Environmental Protection Network

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821378870
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2026566229
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,848,320
Expenses
$3,083,266
Assets
$3,286,960
Liabilities
$134,642

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHELLE ROOS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHELLE ROOS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $216,883 total reported compensation
  • KATHY POPE (DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR): $134,287 total reported compensation
  • MICHELLE MONTOYA-GOLDMAN (POLICY DIRECTOR): $131,560 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to preserve and advance the nations bipartisan legacy of progress towards clean air, water, land and climate protection for all americans by harnessing the expertise of 600 former epa staff, who provide the unique perspective of former regulators with decades of historical knowledge and subject matter expertise.

What it reported doing in 2024

Epn is focused on building the capacity of environmental agencies and the communities they serve to truly address the most urgent health and environmental crises. Epn works to ensure that epa advances policies, budgets, and institutional changes to address public health needs. Epn provides capacity-building technical assistance and training to disadvantaged communities non-profit organizations and under resourced state, local and tribal government agencies. Epn educates congress and serves as a critical resource for facts, objective analysis and scientific rigor for reporters and other strategic partners.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.6%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 74.9%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: $23.61 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.9%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.07; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.7%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 33.2% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 31.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 35.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.6% of revenue deployed · 74.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $217K · 11 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $553K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.