Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Inc

Analysis

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Silver Spring, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Inc reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.6m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $1.8m (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Inc sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newfound Lake Region Association ($1.8m), Smith Island Land Trust ($1.8m) and Utah Clean Air Partnership Ucair Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 4.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $108k (6.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $702k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $330k, net assets of $857k. It reported 12 employees.