Earth Day Coalition

What it reported doing in 2018

Clean transportation: designated in 1999 as the u.s. Department of energy clean cities coalition serving northeast Ohio (8 counties), earth day coalition's clean transportation program has the focused and measured goal of reducing petroleum consumption in transportation (gasoline and diesel) and improving air quality for our region. As one of 90 similar sponsored coalitions across the country, we report back to the u.s. Doe on our progress with key metric's. Transportation accounts for 30% of greenhouse gas emissions which contribute to climate change in the u.s. Our program aggressively takes on this issue at the local level through a broad partnership of stakeholders which includes business, municipal, and other institutional fleets, as well as individuals. We educate fleet managers with a three-tiered approach involving alternative fuels, advanced technologies, and practices that reduce our consumption of petroleum in transportation (such as idle reduction ordinances, ride sharing, mass transit, and bicycle and pedestrian friendly development practices). We assist fleet managers in securing funding and taking advantage of federal, state, and local incentives, and provide year-round educational forums, workshops, and ride and drive events to increase the adoption of more sustainable transportation solutions. We partnered with sustainable cleveland in their annual conference, and at our earthfest, to host ride and drive events which exposed thousands of people to new vehicle technologies. We also launched our electric vehicle deployment task force with a host of local stakeholders looking to expedite the adoption of electric vehicles and increase the number of local charging stations in our area. Our clean transportation program increases national energy security through the adoption of cleaner domestic fuels, creates local manufacturing jobs, and improves our local economy. It achieves this while also improving our air quality, decreasing our reliance on petroleum imports from outside the u.s., and has a significant impact on the reduction of greenhouse gases that pose a threat to the well-being of future generations.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 95.1%; rating input score 95
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -77.7%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -20% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -14.9% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -26.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings