Ewg Action Fund: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 02-0612599)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$122K
FY2021	$30K
FY2022	$56K
FY2023	$80K
FY2024	$9K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$84K
FY2021	$39K
FY2022	$22K
FY2023	$113K
FY2024	$44K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$63K
FY2021	$53K
FY2022	$87K
FY2023	$53K
FY2024	$17K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 2003.

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Where the money goes

43 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

43%

15%

42%

Program services 43% · $36K Management & general 15% · $13K Fundraising 42% · $36K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

4 people listed on the 990; $430 paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Scott Faber

Member

$180Pt VII · Sec A

Ken Cook

Treasurer/Secretary

$150Pt VII · Sec A

Scott Mallan

VP Finance

$100Pt VII · Sec A

Durwood Zaelke

Chair

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ken Cook’s $313K as Treasurer/Secretary is at the 98th percentile of top reported officer pay among 168 <$100K community development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Ken Cook	$312,714	$317,423	$150
Scott Mallan	$222,045	$221,321	$100
Scott Faber	—	—	$180

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Educates and advocates for environmental health and awareness.

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2 programs · $36K · in their own filed words · FY2020

01

Toxics and Human Health

The action fund advocates and educates the general public on areas related to toxic chemicals, environmental pollutants, and human health. Examples include cosmetics and persistent bio accumulative toxins.

$28Kprogram expense

02

Water and Agriculture

The action fund educates decision-makers and the public about the threats to public health and safety from agricultural runoff, pesticides on food, and of farm subsidies to large corporations.

$8Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2024

American Association for JusticeFY2024$35K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$35K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$122K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$122K

Money outPt IX

$84K

Ln 25

Programscol B$36K

Managementcol C$13K

Fundraisingcol D$36K

Owns and owesPt X

$63K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$69K

Total assetsLn 16$69K

LiabilitiesLn 26$7K

PeoplePt VI, VII

4

listed · VII A

PaidVII A3

Voting boardVI 1a3

IndependentVI 1b1

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$122K

Total revenueLn 12$122K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$69K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$69K

Total assetsLn 16$69K

LiabilitiesLn 26$7K

Net assetsLn 32$63K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 516

VolunteersI 61

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$30K	$69K
Total assetsLn 16	$31K	$69K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$6K	$7K
Net assetsLn 32	$25K	$63K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$24K	$23K	$211	$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$3K	$3K	$19	$112
Payroll taxesLn 10	$2K	$2K	$15	$74
Legal feesLn 11b	$95		$95
Accounting feesLn 11c	$10K		$10K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$1K	$988		$280
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$792	$770	$3	$19
Office expensesLn 13	$2K	$53	$1K	$886
Information technologyLn 14	$2K	$2K	$703	$120
OccupancyLn 16	$3K	$3K	$11	$138
TravelLn 17	$495	$481	$13	$1
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$158	$153		$5
InsuranceLn 23	$269	$256	$2	$11
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$35K	$1K	$416	$33K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$84K	$36K	$13K	$36K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$9K	$44K	−$36K	$17K	990 PDF
FY2023	$80K	$113K	−$34K	$53K	990 PDF
FY2022	$56K	$22K	$33K	$87K	990 PDF
FY2021	$30K	$39K	−$9K	$53K	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$122K	$84K	$37K	$63K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

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Part I · Summary $121,824 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $44,919$121,824

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $44,919$121,824

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $31,803$28,900

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $68,530$55,440

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $100,333$84,340

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$55,414$37,484

Part VI · Governance 1 of 3 board members independent, 2 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3

VI-1b Independent voting members1

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $121,824 across 3 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$121,824

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$121,824

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$121,824

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $84,340 across 14 lines filed

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $23,097 · Management $211 · Fundraising $1,031$24,339

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,567 · Management $19 · Fundraising $112$2,698

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,774 · Management $15 · Fundraising $74$1,863

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $95$95

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $10,140$10,140

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $988 · Fundraising $280$1,268

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $770 · Management $3 · Fundraising $19$792

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $53 · Management $1,123 · Fundraising $886$2,062

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,543 · Management $703 · Fundraising $120$2,366

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,861 · Management $11 · Fundraising $138$3,010

IX-17 TravelPrograms $481 · Management $13 · Fundraising $1$495

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $153 · Fundraising $5$158

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $256 · Management $2 · Fundraising $11$269

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,377 · Management $416 · Fundraising $32,992$34,785

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $35,920 · Management $12,751 · Fundraising $35,669$84,340

Part X · Balance sheet $69,262 assets, 9 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $30,223$69,140

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $404$122

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $30,627$69,262

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $5,553$6,704

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $5,553$6,704

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$17,892−$26,753

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $42,966$89,311

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $25,074$62,558

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $30,627$69,262

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $62,558 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$121,824

XI-2 Total expenses$84,340

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$37,484

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$25,074

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$62,558

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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Ewg Action Fund FY2020 filing

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