Clean Air Task Force Inc

Analysis

Clean Air Task Force Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Boston, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Clean Air Task Force Inc reported income of $46.3m and spending of $54.8m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $11.4m to $46.3m (+306%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Clean Air Task Force Inc sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Appalachian Mountain Club ($46.0m), Oceana Inc ($46.5m) and Denver Botanic Garden Inc ($46.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 1.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $5.2m (9.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $17.2m. At year end it held assets of $37.2m against liabilities of $4.8m, net assets of $32.4m. It reported 182 employees.