Public Charity

HEALTH EFFECTS INSTITUTE

HEALTH EFFECTS INSTITUTE, of BOSTON, MA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $13.3M in revenue, $15.7M in expenses, $10.2M in total assets. 4 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 042708045 BOSTON, MA Fund Raising & Fund Distribution NTEE: H12 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$13.3M
Total Expenses$15.7M
Total Assets$10.2M
Grant Records4
Funding Total$2.3M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

HEALTH EFFECTS INSTITUTE'S MISSION IS TO CONDUCT INDEPENDENT RESEARCH TO PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY, IMPARTIAL AND RELEVANT SCIENCE ON THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION. THIS IS DONE BY IDENTIFYING THE HIGHEST PRIORITY AREAS FOR HEALTH EFFECT RESEARCH; FUNDING AND OVERSEEING RESEARCH; PROVIDING INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF RELATED RESEARCH PROJECTS; COLLABORATING WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS; COMMUNICATION OF RESULTS OF HEI RESEARCH AND ANALYSES TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DECISION MAKERS.

Where $100 goes at Health Effects Institute

How Health Effects Institute divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$84 Programs the work itself
$16 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $84 for programs

$52
Hei's environmental and health program tracks air pollution from its sources to its health impacts, studying how those effects occur
62% of program spending
$27
Hei's energy program funds and supports policy-relevant research about the potential impacts from the onshore development of oil and gas from shale and other unconventional resources in the…
32% of program spending
$5
Hei's global initiatives program engages in projects around the world, applying science to better understand the health impacts of air pollution
6% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Alan Leshner
BOARD MEMBER Ana Diez Roux
BOARD MEMBER Catherine Ross
SENIOR SCIENTIST Cloelle Danforth
SENIOR SCIENTIST Daniel Crouse
DIRECTOR OF HEI ENERGY Donna Vorhees

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Health & Medicine
$2,116,705 3 grants
Research & Policy
$200,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $13.3M $15.7M $10.2M
2024 $13.0M $15.2M $14.0M
2023 $15.0M $15.4M $16.8M
2022 $15.1M $13.1M $15.8M
2021 $12.5M $10.8M $12.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $12.5M to $13.3M (+6%), with total assets most recently reported at $10.2M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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