Coming Clean Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
COMING CLEANS MISSION IS TO MEANINGFULLY CONTRIBUTE TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND JUSTICE BY RADICALLY REDUCING SOURCES OF CHEMICAL EXPOSURE IN PEOPLES LIVES, ESPECIALLY DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED POPULATIONS; TO AGGRESSIVELY ADVOCATE FOR CORPORATE AND MARKETPLACE CHANGES AS A DRIVER FOR POLICY SOLUTIONS THAT ADDRESS TOXIC CHEMICALS AS A PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT; AND TO POSITION ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND JUSTICE GROUPS AS LEADERS IN BUILDING HEALTHY AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES LOCALLY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. COMING CLEAN WORKS IN CLOSE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE HEALTH ALLIANCE FOR CHEMICAL POLICY REFORM (EJHA).
- Income
- $2.8 million
- Spending
- $2.9 million
- Spent on programs
- 86%
- Reserves
- 9.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 96%
- Employees
- 17
- Volunteers
- 9
- Highest pay
- $157,666, program director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 81 out of 100. Higher than 53% of charities in its peer group (environment, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 9.6 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 2% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 1% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 6% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1586% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 2 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 60% of charities in its peer group (environment, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 259 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $2.5 million spent. ACCOMPLISHMENTS:NETWORK-WIDE GENERAL STRAGEGY MEETING COMING CLEAN AND EJHA CO-CONVENED A 3-DAY GATHERING OF COMING CLEAN MEMBER-ORGANIZATIONS AND EJHA AFFILIATES IN LOS ANGELES. THE EVENT WAS LOCALLY-HOSTED BY PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY- LA. OVER 100 INDIVIDUALS FROM 45 ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATED IN THE MEETING. THIS WAS COMING CLEANS FIRST GENERAL STRATEGY GATHERING SINCE THE PANDEMIC. MEMEBERS RENEWED OUR COMMITMENT TO CENTER THE LOUISVILLE CHARTER FOR SAFER CHEMICALS IN OUR COLLECTIVE WORK, AND MOVE AGGRESSIVELY TOWARD THE VISION OF THE CHARTER. HAZARDOUS FACILITIES IN SPRING 2024, AFTER A MULTI-YEAR COLLECTIVE ADVOCACY EFFORT, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) FINALIZED THE SAFER COMMUNITIES BY CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION RULE WHICH UPDATED THE RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (RMP) RULE TO FURTHER PROTECT VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES FROM CHEMICAL ACCIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING NEAR FACILITIES IN INDUSTRY SECTORS WITH HIGH ACCIDENT RATES. STRENGTHENING THE RMP RULE HAS BEEN A LONGSTANDING PRIORITY FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE HEALTH ALLIANCE FOR CHEMICAL POLICY REFORM (EJHA) AND COMING CLEAN NETWORKS AS IT REGULATES AROUND 12,000 HIGH-RISK FACILITIES THAT MANUFACTURE, USE AND STOCKPILE HIGHLY HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS SUCH AS THOSE USED IN AGRICULTURE (PESTICIDES, FERTILIZERS AND THE INTERMEDIARY CHEMICALS USED TO MAKE THE FINAL PRODUCT), PLASTICS, WATERPROOFING (PFAS) AND OTHER PRODUCTS. FENCELINE COMMUNITIES NEIGHBORING THESE FACILITIES ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY BLACK, LATINO, LOW-INCOME AND HAVE LOW ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS. THESE COMMUNITIES ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED NOT ONLY BY CHEMICAL EMISSIONS FROM THESE FACILITIES, BUT ALSO MANY NON-CHEMICAL STRESSORS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOW ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS, AND ONGOING CHEMICAL DISASTERS FROM THESE FACILITIES. EPA AGREED TO PERFORM A REVIEW TO UPDATE THE LIST OF FACILITIES INCLUDED IN THE RMP RULE. THEY ALSO SIGNALED THAT THEY WOULD MAKE CERTAIN RMP DATA PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, AND DID SO WHEN RELEASING THE FINAL RULE.HAZARDOUS FACILITIES -- THE EPA INSTITUTED SIGNIFICANT NEW PROTECTIONS AGAINST WORST-CASE HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL DISCHARGES, FOLLOWING YEARS OF ADVOCACY AND LITIGATION BY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GROUPS AND FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES. THIS REGULATION, WHICH IS MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS OVERDUE, FILLS CRITICAL GAPS IN THE NATION'S ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY NET, REQUIRING FACILITIES TO DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE PLANS TO PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO WORST-CASE CHEMICAL DISCHARGES NEAR WATERWAYS. THE RULE ADDRESSES A MAJOR VULNERABILITY IN THE PROTECTION OF THE COUNTRY'S WATERWAYS AND COMMUNITIES. THOUSANDS OF FACILITIES THAT MANUFACTURE, USE AND STORE SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS CHEMICALS BRUSH UP AGAINST WATERWAYS OR ARE IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. THE NEW POLICY COMES AFTER NUMEROUS DISASTERS AFFECTING DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES, WILDLIFE HABITATS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES THAT EXPERIENCE THE BRUNT OF EXTREME WEATHER SUPERCHARGED BY CLIMATE CHANGE. THE FINAL RULE MANDATES THAT MANY OF THIS COUNTRYS MOST DANGEROUS CHEMICAL FACILITIES NEAR WATERWAYS MUST PREPARE FACILITY RESPONSE PLANS, WHICH CRITICALLY MUST ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND POTENTIAL HARMS TO NEARBY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES. THE FINAL RULE COVERS MORE FACILITIES THAN EPAS PROPOSAL WOULD HAVE, AFTER CHANGES EPA MADE IN RESPONSE TO COMMENTS FROM EJHA, COMING CLEAN, CLEAN WATER ACTION, AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL. THE RULE ALSO ALLOWS PEOPLE IN FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES TO PETITION THE EPA IF THEY BELIEVE A NEARBY FACILITY THAT HAS NOT PREPARED A RESPONSE PLAN SHOULD HAVE TO DO SO. FARMWORKER HEALTH & JUSTICE MEMBERS OF COMING CLEANS FARMWORKER HEALTH AND JUSTICE TEAM PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN EPAS DECISION TO SUSPEND USE OF THE HERBICIDE, DCPA. DCPA HAS BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE AN EXTREMELY HIGH RISK OF DEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS FROM EXPOSTURE DURING PREGANCY, INCLUDING LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, IMPAIRED BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, DECREASED IQ, AND IMPAIRED MOTOR SKILLS.CUMULATIVE IMPACTS & MANDATORY EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS COMING CLEAN AND THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS PUBLISHED THE COMMUNITY GUIDE TO CUMULATIVE IMPACTS, A RESOURCE TO DRIVE POLICY CHANGES AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL TO PROTECT OVERBURDENED COMMUNITIES FROM CUMULATIVE CHEMICAL AND POLLUTION HARMS. THE COMMUNITY GUIDE TO CUMULATIVE IMPACTS HELPS COMMUNITIES SHOW HOW OVERLAPPING STRESSORS IMPACT HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE. IT BREAKS DOWN TOOLS, POLICIES, AND ADVOCACY STRATEGIES TO TURN LIVED EXPERIENCE INTO ACTION.HAZARDOUS FACILTIES COMING CLEAN TEAMS COLLABORATED TO WIN AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS POLLUTANTS ADDRESSING AIR EMISSIONS FROM ETHYLENE OXIDE AND CHLOROPRENE, CANCER-LINKED CHEMICALS THAT ARE DRIVING TOXIC HOTSPOTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AMENDMENTS ELIMINATE EXEMPTIONS DURING PERIODS OF FACILITY START-UP, SHUTDOWN AND MALFUNCTION; PRIORITIZE THE BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE TO CALCULATE THE CANCER RISK OF ETHYLENE OXIDE; INCLUDE A CANCER RISK ASSESSMENT EVALUATING IMPACT ON NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES; AND SET NEW EMISSION LIMITS FOR DIOXINS AND FURANS, PREVIOUSLY UNREGULATED DIRTY DOZEN POLLUTANTS. THESE WINS ARE THE RESULT OF SUSTAINED EFFORTS OVER 10 YEARS AND 3 PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIONS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 1998.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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