	501(c)(3)	$4.2 million	Plano, TX
16	American International Health Alliance	501(c)(3)	$9.9 million	Washington, DC
17	Resource Exchange International	501(c)(3)	$1.6 million	Colorado Springs, CO
18	International Youth Foundation (IYF)	501(c)(3)	$17 million	Baltimore, MD
19	Building Markets	501(c)(3)	$2.0 million	New York, NY
20	PCI Media Impact	501(c)(3)	$3.9 million	New York, NY
21	Pencils of Promise (PoP)	501(c)(3)	$6.6 million	New York, NY
22	Financial Services Volunteer Corps	501(c)(3)	$5.9 million	New York, NY
23	One World Center / Institute for International Cooperation & Development Michigan	501(c)(3)	$2.0 million	Dowagiac, MI
24	Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization (ECHO)	501(c)(3)	$4.6 million	North Fort Myers, FL
25	The Water Project	501(c)(3)	$2.9 million	Concord, NH

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