Mighty Earth INC: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 84-4785944)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$265K
FY2021	$2.1M
FY2022	$4.6M
FY2023	$7.0M
FY2024	$7.3M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$13K
FY2021	$1.9M
FY2022	$4.1M
FY2023	$6.6M
FY2024	$6.1M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$252K
FY2021	$476K
FY2022	$1.0M
FY2023	$1.5M
FY2024	$2.6M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 2020.

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

Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

77%

18%

Program services 77% · $4.7M Management & general 18% · $1.1M Fundraising 5% · $322K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $1.1M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Glenn Hurowitz

CEO & Founder

$223,657Pt VII · Sec A

Alex Wijeratna

Senior Director Global Protein Campaign

$146,000Pt VII · Sec A

Matthew Groch

Senior Director, Heavy Industry

$142,516Pt VII · Sec A

Carole Mitchell

Senior Director, Comms

$138,138Pt VII · Sec A

Alexander Armstrong

Vice President, External Affairs

$135,532Pt VII · Sec A

Amanda Hurowitz

Senior Director, Asia

$113,135Pt VII · Sec A

Cindy Schwartz

Chief Operating Officer. (until 7/24)

$102,083Pt VII · Sec A

Anna Hong

Managing Director Finops, (from 5/24)

$95,387Pt VII · Sec A

Glenn Hurowitz’s $224K as CEO & Founder is at the 89th 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021
Glenn Hurowitz	$223,657	$225,000	$175,000	$142,935
Cindy Schwartz	$102,083	$168,333	$151,808	—
Alex Wijeratna	$146,000	—	—	—
Matthew Groch	$142,516	$136,472	—	—
Carole Mitchell	$138,138	—	—	—
Alexander Armstrong	$135,532	—	—	—
Amanda Hurowitz	$113,135	$131,232	—	—
Anna Hong	$95,387	—	—	—

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 decarbonizing heavy industry by holding corporations accountable for sustainable alternatives and ending destructive fuel practices.

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3 programs · $4.7M · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Protein

Mighty earth works to transform the protein industry by persuading supermarkets, restaurants, financial institutions, and governments to end deforestation, land-grabbing, and the abuse of indigenous communities, and shift to regenerative agricultural practices and alternative proteins.

$2.7Mprogram expense

02

Forests

Mighty earth works to break the link between agriculture and destruction of tropical rainforests and other landscapes. We work in the amazon in latin america, the upper guinean forest and congo basin forests in africa and the paradise forests in southeast asia.

$1.1Mprogram expense

03

Climate

Mighty earth works to decarbonize heavy industry by holding major auto and construction companies accountable to find sustainable, renewable alternatives and changing corporate policies that destroy forests and mine, chop, finance, ship, and burn the most destructive fuels on earth.

$838Kprogram 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 · FY2025

The Ayco Charitable FoundationFY2025$25K

Jolene Larry and Paul Shapiro Family FoundationFY2025$10K

Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$35K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$7.3M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.1M

Other incomeLn 4–11$198K

Investment incomeLn 3$9K

Money outPt IX

$6.1M

Ln 25

Programscol B$4.7M

Managementcol C$1.1M

Fundraisingcol D$322K

Owns and owesPt X

$2.6M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M

Total assetsLn 16$3.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$442K

PeoplePt VI, VII

13

listed · VII A

PaidVII A8

Voting boardVI 1a6

IndependentVI 1b5

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.1M

Government grantsLn 1e$1.6M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$332K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$140K

Investment incomeLn 3$9K

Other incomeLn 4–11$198K

Gains on assetsLn 7−$8K

Total revenueLn 12$7.3M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$188K

SavingsLn 2$1.1M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.3M

Other assetsLn 15$0

Total assetsLn 16$3.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$442K

Net assetsLn 32$2.6M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 57

VolunteersI 650

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

Line	Start FY24	End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$1.1M	$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16	$1.8M	$3.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$322K	$442K
Net assetsLn 32	$1.5M	$2.6M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$7K	$7K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$163K	$163K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$454K	$256K	$160K	$39K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$2.0M	$1.7M	$217K	$168K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$32K	$26K	$3K	$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$78K	$67K	$4K	$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$589K	$452K	$89K	$48K
Legal feesLn 11b	$62K	$39K	$20K	$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$283K		$283K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$1.4M	$1.4M	$65K	$14K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$88K	$82K	$4K	$944
Office expensesLn 13	$25K	$7K	$16K	$2K
Information technologyLn 14	$217K	$92K	$113K	$12K
OccupancyLn 16	$54K		$54K
TravelLn 17	$206K	$170K	$24K	$12K
InterestLn 20	$4K	$1K	$3K	$347
InsuranceLn 23	$430		$430
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$330K	$283K	$36K	$11K
All other expensesLn 24e	$50K	$39K	$9K	$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$6.1M	$4.7M	$1.1M	$322K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest Viewing	$7.3M	$6.1M	$1.2M	$2.6M	990 PDF
FY2023	$7.0M	$6.6M	$421K	$1.5M	990 PDF
FY2022	$4.6M	$4.1M	$564K	$1.0M	990 PDF
FY2021	$2.1M	$1.9M	$229K	$476K	990 PDF
FY2020	$265K	$13K	$252K	$252K	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 $7,323,480 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,982,069$7,115,959

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $29,795$9,030

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $20,655$198,491

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,032,519$7,323,480

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $250,687$169,894

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

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,791,828$3,201,601

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $103,900$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,464,841$2,753,398

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,611,256$6,124,893

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $421,263$1,198,587

Part VI · Governance 5 of 6 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6

VI-1b Independent voting members5

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 $7,323,480 across 9 lines filed

VIII-1c Fundraising events$139,550

VIII-1e Government grants$1,597,688

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$5,378,721

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$332,044

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$7,115,959

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $17,307$17,307

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$8,277−$8,277

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $198,491$198,491

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $207,521$7,323,480

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,124,893 across 19 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $7,100$7,100

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $162,794$162,794

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $255,578 · Management $159,590 · Fundraising $39,036$454,204

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,664,909 · Management $216,731 · Fundraising $167,906$2,049,546

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $26,476 · Management $2,576 · Fundraising $2,458$31,510

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $66,710 · Management $4,236 · Fundraising $6,683$77,629

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $451,657 · Management $88,589 · Fundraising $48,466$588,712

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $39,302 · Management $19,772 · Fundraising $3,207$62,281

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $283,280$283,280

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,353,881 · Management $65,131 · Fundraising $14,006$1,433,018

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $82,360 · Management $4,477 · Fundraising $944$87,781

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,973 · Management $16,159 · Fundraising $1,908$25,040

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $92,051 · Management $113,210 · Fundraising $11,733$216,994

IX-16 OccupancyManagement $53,674$53,674

IX-17 TravelPrograms $170,424 · Management $23,964 · Fundraising $11,937$206,325

IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,172 · Management $2,969 · Fundraising $347$4,488

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $430$430

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $283,347 · Management $36,350 · Fundraising $10,594$330,291

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $38,698 · Management $8,663 · Fundraising $2,435$49,796

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,703,432 · Management $1,099,801 · Fundraising $321,660$6,124,893

Part X · Balance sheet $3,092,206 assets, 14 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $209,071$188,114

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $860,534$1,075,753

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $657,392$1,701,387

X-8 Inventories for sale or use$77,054

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $45,031$49,898

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $5,258$0

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,777,286$3,092,206

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $321,567$317,314

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$125,000

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $321,567$442,314

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$493,769$86,290

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,949,488$2,563,602

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,455,719$2,649,892

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,777,286$3,092,206

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,649,892 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$7,323,480

XI-2 Total expenses$6,124,893

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,198,587

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,455,719

XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$4,414

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,649,892

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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