Environmental Council of States Inc
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What it says it does
Improve the environment of the United States by providing for the exchange of ideas, views & experiences among the states, fostering cooperation & coordination in environmental management & articulating state positions to Congress & the EPA on environmental issues.
- Income
- $2.7 million
- Spending
- $2.6 million
- Employees
- 20
- Volunteers
- 2
- Highest pay
- $276,735, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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 (3)
- E-Enterprise for the Environment is a joint effort between the state environmental agencies, tribes, and EPA to modernize the business of environmental protection. E-Enterprise is working to achieve this by streamlining and modernizing the implementation of our environmental programs, enhancing service to the regulated community and the public, and operating as a model of joint governance. E-Enterprise builds on and continues the work of the Exchange Network as the ability to move and share environmental data efficiently is essential to modernizing environmental protection and enhancing service to stakeholders.
- Omnibus: The Omnibus Program consists of numerous small projects funded by U.S. EPA through a cooperative agreement. Current Omnibus projects include sustainable materials management, permit streamlining, PFAS activities, and coordination between states and EPA's research scientists.
- Membership Services: Provide resources to members to allow them to better accomplish their goals as agencies and organizations, including but not limited to weekly newsletters, ongoing issue-oriented working groups, regular member calls, individual outreach to members, and discussion of various rules and regulations with the U.S. EPA.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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)(6) business league.
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 November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, 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 September 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 1995.
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 November 4, 2026.
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