Citizens Coal Council: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 52-1926679)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$199K
FY2021	$167K
FY2022	$136K
FY2023	$159K
FY2024	$112K
FY2025	$157K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$179K
FY2021	$209K
FY2022	$99K
FY2023	$153K
FY2024	$91K
FY2025	$157K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$892
FY2021	−$41K
FY2022	−$5K
FY2023	$1K
FY2024	$22K
FY2025	$21K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1996.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

69%

19%

13%

Program services 69% · $108K Management & general 19% · $29K Fundraising 13% · $20K

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

3 people listed on the 990; $44K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII

Aimee Erickson

Executive Di

$44,500Pt VII · Sec A

Elousie Brown

Co-Chair

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Michael Nixon

Co-Chair/Sec

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Aimee Erickson’s $44K as Executive Di is at the 27th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1989 $100K–1M environment 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Aimee Erickson	$44,500	$62,769	$68,000	$56,288	$60,294	$26,561

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Advocates for coalfield communities, protecting resources and demanding environmental law enforcement.

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3 programs · $108K · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Osmre watch is a national initiative to hold the office of surface mining reclamation and enforcement accountable for enforcing the surface mining control and reclamation act. It documents community impacts from coal mining-such as water loss, property damage, and failed reclamation-to expose gaps in federal oversight.

$73Kprogram expense

02

Citizens coal council sponsored a baseline environmental study conducted in may 2025 to document existing water quality, habitat conditions, and aquatic life in greene county, pennsylvania, before the expansion of longwall coal mining.

$30Kprogram expense

03

Published in the federal register in june 2025, the office of surface mining reclamation and enforcement proposed rolling back the 2024 ten-day notice (TDN) rule and bringing back the 2020 version, saying it would better match the surface mining control and reclamation act of 1977 (smcra) and ease requirements on states.

$5Kprogram 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

Nonprofit Partners INCFY2024$64K

Malama FoundationFY2024$25K

Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$89K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$157K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$156K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$620

Investment incomeLn 3$20

Money outPt IX

$157K

Ln 25

Programscol B$108K

Managementcol C$29K

Fundraisingcol D$20K

Owns and owesPt X

$21K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$51K

Total assetsLn 16$51K

LiabilitiesLn 26$30K

PeoplePt VI, VII

3

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a2

IndependentVI 1b2

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$156K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$29K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$620

Investment incomeLn 3$20

Total revenueLn 12$157K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$51K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$51K

Total assetsLn 16$51K

LiabilitiesLn 26$30K

Net assetsLn 32$21K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 52

VolunteersI 645

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

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

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$49K	$51K
Total assetsLn 16	$49K	$51K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$28K	$30K
Net assetsLn 32	$22K	$21K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$68K	$41K	$14K	$14K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$26K	$20K	$3K	$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$2K	$1K	$447	$447
Payroll taxesLn 10	$9K	$6K	$2K	$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$3K		$3K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$40K	$40K		$248
Office expensesLn 13	$5K	$656	$4K	$101
OccupancyLn 16	$817		$817
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$434	$53	$381
InsuranceLn 23	$2K		$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$377		$227	$150
Total functional expensesLn 25	$157K	$108K	$29K	$20K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$157K	$157K	−$452	$21K	990 PDF
FY2024	$112K	$91K	$20K	$22K	990 PDF
FY2023	$159K	$153K	$6K	$1K	990 PDF
FY2022	$136K	$99K	$36K	−$5K	990 PDF
FY2021	$167K	$209K	−$42K	−$41K	990 PDF
FY2020	$199K	$179K	$20K	$892	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

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

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Part I · Summary $156,865 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $111,611$156,225

I-9 Program service revenue$620

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6$20

I-11 Other revenue$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $111,617$156,865

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $45,769$105,386

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $45,409$51,931

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $91,178$157,317

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $20,439−$452

Part VI · Governance 2 of 2 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body2

VI-1b Independent voting members2

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

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

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $156,865 across 6 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$156,225

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$28,600

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$156,225

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $620$620

VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $20$20

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $640$156,865

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $157,317 across 11 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $40,800 · Management $13,600 · Fundraising $13,600$68,000

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $19,763 · Management $2,635 · Fundraising $3,952$26,350

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,340 · Management $447 · Fundraising $447$2,234

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $5,651 · Management $1,514 · Fundraising $1,637$8,802

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $3,200$3,200

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $39,509 · Fundraising $248$39,757

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $656 · Management $4,289 · Fundraising $101$5,046

IX-16 OccupancyManagement $817$817

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $53 · Management $381$434

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $2,300$2,300

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $227 · Fundraising $150$377

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $107,772 · Management $29,410 · Fundraising $20,135$157,317

Part X · Balance sheet $50,838 assets, 10 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $49,221$50,803

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $35$35

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $49,256$50,838

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,663$7,265

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $25,000$22,432

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $27,663$29,697

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $9,293$14,616

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $12,300$6,525

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $21,593$21,141

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $49,256$50,838

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $21,141 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$156,865

XI-2 Total expenses$157,317

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$452

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$21,593

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$21,141

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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