Environmental Advocates Action Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
132736126
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Albany, NY, USA
Phone
5184625526
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$34,016
Expenses
$22,975
Assets
$6,315
Liabilities
$6,730

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • VANESSA FAJANS-TURNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JOHN BUTTRICK (PRESIDENT)
  • JOHN MYLOD (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MICHAEL KINK (DIRECTOR)
  • HENRY J NEALE (DIRECTOR)
  • VANESSA FAJANS-TURNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Environmental advocates action is the 501(c)(4) sister organization of enviromental advocates ny. The organization works to educate and engage citizens, lawmakers, legislative staff, and state agencies on environmental, climate, public health, and energy policy issues impacting new yorkers. Its primary purpose is to provide dependable, research-driven, and accessible information regarding New York state environmental policy, legislative developments, regulatory actions, and the public health impacts of environmental decision-making. As part of its public education and accountability work, the organization publishes legislative scorecards evaluating the environmental voting records of elected officials, highlighting " environmental champions and "oil slick" officials who hurt the environment. These accountability tools help new yorkers better understand how legislative decisions impact climate, public health, affordability, and environmental quality accross the state.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization is a nonpartisan environmental advocacy organization which educates citizens, lawmakers, legislative staff & state agencies on nys environmental and human health policy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 44
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 37.4%; rating input score 37
  • Program expense ratio: 55.4%; rating input score 55

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 32.5%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.07; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.4% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 37.4% of revenue deployed · 55.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 37/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.