Intersectional Environmentalist

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861232246
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
2819649401
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$508,909
Expenses
$517,115
Assets
$137,352
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LEAH THOMAS (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • KIANA KAZEMI (SECRETARY): $17,955 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Ie 501(c)(3) is a climate justice collective radically imagining a more equitable + diverse future of environmentalism. We seek to bridge the understanding gap and provide accessible educational resources for those who want to learn and guidance and direction for organizations looking to shift their narrative. We are also movement connectors, leading people to initiatives and organizations they can support in their local community. Intersectional environmentalist (ie) evolved to deepen service of community through a new digital database tool & media capacity building program designed to connect thousands of people to organizations near them and strenthen communications and campaign efforts of grassroots movements. These programs support our mission to increase access to educational resources & awareness about intersectional environmentalism and drive support towards community-driven efforts. In the first year of these new critical programs, we launched a database that included 500+ org

What it reported doing in 2024

Intersectional environmentalist (ie) evolved to deepen service of community through a new digital database tool & media capacity building program designed to connect thousands of people to organizations near them and strenthen communications and campaign efforts of grassroots movements. These programs support our mission to increase access to educational resources & awareness about intersectional environmentalism and drive support towards community-driven efforts. In the first year of these new critical programs, we launched a database that included 500+ organizations all over the country that has amassed thousands of clicks, and collaborated with and supported 11 organizations to amplify their efforts to our media network of 500k+, reaching over million people with critical campaigns & educational resources. Ie invested deeply in evolving our programmatix offerings to deepen community impact and invest in a new executive director to help strenthen our organizational infrastructure, long-term sustainability and impact to ensure we continue to see growth since our founding in 2020.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 74% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 68
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.4%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 78.2%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 90%; rating input score 90; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.6%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.1% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 31.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.4% of revenue deployed · 78.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 10 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $404K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $18K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.