American Conservation Coalition Action INC

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To change the conservative narrative on the environment through innovative education, activism and outreach.

501(c)(4) social-welfare organization; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
94¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 40 volunteers and 2 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(4)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $226K a year · 27% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
94%
of spending
Looks good: 94% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$36K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
15 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 14.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $190K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$810K
36% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 36% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.5M
+103% vs prior year
Spent
$1.8M
To programs
94%
Net assets
$1.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.5M
FY2025▲ +103%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$400K
FY2021$400K
FY2022$215K
FY2023$303K
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$2.5M
Expenses
$1.8M
FY2025▲ +192%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$270K
FY2021$326K
FY2022$395K
FY2023$298K
FY2024$611K
FY2025$1.8M
Net assets
$1.4M
FY2025▲ +101%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$263K
FY2021$337K
FY2022$157K
FY2023$87K
FY2024$703K
FY2025$1.4M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2018.

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

Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 94% · $1.7M Management & general 5% · $83K Fundraising 1% · $22K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $36K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$20,870Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Executive Officer
$8,877Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$6,210Pt VII · Sec A
Director - Left in 2025
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director - Left in 2025
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Chris Barnard’s $21K as President is at the 1st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1851 $1–10M 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Quillan Robinson———$76,405$70,452$62,309
Danielle Butcher———$10,977$26,528$44,819
Chris Barnard$20,870$9,076$5,364———
Danielle Franz$8,877$9,290————
Benjamin Backer——$4,993$8,504$7,758$4,277
Stephen Perkins$6,210$4,416$4,993———
Danielle Butcher Franz——$4,048———

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 mobilizes conservatives to champion environmental protection.

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3 programs · $1.7M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Grasstops

Acc action's grasstops programming includes coalition building, thought leadership, education, and advocacy. In 2025, activities included hosting a congressional fly-in, participating in the development of legislation such as the patriot parks act, announcing congressional and gubernatorial leaders as 2025 acc action champions, and…

$1.3Mprogram expense
02

Marketing & Communications

Acc action's communications bridge a grassroots base with policy leaders through earned and social media efforts. In 2025, this resulted in more than 2,000 media hits and more than half a billion social media impressions.

$333Kprogram expense
03

Grassroots

Acc action's grassroots programming includes event sponsorships, youth civic engagement initiatives, education, and public outreach. In 2025, 50 acc action activists participated in a washington, D.C., fly-in to discuss nuclear energy, conservation, and permitting reform with policymakers.

$43Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$190K
Grants paid · 3 grants · $978K · 2024–2025
American Conservation Coalition PacFY2025$783,225
Jeffersonian ProjectVA · FY2025$10,000
American Conservation Coalition PacFY2024$185,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$43K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Money outPt IX
$1.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.7M
Managementcol C$83K
Fundraisingcol D$22K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.2M
Total assetsLn 16$2.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$810K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$43K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Total revenueLn 12$2.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$996K
SavingsLn 2$1.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.2M
Total assetsLn 16$2.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$810K
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 640
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$725K$2.2M
Total assetsLn 16$731K$2.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$28K$810K
Net assetsLn 32$703K$1.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$799K$799K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$36K$19K$9K$9K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$183K$161K$11K$12K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5K$4K$400
Payroll taxesLn 10$15K$14K$840
Legal feesLn 11b$16K$16K
Accounting feesLn 11c$20K$20K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$266K$266K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$325K$325K
Office expensesLn 13$934$389$545
Information technologyLn 14$27K$12K$15K
OccupancyLn 16$3K$3K
TravelLn 17$76K$68K$8K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$11K$11K
InsuranceLn 23$1K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.8M$1.7M$83K$22K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.5M$1.8M$707K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.2M$611K$616K$703K 990 PDF
FY2023 $303K$298K$5K$87K 990 PDF
FY2022 $215K$395K−$180K$157K 990 PDF
FY2021 $400K$326K$74K$337K 990 PDF
FY2020 $400K$270K$131K$263K 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 O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,489,448 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,226,666$2,445,298
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$42,719
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $247$1,431
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,226,913$2,489,448
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $192,940$798,538
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $129,643$238,867
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $288,504$744,838
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $611,087$1,782,243
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $615,826$707,205
Part VI · Governance 5 of 6 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,489,448 across 4 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,431 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,445,298
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,445,298
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $42,719$42,719
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $44,150$2,489,448
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,782,243 across 15 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $798,538$798,538
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $18,527 · Management $8,640 · Fundraising $8,790$35,957
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $160,938 · Management $10,507 · Fundraising $11,816$183,261
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,453 · Fundraising $400$4,853
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $13,956 · Fundraising $840$14,796
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $15,676$15,676
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $20,364$20,364
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $265,515$265,515
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $324,714$324,714
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $389 · Management $545$934
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $11,688 · Management $15,189$26,877
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $2,875$2,875
IX-17 TravelPrograms $67,903 · Management $7,898$75,801
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $10,833$10,833
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,249$1,249
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,677,454 · Management $82,943 · Fundraising $21,846$1,782,243
Part X · Balance sheet $2,220,737 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $724,809$995,842
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$1,193,802
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$25,000
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $6,093$6,093
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $730,902$2,220,737
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $27,750$52,155
X-18 Grants payable$758,225
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $27,750$810,380
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $703,152$1,385,357
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$25,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $703,152$1,410,357
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $730,902$2,220,737
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,410,357 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,489,448
XI-2 Total expenses$1,782,243
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$707,205
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$703,152
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,410,357

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