Charleston Community Research to Action Board
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Charleston Community Research to Action Board (CCRAB) promotes safe, healthy, and just neighborhoods within environmental justice communities in the Lowcountry through community-led research and citizen science. CCRAB's core tenets are environmental justice, community-based participatory research, and citizen science. CCRAB facilitates university-community partnerships to investigate environmental and public health concerns identified by residents including but not limited to: air quality, soil quality, water quality, and flooding and climate change impacts.
- Income
- $169,773
- Spending
- $118,661
- Reserves
- 12.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 99%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 83% of charities in its peer group (health care, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 12.1 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 30% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ 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 (2)
- $4,889 spent. Air Quality Monitoring: 1) Deployed additional PurpleAir monitors for resident-led air quality screening. 2) Coordinated quarterly meetings of Charleston Community Air Monitoring Network, a collaboration between entities monitoring air quality to support data sharing and transparency. 3) Maintained a network of residential screening monitors (PurpleAir) and two community high grade monitors to collect and report levels of particulate matter 2.5. 4) Communicated findings of research to residents and community stakeholders.
- $2,764 spent. Rosemont Flooding & Water Quality: 1) Conducted training with residents on water quality sampling. 2) Conducted flood monitoring to collect imagery of flooding, precipitation totals, and flood depth. 3) Coordinated collaboration with City of Charleston and other agencies to install groundwater monitors and to fix drainage issues and sewage leak. 4) Communicated findings of research to residents and community stakeholders.
Source: Form 990EZ 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 2024.
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 September 2014.
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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