Pennenvironment Inc

Overview

Mission

The corporation is organized and operated exclusively for social welfare purposes. The corporation's activities may include public education, research, litigation, and advocacy on issues affecting the environment and public interest.

What it reported doing in 2024

Public education and outreach: recruiting volunteers, distributing educational literature, conducting surveys and discussing issues with the public reaching thousands of citizens each year on the following issues: working to ban single-use plastics, promoting renewable energy strategies, cleaning up our waterways and banning toxic pesticides used in food production.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
020611111
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
2157325897
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 45
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 78
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 36.1%; rating input score 36
  • Program expense ratio: 65.8%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 48.7%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.35; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 36.1% of revenue deployed · 65.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $512K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $139K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 annual filings from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 29 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • DAVID MASUR (PRESIDENT): $138,710 total reported compensation
  • JEFF FREW (DIRECTOR): $2,843 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.