Public Charity

ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY

ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY, of WASHINGTON, DC, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2024 filing shows $8.3M in revenue, $8.1M in expenses, $6.0M in total assets. 38 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $18.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 521654284 WASHINGTON, DC Support N.E.C. NTEE: Q19 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$8.3M
Total Expenses$8.1M
Total Assets$6.0M
Grant Records38
Funding Total$18.3M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

TO ESTABLISH AND PROMOTE PROGRAMS TO PROTECT THE GLOBAL CLIMATE, FORESTS, WILDLIFE AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, THROUGH RESEARCH, ADVOCACY, AND INVESTIGATION.

Where $100 goes at Environmental Investigation Agency

How Environmental Investigation Agency divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$95 Programs the work itself
$4 Management running the organization
$1 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $95 for programs

$60
Eia's forest campaign protects the world's forests, and the people, wildlife and global climate that depend on them, by exposing illegal timber operations and illegal deforestation for production…
64% of program spending
$17
Eia wildlife and ocean campaigns envisions a world where the world's threatened species, including elephants, rhinos, orangutans, and beluga whales, are protected, recovered, and thriving throughout their natural…
18% of program spending
$12
Global climate campaign eia is leading the international effort for a global phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons (hfcs)--a class of potent chlorinated chemicals that are responsible for the antarctic and…
12% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
$1,523,350
2024
TO EXPAND ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE COOLING AND REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ($350,000); TO REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM NON-CARBON POLLUTANTS ($200,000); TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF FORESTED AND OTHER LANDSCAPES TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE ($100,000)
$650,000
2024
REVERSE RAPID DEGRADATION OF ECOSYSTEMS
$526,438
$225,000
$172,385

Showing up to 5 of 38 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Alexander Von Bismarck
PRESIDENT Allan Thornton
BOARD MEMBER Anita Plummer
CLIMATE CAMPAIGN LEAD Avipsa Mahapatra
BOARD MEMBER Brian Cox
COUNSEL AND WILDLIFE CAMPAIGN LEAD Danielle Grabiel

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

International Aid & Development
$7,661,700 5 grants
Animal Welfare
$6,684,970 4 grants
Environment & Conservation
$1,257,385 7 grants
General Support
$1,113,001 15 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$114,850 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $8.3M $8.1M $6.0M
2023 $7.2M $7.9M $5.6M
2022 $7.3M $7.1M $6.5M
2020 $7.7M $7.1M $6.5M
2019 $5.2M $6.0M $5.7M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $5.2M to $8.3M (+61%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.0M.

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

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